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EXCLUSIVE: One royal author doesn’t expect Meghan Markle to revisit the U.K. anytime soon.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped away from royal duties last year and moved to California, saying they wanted to escape racist coverage and unwanted intrusions on their privacy by the British media.
Markle’s husband Prince Harry is expected to reunite with his older brother Prince William at Kensington Palace for what would have been their mother Princess Diana’s 60th birthday. The statue of the late princess was commissioned by the brothers in 2017 and will be unveiled on July 1st.
The former American actress, 39, is expecting a girl due this summer.
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Prince Harry (left) and Prince William are expected to reunite this summer.
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“Will Meghan Markle return to the U.K.? My speculative answer would be no, not if she can help it,” royal author Anna Pasternak told Fox News.
“Sadly, I cannot see her ever becoming a loved and cherished member of the royal family with the unified respect and adoration of the British people” Pasternak shared. “I think that ship has sailed.”
Pasternak has previously written about the other American divorcee who married a royal for a book titled “The Real Wallis Simpson.” The British writer tracked down Simpson’s last remaining circle of intimate friends who wanted to set the record straight about her controversial life.
Pasternak said she isn’t surprised by the recent backlash that the former “Suits” star has faced in the U.K.
This image provided by Harpo Productions shows Prince Harry, from left, and Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, in conversation with Oprah Winfrey.
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On March 7, CBS aired a two-hour interview that the couple did with Oprah Winfrey. During the televised sit-down, the Duke of Sussex, 36, revealed that his relationships with his father Prince Charles, 72, and older brother William, 38, have ruptured.
Markle described feeling so isolated and miserable inside the royal family that she had suicidal thoughts. When she asked for mental health assistance from the palace’s human resources staff, Markle was told they couldn’t help because she wasn’t a paid employee. The Duchess of Sussex also alleged that a member of the royal family had “concerns” about the color of her unborn child’s skin.
The family member was not Queen Elizabeth II, 94, or Prince Philip, 99, according to Harry, sparking a flurry of speculation about who it could be.
Harry also told the media mogul, 67, the royal family cut him off financially at the start of 2020 after announcing plans to step back from his roles. But he was able to afford security for his family because of the money Diana left behind.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (seen here with Prince William) spoke out about the mistreatment they endured as working royals.
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“Many people feel the interview was a total lack of respect for the monarchy and in a sense, for the British,” Pasternak explained. “Because the monarchy is part of the British psyche. So this monarchy bashing can also be viewed as British bashing. And from personal knowledge, it is understood that Prince Charles, Prince William, Duchess Kate Middleton and the queen – they were just so shocked and saddened by [the allegations].”
According to Pasternak, despite the ruthless U.K. tabloids targeting Markle during her relationship with Harry, the British people were eager to embrace the television star. In the early days of their marriage, the couple was seen as the fresh young face of the monarchy for an increasingly multicultural nation.
“We absolutely embraced her,” said Pasternak. “We embraced this incredible wedding. We were thrilled with the ‘Markle Sparkle.’ And we were thrilled for Harry, who was our nation’s son in a way. We all watched him walk behind his mother’s coffin and all of our hearts went out to him.
“We loved Harry and we were thrilled for him when he found this beautiful American actress for a wife. We genuinely were. But they didn’t stay long enough and kind of went into this self-imposed exile. Not only that, but they criticized the whole thing, which felt like they were throwing it back into our faces.”
Prince Charles with Meghan Markle on her wedding day.
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“In the beginning, we really took to Meghan because she wasn’t an aristocrat,” Pasternak continued. “She was actually this really ambitious, wonderful woman. So I think in some ways, many people in Britain do feel betrayed by her.”
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