She Knows She Isn’t 'Wanted': An 'Apprehensive' Meghan Markle Finds the U.K. to Be 'Very Uncomfortable' as Prince Harry Considers Returning
Prince Harry's alleged wish to return to the U.K. is not going over well with Meghan Markle. The Duke of Sussex is said to be "very keen" on working for the monarchy again and watching his children grow up in the nation that gave them their royal titles, insiders revealed.
"Harry is very keen for his entire family to join him," a source spilled. "It's important for him that they show a united front and focus on building bridges with the rest of the royal family."
The fifth in line to the throne is expected to return to his homeland in May for the 10th-anniversary celebrations of his Invictus Games. The event is scheduled to occur at the historic St Paul's Cathedral, which is where his parents, King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales, wed in 1981. The steps of St Paul's are also where he and the Duchess of Sussex were booed by crowds during the Platinum Jubilee service for Queen Elizabeth II in June 2022.
The source continued: "The move to bring the Invictus Games back to Britain is seen as an opportunity for Harry, and he is very keen to take it. He is adamant that he wants Meghan and the children to join him, but I think she may be apprehensive, and I think she finds being in the U.K. very uncomfortable."
"Meghan knows that she hasn’t been wanted in the past, so why would it be any different this time around?" the insider asked.
The former Suits star has not been in the nation, which arguably made her world-famous, since the state funeral of Elizabeth II in September 2022. It is rumored that she and Harry's daughter, Lilibet Diana, who is a princess of royal blood and seventh-in-line to Great Britain's throne, only met her grandfather, the King, once, during the summer of 2022.
"When it comes to relations between the royal family and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, we're looking at a burnt-out bombsite where a family used to be," royal commentator Jan Moir told a publication. "Relations are at rock bottom; clemency is in the deep freeze. The outstretched hand has been withdrawn, and the peace pipe has been doused with a thousand duchessy tears. It is over."
Even with these possibilities at play, insiders are painting a very different picture in the ongoing royals vs. Sussex drama.
"The couple know they won’t be able to repair things with the Prince and Princess of Wales just yet, but there is hope that the king will be able to bring the families closer together," the source added. "I wouldn’t be surprised if there are lots of calls and Zoom meetings planned, to try to iron these things out before the duchess agrees to head over to England."
The New York Post reported on the insider revelations.