The kind gesture was reportedly made by Kate, Princess of Wales to try and defuse tension in the days following Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s bombshell exit from the Royal Family

Princess Kate once made a kind gesture to try and defuse tension between Meghan Markle and Queen Elizabeth II, it has been revealed.

When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced they were stepping down as senior members of the Royal Family in February 2020, it sent shockwaves throughout the monarchy – and prompted some royals to respond to the crisis in their own way. In the spirit of ‘never complain, never explain’, royal duties were carried out in public as normal and very little was discussed publicly by the Palace, but there was now the inescapable focus of the world on how the Crown would react to the Sussexes’ bombshell move.

One landmark event saw Harry and Meghan reunite with The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge for the first time in public since they had made the announcement. The Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey, held shortly before a national lockdown was imposed on 10 March 2020, was Harry and Meghan’s very last outing in Britain before they jetted off to LA.

Unfortunately, the build-up is said to have been marred by tensions behind the scenes. Harry and Meghan had reportedly hoped to have been part of Queen Elizabeth II’s procession at the start of the service but were shown to their seats like all the other guests, which reportedly led them to become “upset and emotional.”