When Meghan Markle entered Prince Harry's world nearly a decade ago, tensions began brewing behind palace doors almost immediately. Speaking on a recent episode of the "Daily Expresso" podcast from Britain's Express newspaper, royals author Tom Bower claimed that the Duchess of Sussex's arrival didn't just unsettle Kate Middleton - it left the future queen feeling "threatened" by a woman he says brought ambition, polish and ruthlessness into an already delicate hierarchy. "Meghan has a lot of qualities [that Kate] doesn't have. First of all, she's self-made.