REVEALED: How ‘like-minded mint tea lovers’ Meghan and Enninful fell out… over the duvet of Vogue

The Duchess of Sussex and the previous editor of British Vogue, Edward Enninful, had been as soon as inseparable. 

So a lot in order that Meghan recalled, after guest-editing the rage bible six years in the past, that they had been ‘like-minded thinkers’ who loved ‘philosophising’ over steaming cups of mint tea.

Today, then again, they’re not on talking phrases – and the cause of the fallout has remained one in every of model’s maximum tightly guarded secrets and techniques.

But The Mail on Sunday can now expose that their friendship imploded all over a confrontation over how Vogue deliberate to function a shiny show off of Meghan and Prince Harry‘s charitable paintings.

The protection, designed to tie in with Meghan’s keynote look on the One Young World Summit in Manchester in September 2022, would have concerned intensive options around the mag and its virtual editions.

But Conde Nast insiders declare it used to be all of a sudden pulled and scrapped totally.

A supply mentioned: ‘The duchess and her crew had top expectancies and had been anticipating she would possibly get a print quilt or a minimum of a virtual quilt out of it, however Enninful used to be no longer ready to fulfill the ones expectancies. He already had {a magazine} quilt within the bag for that month.’

Shelving the challenge is alleged to have brought about irreparable harm to their friendship. ‘Edward used to be livid to have misplaced the challenge, as had been the powers that be at Conde Nast,’ a supply informed the MoS. 

The Mail on Sunday can now expose that their friendship imploded all over a confrontation over how Vogue deliberate to function a shiny show off of Meghan and Prince Harry ‘s charitable paintings

‘The duchess and her crew had top expectancies and had been anticipating she would possibly get a print quilt or a minimum of a virtual quilt out of it, however Enninful (pictured)used to be no longer ready to fulfill the ones expectancies,’ a supply mentioned

‘The complete procedure changed into very tricky. Edward may just simplest promise her a large showy function within the mag and on-line – however she became it down.’

According to insiders, the challenge wanted a complete manufacturing crew together with photographers, videographers, stylists and editors to shoot unique pictures and picture an in-depth video function with the Sussexes.

Sources declare that once Mr Enninful defined he had any other quilt in thoughts, Meghan’s crew had requested if the couple may just function on Vogue’s particular virtual quilt as a substitute, which is launched along the print version.

But once more, it’s understood that Mr Enninful declined.

‘He did not assume it used to be suitable to present her the duvet,’ the supply defined.

It used to be then that Meghan’s crew pulled the plug. Relations between the pair by no means recovered. 

Sources upload that all over the years that adopted Mr Enninful has greater his public involvement with the Royal Family, and declare this isn’t one thing Meghan may just simply forget, specifically as he used to be to begin with supportive of her now-infamous ‘Megxit’ Oprah interview in 2021.

Mr Enninful, who used to be awarded an OBE in 2016 for his services and products to range within the model trade, is a trustee for The King’s Fund, King Charles’s charity, and interviewed the monarch for Vogue when he used to be nonetheless Prince of Wales in 2020. He attended his coronation in 2023.

Meghan and Mr Enninful , had been as soon as inseparable. So a lot in order that Meghan recalled, after guest-editing the rage bible six years in the past, that they had been ‘like-minded thinkers’ who loved ‘philosophising’ over steaming cups of mint tea

The Duchess of Sussex used to be the visitor editor at the 2019 September factor of British Vogue 

Mr Enninful follows all 3 of the King’s charitable organisations on Instagram – however tellingly, does no longer apply Meghan or any of her enterprises.

She used to be additionally mentioned to not had been invited to a glittering black-tie gala in New York previous this month for The King’s Trust, which used to be hosted by means of Mr Enninful and held at Casa Cipriani’s grand ballroom in New York.

Guests incorporated Lionel Richie, Heidi Klum, Helena Christensen and British businesswoman Charlotte Tilbury. But Meghan, who attended Beyonce and James Taylor live shows up to now two weeks, used to be no longer at the listing, resources say.

‘There is not any manner she used to be invited,’ mentioned a supply. ‘That used to be Edward’s American famous person choice to the Met Gala.’

It all stands in stark distinction to their earlier courting. In 2019, the pair collaborated on a topic of British Vogue which changed into the fastest-selling within the mag’s 104-year historical past, promoting out in ten days.

The ‘Forces for Change’ factor put inspirational ladies – together with former New Zealand top minister Jacinda Ardern and actresses Gemma Chan and Jane Fonda – at the quilt.

The following 12 months Mr Enninful addressed grievance Meghan had gained when she joined the Royal Family.

He defended the duchess, calling her a ‘courageous girl’ and describing the remedy of her as ‘very unfair’ and ‘harsh’.

But he mentioned he ‘would not simply blame it on racism’, including: ‘I feel occasionally it takes a minute to know the principles.’ Whether he would shield her once more as of late is any other subject.

The Duchess of Sussex and Mr Enninful had been approached for remark by means of the MoS.

Conde Nast additionally declined to remark.