{"id":603350,"date":"2025-11-30T12:45:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T12:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/603350\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T12:45:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T12:45:14","slug":"prince-harry-tried-to-warn-meghan-markle-about-royal-life-celebrity-news-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/603350\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry &#8216;tried to warn&#8217; Meghan Markle about royal life &#8211; Celebrity News &#8211; Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Harry attempted to prepare Meghan Markle for the intense public scrutiny that comes with royal life before they tied the knot.<\/p>\n<p>It has been just over eight years since <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/191508\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-wedding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry and Meghan announced their engagement<\/a> to the world on November 27, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>During a BBC interview that day, <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/prince-harry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry<\/a> told his <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/meghan-markle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">then-fianc\u00e9e<\/a>, &#8220;I tried to warn you as much as possible but I think both of us were totally surprised by the reaction after the first five, six months which we had to ourselves [and] what actually happened from then.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Harry was looking back on the private months the pair enjoyed together before news of their romance broke to the media in autumn 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The prince admitted he and Meghan were &#8220;totally unprepared&#8221; for the media storm that followed, while she addressed the false assumption that her acting career would have equipped her to handle the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>She said, &#8220;I&#8217;ve never been part of tabloid culture. I&#8217;ve never been in pop culture to that degree and lived [a] relatively quiet life, even though I focused so much on my job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meghan revealed she made a deliberate decision to avoid reading anything about herself, whether favorable or critical, explaining the pair chose to channel all their energy into strengthening their relationship, reports the <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2140330\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-royal-life-warning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The then-future Duchess of Sussex also expressed her pride in her heritage, sharing with the BBC that she felt disappointed by commentary surrounding her being mixed-race.<\/p>\n<p>Harry predicted at the time that Meghan would be &#8220;unbelievably good&#8221; at royal duties, expressing his relief at finding such a partner.<\/p>\n<p>The couple wed in May 2018, welcoming their son, Prince Archie, in May 2019 and daughter, Princess Lilibet, in June 2021.<\/p>\n<p>However, by then they had already announced their decision to step down as senior working royals and relocated to North America.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with Harper&#8217;s Bazaar, Meghan opened up about her marriage and family life, saying, &#8220;[Harry] loves me so boldly, fully, and he also has a different perspective because he sees media that I wouldn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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 also expressed her hope that Lilibet and Archie would learn &#8220;the value of being brave&#8221; as they navigate the everyday challenges of childhood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry attempted to prepare Meghan Markle for the intense public scrutiny that comes with royal life before&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,63060,45514,1281,447,5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-603350","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-celebrity-news-section","10":"tag-entertainment-section","11":"tag-meghan-markle","12":"tag-prince-harry","13":"tag-royal","14":"tag-royal-families","15":"tag-royal-family","16":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115638719164189170","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603350","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=603350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}