Meghan Markle thought Prince Harry "deserved more materially" after visiting Prince William and Kate, the Princess of Wales's apartment, a royal author has claimed.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex spent the early months of their life together in the UK in Nottingham Cottage, one of the smallest properties on the Kensington Palace estate.

The two-bedroom, one-bathroom home paled in comparison to Kate and William's spacious 20-room Apartment 1A, formerly the home of Princess Margaret.

In his new biography of the Princess of Wales, author Robert Jobson claimed: "It is understood that when Meghan and Harry had gone round to have drinks at William and Catherine’s apartment, while they were still living at Nottingham Cottage opposite, Meghan had been ‘taken aback’ at the disparity between the brothers."

“'I am not saying Meghan was jealous, but she was really surprised how lavishly Harry’s brother was living compared to where they were living,' said a close source. 'It was perhaps the beginning of all the tensions between the two couples.'”

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