Mouret memoir links clothing mix-up to Markle falling-out

Fashion designer Roland Mouret says a staff member’s mistaken request to retrieve clothes sent to Meghan Markle through Kate’s palace stylist contributed to a falling-out between him and the Duchess of Sussex, according to his memoir. Mouret recounts that he offered Markle clothes after she told him she was dating Prince Harry. He asked a team member to send selected pieces to the palace and leave them with her, without following up or discussing the arrangement, he writes. After the couple’s relationship became public, the same staff member contacted Kate’s stylist at the palace to ask for the clothes back, according to Mouret’s account. Mouret writes that Markle called him and said the request had embarrassed her. He says he apologized, explaining that the employee had made a mistake and that he understood she wanted to keep things private. According to the memoir, Markle replied that she could never wear his clothes again. Mouret says he accepted that decision, though he did not understand it. The designer also describes a later exchange. He writes that he saw Markle wearing what he considered a copy of one of his designs and messaged her that he understood if she no longer...