What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News
and since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle left
the Royal family for the United States, drama,
it seems, has unfortunately continued to follow
them.
Whether it's rumored feuds with Prince William
and Kate Middleton or rubbing elbows with
the biggest names in Hollywood, Harry and
Meghan have continued to remain a constant
fixture in the media over the past few months.
And it seems that despite moving continents,
and leaving behind their Royal titles, it
appears drama has unfortunately followed them
across the pond from the UK to the United
States.
Let’s start with the beginning of this year
when Megxit began.
On January 8th of 2020, which honestly feels
like an entire lifetime ago, Harry & Meghan
casually took to Instagram to drop the bombshell
news that they intend to step back as senior
royals, become financially independent, and
split their time between North America and
the UK.
And to make matters even more shocking, it
was reported that the rest of the royal family
didn’t receive a heads-up about Meghan and
Harry’s announcement, with BBC News royal
correspondent Jonny Dymond tweeting quote,
“BBC understands that no other member of
the Royal Family was consulted before Harry
and Meghan issued their personal statement
tonight.
The Palace is understood to be ‘disappointed.’”
And while this was all happening and Meghan
was going to and from Canada, news also broke
that Meghan was working on a deal to do voice-over
work with Disney in exchange for a donation
to a wildlife charity called Elephants Without
Borders.
Those rumors did turn out to be true with
Meghan’s film ‘Elephant’ dropping on
Disney Plus on April 3rd.
Meanwhile, rumors of drama continue to swirl
surrounding Meghan and Harry’s relationship
with his brother William and his wife Kate.
In March, sources said that Kate was reportedly
still taking the royal rift “badly.”
Sources told Us Weekly that quote, “She,
Harry, and William were once such a happy
trio.
She thinks what has happened is all very sad.
There’s too much mud under the bridge at
this point for any meaningful communication.
They’re cordial, but that’s about as far
as it goes.”
Then, during the midst of the global pandemic,
Meghan and Harry decided to leave their place
on secluded Vancouver Island, and up and moved
to Los Angeles.
According to Entertainment Tonight, it was
always their plan to eventually be based in
California since their work life will be focused
in the U.S.
Then in May, part of their initiation in Los
Angeles was getting a publishing deal for
their new tell-all biography which is called
Finding Freedom: Harry, Meghan, and the Making
of a Modern Royal Family.
The book doesn’t come out until later this
summer, but it seems like they are going to
be spilling a lot of Royal tea with this one.
I mean the title alone was enough to stir
up some Royal drama, so we can’t even imagine
what’s going to happen when the book drops.
Harry and Meghan are teaming up with Royal
journalists Omid Scobie and Catherine Durand
for this new book which The Mail reported
“risks inflicting further anguish on the
royal family.”
The book’s publisher, Dey Street Books,
also released a brief description of the biography,
claiming that ‘few know the true story of
Harry and Meghan,’ adding that it promises
to go “beyond the headlines to reveal unknown
details of Harry and Meghan's life together,
dispelling the many rumours and misconceptions
that plague the couple on both sides of the
pond.”
The description goes on to say quote, “With
unique access and written with the participation
of those closest to the couple, Finding Freedom
is an honest, up-close, and disarming portrait
of a confident, influential, and forward-thinking
couple who are unafraid to break with tradition,
determined to create a new path away from
the spotlight, and dedicated to building a
humanitarian legacy that will make a profound
difference in the world.”
Sooo we will definitely be keeping a close
eye on this one when it comes out in a couple
months.
And speaking of books, while Harry and Meghan
may be a part of putting out Finding Freedom,
another author is putting out her own tell
all book about them, just before theirs comes
out.
Lady Colin Campbell, a New York Times best-selling
royal author, will be spilling even more tea
and likely stirring up more drama in her highly
anticipated book “Meghan and Harry: The
Real Story.”
And Campbell recently claimed that it wasn't
long after Meghan Markle's royal wedding to
Prince Harry for rumors of drama between Meghan
and the rest of the royal family to start
swirling around.
She claims that Meghan's problems with the
royal family started just four days after
Meghan and Harry got married.
Campbell told The Daily Star that quote, “I
can’t repeat it exactly, it’s in the book,
but what I can say is, something happened
at the very first garden party at Buckingham
Palace… we were all absolutely gobsmacked
and astonished, we all thought this doesn’t
bode well.”
And there’s one person who has been far
from thrilled with all this Royal drama surrounding
Harry and Meghan over the past 6 months.
And that’s Harry’s brother Prince William.
Just last week, an Us Weekly source revealed
that William is over all the drama surrounding
Harry’s move and past trying to understand
every piece of it.
The source said quote, “William is so tired
and done with the drama of it all.
Seeing Harry cut ties with virtually every
aspect of his English life and identity is
so hard to fathom.”
But at the end of the day, Harry and William
are brothers, so they’re just gonna take
a step back and hopefully work on fixing the
rockier parts of their relationship at a later
date.
The source went on to say quote, “It breaks
William’s heart.
Harry and William need space and time to breathe,
then hopefully they’ll work it out.”
William has even reportedly been concerned
for Harry and his family living in the United
States as the COVID cases continue to rise.
The Us Weekly insider said quote, “William’s
advised Harry to return to London or move
elsewhere, somewhere safer.
He’s concerned about his brother’s well-being
and safety.”
Like any other siblings, they definitely have
their ups and downs, theirs just happen to
be way more public.
And so here’s to hoping they can work things
out soon!
So I think you’re now officially all caught
up on all the latest on Harry and Meghan and
we’re hoping things settle down for them
as they forge their new lives here in the
US.
And if you want more on Meghan Markle, click
right over here for another Clevver News video.
And let us know what you think about all this
drama down in the comments below.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, bye guys!
