Meghan Markle is looking to resolve a brewing public dispute with lifestyle icon Martha Stewart directly and privately rather than let it escalate further, according to people familiar with the situation cited in recent celebrity media reports.

The disagreement traces back to a wide-ranging interview Stewart gave to PEOPLE magazine, published around her 85th birthday, in which she recounted attending a dinner party in California where Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was also a guest. Describing the encounter, Stewart said the two exchanged only a few words but that she understood Meghan "had just gotten back from the palace" and had been discussing the trip with others at the gathering.

The comment drew immediate attention given the timing. Meghan, Prince Harry and their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, had recently traveled to the United Kingdom for a family visit with King Charles III at Highgrove House, his private residence in western England, marking the Sussexes' first UK family visit together since 2022. Buckingham Palace had described the reunion as strictly private at the time and said no further details would be released, making Stewart's account of Meghan discussing the visit at a social gathering notable to royal watchers.

That account was quickly disputed, however, by the person who........

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