Kris Jenner quietly shut down feud rumors between her and Meghan Markle after a photo-deleting controversy last year.
The Kardashians star, 70, took to her Instagram story to thank the Duchess of Sussex, 44, for the “beautiful” basket of goods for Mother’s Day from Markle’s As Ever brand.
“These candles smell so delicious!!!” Kardashian added in the caption for the casual photo on May 6.
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Kardashian’s relationship with the royal couple came under scrutiny after Markle and her husband, Prince Harry, attended the reality star’s 70th birthday party in November 2025. The James Bond-themed event was hosted at Jeff Bezosand Lauren Sánchez-Bezos‘ Beverly Hills mansion and included an A-list guest list. Markle and Harry, 41, arrived hand-in-hand in coordinating all-black ensembles with Harry wearing a red poppy pin, an internationally recognized symbol of remembrance, honoring military members who died in war.
After the party, Kim Kardashian and Kris shared social media photos with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, but the images were later deleted from both accounts. The “photogate” drama led to people speculating if a fallout had happened between the Kardashian-Jenner family and the Sussexes.
A source close to Meghan and Harry told People at the time that they didn’t agree to have photos shared of them from inside the party, claiming the pictures were ultimately removed because they checked “no” on a photo consent form. However, a separate source close to the event denied the claim to People, telling the outlet, “There were no consent forms.”
Kim, 45, later clarified the situation on Khloé Kardashian’s “Khloe in Wonder Land” podcast.
“It was really innocent, which is so crazy,” Kim recalled. “Mom and Meghan have been friends for some years now, and they have a really sweet relationship.”
The Skims founder claimed they were all told it was “totally cool to post” the photos of the Sussexes, but the former senior royals later backtracked to honor a November 11 holiday in the U.K.
“After it was posted, I think they realized it was Remembrance Day, and they didn’t want to be seen at a party, even though it’s already up, you know, and then taken down. And then I think they realized, like, ‘Oh, this was so silly,’” Kim continued, adding that it “sucks” the way it was interpreted by fans.
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The Kardashians are no strangers to online scrutiny, and Kim noted that she wanted to turn the scandal into a business opportunity to lighten the situation.
“You got to laugh at, like, the situation sometimes and just, like, lighten it up and be if everyone’s taking it the wrong way, like, lean in. I was like, ‘We should do a full Skims campaign.’ Take the photo — even just us, like, I’ll shoot you at mom, you know, post it and then delete it, like, 30 minutes later. And then I say, ‘Oh, sorry, I didn’t have permission to post those photos for the campaign,’” Kim continued. “If we just made it light and made it funny, you know, I think it would have been, like, received differently, but I hated how that was received for everyone.”