Kate Middleton

In one of her many duties as a Duchess, Kate Middleton engages with the public on important topics.

While many aspects of royal life are onerous, it can be a true privilege to help make the world a better place.

They say absence makes the heart grow fonder.

But in the almost two years that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been living 5,500 miles away from London in a peaceful coastal subdivision near Santa Barbara, CA, it's often seemed as though their rift with the royal family has been progressively getting worse.

Earlier this week, Time Magazine released its annual list of the world's 100 most influential people.

Few readers on this side of the pond were surprised to see Meghan Markle and Prince Harry cover the issue, but apparently the news came as much more of a shock overseas.

Earlier this week, Time Magazine released its list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

The magazine released several editions of this week's issue, each featuring one -- or, in this case, two -- of the movers and shakers who make an appearance on the prestigious list.

Well, this is a refreshing change of pace.

For years now, we've been hearing endless rumors about the feud between Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton.

They say the best revenge is living well.

And it seems that Prince William and Kate Middleton have accepted that maxim as their guiding principle in their ongoing war with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

The people of England are in a state of mourning today.

But this time, their grief has nothing to do with Covid variants, or their Muppet-resembling prime minister, or the fact that even in mid-July, their weather sucks out loud.

Two Duchesses having to postpone a royal reconciliation because of a plague sounds like historical fiction.

Instead, it's basically what's happening to Duchess Kate Middleton.

While the bad blood between Prince William and Prince Harry might generate more tabloid headlines, the feud between Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle appears to be just as intense, if not more so.

The sisters-in-law by marriage made an effort in the early days of Meghan's courtship with Harry, but before long, the tensions between them became insurmountable.

Even before her controversial interview with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan Markle was one of the most heavily-scrutinized people on the planet.

But amazingly, the focus of the global microscope has only intensified in recent months.

Now that the dust has settled, we can see Meghan Markle's Oprah Winfrey interview for what it was.

For millions of viewers, it was the television event of the year, but for Meghan it was nothing more than an opportunity to tell her story on her own terms and without interruptions.

And they said it would never last!

Okay, fine. 

Last week, Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 95th birthday.

The occasion was a bittersweet one, of course, as it came just days after the death of Prince Philip, Elizabeth's husband of 73 years.

Meghan Markle has been the target of some very strange criticisms in recent years.

But while 1,000-word thinkpieces about the Meghan's curtsying ability (or lack thereof) will always be absurd, the latest smear campaign against the Duchess of Sussex is probably the most ridiculous to date.

It's no secret that there's been quite a bit of strife within the royal family in recent months.

Tensions have been bubbling for several years, but the situation really boiled over in the wake of Meghan Markle's Oprah interview.

We probably don't need to tell you that these are very tumultuous times for the members of the British Royal Family.

In fact, you'd have to go back to the death of Princess Diana to find a time in which the royals were so much on the minds of casually-interested outsiders.

As you've no doubt heard by now, Prince Philip passed away last week at the age of 99.

For obvious reasons, the death didn't exactly come as a surprise, and sadly, the response from the British tabloid media was equally predictable.

When viewers tuned in to Oprah Winfrey's interview with Meghan Markle earlier this month, they were unsure of what to expect.

But early on, Meghan gave the audience an idea of what sort of event this would be by dropping a bombshell about her long-rumored feud with Kate Middleton.

It's been almost two weeks since the premiere of Meghan Markle's interview with Oprah Winfrey, but the royal family is still reeling in its aftermath.

The moment that garnered the most headlines came when Meghan revealed that one of her royal in-laws had inquired about the skin tone of her son Archie.

There were so many surprising moments in the Oprah-Meghan Markle interview that it's tough to rank them in order of most shocking.

Obviously, the revelation that an unnamed royal inquired about Archie's skin tone takes the top spot.

One of the earliest indications that Meghan Markle's interview with Oprah would not be the typical royal sit-down, complete with dodged questions and stiff upper lips, came just minutes into Sunday night's broadcast.

Oprah asked the Duchess about the rumor that she had once made Kate Middleton cry during an argument about a trivial issue.