Meghan Markle struggled with royal life because "egos got in the way", a royal author has claimed. The Duchess of Sussex, 45, joined the Royal Family when she married Prince Harry in 2018, becoming a working royal. However, her time in that role was short-lived, with the couple quitting royal life in 2020.
Culture clash and avoidable conflict
Simon Vigar, one of Britain's longest-serving royal correspondents, made the claim in his book The Four Wives of Windsor. He told Fox News Digital: "There was a culture clash there. I think it's a crying shame. It was avoidable, and egos got in the way on both sides."
Vigar added: "I think she thought that there would be more control over events, public events, than there was... The narrative now is that the British media were always against Harry and Meghan. That is not how I remember it, and many of my colleagues remember it."
Author praises the couple
The author went on to call Harry and Meghan "great", referring to the duchess as "an absolute natural" with the public.
In their 2022 Netflix docuseries, Harry and Meghan, the couple suggested they would have remained working royals indefinitely if certain struggles did not exist. It is believed they were referring to internal family tensions and press intrusion.
Harry's words and current status
Harry said in the docuseries: "It never needed to be this way. We talked about this over and over again, sitting up late after these late-night engagements, saying 'We would have carried on doing this for the rest of our lives'."
While Harry and Meghan have recently relocated back to Britain, they have not become working royals again. Instead, they are living in the UK as private citizens, staying in a non-royal private residence.
