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For years, we\u2019ve heard a frenetic back-and-forth about the Duchess of Edinburgh and the Duchess of Sussex. This back-and-forth is coming entirely from Sophie and various royal camps – Prince Harry barely even mentioned the Wessexes, as they were at that time, in Spare<\/em>, and Meghan has never said either way whether she considered Sophie an ally, mentor or enemy. Still, we were told variations of: Sophie tried to mentor Meghan but Evil Meg rejected her; Sophie did mentor Meghan but quickly understood that Meg \u201chad her own agenda;\u201d that Sophie was jealous of Meghan\u2019s title and Sophie is relieved to finally have her own duchess title. Well, we\u2019re getting a new version of all of that post-Endgame. Enjoy:<\/p>\n The Duchess of Edinburgh is furious at being drawn into the royal racism row reignited by Omid Scobie\u2019s book, which claims she did little to support Meghan Markle when she was struggling to adjust to her new life as a member of the royal family. Friends of Sophie (who was then the Countess of Wessex) say that it is also “blatantly untrue” that according to Scobie she ignored Meghan as she was leaving a church service in Windsor. The author also accuses Sophie of being “casually bigoted”.<\/p>\n But Sophie\u2019s allies point out that she went out of her way to befriend Meghan in the early months of her marriage to Prince Harry, inviting her to tea at her Surrey home, Bagshot Park.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was just the two of them at and they talked for hours,\u201c says a senior Royal source. \u201cMeghan had so many questions and Sophie, who knows what it\u2019s like navigating your way through the early days of transition from a commoner to a royal, gave freely of her advice. Sophie found Meghan likeable and engaging and told her that she could call her any time when she needed advice about dealing with some of the trickier royals.<\/p>\n \u201cShe was quite surprised when that was the last she heard from Meghan. As she noted, it would\u2019ve been nice to receive a return invitation to Frogmore Cottage (where Meghan was then living with Harry and is less than half an hour from Bagshot).\u201d<\/p>\n It was the late Queen who first suggested that Sophie could mentor the royal newcomer. Gyles Brandreth in his book, Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait, wrote: “The Queen (who, of course, had seen it all before) understood that Harry’s girl might find adjusting to royal life ‘challenging to begin with’ (as she put it). ‘It is very jolty, but you soon get used to it’ \u2013 that was Her Majesty’s experience going back many years.<\/p>\n “To help Meghan, the Queen suggested that her daughter-in-law, Sophie Wessex, would be an ideal mentor. ‘Sophie can help show you the ropes,’ said the Queen. \u201cBut Meghan made it clear that she did not feel she needed Sophie’s help. She had Harry.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n [From The Sun]<\/p>\n So which is it? Do we believe the royal sources who now claim that Sophie and Meghan had a perfectly pleasant chat session at Bagshot and Sophie was offended to never receive an invitation to Frogmore? Or do we believe Gyles Brandreth\u2019s royal sources, which is that Meghan refused Sophie\u2019s mentorship? What I\u2019ve always believed about Meghan and the offers of \u201cmentorship\u201d is that she wasn\u2019t offered much, but she did meet with whoever was offered to her. Probably Susan Hussey and QEII\u2019s Black equerry. <\/p>\n Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.<\/small><\/p>\n\n
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