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There have been all kinds of conflicting rumors about Meghan Markle‘s behavior behind closed doors, and if the latest story is true, it doesn’t paint her in a very positive light. One French designer claims that Meghan refuses to work with him again after a flub involving a stylist and her then-future sister-in-law, Kate Middleton. That is how important saving face to the palace was to her.
Then again, should she really have been that worried about what they thought about her knowing how they’d treat her later?
Designer Roland Mouret shared the story about Meghan in his new memoir.
In an excerpt from Roland Mouret’s memoir, I Am Roland Mouret: The Butcher’s Boy Who Dressed the World, that was published by The Times, the designer wrote about an incident that happened when working with Meghan just before her relationship with Prince Harry was set to go public.
According to Roland, Meghan agreed when he asked her if he could send her some clothing to wear since she’d be making a lot of public appearances as the girlfriend of a royal.
“I asked a member of my team to send a selection I had put aside to the palace,” he wrote. “Leave them there as long as she wants them. Don’t follow up on it and do not talk about it to anyone at all, here or outside.”
There was just one problem: A stylist working under him didn’t follow his directions, and later reached out to Kate’s stylist to ask them to return the clothing Meghan had borrowed.
He claims Meghan was ‘furious’ with him.
“Meghan was furious and called me,” he said, and wrote that Meghan told him, “You don’t realize what you’ve done! You’ve embarrassed me!”
He responded to her, “No, Meghan, it was just a mistake by someone who didn’t know. My apologies. I know it’s not good for you, and you want to do things privately.”
But he claimed that wasn’t good enough for Meghan, who reportedly told him, “You know now I can never wear your clothes again.”
Roland wrote, “I didn’t see the logic of that, but I didn’t question it. Meghan’s decision not to wear my clothes was hers, not the palace’s, not anybody else’s. I don’t think anyone else cared.”
If she really did threaten to never wear his designs again, she didn’t exactly follow through.
In fact, as People pointed out, Meghan wore one of Roland’s designs while promoting a collaboration for her As Ever brand back in February, so clearly, if she made that threat, she didn’t take it all that seriously.
It makes sense that, if the situation played out the way that Roland said it did, he’d be hurt by a friend switching up on him after one mistake from someone on his staff. It’s never that serious — even if you are romantically involved with a member of the royal family.
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