Meghan Markle\u2019s introduction to royal life wasn\u2019t what she expected, as a new report revealed she would eventually resent being a ‘second-rate princess.’ MEGA<\/p>\n
Meghan Markle\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> introduction to royal life wasn\u2019t what she expected, as a new report revealed she soon realized she would always come second to Kate Middleton<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Similar to how Prince Harry<\/strong><\/a> resented being the \u201cspare\u201d to his older brother, Prince William<\/strong><\/a>, royal biographer Tom Quinn <\/strong><\/a>writes in his new book Gilded Youth that the Suits<\/a> actress, 44, reportedly hated feeling like a \u201csecond-rate princess” to the future queen, 43.<\/p>\n Although Meghan reportedly anticipated \u201cthe glamour\u201d of being a princess after marrying Harry, 41, in 2018, she soon found out the royal family would dictate her every move.<\/p>\n Meghan Markle Reportedly Felt Like a ‘Second-Rate Princess’ \u201cNever in royal history had someone\u2019s expectations clashed so dramatically with reality,\u201d Quinn wrote. \u201cMeghan, who came from a world where she was used to making her own choices, suddenly found herself in a rigid institution that told her where to go, what to say and even what to wear.\u201d <\/p>\n Meghan and Harry stepped away from their roles<\/a> in the royal family and moved to California in 2020. The decision had many consequences, including estrangement from Harry\u2019s relatives and the removal of their automatic right to U.K. police security.<\/p>\n Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Left Royal Life in 2020 The Spare author later challenged the security team’s removal during a December 2023 hearing, telling the committee he felt \u201cforced to step back\u201d from the royal family due to safety concerns.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was with great sadness for both of us that my wife and I felt forced to step back from this role and leave the country in 2020,\u201d Harry said via a statement read by barrister Shaheed Fatima KC<\/strong>. \u201cThe U.K. is my home. The U.K. is central to the heritage of my children and a place I want them to feel at home as much as where they live at the moment in the U.S. That cannot happen if it\u2019s not possible to keep them safe when they are on U.K. soil.\u201d<\/p>\n Meghan Markle Faced Threats in the U.K. The father-of-two continued, \u201cI cannot put my wife in danger like that and, given my experiences in life, I am reluctant to unnecessarily put myself in harm\u2019s way too.\u201d<\/p>\n The former head of counterterrorism for the Metropolitan Police, Neil Basu<\/strong>, confirmed in 2022 that Meghan faced genuine threats against her life while she lived in the U.K.<\/p>\n Prince Harry Reunites With King Charles Amid Family Estrangement \u201cWe had teams investigating it. People have been prosecuted for those threats,\u201d Basu said in an interview with Channel 4 News. \u201cIf you\u2019d seen the stuff that was written and you were receiving it \u2026 the kind of rhetoric that\u2019s online, if you don\u2019t know what I know, you would feel under threat all of the time.\u201d<\/p>\n Harry remains estranged from William, however, he recently reunited with his father<\/a>, King Charles<\/strong><\/a>, earlier this month for the first time in over 18 months. William was reportedly \u201cstunned\u201d about the meeting and \u201cwould have tried to block\u201d the gathering<\/a> if he had known about it beforehand, a source claimed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle\u2019s introduction to royal life wasn\u2019t what she expected, as a new report revealed she would eventually…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[1500,7709,7714,7713,533,3611,146047,30707,121734,2832,532,2831,7710,519,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-428250","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-british-royal-family","10":"tag-catherine","11":"tag-catherine-middleton","12":"tag-kate-middleton","13":"tag-local-news","14":"tag-meghan-markle-resented-being-a-second-rate-princess-to-kate-middleton-after-marrying-prince-harry","15":"tag-newsbreak","16":"tag-ok-magazine","17":"tag-prince-of-wales","18":"tag-prince-william","19":"tag-princess-of-wales","20":"tag-royal-families","21":"tag-royal-family","22":"tag-uk-royal-family","23":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115212665893629488","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428250","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=428250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Meghan Markle was reportedly shocked when joining royal life after marrying Prince Harry in 2018. 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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle left the royal family and moved to California in 2020. MEGA<\/p>\n
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle faced security issues while living in the United Kingdom. MEGA<\/p>\n
Prince Harry remains estranged with his family. MEGA<\/p>\n