According to author Tom Bower, Prince Harry hoped that his late mother’s siblings and friend would see the similarities he felt Meghan shared with Diana and was “disappointed” when they failed to

There have been multiple attempts to compare Meghan Markle with the late Diana, Princess of Wales ever since her relationship with Prince Harry became public knowledge.

When investigative journalist Tom Bower released his book ‘Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War Between the Windsors’ earlier this year, a number of shocking claims about the couple came to light. One of the most interesting stories was how Prince Harry hoped that Diana’s two sisters and best friend would see the similarities he felt Meghan shared with his mother – and how he was “disappointed” when they didn’t.

As well as this troubling moment for Prince Harry, Bower suggests that Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer, was asked to speak to his nephew about his closeness with Meghan. The author claims that not only did Earl Spencer, Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Baroness Jane Fellowes and her close friend Julia Samuel fail to see the similarities between Meghan and Harry’s late mother – as the prince reportedly hoped – but they thought that she would struggle to fit in with the Royal Family. Bower wrote: “Since the Vanity Fair article had increased the Cambridges’ suspicion of Meghan, the actress discovered that her neighbour in Kensington Palace had even less time for her.