The Duchess of Sussex vowed never to wear French designer Roland Mouret’s clothes again after his fashion house “humiliated” her by mistakenly requesting the return of complimentary outfits through the Princess of Wales’s office.

In his new memoir, Mouret says Meghan became furious after a member of his staff contacted Kensington Palace, rather than her own team, to arrange the clothes’ return.

According to the designer, Meghan told him the mistake had embarrassed her and declared that she could never wear his designs again.

He recalls her saying: “Meghan was furious and called me. ‘You don’t realise what you’ve done! You’ve embarrassed me.’”

Mouret does not specify exactly when the dispute took place. He says only that it happened after Meghan and Prince Harry’s relationship became public, but before the couple stepped down as senior working royals in 2020.

He says Meghan rejected his apology and told him: “You know now I can never wear your clothes again.”

Meghan later appeared in what Mouret described as a “cheap high street copy” of one of his designs. The designer says he texted her afterwards, accusing her of being “ridiculous”.

In I Am Roland Mouret: The Butcher’s Boy Who Dressed the World, which is due to be published next week, he writes: “Meghan’s decision not to wear my clothes was hers, not the palace’s, not anybody else’s. I don’t think anyone else cared.”

Reflecting on her decision to avoid his creations, he adds: “I didn’t see the logic of that but I didn’t question it.”

Mouret has designed dresses for the Princess of Wales since 2011. Writing about Kate, he says: “Many want to be famous but if Kate could do everything she does, and be married to the man she is married to, without the fame, you suspect she would choose it.”

A spokesman for the Duchess of Sussex declined to comment.

Meghan has continued to wear Mouret’s designs on occasion, including one of his dresses featured in an As Ever jam Instagram advertisement earlier this year.

The duchess and Mouret had been close friends since meeting on holiday in Turkey in 2015. He was also among the first people she told after she fell in love with Harry.

The pair first met in a hotel lift, where Meghan was wearing only a dressing gown as she made her way to the Soho House spa.

Mouret writes: “I said: ‘You don’t know me but you do know me in a way. I am Roland Mouret.’”

“She screamed and laughed and we chatted for a few moments. I told her that Suits was being very good to me,” he recalls, referring to the television show’s use of his designs.

They arranged to meet again at a party later that evening and soon became close friends.

When back in Canada filming Suits, she later texted him to say she had split from a boyfriend.

‘I’m coming to London soon. I’m going to travel in Europe this summer because I’m single and I want to have a change,’ she wrote.

Mouret claims that within months she had met Harry and told him about the relationship before the world knew she was dating a prince.

In his book, serialised in The Times, he recalled: ‘I got a call from her. “Roland, I met someone.” 

“Your nice European guy?’

“Nice British guy.” She giggled.

“Even better”, I said. “What does he do?” She hesitated. “He’s a prince”.’

Mouret wrote: ‘I knew she was in love. It was the amount of breath mixed in with her words, finely balanced but revealing, just like a perfume.

‘There was only one British prince. We knew who we were talking about.’

The celebrated designer then offered to provide Meghan with clothes for her new life.

He told her: ‘You’ll go to a lot of functions, you’ll need clothes. Do you want me to send you some now so that you’ll be ready?’

She replied: ‘Yes, please.’

He wrote: ‘I asked a member of my team to send a selection I had put aside to the palace. “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”.

‘Three months later, Meghan and I met up for a coffee. She said, “It’s going to come out very soon. We think the press know and it’s any day now”.’

But Mouret claims their friendship later soured when a member of his team asked for the clothes back.

The mistake, he says, was that the request was made through Kate’s team rather than directly to Meghan and her aides.

Mouret had designed for Kate for many years and suggests the member of staff went via the now Princess of Wales’s team at Kensington Palace for efficiency reasons. 

He wrote: ‘Meghan and Harry’s relationship became public. Then the same team member who had sent the clothes for Meghan decided, in an honest attempt to be efficient, to call Kate’s stylist at the palace and ask for Meghan’s dresses to be returned.

‘Meghan was furious and called me.’

Mouret said his apology was not accepted.

