Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton's 'Could've Had It All' Moments Go Viral

The interactions between royal sisters-in-law, the Duchess of Sussex and Princess of Wales, have gone viral on social media as fans have lamented the apparent rift between the pair on video-sharing site, TikTok.

Meghan and Kate's relationship has been the subject of scrutiny and speculation since Prince Harry's relationship with the former Suits actress was made public in 2016.

The couple announced their engagement in 2017 and married in a public ceremony at St George's Chapel, Windsor, on May 19, 2018.

Meghan and Kate made rare joint appearances together at royal family events with their husbands such as Trooping the Colour and Christmas at Sandringham.

In addition to these, the pair only made two solo appearances together, to watch the Wimbledon tennis championships in 2018 and 2019. Both royals are known tennis fans, with Kate being patron of the All England Lawn Tennis Club, which hosts Wimbledon each year, and Meghan having attended the events before meeting Harry.

In late 2018, reports of a rift between the sisters-in-law began to circulate. They were confirmed by Meghan in 2021, after leaving the monarchy with Harry and moving to the U.S.

The duchess was only reunited with Kate publicly for the first time since the move in September 2022, where they appeared with Harry and Prince William to lay flowers outside Windsor Castle following Queen Elizabeth II's death.

During this appearance, the couple exchanged a look, which was caught on camera, with fans interpreting it as a sign there was no chance of the rift healing in the near future.

Uploaded to TikTok by user, katemiddleton.fp, footage of Meghan and Kate's Wimbledon appearances and the 2022 Windsor exchange have been contrasted in a post which has been viewed over 140,000 times.

Played over Adele's 2011 hit song, "Rolling in the Deep," the video is captioned with the repeated lyric: "We could've had it all."

The video has received in excess of 6,000 likes and numerous comments, a number of which have lamented the positive relationship that Kate and Meghan could have had.

"I miss them so much together," wrote one user.

"Imagine if Meghan and Catherine were best friends," wrote another, with a further comment reading: "They could have been a huge power house. But, future King and Queen got this! Prince William and princess Catherine."

One user referenced Meghan's own description of images taken when she and Kate were together, which was told to Oprah Winfrey in 2021.

"In the words of Meghan: 'Nothing's what it looks like,'" the comment said.

This refers to Meghan's answer when asked by Winfrey about her relationship with Kate and the photographs taken of the pair at Wimbledon.

"Did you feel welcomed by everyone?" Winfrey asked the duchess during her bombshell interview.

"It seemed like you and Kate...at the Wimbledon game where you were going to watch a friend play tennis...Was it what it looked like? You are two sisters-in-law out there in the world, getting to know each other. Was she helping you, embracing you into the family, helping you adjust?"

To this, Meghan replied that she did feel that "everyone welcomed me," but added:

"When you say, 'was it what it looked like?' my understanding and my experience of the past four years is that it's nothing like what it looks like. It's nothing like what it looks like."

Kate has not publicly commented about her relationship with Meghan or responded to the claims made in the 2021 interview with Winfrey.

James Crawford-Smith is Newsweek's royal reporter, based in London. You can find him on X (formerly Twitter) at @jrcrawfordsmith and read his stories on Newsweek's The Royals Facebook page.

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