Prince Harry is ‘under pressure’ from his wife Meghan Markle to keep his relationship with the Royal Family for commercial reasons amid their new business ventures, according to a royal expert
Prince Harry is “under pressure” from his wife Meghan Markle to keep his relationship with his family “for commercial reasons”, a royal expert claims
Since moving to the States, the couple has become estranged from the Royal Family, but the Duke and Duchess of Sussex continue to use their royal titles for both their charity work and their money-making ventures. Speaking exclusively to The Mirror, royal expert and author Tom Quinn said: “Harry is under pressure to keep some sort of relationship with his family going if only for the sake of the couples’ new ventures. Harry still has vague hopes that he will be forgiven and will be offered a minor role somewhere.
The royal expert also compared the exiled royals to Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, whose intention to marry caused a constitutional crisis that forced the King to abdicate. After marrying in France, they lived in a beautiful house but were “desperately unhappy”, Quinn said. He added: “Even Edward VIII, after the abdication, was given a few minor roles. And Harry will be aware of that.”
Continuing to talk about the Sussexes, Mr Quinn said that as Meghan and Harry become an older married couple and some of the fire goes out of their relationship, “there’s a real danger that Harry will feel lost – just as Edward VIII felt lost when things had cooled with Mrs Simpson”.
He concluded by saying: “That’s the point at which Harry will really make huge efforts to build bridges with his brother and be allowed to be the part-time Royal (with Meghan) that he wants to be. But if palace officials have their way, it will never happen.”
Unlike Edward VII and his wife, Harry and Meghan are free to return to the UK without needing any permission from the monarch.
However, since moving to the US, they have only returned to the UK on some rare occasions both because of coronavirus restrictions which were brought in shortly after they left the country, and also because of safety concerns as the Sussexes no longer have taxpayer-funded security.