He told her: ‘Meghan, it was just a mistake by someone who didn’t know. My apologies. I know it’s not good for you and you want to do things privately.’

But she allegedly replied: ‘You know now I can never wear your clothes again.’

Mouret claims Meghan subsequently began wearing at least one ‘cheap high street copy’ of his designs.

He wrote: ‘The following year, I saw a photo of her out in a cheap high street copy of one of my designs. I messaged her: “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”.’

She texted back: ‘I think I should come and see you.’ 

This year Meghan donned a plunging Roland Mouret number as part of an As Ever product launch.

Meghan has herself spoken of the close bond she shared with the French designer.

She wore his dresses for red carpet appearances and gave him a string of social media shout-outs.

The Duchess also confirmed that they first met in a hotel lift in Istanbul.

‘This man in a bathrobe said, ‘I’d love to dress you’, I thought ‘whaaat?’ Then he told me who he was and we’ve been friends ever since,’ she said.

She later wrote on social media: ‘Love your dresses to the moon and back, but love you even more #favouritedesigner.’

The pair also posed for a series of cosy selfies together.

Mouret was among the designers tipped to make Meghan’s royal wedding dress, although she eventually chose Givenchy.

In his book, he does not appear to say whether he and Meghan remain on good terms.

But he writes warmly of the Princess of Wales, who wore a Roland Mouret dress to the Wimbledon ladies’ singles final in July.

He recalled: ‘Kate Middleton came to my studio to try on some clothes. Later, I went to the palace with clothes for her. Many want to be famous but if Kate could do everything she does, and be married to the man she is married to, without the fame, you suspect she would choose it.’

The fashionista’s claims came hours after Meghan and Harry made their first public appearance together since their extraordinary return to the UK.

The Duke of Sussex repeatedly put a protective arm around his wife as they were cheered by crowds and stopped for selfies during a series of royal-style engagements in Nottingham on Thursday.

When a supporter welcomed her back to the UK, Meghan smiled and replied: ‘It’s wonderful to be back.’

Their royal-style charity engagements in the East Midlands, just six weeks after returning to live in Britain, came after the King described the Sussexes as ‘private citizens’.

Critics have called the visits, organised by Team Sussex, a ‘cynical’ attempt to return to royal duties ‘by stealth’. Harry was in playful mood and was pictured tickling a man’s ginger beard.

President Trump sharply criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a televised interview Thursday after Zelensky declared that Kyiv was “done” complying with Trump’s request to pause attacks on Russian energy facilities.

“If you tell me that Zelensky is again shooting at refineries, all he’s doing is making the world oil price higher,” Trump told Newsmax host Rob Finnerty. “I think that’s a disgrace. There’s plenty of other targets.”

As the White House seeks to revive efforts to end Russian President Vladimir Putin’s four-and-a-half-year invasion of Ukraine, Trump said Zelensky was “not a good guy for us to deal with.”

“I think they actually both would like to see it end,” Trump said. “But I think I find Zelensky to be more difficult to deal with than Putin.”

Trump said Sunday that Moscow and Kyiv had agreed to stop targeting one another’s energy infrastructure as winter approached. Zelensky, however, said Ukraine had honored the understanding on its own while Russia carried out more than 100 strikes against Ukrainian energy facilities over the previous week.

“The block is out,” Zelensky told the Financial Times on Thursday during a visit to London. “We’re done.”

Shortly afterward, Ryazan province Governor Pavel Malkov said Ukrainian drones struck a building belonging to a state-owned oil company, igniting a fire.

The dispute marked another rupture after a brief thaw in relations between Trump and Zelensky. On Friday, Zelensky traveled to Brussels for a summit of European leaders, where he thanked what he called the continent’s “real leaders” for their backing.

“We want to end this war as [quickly] as possible,” Zelensky told reporters in the Belgian capital. “We don’t see now signals from Russian side that they are ready for this, to end this war. That’s why we have to prepare for the winter.”

Kremlin spokesman Dmitriy Peskov echoed Trump’s criticism Friday, saying, “Zelensky doesn’t want to take responsibility and move toward a peaceful resolution.”

