Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's relationship progressed much more quickly than Prince William's
courtship of his wife, Kate Middleton. Harry and Meghan met in July 2016 when they were
set up on a blind date. The couple shared an instant connection, according to Harry.
"The second date I was starting to think, 'Wow, this is pretty special."
By early 2017, Meghan had met many members of the royal family, and talks of an engagement
began to circulate in the media. In November 2017, Harry popped the question while they
cooked dinner together.
"Just an amazing surprise. It was so sweet and natural and very romantic. He got on one
knee."
The couple immediately began planning their royal wedding, and in front of an international
televised audience, they officially tied the knot in May 2018.
Meanwhile, the couple's whirlwind relationship may not have left much time for Harry to introduce
Meghan to royal life. Royal expert Robert Jobson recently told Page Six that the current
tension between Harry, Meghan, and the royals may be due to Harry's lack of communication
with Meghan. He told the outlet,
"It's a combination of Harry and Meghan's fault, mainly Harry for not explaining it
to her properly."
Now, another royal insider is giving their opinion on Harry and Meghan's relationship,
and it's not positive.
Lady Victoria Hervey [HER-vee], daughter of Victor, the sixth Marquess [MAHR-kwis] of
Bristol [BRIS-tul] and friend to Prince Andrew, recently weighed in with her predictions for
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's relationship. The socialite revealed to Closer magazine
that she believes The Duke and Duchess of Sussex [SUHS-iks] moved much too quickly in
their relationship, which may lead them to divorce. She told the tabloid,
"I think Harry and Meghan's courtship was way too short. I just don't see it lasting.
I remember just before their wedding, I thought, 'They'll get married, have a few kids. And
she will end up wanting to be in America.' They were always traveling somewhere. They
moved too fast."
Lady Victoria also shared her opinion about Harry and Meghan's shocking tell-all interview
with Oprah Winfrey. During the sit-down, the couple dished about living within the confines
of the royal family, including allegations of, quote, "concerns and conversations" about
how dark her son Archie's skin might be when he's born
"WHAT!? Who is having that conversation?"
Lady Victoria says that she found the interview to be "distasteful" and poorly timed due to
Prince Philip's health issues. She told Closer,
"The way it was done, with Prince Philip in the hospital, literally about to die. I thought
it was pretty unreal."
Lady Victoria says that she believes that Harry has been cast as the "black sheep" of
the royal family. However, she thinks that Harry would likely be happily welcomed back
into the family if he chose to come home to the U.K.
Lady Victoria is not alone in her prediction that Harry and Meghan are destined for splitsville.
Meghan's own estranged half-sister, Samantha Markle, has made similar assertions to the
press. While Samantha has no relationship with Meghan, Harry, or the royal family, it
hasn't stopped her from very publicly weighing in on Meghan's life.
During the royal couple's now-infamous interview with Oprah earlier this spring, Meghan said
that she hasn't had any form of a relationship with Samantha for roughly two decades, and
so any opinion or "inside knowledge" she claims to share is not founded in fact — like her
"tell-all" book about Meghan called The Diary of Princess Pushy's Sister.
"I think it would be very hard to 'tell all' when you don't know me."
Samantha had previously slammed Meghan for abandoning her own family and father and even
claimed Meghan suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder. With all of this hostility she clearly
harbors for her sister, there is very little surprise that Samantha also had some less-than-positive
things to say about Meghan's marriage. Samantha told TMZ,
"I see it ending in divorce unless they get extensive counseling and can agree to work
on being honest and work on apologies to everyone they've damaged in the course of this."
We imagine that Samantha isn't only referring to the couple's relationship with the royal
family and the resulting public relations debacle, but also Meghan's decision to walk
away from her father, Thomas Markle, with whom she has had no contact for several years.
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