Something that’s happened over the past year: whenever anyone compares the Duchess of Cambridge and the Duchess of Sussex, the Keen Defenders always say something about how Kate is “the future queen,” like that’s the end of the argument. I’ve also noticed that the Keen Defenders HATE the comparisons… unless Future Queen Kate comes out favorably. Anyway, People Magazine’s cover story this week is all about Meghan and Kate and whether they’re really at war with each other. “Future Queen Kate” makes an appearance in this piece, so take it as you will. Some highlights:

Meghan & Kate are modern women who are changing the monarchy: Since Meghan officially joined the royal family with her May wedding to Harry, there has been a shake up in its synergy. But many believe the shift was bound to happen. “Wives do change the dynamic, and they both have very strong wives,” a palace insider tells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story. “If you bring two independent-minded women from the real world into the royal world, they are going to want to have an impact.” And if that means ruffling some feathers among the palace establishment? “Some feathers need to be ruffled.”

The Sussexes moving away from Kensington Palace: “[The move] will be the best thing for all of them,” says a family friend. “Like Meghan and Kate, Harry and William have totally different roles. But the brothers will always come together because they are Diana’s sons.”

Meghan is still trying to find her footing: The Duchess of Sussex is still struggling to find her footing as a member of the royal family, several sources tell PEOPLE. “The most difficult job in the royal family is to work with Meghan’s ambitions and make them realizable,” says another insider.

But Kate has established her position: Meanwhile, Kate has established her place as a future queen and doting mother. “They are very different characters,” says the family friend.

Meg & Kate are both strong: However, both Meghan, 37, and Kate, 36, are exceedingly capable of owning the spotlight. “An ordinary woman is not going to get to become a princess,” says the palace insider. “There is a necessary strength of character and ambition and single-mindedness. It takes someone really strong. That is Kate and Meghan.”

[From People]

Whatever, this reads to me like Cambridge propaganda, in that Kate’s “new image” is that she was ALWAYS this capable, amazing, strong and Future Queen Realness. Before Meghan came around, Kate’s image was “shy” and “introverted” and “she just wants to be a middle-class mother and wife and she doesn’t want attention.” The shifting goalposts of Kate’s image have always been fascinating to me, and this new Strong, Confident, Capable Kate image seems to have been developed directly as an answer to Meghan’s entrance onto the scene. Now, all that being said, the story here isn’t *just* about Kate and Meghan – the root of this sister-in-law drama has always been Harry and William’s struggling brother-bond.

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