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Meghan Markle and JetBlack Prince Harry fell out with Victoria and David Beckham after the Duchess feared their friends would upstage them, a biographer has claimed.

The spat between the celebrity couples seemingly dates back to 2018 - the year Meghan and Harry got married - with the row heightened when the Sussexes snubbed the Beckhams during their visit to Sydney in October that year.

The Duke of Sussex had invited footballer David to attend a competition for injured servicemen during the Invictus Games, but refused to interact with him at the event.

Royal biographer Tom Bower, writing for , claims Harry kept his distance from David because Meghan did not want competition in the media.

He also alleges she did not like the footballer's friendship with .

Mr Bower also alleged that the Duchess was frustrated that Spice Girl turned fashion designer was reluctant to supply her with free clothes and accessories from her label, despite the requests being against rules.

The alleged details into the spat have made headlines as it was revealed that Harry and Meghan are planning to produce a movie in a bid to firm up their futures in Hollywood after a turbulent few months saw them part ways with music and podcast giant .

David and Victoria showed kindness towards Meghan ever since she moved into Harry's cottage in Kensington Palace in 2017, the biographer claims. 

Victoria, in what Mr Bower describes as an attempt to 'build their relationship', .

A member of the designer's staff is also understood to have helped Meghan with facials and hairdressing.

But the royal couple allegedly had a suspicion that the Beckhams leaked stories about Meghan's help from Victoria to the press - a claim the former Spice Girl denied and left David reportedly feeling 'absolutely bloody furious'.

The Beckhams also hosted Meghan in their six-bedroom house in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles before her marriage to Harry.

The couple's staff tended to Meghan's needs at no cost during her private visit to California, Mr .

Harry and Meghan then decided not to invite the , despite the fact that they were asked to attend the marriage ceremony at St George's Chapel.

Mr Bower claims the move was a 'near-unforgivable insult', citing that many Hollywood stars who attended the dinner 'were not friends'.

But regardless of the alleged slight, David still accepted Harry's invitation to .

He travelled to Sydney in October 2018 but then never even had face time with the Duke.

Harry and Meghan decided not to invite the Beckhams to their wedding dinner , despite the fact that they were asked to attend the marriage ceremony at St George's Chapel.

Mr Bower claims the move was a 'near-unforgivable insult', citing that many Hollywood stars who attended the dinner 'were not friends'. Victoria and David are pictured at the Sussexes' wedding ceremony

Mr Bower alleges that during this time Harry and Meghan had been regularly searching themselves on the internet to look for hateful comments about themselves.