The Kardashians are often called reality royalty, but they also have several links with the real thing.
While the Kardashians and the Windsors might appear to be worlds apart, both families are used to living in the spotlight and have a huge impact on modern culture.
Kim has been trying to rub shoulders with the royals for over a decade, having more luck with Meghan than Kate.
Here is everything you need to know about the relationship between the two dynastic families…
Why did Kris Jenner delete the photos of Meghan Markle?
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle joined the Kardashian clan to celebrate Kris Jenner’s 70th birthday on November 8.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex had big smiles on their faces as they posed for selfies with the birthday girl and Kim inside Jeff Bezos’s LA mansion.
The event had a glitzy 007 theme and celebrities including Adele, Oprah Winfrey, Mariah Carey and Miranda Kerr also attended.
Mysteriously, the happy snaps of the Sussex’s were quickly deleted from Kris and Kim’s social media accounts shortly after they were posted.
Fans quickly speculated on why they were removed, with some suggesting it was at the request of the Sussex’s due to the bash taking place over Remembrance weekend in the UK. Prince Harry had worn a poppy to the do.
“You go to an event like that you should expect pictures to be taken… They already went so the damage has been done,” commented one social media user.
Others thought it might have been because the royal guests were stealing the spotlight.
“Honestly seems like Kimmy deleted them because they were getting more attention than anyone else in the carousel,” commented one social media user.
However, there were a few guests at the party that Harry and Meghan might not have wanted to be publicly associated with —billionaire Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
The duke and duchess have long been calling for increased regulation on social media and slammed the tech mogul for scrapping fact-checking policies across Facebook and Instagram.
“Whether your views are left, right, or somewhere in between, Meta’s decision undermines free speech,” the Sussex’s said in a statement.
“Allowing abuse and normalising hate speech silences expression rather than fostering it. This choice, driven by ego or profit, is both reckless and deeply troubling.”
It could also be because Meghan didn’t want to be too closely associated with Kim, thanks to her checkered past with the Princess of Wales.
What did Kim Kardashian say about Kate?
As rumours swirled about the Princess of Wales when she took sick leave in early 2024, Kim proved she was keeping up with the Kate conspiracy.
Ahead of the princess announcing her cancer diagnosis, Kim added fuel to gossip, joking about it with her millions of Instagram followers.
“On my way to go find Kate,” the reality star captioned a snap that she shared on March 16, 2024, of herself about to hop in a car.
Conspiracy theories ranging from death claims to suggestions Kate been replaced by a lookalike had flourished during the first few months of her time off.
When Kate revealed her cancer diagnosis within days, Kim failed to apologise to her.
But was there more to the joke than Kim just taking advantage of a trending story to score some easy social media likes?
The Kardashians had been growing closer to the Sussex’s at the time, with Harry enjoying a ski trip to Aspen with Kris’s boyfriend Corey Gamble the same weekend the post went up.
Kris and Kim had also hung out with Meghan’s mother Doria at an event in August 2023.
It was certainly a tune of tune for Kim who admitted to being a big fan of Kate in 2012 when she was launching a fashion line in London.
“Kate seems like a really sweet person and she’s a princess,” she said in an interview with Now. “We love her sense of fashion. She could wear our looks and team it with one of her hats.”
Kim’s collection was made up of dody-con dresses, leopard print blazers and sheer blouses.
At the time, it was widely reported that she had sent several samples to Kate, which was quickly returned.
So while her quip about Kate might have seemed like a throwaway gag, it could be more because these days Kim is swapping stories with Meghan in Montecito.