Russian attacks were reported across nine Ukrainian regions Friday, leaving at least 15 people wounded and hundreds of thousands of homes without electricity. Russia’s Defense Ministry separately claimed that its air defenses had intercepted 644 Ukrainian drones overnight across several regions, Crimea and the Black Sea.

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The latest Trump-Zelensky clash follows a dispute that began last week, when Trump announced an agreement to purchase more than 2.25 million barrels of diesel from Russia in an effort to curb fuel prices that have surged amid the war with Iran.

Zelensky expressed outrage in an interview with Axios, describing the deal as something that “looks like a happy birthday present” for Putin. He also alleged that US military officials had threatened to suspend intelligence sharing on Russian airstrikes unless Kyiv accepted Trump’s proposed moratorium.

White House sources, however, told The Post that Putin understood the cease-fire to cover oil refineries only, not the power plants that Russian forces have continued to strike.

The sources accused Zelensky of deliberately broadening the narrow agreement’s terms in order to argue that Russia had violated it first, an approach they said weakened both the arrangement and Trump’s diplomatic effort.

Trump has denied that the United States ever halted intelligence cooperation with Ukraine. Tensions rose again Tuesday when Kyiv abruptly lost access to the Starshield military satellite network.

Starshield, SpaceX’s secure military version of the Starlink satellite system, enables Ukrainian forces to monitor and intercept fast-moving threats while supporting long-range strikes against targets inside Russia.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk blamed the Pentagon and White House for the disruption Wednesday. A senior US official told The Post on Thursday that Trump had not restricted Ukraine’s Starshield access. The Pentagon has not commented on the allegation.

Ukrainian officials said Starshield service had been restored by Thursday morning.

Despite Zelensky’s objections, the Trump administration maintains that its current strategy — including the diesel agreement with Russia — offers the strongest path toward securing peace in Ukraine.

Officials claimed the deal would effectively serve as a carrot to get Putin back to the negotiating table and lay the groundwork for a lasting peace.

With Post wires

New information in the Pennsylvania family murder investigation is raising questions about whether the killings at Great Wolf Lodge were planned in advance, according to a private investigator.

Metallica Rose Harrison, 27, has been charged with two counts of criminal homicide. Prosecutors allege that she fatally stabbed her husband, Charles “Chaz” Harrison, and the couple’s 3-year-old son, Tristan, at the Poconos-area resort.

A criminal complaint states that the knives found by investigators at the scene did not belong to Great Wolf Lodge.

The complaint says both weapons had teal-green handles, and resort employees told investigators that knives with that design were not supplied or kept by the lodge.

The family has confirmed that autopsies were being performed on both victims. Police discovered the father and his young son dead inside a resort hotel room on Monday.

Harrison’s stepmother told News Media that the suspect may have withdrawn money from the family’s 401(k) before the group began a three-week stay at the resort.

The three family members lived in a modest house in Towanda, Pennsylvania, roughly 100 miles northwest of Great Wolf Lodge.

“There are so many lodges in the mountains between where they lived and where they traveled,” private investigator Rod Devine said. “I’d be curious to know why they chose that particular lodge.”

Devine’s investigative firm is located in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, south of the Poconos.

“There are a lot of moving parts here that investigators will have to examine,” he said.

Devine said his professional experience includes meeting face-to-face with convicted killers and people suspected of homicide.

He said reports about a potentially depleted retirement account, the manner of the deaths and the possibility that the weapons were brought from home during the extended vacation could point to premeditation in the case.

“From the preliminary file available to the public, it appears that certain elements are already present,” Devine said.

Harrison’s stepmother previously told News Media that the deaths appeared to have been “preplanned.”

Several news organizations have also reported that Harrison allegedly did not want to become pregnant and may have harbored resentment toward her son.

Why? Reports say she wanted more alone time with her husband.

Family also allegedly told investigators that the mother accused of the killings “was dominant, controlling and isolated the three of them from her husband’s family for the last three years,” WNEP reported.

While the investigation into the killings continues, Chaz’s family members grapple with their new normal.

