MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry “feel in fierce competition” with Kate and William who “just want to get on with their lives”, royal experts have claimed.
It comes as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday released a sweet new video to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Sussexes confirmed the couple had “privately congratulated” the Cambridges on their marriage milestone.
The leak, published by The Daily Beast, comes despite the couple insisting on privacy after they quit the Royal Family – with fears constant leaks about their relationship with the Firm could put a hoped-for reconciliation at risk.
William and Kate’s anniversary video shows the doting parents playing with their three kids.
Candid footage shows the family of five scrambling on sand dunes and roasting marshmallows on a campfire.
The short video is made up of a series of clips of them enjoying relaxed family time in Norfolk throughout Autumn last year.
Royal expert Angela Levin says Will and Kate’s video – and Harry and Meghan’s private but public well wishing – outlines stark contrasts between the Cambridges and the Sussexes.
Ms Levin, who has long been a critic of the couple, told Sun Online: “I think Meghan and Harry feel they are always in control of the narrative and they feel they are in fierce competition – like a battle – with the Cambridges.
“But wise Kate and William are just trying to get on with their lives.”
‘WAR OF THE BROTHERS’
She added: “We saw this very much in their wonderful video with the children running around.
“William and Kate don’t have to say anything in this rift.
“They just naturally play with their children and they naturally show that they don’t need them and that ‘we can manage without Harry and Meghan.’ It’s just there in the pictures.
“It’s a different way of fighting in this ‘war of the brothers’ and I think William and Kate have been much successful than the Sussexes being supergrand and ‘always right’ and wanting to change the world.”
Royal experts earlier today slammed Harry and Meghan’s confirmation as “hypocritical” – saying the couple had leaked information about private conversations to the press despite pleading for privacy.
Phil Dampier, author of Royally Suited: Harry and Meghan In Their Own Words, said: “The Queen and Prince Charles made their messages of congratulations to William and Kate on their tenth anniversary in public so why didn’t Harry and Meghan?
“Instead they relied on their spokespeople leaking out the fact they sent a message, making it look manipulated and contrived.”
“To carry on a war with Harry’s blood family is unnecessary and counter-productive, and the sooner they realise that the better.
“They should get on with their lives, stop playing the victim and stop playing on their royal connections by leaking stories while pleading for privacy.
“People can see through it and anyone who advises them to carry on this way is giving them bad advice.”
