Ingrid Seward: ‘I think Meghan must have been incredibly envious and then jealous of Kate’

My Mother and I, Ingrid Seward’s biography of the King, was just about to hit bookshelves when news of his shock cancer diagnosis hit the headlines. The veteran royal author, who has written 17 books about the monarchy, was not just surprised by the announcement but the candour with which it was delivered by Buckingham Palace.