“His love for his wife and child was out of this world and, sadly, is the reason why he lost his life and his son’s life,” Chaz’s sister shared in an update on a GoFundMe page.

“I’m not here to say anything bad about his wife. I know my brother would not want me to do that,” she went on to say.

She is sitting in a Monroe County jail cell and due in court on Oct. 21.

The husband of a Pennsylvania pediatrician is accused of strangling her and setting her body on fire while the couple’s seven-year-old daughter slept nearby.

Dr. Julia Pederson, a 41-year-old pediatrician with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, was discovered dead at approximately 7:05 a.m. Saturday after a fire was reported at a home in the 2900 block of Green Street in Harrisburg, roughly 100 miles west of Philadelphia.

Harrisburg police said their investigation determined that the fire was not the cause of Pederson’s death.

Jonathan Gatto, 42, Pederson’s husband, was taken into custody Wednesday and charged with first-degree murder.

He also faces charges including abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence, endangering the welfare of children, arson and aggravated arson.

According to an affidavit reviewed by WGAL, Gatto told investigators that he and Pederson had been discussing a separation amid marital problems and were trying to decide how to explain the situation to their daughter.

Gatto reportedly said he woke to the sound of smoke alarms and ran downstairs to remove the child from the home.

He claimed he went back for Pederson but burned his hand while attempting to enter the bedroom, according to the affidavit. Blood testing later indicated that Pederson had died before the fire began.

Gatto allegedly told police that Pederson had been feeling unwell on October 9 after beginning a new medication to treat migraines.

He said he heard a loud noise sometime between 11 p.m. and midnight that sounded like someone falling down the stairs, according to the affidavit reported by authorities.

Gatto told investigators he asked whether Pederson was all right. She allegedly mumbled a response before closing the bedroom door, WHP reported.

Investigators also said Gatto reportedly returned to the bedroom around 2 a.m. to offer his wife ibuprofen.

According to the legal filing, Pederson was allegedly startled by his presence, prompting Gatto to return to bed.

Later, when the smoke alarms sounded, Gatto claimed the flames inside the bedroom prevented him from reaching Pederson.

He then remained outside and waited for emergency responders to arrive, the affidavit states.

A Tuesday autopsy concluded that Pederson suffered fatal traumatic injuries before the fire. Her death was officially classified as a homicide.

Investigators described the blaze as “very small,” while a Pennsylvania State Police fire marshal determined after examining the scene that it had been deliberately started.

Firefighters reported seeing only light smoke rising from the home, according to the affidavit.

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First responders performed CPR on Pederson and then rushed her to the Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center, where she was declared dead. 

A GoFundMe fundraiser started by Pederson’s sister, Abbey, noted that her daughter was in the second grade.

The fundraiser looked to cover funeral expenses and establish a scholarship fund for the little girl’s future. As of Thursday, about $23,800 had been raised.

Pederson was a Harvard University graduate who received her medical degree from Stanford’s School of Medicine and did her pediatric residency at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago.

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) told CBS21 on Tuesday that it was ‘deeply saddened’ by Pederson’s death.

UPMC called Pederson a ‘beloved pediatrician’ and a ‘valued member’ of its Children’s Community Pediatrics team.

‘Dr. Pederson devoted her career to caring for children and supporting families, and her loss is felt deeply by colleagues, patients, and communities she served,’ the statement continued.

Pederson joined the hospital in February, according to a Facebook post from UPMC.

Fran Chardo, the Dauphin County district attorney, called the circumstances around Pederson’s death ‘devastating.’

‘With the domestic violence case, it can happen,’ Chardo said, according to WGAL. ‘These things occur suddenly and without any warning.’

Gatto has been denied bail. He remained at Dauphin County Prison as of Wednesday, according to Pennsylvania court records viewed by the Daily Mail.

He is scheduled to appear in court on October 28 for a preliminary hearing.

Gatto did not have an attorney listed in court records. Legal filings said he had not requested a public defender.

The Daily Mail has reached out to the Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office and the Dauphin County Coroner’s Office for further comment.