Meghan Markle caused quite a stir within the
ranks of the British royal family the moment
she started dating Prince Harry. From being
a divorced, biracial, American actress to
not wearing the right clothes or behaving
in the supposedly correct manner, Markle just
seemed to rub the royals the wrong way. However,
the opinions of his extended family didn't
seem to faze Prince Harry, who married Markle
and had a child with her before moving to
Los Angeles to start a new life in what was
soon cleverly dubbed Megxit.
The couple's decision to step down from their
official royal duties rocked the family, as
well as the press on both sides of the Atlantic.
Rumors continue to circulate about what really
transpired to make Harry and Meghan leave
England for America. However, it now seems
that if certain people had had their way,
the entire ordeal could have been avoided,
because Prince Harry wouldn't have married
Markle in the first place.
"What that does internally is probably really
damaging."
The tell-all book Royals at War: The Untold
Story of Harry and Meghan's Shocking Split
with the House of Windsor claims that, almost
immediately after Harry started dating the
Suits actress in 2016, Prince William allegedly
asked his brother,
"Is she the right one?"
Prince Harry apparently didn't take kindly
to his brother questioning his budding romance
and, according to sources close to the family,
it was the beginning of the end for their
formerly close relationship. As royal expert
Katie Nicholl explained in the documentary
Princesses At War,
"William was quite concerned that the relationship
had moved so quickly."
William's wife, Kate Middleton, also allegedly
warned Harry to take things slowly, and according
to the authors of Royals at War, she reminded
him,
"He was dating someone with a completely different
life, past, and career, and it would take
time, care, and attention for them to integrate."
But the happy couple got engaged the very
next year, with both Middleton and Prince
William wishing them well in the press and
expressing a desire to get to know Markle
better. When it came to Harry's almost instant
connection to Markle, insiders revealed in
Royals at War,
"[Harry was drawn to Meghan's] confidence,
commitment, drive and ambition."
Prince Harry may have been sure about Markle
from the beginning, but Prince Philip warned
him that marrying her would be a mistake for
a shockingly snobby reason. According to a
report in The Sunday Times, Philip allegedly
told his grandson,
"One steps out with actresses, one doesn't
marry them."
Markle was a well-regarded actress, having
appeared in Suits for seven seasons, while
also featuring in a number of movies, prior
to marrying Prince Harry. Prince Philip is
widely known to have a very close relationship
with his grandson, so the comment no doubt
wounded Prince Harry, though sources suggest
that the Duke of Sussex stood up for Markle
whenever anyone questioned their relationship.
The Times report also alleged that an unnamed
member of the royal family suggested that
Markle's marriage to Harry would only last
for three years, which seems pretty brutal.
"And then we were really by ourselves."
Nigel Cawthorne, author of Prince Andrew,
Epstein and the Palace revealed that, in his
view, Prince Charles wasn't Markle's biggest
fan either, precisely because of her allegedly
strong, no-nonsense personality that seemed
to rankle other family members. When it came
to Charles' alleged opinion on Markle, Cawthorne
explained to The Sun,
"There's only room for one strong royal woman,
the Queen...I think [Prince Charles] likes
strong women, but in The Firm there is only
room for one Queen...I think he foresaw considerable
problems ahead."
Prince Charles was allegedly concerned about
the amount of press attention being drawn
by Prince Harry and his new wife. According
to Cawthorne,
"Harry and Meghan amplified the popularity
of the Royal Family in the way that Prince
Andrew and Fergie did at the time."
In reality, though, Prince Charles had to
offer his support to the new couple just like
everyone else, as there wasn't much he could
do to stop them from tying the knot. Still,
the Duke and Duchess of Sussex left their
senior positions within the family less than
two years after marrying, officially ending
royal duties on March 31, 2020. Needless to
say, their decision to leave sent shock-waves
through the British monarchy, and the world.
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