A new biography on Princess Kate revels the original reason why tensions between the royals first began.

Meghan Markle, Prince Harry with royals

The last known time the two couples saw each other was after the death of Queen Elizabeth (Image: Getty Images)

In a new biography for Princess Kate, royal author Rob Jobson claims Meghan Markle believed Prince Harry “deserved more materially”.

The author claims that Meghan came to this conclusion after she visited the Prince and Princess of Wales’s apartment on the grounds of Kensington Palace for the first time.

Prince Harry, at the time, was living in Nottingham Cottage, one of the smallest properties on the estate.

Prince William and Kate, were living in a spacious 20-room apartment while Harry’s Nottingham Cottage had only two bedrooms.

In Rob Jobson’s new biography on Princess Kate, he said: “It is understood that when Meghan and Harry had gone round to have drinks at William and Catherine’s apartment, while they were still living at Nottingham Cottage opposite, Meghan had been ‘taken aback’ at the disparity between the brothers.

Royal Family at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II took place on 19 September 2022 (Image: Getty Images)

“I am not saying Meghan was jealous, but she was really surprised how lavishly Harry’s brother was living compared to where they were living,” said a close source.

“It was perhaps the beginning of all the tensions between the two couples.”

Also in the biography, Jobson claims that Prince William had told Meghan Markle that she was not allowed to wear any of Princess Diana’s jewellery to her 2018 wedding, even though Kate had been allowed to do so at her own wedding.

Meghan was allegedly ‘piqued’ at the disparity between the two brothers. In Harry’s 2023 memoir, Spare, the prince reflects on being ‘embarrassed’ to have brought Meghan back to Nottingham Cottage. He wrote: “I was excited to welcome Meg to my home, but also embarrassed. Nott Cott was no palace.”

The couple later moved to Frogmore Cottage which reportedly cost over £2 million to renovate for them, but it now remains empty.

It is not known when the two couples last saw each other.