A controversial article about Kate Middleton has been amended months after Kensington Palace issued a rare, scathing rebuke of some of the claims.
The high society UK magazine Tatler published a cover story for its July/August issue called âCatherine the Great.â
The article delved into the rumored relationship breakdown among the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and was based on anonymous sourcing.
Certain sections have since been deleted, including one saying that Kate was âfurious about the larger workloadâ once the Duke and Duchess of Sussex officially stepped back as working members of the royal family in March.
âOf course sheâs smiling and dressing appropriately but she doesnât want this. She feels exhausted and trapped,â a source told Tatler in a now-removed passage from the original article. âSheâs working as hard as a top CEO, who has to be wheeled out all the time, without the benefits of boundaries and plenty of holidays.â
Other parts about Kateâs sister Pippa Middleton speaking âlike the queenâ and Caroline Middleton being a âterrible snobâ have been removed, along with comments about Kate being âperilously thin.â
Curiously enough, quotes from a source saying that Harry and Meghan affected William and Kateâs parenting of their three children remain in the article.
âMeghan and Harry have been so selfish,â yet another anonymous friend says. âWilliam and Catherine really wanted to be hands-on parents and the Sussexes have effectively thrown their three children under a bus. There goes their morning school runs as the responsibilities on them now are enormous.â
The magazine also brought up the much-talked-about âincidentâ at a rehearsal for the royal wedding rehearsal, where Kate reportedly yelled at Meghan, who then made the Duchess of Cambridge cry. That passage also remains in the updated article.
After the articleâs publication, Kensington Palace slammed the cover story, despite its usual âno commentâ policy and friendly relationship with Tatler.
Kensington Palace told HuffPost in May that the story is a âswathe of inaccuracies and false misrepresentations which were not put to Kensington Palace prior to publication.â The palace did not immediately respond to HuffPostâs request for further comment regarding which stories or statements in the piece it believes are false.
Tatlerâs editor-in-chief said in a statement at the time that it stood by its reporting from journalist Anna Pasternak and her sources.
âKensington Palace knew we were running the âCatherine the Greatâ cover months ago and we asked them to work together on it,â a spokesperson for the publication said. âThe fact they are denying they ever knew is categorically false.â
Kensington Palace and Tatler had no comment when reached by HuffPost earlier this week.
A source close to Tatler told the UKâs The Telegraph that the magazine âwants to maintain its long-standing relationship with the palace and ultimately agreed to remove parts of the profile at Kensington Palaceâs request.â
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