Kate Middleton's uncle says Meghan Markle 'knows how to manipulate her audience' as she's an actress
Meghan Markle raised eyebrows when she made one of the most explosive claims during her tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey, alleging that Kate Middleton had made her cry during a disagreement she claims they had in the lead-up to her wedding. However, an uncle of the Duchess of Cambridge has now come to her defense, declaring that he doesn't "believe for a moment that Kate made Meghan cry".
"I’ve known Kate since she was born and she doesn’t have a mean bone in her body. It’s just simply not in her nature," Gary Goldsmith, brother of Kate's mother Carole, told The Mail on Sunday, speaking for the first time since the allegations surfaced. "She’s even lovelier on the inside than on the outside. If anyone had a hissy fit, it must have been Meghan. Kate would have been trying to make the peace. I would fight for Kate’s honor until the day I die. She is the most spectacular person I’ve ever met," he added.
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Meghan made the claims after Oprah asked her about reports that she had reduced Kate to tears in an argument over bridesmaids’ dresses for her 2018 royal wedding to Prince Harry. However, the Duchess of Sussex claimed the opposite had happened. "The reverse happened. I don’t say that to be disparaging to anyone," she told Oprah, adding that Kate later apologized.
However, Goldsmith, 55, says he "doesn't believe a word" that Meghan said. "When Meghan first entered the royal family, I was made up for Harry," he said. "Like the rest of the country, it seemed she was the real deal and it was a marriage made in heaven. But what has happened is heartbreaking."
"I don’t blame Meghan – she’s a Hollywood starlet. You can’t blame a tiger for biting the head off a sheep. But I don’t believe a word that comes out of her mouth. She’s an actress and knows how to manipulate her audience," he continued. "I don’t believe for a second she had to Google the words to the National Anthem. Harry has been singing it since the age of five."
Goldsmith went on to question Harry's response to Meghan's apparent troubles after joining the royal family. "The last time I checked, he was the face of a mental wellbeing charity," he said. "Where was he in all this? Surely as her husband, he should have been able to give her the help and support she needed."
"He’s a senior Army officer who has been in a war zone," Goldsmith explained. "He should be able to stand up for himself and his wife. He shouldn’t claim to be family-centric when he has hurt everyone who loves him. You don’t ask for anonymity and take a step back from public life to then throw your family and your grandmother under a bus on TV. Why would you do that? The royal family is not racist, it’s not sexist, it’s not ageist. They are a moral compass."
Goldsmith, a recruitment consultant, compared the Sussexes' attitude to that of his niece and her husband, Prince William. "Both William and Kate understand they are being paid by the taxpayer to do a job. They smash it," he said ahead of his first TV interview next month as part of an ITV documentary to mark William and Kate's tenth anniversary.
"It’s a tough gig. It’s relentless. But it’s also a position of privilege," Goldsmith insisted. "If you have that privilege, don’t throw it back in people’s faces. In all the years Kate has been in the public eye, she has never put a foot wrong. She was born for the role. She has risen above the criticism and just got on with the job," he added.