A rediscovered clip from Christmas 2018 shows Prince William "having none" of Meghan Markle, which was well before the so-called 'Fab Four' was torn apart.
It's long been believed that the rift between William, Kate, Harry, and Meghan came as a result of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's decision to quit the mainstream Royal Family in January 2020.
But a resurfaced video clip showing Prince William pointedly blanking his sister-in-law suggests that there may have been trouble in paradise long before then.
Meghan and Prince Harry were filmed with Kate and William as they left a Christmas church service in December 2018.
It was only Meghan’s second traditional royal gathering at Sandringham, but keen-eyed royal watchers are sure they can detect some kind of tension between Meghan and William.
Several times Meghan attempted to catch her brother-in-law’s eye - but he seemed to be avoiding her gaze, reports the Daily Star.
The video was posted to TikTok, captioned: "Remember that Christmas where Meghan kept trying to catch William's eye and chat to him but he was having none of it?"
It quickly racked up more than 2.3million views and 48,000 likes. Many of the comments suggested that there was already bad blood between the royal in-laws, but a few people suggested an even more controversial take on the clip.
One wrote: “I think the little prince loved the wrong woman… she always looks at his brother”.
William and Kate were reportedly behind the controversial “recollections may vary” line in the Royal Family’s response to Prince Harry and Meghan's bombshell accusations of racism in March 2021
A palace insider allegedly spoke to Valentine Low in an updated edition of his book Courtiers, where an extract was published in The Times, that claimed the original statement being discussed in royal circles had been “a much milder version”.
But William and Kate "wanted it toughened up a bit,” the source said.
“They were both of one mind that we needed something that said that the institution did not accept a lot of what had been said”.
