{"id":149638,"date":"2025-06-01T14:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T14:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/149638\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T14:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T14:19:10","slug":"meghan-markles-neighbors-react-to-prince-harrys-community-involvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/149638\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle\u2019s Neighbors React to Prince Harry\u2019s Community Involvement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle<\/a> are always giving people something to talk about. In many ways, it is a byproduct of who they are. It\u2019s impossible to avoid it. But there\u2019s also the fact that the British royal family is going through some tough times, with King Charles<\/a> sick, succession plans in place, and Prince Harry<\/a> feuding with both his father and his brother, Prince William. Throw on top of that constant rumors about the state of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle\u2019s marriage<\/a>, and there\u2019s always something to talk about.<\/p>\n

\"Meghan<\/a> \"Prince<\/a> <\/p>\n

Their marriage appears to be quite well, with Markle herself dispelling rumors on a recent podcast appearance, saying about Prince Harry, \u201cHe\u2019s such a great partner. I feel that every day in how supportive he\u2019s been and is,\u201d and adding, \u201cThat man loves me so much and, you know, look what we\u2019ve built. We\u2019ve built a beautiful life, and we have\u00a0two healthy, beautiful children.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But rumors about Markle\u2019s supposed problematic behavior have plagued Markle for years, and now comes a new report from a neighbor of hers in Montecito, claiming she doesn\u2019t really fit in. Richard Mineards, who lives in the area, spoke to the Daily Mail<\/a> about Markle allegedly turning away a local elderly historian who wanted to gift her a copy of his documentary about the area when she and Prince Harry first moved in.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe old man never got past the gate,\u201d Mineards said, citing it as an example of Markle being distant. \u201cShe pays attention to every appearance, every word, every gesture,\u201d Mineards said. \u201cAnd here in Montecito, we appreciate simple people, even famous ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMeghan doesn\u2019t play the\u00a0community\u00a0game,\u201d he claimed, adding that she\u2019s \u201cnever tried to fit in.\u201d Meanwhile, the man had nothing but praise for Prince Harry, who, one would think, because of his upbringing, wouldn\u2019t be as good at getting along with his neighbors. \u201cHe is always charming, approachable, with that very recognizable Windsor accent. He smiles, shakes hands, willingly exchanges a few words,\u201d Mineards told the ourlet. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen him at the beach, in an organic coffee shop, or cycling in the hills.\u201d Basically, Prince Harry has translated the public politeness of the royal family to his new community.<\/p>\n

This comes on the heels of British journalist Tom Quinn claiming Markle had\u00a0earned the nickname \u201cDuchess of Difficult\u201d\u00a0before she and Prince Harry stepped away from their royal duties. \u201cShe could be difficult because she was finding life difficult \u2014 trying to feel her way and work out the intricacies of a positively medieval, labyrinthine system,\u201d an anonymous palace staff reportedly told Quinn.<\/p>\n

Recent reports also indicate that\u00a0Meghan Markle<\/a>\u00a0\u201cberated\u201d one of her wedding caterers so badly that the late Queen Elizabeth II had to intervene<\/a>, according to royal biographer Katie Nicholl.<\/p>\n

However, all of these reports are coming from the same people who have criticized Meghan Markle from the beginning, and who Prince Harry has denounced were part of a campaign against her. The same Tom Quinn, for example, spoke about Markle\u2019s relationship with Kate Middleton<\/a> in his book and wrote that the media blew the issues between the two out of proportion before the wedding, and there was no bullying involved.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhenever this sort of thing happens in the royal family, traditionally no one says anything publicly about it, so it rarely reaches the media, but on this occasion, all sorts of other grievances meant that what was really nothing but a storm in a teacup reached the media and became a big issue. I can tell you that all the papers and commentators got this wrong, the truth is that as with many of these spats between sisters, brothers or even sisters-in-law, both sides were really upset,\u201d Quinn said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are always giving people something to talk about. In many ways, it is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[1281,447,5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-149638","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-meghan-markle","9":"tag-prince-harry","10":"tag-royal","11":"tag-royal-families","12":"tag-royal-family","13":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114608548411396997","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}