Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may have resigned
from their official royal family duties, but
that doesn't mean the British media has stopped
obsessing over them — which was sort of
the whole point of "Megxit" in the first place.
In late March 2020, two royal experts, Angela
Mollard and Zoe Burrell, wondered aloud on
their ROYALS podcast about how Harry was adapting
to Los Angeles life.
Their conclusion?
Mollard and Burrell both think he must be
having a hard time these days.
They have no concrete evidence that Harry
is suffering in any way, although Harry's
pal Jane Goodall suggested something similar
recently, telling reporters that Harry is,
quote, "finding life a bit challenging just
now."
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been spotted
out and about in their adopted home of Los
Angeles, volunteering with charities helping
people affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic
and taking Zoom calls with their respective
organizations.
Throw in the ever-sunny Cali weather and the
fact that they're renting a gorgeous multi-million
dollar house until they buy something, and
it seems like there really is no reason to
speculate that Harry is in trouble these days.
But why let a lack of evidence get in the
way of a little royal gossip?
Mollard and Burrell said on the ROYALS podcast
that they think it is, quote, "quite hard"
for Harry and Meghan to be currently quarantined
in California.
Mollard added that the pandemic is helping
many families get closer, but that Harry is
too far away for that.
"Y'know, they must feel very separate.
He doesn't have the friends in LA, she does.
She has Doria, she has her family."
Mollard continued,
"While Meghan might have been feeling equally
as removed when she lived in the UK, for Harry,
friends have been the people who have supported
him, friends and his brother, through the
years since his mother's death.
And to have that stripped away I think will
be very discombobulating for him."
She also added that she thinks Harry is, quote,
"suffering from irrelevancy."
"Right now, the world's not focused on them.
He can't do the work that he wants to do."
That may not be 100% accurate, though, considering
that some of the first things Harry and Meghan
did when they arrived in Los Angeles was to
continue on with their charity work.
And as for his family?
Well, he resigned from them, after all, right?
According to People, Meghan and Harry's hand
was "forced" when it came to resigning from
their official royal family duties.
A source claimed at the time,
"This is not how they wanted to handle this,
but Meghan and Harry's hand was forced.
There is so much bad blood in that family
— it's toxic.
If relationships had been better, things would
have been different."
The British media and hordes of "royal experts"
and talking heads were also reportedly a driving
force behind Harry and Meghan's move, so it's
hard to know if you can take what they say
and report seriously.
The source also told People that Meghan was,
quote, "deeply hurt" by the negative press
that hounded her since she met Harry and felt
like the royal family didn't support her enough.
But given how tightly the royal family holds
the intimate details of their lives, it's
likely that the public will never know the
full extent of why they decided to step back
from royal duties and how they're coping.
That's not to say that Harry and Meghan haven't
been publicly supportive of their family.
In fact, in their Instagram post announcing
their break with their family, the couple
wrote,
"After many months of reflection and internal
discussions, we have chosen to make a transition
this year in starting to carve out a progressive
new role within this institution.
We intend to step back as 'senior' members
of the Royal Family and work to become financially
independent, while continuing to fully support
Her Majesty The Queen."
For her part, Queen Elizabeth also released
a statement, saying,
"My family and I are entirely supportive of
Harry and Meghan's desire to create a new
life as a young family.
Although we would have preferred them to remain
full-time working Members of the Royal Family,
we respect and understand their wish to live
a more independent life as a family while
remaining a valued part of my family."
Whether or not Harry is having a hard time
adapting to Los Angeles living, he and his
family are likely still in touch, judging
by those statements, so the royal experts
can probably stop fretting.
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