Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's nickname for Kate Middleton left Prince William 'furious'

Prince William is reportedly even more 'furious' at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for the way they have treated his wife, Kate Middleton. It's believed that the two brothers only communicate through correspondence and that the Prince and Princess of Wales decided to cut off the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after Harry released his 2023 memoir, Spare.

A source has revealed one of the reasons that William is most upset with his brother and sister-in-law is because they call her 'Kate', instead of 'Catherine', which the Princess of Wales requested her friends call her over a decade ago.

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'Pushes his buttons'

Harry and Meghan have always publicly called her 'Kate' instead of 'Catherine', an insider told the Daily Beast.

"William takes offence at people calling Catherine ‘Kate’ because she has asked to be known as Catherine," the source said. "Even when they were sending her get-well-soon messages after her cancer diagnosis.

"It’s a fairly simple wish to respect. I’m sure Meghan wouldn’t like it if William started publicly calling her 'Meghan Markle.'"

"Of course it’s an utterly trivial thing, but those of us who know William know that it is one of the things that pushes his buttons," they added. "Pushing his buttons while he was going through his wife’s cancer seemed an entirely unnecessary and deliberate irritation."

'Bloody rude'

Apparently, William also disliked that Harry and Meghan brought up Kate's other nickname, 'Waity Katie' during their interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021.

While speaking about the racist treatment she received in the UK press, Meghan told Oprah, "Kate was called 'Waity Katie' waiting to marry William. While I imagine that was hard (and) I do, I can't picture what that felt like. This is not the same.

"And if a member of this family will comfortably say 'we've all had to deal with things that are rude,' rude and racist are not the same."

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Another friend of William's said it was "bloody rude" of Harry and Meghan to continue to call her Kate.

"If Harry and Meghan were serious about healing their issue, a good first step would be to call her Catherine," they said.

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