The battling, complaining Harry only emerged after he met Meghan, a royal watcher claims. (Image: Getty)
Prince Harry is “a lost little boy” alongside his wife Meghan Markle, whose strength “makes up for his own weakness”, a royal commentator claims.
The couple wed in 2018, before stepping back as senior royals two years later and relocating to California where they are raising their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. But a Palace watcher now warns that the dynamic of the relationship is unequal.
Speaking to The Mirror, Royal author and expert Tom Quinn said: “No one has ever doubted that Harry and Meghan do not have an equal partnership – when Harry famously said, ‘what Meghan wants Meghan gets,’ he neatly summed up the situation.”
“Harry has always come across as a lost little boy, overprotected by the Royal family as a child and then suffering the death of his mother he has always seemed unsure and indecisive, always searching for a strong partner who makes up for his own weakness,” he continued, adding, “Meghan is very much that partner.”
“She is ambitious, determined and a real fighter – Harry always tries to fight alongside her, but the battling, complaining Harry we see now did not exist before Meghan‘s arrival on the scene,” he claimed.
A representative for the Sussexes has been approached for comment.
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He claimed: “Meghan has always been determined that her children should grow up with a very good relationship with their mother Doria so it’s no surprise that Doria is the live-in nanny.
“One of Meghan‘s difficulties when she was a working royal living in the UK was her lack of experience in dealing with staff so in Montecito she has kept paid staff to an absolute minimum.
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He added: “Lily is lined up for £47,000 a year private school. Early on there were rumours that Meghan and Harry might send their children to a local state school but that was never really on the cards.
“It made it look as if the couple were trying to be as ordinary as possible but no one was fooled.
“Apart from anything else, Harry wouldn’t countenance risking his children being educated in anything other than in an elite environment. Choosing an elite school is very much in the royal family tradition.”
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Korsch said the planned line was supposed to be a nod to an in-joke.
“My wife’s family, when they have a topic to discuss that might be sensitive, they use the word ‘poppycock,’ he explained.
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Korsch explained that as a result “we had to change it to ‘bulls***.'”
Meghan appeared in seven seasons of Suits before stepping into royal life. (Image: Getty)
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Hugh Grosvenor married his girlfriend of two years Olivia Henson at a lavish ceremony Chester Cathedral that was attended by Prince William but not his brother.
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He told The Mirror: “To feel you have no choice but to miss the wedding of the year is very sad. However, the deep rift within the Royal Family has ensured that Harry and Meghan were never going to accept an invitation to the wedding of Hugh Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster, godfather to Archie and a close friend of Harry. They knew William would be there, reportedly as one of the ushers.”
He acknowledged the “media storm” that would’ve occurred if the Duke and Duchess had accepted their invitations.
He said: “They also knew that their presence would cause a media storm, especially since Meghan has not visited Britain since Queen Elizabeth’s Funeral.”
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