The return of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex marks the latest bombshell in the long-running saga surrounding the couple since the Megxit crisis, with several headline-grabbing feuds, spats and tiffs marking some of the key chapters in Meghan's time among the Royal family.
Having risen to fame as a Hollywood actress, Meghan is no stranger to drama. Harry and Meghan announced in January 2020 that they wanted to step down as senior royals for a dual life, earning their own money in the US and supporting the monarch.
Queen Elizabeth II held a Sandringham summit to solve “Megxit” and the outcome was that the Sussexes’ semi-royal role was deemed untenable – they were either in or out. Six years later, they are moving back and setting up home in the UK once again with Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet enrolled in British schools - but they continued to cause ructions even from over the pond, and here are some of the central disagreements.
2021: Oprah Racism Row
In a television interview with talk show host Oprah Winfrey while Prince Philip, the late Duke of Edinburgh, was ill in hospital in 2021, they claimed an unnamed royal had made a racist remark about their son’s skin tone before he was born and said that the monarchy failed to help a suicidal Meghan.
2021: Meghan Accused Kate of Making Her Cry at Wedding Dress Fitting
In the same Oprah interview, Meghan also revealed it was Kate who made her cry at a bridesmaid dress fitting ahead of the Sussexes’ wedding, and that the Palace refused to correct the initial reports that it was the other way round. Meanwhile, Meghan was accused of bullying Palace aides, which she strongly denied, and the pair gained a reputation of being unable to retain staff.
2021: Queen Elizabeth Strips Harry of Military Titles and Royal Patronages
Megxit became permanent in 2021 and the Queen stripped a devastated Harry of his military titles and royal patronages, with the Sussexes declaring they would always live a life of service.
June 2021: Queen 'Angry as I'd Ever Seen Her' Says Aide After Lilibet Born
Harry and Meghan went on to welcome a daughter, Lilibet Diana, in June 2021, a younger sister to Archie – but their claim that the Queen gave her blessing for them to use her childhood family nickname left the monarch “as angry as I’d ever seen her”, an aide revealed.
