Meghan Markle allegedly told fashion designer Roland Mouret, 'You don't realise what you've done! You've embarrassed me!' after a member of his team contacted Kate Middleton's stylist about returning clothes he had sent her, according to an excerpt from his forthcoming memoir. The designer recounts the alleged fallout in I Am Roland Mouret: The Butcher's Boy Who Dressed the World.
An excerpt published by The Times on 16 October 2026 describes how a clothing arrangement intended to remain private reportedly became a source of tension after Meghan's relationship with Prince Harry became public in 2016. The book is scheduled for UK publication on 22 October by Quercus Publishing.
Mouret's account centres on a member of his own team contacting Kate's stylist. It does not claim that Kate, now the Princess of Wales, personally requested the clothes or directed anyone to retrieve them. The reported exchange is based on the designer's recollection of a private conversation, rather than an independently verified transcript.
How a Private Clothing Arrangement Went Wrong
Mouret says he first met Meghan in 2015 at Soho House in Istanbul. They kept in touch, and he later offered to send her clothes after she told him she was dating a 'nice British guy'.
According to the memoir excerpt, he thought she would soon have numerous public engagements and might need outfits. He asked a member of his team to send a selection of pieces he had chosen, with clear instructions to keep the arrangement discreet.
'Leave them there as long as she wants them. Don't follow up on it and do not talk about it to anyone at all, here or outside,' he recalled telling the staff member.
However, after Meghan and Harry's relationship became public, Mouret says the same team member contacted Kate's stylist at the palace to ask for the dresses to be returned.
He described the contact as an 'honest attempt to be efficient'. What the staff member apparently viewed as a practical step allegedly caused embarrassment for Meghan, who had wanted the arrangement to remain private.
Meghan's Alleged Reaction to the Mix-Up
Mouret writes that Meghan was furious and called him after learning about the contact.
'You don't realise what you've done! You've embarrassed me!' she allegedly told him.
The designer says he explained that the contact had been a mistake by someone who did not understand the situation. He recalled apologising and acknowledging that Meghan wanted to handle matters privately.
According to his account, Meghan then told him: 'You know now I can never wear your clothes again.'
Mouret says he did not understand her reasoning but chose not to question it. He also stressed that, in his view, any decision not to wear his designs was Meghan's own, rather than something imposed by the palace.
The memoir excerpt does not provide Meghan's account of the incident, so the exchange should be treated as Mouret's recollection, not fact.
The 'Cheap High Street Copy' That Reopened Contact
The disagreement did not necessarily mark the end of their relationship. Mouret says that the following year he saw a photograph of Meghan wearing what he considered a 'cheap high street copy' of one of his designs.
He decided to message her, writing: 'I can understand if you don't wear my stuff, but if it's to wear a cheap copy then that's ridiculous. Come back.'
According to Mouret, Meghan replied: 'I think I should come and see you.'
The exchange suggests that the possibility of reconnecting remained open, although the published account does not establish precisely when or how the pair made amends.
Meghan Later Wore a Roland Mouret Design
There is an important qualification to the suggestion that Meghan never wore his clothes again. She wore a navy Roland Mouret dress to the Royal Foundation dinner in November 2018, which she attended with Harry, Kate and Prince William. She also wore the dress in promotional photographs for her As Ever lifestyle brand in February 2026, according to E! News.
Those later appearances do not establish exactly when the relationship improved, but they mean the reported exchange should not be presented as proof of a permanent fashion ban.
PEOPLE reported that it had contacted Meghan for comment on Mouret's claims. A news media outlet also said it had approached her representative but had not received a response at the time of publication. No substantive response from Meghan to this specific allegation was included in those reports.
For now, the story remains Mouret's account of a private disagreement. Its central revelation is not evidence of a feud between Meghan and Kate, but the designer's claim that a staff member's attempt to retrieve borrowed clothes damaged his friendship with Meghan — and that a later message may have helped reopen the conversation.
