Meghan Markle's 'cheek kissing' with William 'fuelled flirting rumour with royal staff'

Meghan Markle has said that the royals recovered her inclination to hug "jarring" - and it reportedly led to chaotic rumours amongst palace unit that she was 'flirting' with William, according to a caller book

Prince William and Prince Harry's once-close narration has been near successful tatters pursuing the Sussexes' exit from royal life.

The 2 brothers are believed to nary longer beryllium connected speaking terms, with insiders stating that William nary longer trusts Harry aft helium revealed intimate details astir his household and openly criticised King Charles, Queen Camilla, William and Kate.

Among the allegations made by Harry is the assertion that William called Meghan "difficult," "rude" and "abrasive" - comments that allegedly led to their now-infamous 'physical confrontation'.

Certainly, Harry's narration with Meghan seems to person go a sticking constituent betwixt the brothers. And according to 1 royal author, problems deepened erstwhile it was wrongly perceived by royal unit that Meghan was 'flirting' with the aboriginal King.

Both Meghan and Harry person stated that William and Kate recovered the Duchess of Sussex's emotion of hugging 'jarring'. And present a caller publication by writer Tom Quinn has echoed these claims, suggesting that Meghan's mode made the heir to the British throne 'uncomfortable'.

Writing successful his caller book, Yes Ma'am: The Secret Life of Royal Servants - which has been excerpted successful The Times - Quinn writes: "This tactile mode made William uncomfortable due to the fact that Meghan hugged him virtually each clip they bumped into each other; the hugging and cheek-kissing fuelled gossip among the unit that Meghan was flirting with William, which she was evidently not, but the tense ambiance caused by each the touchy-feeliness (and the resultant gossip) deepened the rift betwixt the brothers."

In their Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan, Meghan said she did not cognize the Royal Family's 'formality' carries done down closed doors and that she is simply a 'hugger' - which she did not realise was 'jarring for immoderate Brits'.

She said: "Even erstwhile Will and Kate came implicit and I was gathering her for the archetypal clip I retrieve I was successful ripped jeans, I was barefoot. Like I was a hugger, I person ever been a hugger. I didn't realise that is truly jarring for a batch of Brits.

"I started to recognize that the formality connected the extracurricular carried done connected the inside, that determination is simply a guardant facing mode of being and past you adjacent the doorway and think, 'OK we tin unbend now'. But that formality carries implicit connected some sides and that was astonishing to me.'"

Harry besides recalled the seemingly awkward archetypal gathering betwixt his present woman and his member and sister-in-law successful his bombshell memoir Spare. He claimed William 'recoiled' from Meghan's hug and described the infinitesimal helium introduced his sibling to his past woman arsenic a 'classic collision of cultures'.

"[It] wholly freaked him out," Harry wrote. "He recoiled. Willy didn't hug galore strangers. Whereas Meg hugged astir strangers.

"Will had hoped that she would greet him with modular reverence per the protocol," helium added, "[but] she didn't cognize it and I hadn't told her."

Yes Ma'am: The Secret Life of Royal Servants by Tom Quinn is retired connected February 18.