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Source: Getty Images | Max Mumbi; (Inset) erry Fincher<\/p>\n
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry depart after visiting Nechells Wellbeing Centre; (Inset) Princess Diana attends a dinner at the British Embassy in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n
June 8 2025, Published 8:46 a.m. ET<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Prince Harry remains close to his mother\u2019s side of the family. Princess Diana<\/a>\u2019s siblings are often spotted with Harry and his brother, Prince William, at significant royal events, having tremendously supported the siblings after they lost their mother to a car accident at an early age. So, when Harry was still dating Meghan Markle, he reportedly introduced her to his uncle and aunts, hoping they would find similarities between his future wife and his late mother. However, the meeting didn\u2019t pan out as expected.<\/p>\n Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Royal biographer Tom Bower penned the meeting between Harry, Markle, and Diana\u2019s siblings, Lady Sarah McCorquodale, Lady Jane Fellowes, and Charles Spencer, in his explosive tell-all book, Revenge: Meghan, Harry, and the War Between the Windsors, per Daily Mail<\/a>. Bower claimed the meeting took place in late 2017, months before the Sussexes\u2019 wedding. Bower wrote, \u201cHarry assumed that Diana’s family and friends would see a similarity between Diana and his fianc\u00e9e.\u201d He further added, \u201cBoth shared the same problems. He was so disappointed.\u201d Despite Harry being hopeful, the Spencers reportedly did not see any similarity between their sister and Markle. The author wrote, \u201cNo one agreed that his vulnerable mother had anything in common with his girlfriend.\u201d What came as a bigger disappointment to Harry was his uncle and aunts’ supposed declaration that Markle did not belong in the family. The author claimed, \u201cMore discomforting for him, they thought Meghan would not fit in with the Royal Family.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Harry wasn’t directly confronted by his aunts regarding their opinion of Markle, he was instead spoken to by his uncle. Spencer, an Earl, has himself been married thrice and advised Harry not to marry in a rush. Bower alleged, \u201cHis advice provoked a bitter reaction.\u201d His family’s reaction supposedly prompted him to help Markle<\/a> find a place among the royal members, which, as we know, hasn’t been easy for the Prince. However, Diana’s siblings have supported Harry throughout his life, even after his exit from the royal family.<\/p>\n Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p>\n On various occasions, Harry has established that his late mother would have been happy to see him with Markle. Following their engagement in 2017, the couple sat for a BBC interview with Harry saying if his late mother were alive, she would be \u2018over the moon.\u2019. According to ABC News<\/a>, Harry said, \u201cIt is days like today when I really miss having her around and miss being able to share the happy news, but with the [engagement] ring and with everything else that’s going on, I’m sure she’s with us, jumping up and down somewhere else.\u201d He also gushed about how his mother and wife would have been \u2018thick as thieves.\u2019<\/p>\n Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p>\n In the Netflix docuseries, Harry & Meghan, the Duke of Sussex claimed Markle was similar to Diana. He said, \u201cSo much of what Meghan is and how she is, is so similar to my mum. She has the same compassion, the same empathy, the same confidence. She has this warmth about her.\u201d In his memoir, Spare<\/a>, he wrote about bringing his then-girlfriend Markle to his mother\u2019s grave. Markle is said to have spent a private moment with the late princess seeking \u2018clarity and guidance.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Source: Getty Images | Max Mumbi; (Inset) erry Fincher Meghan Markle and Prince Harry depart after visiting Nechells…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7721,7719,7718,1501,7720,1281,447,1412,7710,519,7711],"class_list":{"0":"post-167924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-duchess-of-sussex","10":"tag-duke-of-sussex","11":"tag-harry","12":"tag-latest-news","13":"tag-meghan","14":"tag-meghan-markle","15":"tag-prince-harry","16":"tag-princess-diana","17":"tag-royal-families","18":"tag-royal-family","19":"tag-uk-royal-family"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114648499105679429","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167924","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=167924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}