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As far as she\u2019s concerned, they’ve burnt their final bridge \u2013 there\u2019s no going back\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Harry’s looking to build bridges but Meghan’s not interested<\/p>\n
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There was a time when Victoria Beckham was Meghan Markle\u2019s strongest ally and supporter. Even before she married Prince Harry, Meghan was delighted to be included in Victoria\u2019s inner circle \u2013 and even boasted about their closeness on her now defunct lifestyle blog, The Tig. Then, in 2018, when she and Harry did get married at St George\u2019s Chapel, Victoria and husband David stood front and centre as two of the most high-profile guests in attendance, cementing the Sussex-Beckham alliance with the world\u2019s eyes watching. Crossing the lines of sport, fashion, charity and royalty, the foursome were a powerful force to be reckoned with.<\/p>\n
But a lot can change in six years \u2013 and the Sussexes\u2019 friendship with David and Victoria is no exception. Having slowly grown apart, especially after Harry and Meghan stepped down from royal life and moved to California, an all-out feud then kicked off last year, after the former senior royals allegedly accused Victoria of selling stories about them to the press. David, for his part, was reportedly incensed by the accusations and the couple vehemently denied them; he then duly cut ties with Harry \u2013 instead making his allegiances to King Charles and Prince William all the more prominent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The Beckhams even attended Harry and Meghan’s wedding back in 2018<\/p>\n
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Victoria, meanwhile, showed little concern for keeping any semblance of a friendship alive \u2013 seemingly\u00a0snubbing the Sussexes from her celeb-filled, 50th\u00a0birthday earlier this year. And in August, the fashion designer apparently snubbed her former friend again, after Meghan wore a Victoria Beckham at an event during her and Harry\u2019s highly-publicised visit to Columbia. According to insiders, the duchess had decided to wear the blouse as a last-ditch attempt at extending an olive branch to Victoria, especially as she knew that Harry is keen to put their bad blood behind them, in the hope that it could help him and Meghan build bridges with his estranged family in the long run.<\/p>\n
But\u00a0we\u2019re told\u00a0the fact that Victoria, 50, ignored the gesture and didn\u2019t post it on her social media (which she is wont to do whenever an A-lister wears her designs) was all the proof that Meghan needed that her efforts are in vain. As far as she is concerned, she\u2019s officially over trying to make amends, and this latest snub is the final straw \u2013 and, while Harry is willing to keep trying to foster a reignited friendship, Meghan is digging her heels in all the more and is refusing to ever make peace with the Beckhams.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Meghan was snubbed when Victoria didn’t respond to the Duchess wearing one of her designs<\/p>\n
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\u2018As well as simply wanting to reinstate his friendship with the couple, Harry feels it would a clever chess move if they can find a way of repairing the broken bond with David and Victoria,\u2019 says an insider close to the Sussexes, who \u2013 despite having some of the world\u2019s most A-list stars in attendance at their wedding, including Oprah Winfrey, Serena Williams and George and Amal Clooney, have infamously alienated\u00a0some of\u00a0their once-close friends over the years as they\u2019ve continued to lodge very public complaints against the royals. \u2018For one thing, it would open all kinds of opportunities for them in both the UK and the US. The Beckhams have so many connections. Love them or hate them, they\u2019re just so popular socially, and that could only benefit Harry and Meghan. But she doesn\u2019t see it that way. It\u2019s no secret that they\u2019re rejected her pretty publicly many times over, so it\u2019s easy to see why the idea of kissing up to them would be very hard to stomach. She has a lot of pride, and isn\u2019t going to want to bend a knee to anyone.\u2019<\/p>\n
As Closer has reported, Harry\u2019s antipathy towards the palace has diminished over the past year \u2013 especially considering King Charles and Kate Middleton\u2019s respective cancer battles. But while he\u2019s made pains to reconnect and build bridges, he\u2019s reportedly been blacklisted from the fold, with little hopes in sight of a peace deal being made.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The Duchess used to wear Victoria’s designs regularly<\/p>\n
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William, in particular, is said to be hurt and angry beyond repair over the way his brother has portrayed him and Kate and is unwilling to hear him out. However, one person who does hold a lot of cachet with William is former footballer, and renowned royalist, David. Indeed, just this week, the pair looked delighted to be back in each other\u2019s company as they both attended RAF Northolt to support London\u2019s Air Ambulance Charity\u2019s \u2018Up Against Time\u2019 fundraising appeal, which raised \u00a316m for new rescue helicopters. This is just the latest philanthropic campaign that the pair have collaborated on together, with insiders saying that David is keener than ever to support causes that matter most to the palace.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With the pair looking so chummy and at ease, it\u2019s no surprise that Harry \u2013 having burned his bridges \u2013 is keen to have David back onside and as a useful intermediary link moving forwards. For him, it\u2019s not just about reigniting his and Meghan\u2019s social life, it\u2019s about making clever moves now to forge a road back to the palace. What\u2019s more, it\u2019s not just in the UK that both David and Victoria hold sway. They\u2019re also incredibly popular in the US, especially since David\u2019s Netflix documentary, Beckham, proved to be such a hit last year, adding to Victoria\u2019s influence as one of Hollywood\u2019s most beloved designers. But, as much as Harry sees this as a necessary means to an end, Meghan \u2013 who shares Archie, five, and Lilibet, three, with Harry – simply isn\u2019t playing ball.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Harry’s keen to rebuild his friendship with David and hopes it could bring him closer to his estranged brother<\/p>\n
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\u2018Meghan feels it\u2019s ridiculous to even care what the Beckhams think,\u2019 says our source. \u2018Instead, she has her sights set on making friendships with much more powerful people, like Kamala Harris. As far as she\u2019s concerned, it\u2019s beneath them to be begging the Beckhams for approval. But Harry knows how much William values David\u2019s friendship, and his hope is that getting David\u2019s seal of approval could help soften things with his brother. He insists he\u2019s being strategic and has put the word out that he\u2019d like to be friends again. It\u2019s frustrating for him that Meghan doesn\u2019t agree, but she feels it\u2019s Victoria and David that should be apologising to them, not the other way around.\u2019<\/p>\n
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