Meghan Markle aspired to be as glamorous as Victoria Beckham.
Markle reportedly asked the Spice Girl turned fashion designer for free garments and clutches while getting engaged to Prince Harry. But the request was “vetoed by] Buckingham ] Palace for being against their rules”, celebrity biographer Tom Bower reveals in his new book,” The House of Beckham”, out now in the UK and Tuesday in the US.
It’s only one aspect of the dispute that caused Markle to criticize David and Victoria Beckham.
The” Suits” actress was once so close to the Beckhams that during a trip to Los Angeles, she spent a night at their Beverly Hills residence. When Markle was engaged to Prince Harry,” a part of Victoria’s team” offered charm advice on the best treatments and hairdressers in London, according to Bower.
But Markle immediately lost faith in Victoria because she believed the artist had leaked a report to the media.
The relationship between the two optimistic people “fell apart after The Sun reported how Victoria had given Meghan beauty tips,” according to Bower, noting that Markle was sympathetic to the “media’s searching into her strange past.”
According to Bower,” Harry was ordered to talk to David Beckham,” prompting the former football star to inquire about how The Sun came across the rumors.
According to reports, Victoria allegedly blamed a beautician for tipping off the magazine.
When Markle reportedly snubbed the Beckhams at her marriage to Prince Harry in 2018, the tower tension came to a mind, Bower writes. Bower claims that Markle’s visible greed of the Beckhams had more money and access to luxuries like private jets and yachts.
The Beckhams attended the affair but, Bower claims, Victoria, 50, felt “insulted” she and David, 49, were n’t invited to a dinner attended by celebrities including George Clooney.
Bower notes that Posh Spice looked” stony- face” in photos from the ceremony at St. George’s Chapel.
Markle continued to publicly show her support for Victoria, wearing a coat from her collection on Christmas 2018 and another piece a year later for the Westminster Abbey Commonwealth Day Service.
Harry and Meghan’s relationship with the Beckhams appears to still be strained. The pair reportedly were n’t invited to the extravagant 2022 wedding of Brooklyn Beckham, the son of David and Victoria, to Nicola Peltz.