Meghan Markle’s recent appearance at a dinner party in California, where Martha Stewart had also been attending, has caused quite the stir within Palace walls.
Last month, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex along with their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, met with King Charles and Queen Camilla. While Buckingham Palace acknowledged the meeting happened, no further details were shared.
Moreover, it was reported that Charles had Harry and Meghan “sworn to secrecy” as he “orchestrated” the meeting with meticulous planning to avoid any leaks.
However, Martha’s latest admission in her People Magazine has made ‘alarms go off in Palace’, according to insiders cited by Rob Shuter.
“This wasn’t an intimate gathering of close friends. Meghan was a guest at someone else’s dinner party, surrounded by people she barely knew, yet the royal meeting was already part of the conversation,” the source said adding that the Palace is “concerned”.
The lifestyle guru had revealed that Meghan had “gotten back from the Palace” and she “didn’t talk to her really more than to say a couple words, but I know she was talking about it”.
Although, one could argue how would Martha be sure that the ‘Palace meeting’ was being talked about when the reunion had occured in Highgrove House. Moreover, it could also have been an assumption on Martha’s part rather a “leak” as she had returned from her summer holiday in Europe.
It is also key to note that no actual details have surfaced from inside the meeting but only around it.
The source explained that the entire purpose of the reunion was to “build trust” and when “details start circulating outside a very small circle, alarms go off.”
It is the royal family’s “greatest fear” to have private moments become public conversation, which they were trying to avoid.
“In Hollywood, conversations have a way of traveling much farther than intended,” they continued. “If someone who barely interacted with Meghan knew she’d been with the King, imagine what everyone else at that table heard.”
2026-08-08 14:17:00
