What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle left
the Royal family for the United States, drama, it seems, has unfortunately continued to follow
them.
Whether it's rumored feuds with Prince William and Kate Middleton or rubbing elbows with
the biggest names in Hollywood, Harry and Meghan have continued to remain a constant
fixture in the media over the past few months.
And it seems that despite moving continents, and leaving behind their Royal titles, it
appears drama has unfortunately followed them across the pond from the UK to the United
States.
Let’s start with the beginning of this year when Megxit began.
On January 8th of 2020, which honestly feels like an entire lifetime ago, Harry & Meghan
casually took to Instagram to drop the bombshell news that they intend to step back as senior
royals, become financially independent, and split their time between North America and
the UK.
And to make matters even more shocking, it was reported that the rest of the royal family
didn’t receive a heads-up about Meghan and Harry’s announcement, with BBC News royal
correspondent Jonny Dymond tweeting quote, “BBC understands that no other member of
the Royal Family was consulted before Harry and Meghan issued their personal statement
tonight.
The Palace is understood to be ‘disappointed.’”
And while this was all happening and Meghan was going to and from Canada, news also broke
that Meghan was working on a deal to do voice-over work with Disney in exchange for a donation
to a wildlife charity called Elephants Without Borders.
Those rumors did turn out to be true with Meghan’s film ‘Elephant’ dropping on
Disney Plus on April 3rd.
Meanwhile, rumors of drama continue to swirl surrounding Meghan and Harry’s relationship
with his brother William and his wife Kate.
In March, sources said that Kate was reportedly still taking the royal rift “badly.”
Sources told Us Weekly that quote, “She, Harry, and William were once such a happy
trio.
She thinks what has happened is all very sad.
There’s too much mud under the bridge at this point for any meaningful communication.
They’re cordial, but that’s about as far as it goes.”
Then, during the midst of the global pandemic, Meghan and Harry decided to leave their place
on secluded Vancouver Island, and up and moved to Los Angeles.
According to Entertainment Tonight, it was always their plan to eventually be based in
California since their work life will be focused in the U.S.
Then in May, part of their initiation in Los Angeles was getting a publishing deal for
their new tell-all biography which is called Finding Freedom: Harry, Meghan, and the Making
of a Modern Royal Family.
The book doesn’t come out until later this summer, but it seems like they are going to
be spilling a lot of Royal tea with this one.
I mean the title alone was enough to stir up some Royal drama, so we can’t even imagine
what’s going to happen when the book drops.
Harry and Meghan are teaming up with Royal journalists Omid Scobie and Catherine Durand
for this new book which The Mail reported “risks inflicting further anguish on the
royal family.”
The book’s publisher, Dey Street Books, also released a brief description of the biography,
claiming that ‘few know the true story of Harry and Meghan,’ adding that it promises
to go “beyond the headlines to reveal unknown details of Harry and Meghan's life together,
dispelling the many rumours and misconceptions that plague the couple on both sides of the
pond.”
The description goes on to say quote, “With unique access and written with the participation
of those closest to the couple, Finding Freedom is an honest, up-close, and disarming portrait
of a confident, influential, and forward-thinking couple who are unafraid to break with tradition,
determined to create a new path away from the spotlight, and dedicated to building a
humanitarian legacy that will make a profound difference in the world.”
Sooo we will definitely be keeping a close eye on this one when it comes out in a couple
months.
And speaking of books, while Harry and Meghan may be a part of putting out Finding Freedom,
another author is putting out her own tell all book about them, just before theirs comes
out.
Lady Colin Campbell, a New York Times best-selling royal author, will be spilling even more tea
and likely stirring up more drama in her highly anticipated book “Meghan and Harry: The
Real Story.”
And Campbell recently claimed that it wasn't long after Meghan Markle's royal wedding to
Prince Harry for rumors of drama between Meghan and the rest of the royal family to start
swirling around.
She claims that Meghan's problems with the royal family started just four days after
Meghan and Harry got married.
Campbell told The Daily Star that quote, “I can’t repeat it exactly, it’s in the book,
but what I can say is, something happened at the very first garden party at Buckingham
Palace… we were all absolutely gobsmacked and astonished, we all thought this doesn’t
bode well.”
And there’s one person who has been far from thrilled with all this Royal drama surrounding
Harry and Meghan over the past 6 months.
And that’s Harry’s brother Prince William.
Just last week, an Us Weekly source revealed that William is over all the drama surrounding
Harry’s move and past trying to understand every piece of it.
The source said quote, “William is so tired and done with the drama of it all.
Seeing Harry cut ties with virtually every aspect of his English life and identity is
so hard to fathom.”
But at the end of the day, Harry and William are brothers, so they’re just gonna take
a step back and hopefully work on fixing the rockier parts of their relationship at a later
date.
The source went on to say quote, “It breaks William’s heart.
Harry and William need space and time to breathe, then hopefully they’ll work it out.”
William has even reportedly been concerned for Harry and his family living in the United
States as the COVID cases continue to rise.
The Us Weekly insider said quote, “William’s advised Harry to return to London or move
elsewhere, somewhere safer.
He’s concerned about his brother’s well-being and safety.”
Like any other siblings, they definitely have their ups and downs, theirs just happen to
be way more public.
And so here’s to hoping they can work things out soon!
So I think you’re now officially all caught up on all the latest on Harry and Meghan and
we’re hoping things settle down for them as they forge their new lives here in the
US.
And if you want more on Meghan Markle, click right over here for another Clevver News video.
And let us know what you think about all this drama down in the comments below.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, bye guys!