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As the Duke and Duchess of Sussex launch scathing attacks on the royal family through their Netflix documentary series and Harry’s memoir Spare, the royal family has not publicly responded to any of the claims.
The royal family’s motto has long been “never complain, never explain” and as the royals resumed their engagements for 2023, they appear to be following tradition.
However, there are some subtle hints that suggest the royals may be quietly responding to the Sussexes after Prince Harry’s claims that they did not welcome Meghan Markle into the royal family.
FEMAIL investigates small indications that the royal may be quietly responding to Harry and Meghan in their own way…
matching suits
The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Kate’s Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey in matching burgundy outfits after the second installment of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s Netflix series.
On the day the second installment of Harry and Meghan’s Netflix series premiered on the streaming platform, the royal family turned up at Westminster Abbey for the Princess of Wales’s Christmas carol service.
In episodes four, five and six of the docuseries, Harry claimed that his brother William had “yelled and yelled” at him during crisis talks at Sandringham before he and Meghan decided to step down as royals.
Mike and Zara Tindall (pictured) also wore sparkling burgundy when they arrived at Westminster Abbey for the Christmas carol service.
He alleged that his father, King Charles, and his grandmother, the late Queen Elizabeth, had been silent as William yelled at Harry’s suggestion that he and Meghan could be “half in, half out” of the royal family.
After the Sussexes revealed details of the private conversations for the first time, all eyes were on the royal family for their first public appearance.
When they arrived at Westminster Abbey for Kate’s Christmas carols, the Prince and Princess of Wales stepped out in matching burgundy and black outfits, in what could have been determined as a show of solidarity.
Kate looked stylish in a plum coat while William sported a plum tie. Meanwhile, Princess Charlotte’s wrap dress matched her mother’s, and Prince George wore a tie in the same shade as his father.
As more of the royals arrived at the Abbey, Pippa Middleton and Zara Tindall appeared to have gotten the memo as they also sported burgundy coats, and former rugby ace Mike was seen wearing a tie of a similar shade.
The vibrant burgundy outfits also came after Meghan claimed in the Netflix documentary that she wore “a lot of muted shades” and avoided wearing bright colors while on The Firm, in what could have been a cheeky jab at her claims.
MORE Matching Sets on Merseyside
The Prince and Princess of Wales attended the Royal Liverpool University Hospital last week in another set of matching outfits.
More recently, the Prince and Princess of Wales matched their outfits again when they visited the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in Merseyside.
Arriving at the newly opened hospital last week, they matched their navy blue and dark green outfits.
A video of the Prince and Princess meeting with an administrator named Nikki showed the couple laughing as she pointed at them and said: “They match.”
William said, “I know” in response, before smiling at Kate and looking down at his own blue and green ensemble.
Upon arrival, the couple smiled as they greeted royal fans who had gathered for a royal glimpse.
Faced with Prince Harry’s accusations, the couple showed solidarity with a smile, as they seemed not to be drawn to the royal rank.
Kate ‘has already moved on’
Sources told the Mirror the Princess of Wales (pictured in Merseyside) has ‘already moved on’ from Prince Harry’s memoir claims
In Prince Harry’s memoir Spare, which was officially released in the UK this week, the Princess of Wales came under fire when she claimed that she and Prince William ‘stereotyped’ Meghan as a ‘biracial American actress’ when she was introduced by first time to the royal family. .
The Duke of Sussex also alleged that Kate, 41, had sent Meghan, also 41, a few short text messages a few days before Harry and Meghan were to marry in 2018, regarding the bridesmaid dress. of Princess Charlotte.
Harry wrote a text exchange that he claimed had been shared between Kate and Meghan in which Kate allegedly claimed that all the bridesmaids’ dresses needed to be redone just days before the wedding day, after Charlotte ” cried” over her dress that was “too big. ‘.
The Duke also claimed that his brother and sister-in-law did not invite him to dinner at their home when they all lived on the Kensington Palace Estate.
Despite being the focus of several allegations in the memoir, a source said this weekend that the Princess of Wales has “already moved away” from the furor surrounding Harry’s book.
Downplaying the allegations in the book, an anonymous source close to Kate told The Mirror she had been ‘baffled’ by what Harry had written, but in the end it didn’t bother her and she concentrated on her charity work.
The source said it was not paying “too much attention” to Harry’s claims in the book as he prepares to launch a new early childhood program focused on children between the ages of three and five.
The claim could be read as a dismissal of the duke’s allegations in the book while the Princess of Wales continues her royal duties.
Zara and Mike’s ‘my love’ jokes
Zara flashed a cheeky smile when she appeared on Mike Drop’s podcast and greeted her husband Mike Tindall with ‘hello my love’.
As many members of the royal family have been the subject of claims by Prince Harry in Spare and in his Netflix documentary, his cousin Zara Tindall, 41, has barely had a mention.
She and her husband, former rugby ace Mike Tindall, 44, have been 10,000 miles apart in Australia for the past week, while the royals in Britain have been in turmoil over the memoir’s publication.
As part of their work with Magic Millions, an equestrian charity, the couple teased a podcast this week hosted by Mike called Mike Drop.
Each week, he will interview a guest about horse racing, a passion shared by Mike, his first guest being his wife Zara.
Zara has been a sponsor of Magic Millions Racing Women since 2012 as a former Olympian who won a silver medal in dressage.
The trailer for the podcast, which dropped last week, sparked a cheeky back-and-forth between the couple as Zara sat down to be their first guest, and when the pair greeted each other, they used a phrase some royal fans might associate with the Duke and Duchess. from Sussex.
Both Mike and Zara say, ‘Hello, honey’ as they sit face to face for the formal interview.
In addition to referring to each other by their initials ‘H’ and ‘M’, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have often been heard calling each other ‘my love’ in public.
Of course, the couple may have always greeted each other this way, however, at a time when tensions are running high in the royal family, perhaps the cheeky joke was a subtle parody of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Kate and William’s Merseyside Roundup
When the Prince and Princess of Wales appeared in Merseyside for their first official engagement of 2023, they were inundated with hundreds of fans who lined up to meet them.
Clips from the day showed the royal couple greeting staff at the hospital, which opened in October.
His appearance at Royal Liverpool University Hospital on Thursday was the first since the release of Harry’s explosive memoir Spare, in which he launched various accusations against his brother and sister-in-law.
Among the claims was that Prince William ripped Harry’s necklace and pushed him to the ground at Frogmore Cottage during an argument over Meghan.
Harry also alleged that Kate and William confronted Meghan after she told Kate she was forgetful because she had a “baby brain” while pregnant with Prince Louis.
Despite the Duke of Sussex’s claims when he told his side of the story, the Prince and Princess of Wales appeared to be as popular as ever when crowds gathered to see them in Merseyside.
At the end of the visit, they posted a series of photos on their Instagram account of the outing, with the last one potentially being considered a hint at Prince Harry.
The final photo showed a crowd of people gathered at the hospital to take photos of the Prince and Princess of Wales, suggesting that they were popular guests that day.
The choice of the photo could be taken as a signal to the Sussexes that they are still in demand as royals despite all the Duke’s claims about them and that his allegations have not affected their public image.