Prince William fumes over Harry and Meghan ‘deliberately’ calling spouse ‘Kate’
Prince William is reportedly annoyed over Harry and Meghan’s supposed insistence on calling his wife ‘Kate’.
Catherine, the Princess of Wales, was referred to publicly as Kate by the Sussexes “even when they were sending her get-well-soon messages after her cancer diagnosis”, a friend said according to the Daily Beast. The friend said the rumoured reluctance from Harry and Meghan was “an entirely unnecessary and deliberate irritation”.
The source said William was irritated when Harry and Meghan released a statement in March 2024. They said: “We wish health and healing for Kate and the family, and hope they are able to do so privately and in peace.”
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The friend said: “The fact that Harry and Meghan were unable to bring themselves to use her chosen name, even when they were sending her get-well-soon messages after her cancer diagnosis, was noted.
William takes offence at people calling Catherine ‘Kate,’ because she has asked to be known as Catherine. It’s a fairly simple wish to respect. I’m sure Meghan wouldn’t like it if William started publicly calling her ‘Meghan Markle.’
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“Of course it’s an utterly trivial thing, but those of us who know William know that it is one of the things that pushes his buttons. Pushing his buttons while he was going through his wife’s cancer seemed an entirely unnecessary and deliberate irritation. “I wonder if the private card began, ‘Dear Kate…’”
Another friend was quoted as saying: “No-one’s saying it’s responsible for all the trouble, but deliberately calling someone by a name they don’t like is just bloody rude. If Harry and Meghan were serious about healing their issue, a good first step would be to call her Catherine.”
Catherine, reports say, much prefers to be called this instead of Kate and it is believed to be the name her friends and family use. William also uses it in private after she reportedly made a switch before marrying the Prince of Wales. She used to be called Kate during her time at university, where the royal couple met.
Harry referred to her as Kate in his tell-all book Spare. He said he remembered King Charles III calling her “Catherine” and she “flinched” upon hearing it.
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