{"id":589998,"date":"2025-11-24T03:28:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T03:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/589998\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T03:28:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T03:28:48","slug":"prince-philips-warning-to-harry-against-marrying-meghan-markle-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/589998\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Philip&#8217;s Warning To Harry Against Marrying Meghan Markle Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Duke of Edinburgh is understood to have compared the &#8220;Suits&#8221; actress to Wallis Simpson, the American socialite whom King Edward abdicated the throne to marry.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have since left their royal roles and relocated abroad, with the duchess recently sharing that she can&#8217;t get enough of her husband&#8217;s love in candid remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Prince Philip Warned The Duke About Marrying Meghan Markle<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MEGA745264_001.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   width=\"1600\" height=\"1204\" alt=\"\/\/MEGA_\" class=\"sc-kuTxxw dpjUHp\"\/>MEGA<\/p>\n<p>Weeks before his 2018 wedding to Meghan, Prince Harry allegedly received a stern warning from his grandfather, Prince Philip, about tying the knot with her.<\/p>\n<p>In his book &#8220;Entitled,&#8221; royal biographer Andrew Lownie wrote about how Philip wasn&#8217;t at rest with Harry&#8217;s decision shortly after he got engaged to her, telling him, &#8220;One steps out with actresses, one doesn&#8217;t marry them,&#8221; per the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/royals\/article-15279841\/Cutting-remark-Prince-Phillip-marry-Meghan-Markle.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Royal author Ingrid Seward also said in her 2024 book &#8220;My Mother, and I, Philip,&#8221; that Philip was &#8220;one of the very few wary&#8221; of Meghan when she and Harry started dating in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>According to the news outlet, Philip allegedly thought it &#8220;uncanny&#8221; about how Meghan reminded him of Wallis Simpson, whom King Edward abdicated to marry.<\/p>\n<p>Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Prince Philip&#8217;s Four-Word Response After Leaving Prince Harry And Meghan Markle&#8217;s Wedding<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Meghan-Markle-And-Prince-Harry-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"The Official Royal Wedding Pictures of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry\" class=\"sc-kuTxxw bwlQPK\"\/>MEGA<\/p>\n<p>Like Edward and Simpson, the couple&#8217;s time as working royals was short-lived as they resigned in 2020 to go live in America, where they now raise their children. The situation led Prince Philip to nickname Meghan &#8220;DOW,&#8221; which stands for Duchess of Windsor, after Simpson.<\/p>\n<p>His estranged brother Prince William was also part of the people who weren&#8217;t 100 percent okay with their wedding, as reports suggest the future king was &#8220;nervous&#8221; about their upcoming wedding at the time.<\/p>\n<p>In his bombshell memoir &#8220;Spare,&#8221; Harry addressed his brother&#8217;s concern about how his relationship with Meghan was picking up, writing: &#8220;&#8216;It&#8217;s too fast,&#8217; he&#8217;d told me. &#8216;Too soon.&#8217; In fact, he&#8217;d actually been pretty discouraging about me even dating Meg.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Despite the caution from several quarters, they got right ahead with walking down the aisle, but former royal butler Grant Harrold shared that Philip seemed unexcited about it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank f-ck that&#8217;s over,&#8221; he allegedly told Queen Elizabeth shortly after leaving the chapel.<\/p>\n<p>Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Late Prince Didn&#8217;t Understand Why The Duchess Couldn&#8217;t Follow His Example<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MEGA716173_001-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   width=\"2160\" height=\"1475\" alt=\"The Queen &amp; Duke Of Edinburgh 73rd Wedding Anniversary Official Portrait\" class=\"sc-kuTxxw fSIqBf\"\/>MEGA<\/p>\n<p>Philip, who died in 2021, chose not to have a say in their marriage and allegedly told his wife that the Duke of Sussex would &#8220;be soon out of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, he was in for a shock when they decided to withdraw from royal duties, further souring his relationship with Meghan.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sky News, Seward explained that Philip was quite puzzled as to why Meghan couldn&#8217;t follow his footsteps after marrying into the royal fold.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with the news outlet in 2020, the author explained: &#8220;I think he&#8217;s very, very disappointed because I think he feels he gave up his naval career in order to stand by the Queen and help the monarchy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And why can&#8217;t Meghan just give up her acting career, support her husband, and support the monarchy?&#8221; Seward continued. &#8220;He just cannot understand why she couldn&#8217;t support Harry and help him rather than wanting to have her voice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meghan Markle Says Her &#8216;Boundaries&#8217; Have Become &#8216;Stronger&#8217;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Prince-Harry-And-Meghan-Markle-3-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   width=\"2160\" height=\"1779\" alt=\"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on visit to Nechells Wellbeing Centre, Birmingham\" class=\"sc-kuTxxw fSIqBf\"\/>Mirrorpix \/ MEGA<\/p>\n<p>Harry and Meghan&#8217;s marriage continues to wax stronger as they not only share two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, but are also thriving in their respective endeavors.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/culture\/film-tv\/a69289143\/meghan-markle-cover-story-interview-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harper&#8217;s Bazaar<\/a>, she opened up about how she has learned to keep herself grounded.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8220;I think my boundaries became stronger,&#8221; Meghan said about her personal growth since stepping down from her role as a working royal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You find different ways to protect yourself,&#8221; the former actress added.<\/p>\n<p>Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Duchess Gushed About How Her Husband Harry Loves Her &#8216;So Boldly&#8217;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/meghan-markle-prince-harry-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   width=\"2160\" height=\"1395\" alt=\"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce they will visit Colombia, Montecito, California\" class=\"sc-kuTxxw fSIqBf\"\/>MEGA<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about her husband, Prince Harry, Meghan said: &#8220;He loves me so boldly, fully, and he also has a different perspective because he sees media that I wouldn&#8217;t. No one in the world loves me more than him, so I know he&#8217;s always going to make sure that he has my back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The duchess added that part of what draws her to her husband is that he&#8217;s &#8220;someone who just has this childlike wonder and playfulness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was so drawn to that, and he brought that out in me,&#8221; she added. &#8220;That&#8217;s translated into every part of our life. Even in business, I want us to play and have fun and explore and be creative.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Duke of Edinburgh is understood to have compared the &#8220;Suits&#8221; actress to Wallis Simpson, the American socialite&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[1281,447,11572,5105,7710,519,448,8688],"class_list":{"0":"post-589998","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-prince-philip","11":"tag-royal","12":"tag-royal-families","13":"tag-royal-family","14":"tag-royals","15":"tag-the-royal-family"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115602560848567510","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589998","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=589998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}