Kate Middleton’s ‘awkward’ meeting with brother’s wife pours doubt on Meghan Markle claim

Meghan Markle memorably recalled the ‘jarring’ moment she met her future sister-in-law the Princess of Wales in her controversial Netflix series.

During the bombshell documentary with Prince Harry, Meghan told how her first introduction to Kate was when her and Prince William went to the Sussexes’ home for dinner, and that she was barefoot with ripped jeans. She explained she had always been ‘a hugger’ but didn’t realise that was ‘jarring’ for Brits.

However, in an interesting story from a new memoir written by Kate’s brother James Middleton, he recounts his future wife Alizee’s similar very casual introduction to his older sister – and it tells a very different story of the princess.

James met Alizee in the summer of 2018 after a chance encounter involving his pet dog Ella, who has now sadly passed away. After their unlikely first meeting, the pair began dating after striking up a romance.

And in his new memoir Meet Ella: The Dog Who Saved My Life, James recalls the first time he introduced his then-girlfriend to Kate, William and his nephew and niece Prince George and Princess Charlotte in a surprise moment.

In the book, James explains that he and Alizee had been to a wedding close to the Middleton family home in Berkshire and made the split decision to head back there after the event and stay the night. But unbeknown to him, William, Kate and their children were also staying there overnight and he only realised the next morning after hearing the children giggling. He describes how he left Alizee sleeping in bed while he went downstairs to see the family and to make his girlfriend a cup of tea.