Rumors that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were heading for a divorce have surfaced numerous time in the recent past only to prove to be unfounded, now they have not only resurfaced but intensified with numerous sources reporting that it is imminent.
Marca reports that a royal insider claims Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are already in “trial separation” to rescue their union.
Geo News’s headline screams that, “Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are headed for a bitter divorce and a raging custody war.”
Markle’s Cinderella story, the girl next door who meets and marries a prince, inspired millions of girls and women to follow their dreams when they married in 2020. But in the process, Markle gave up a promising acting career and then found herself in a controversial relationship with the royal family, the British public and the media. That relationship eventually became so toxic that she and Prince Harry left the UK to settle in Meghan’s home state of California, where their two children were born.
Prince Harry’s post-marriage journey has been no easier, as the troubled relationship of his wife–and the unhappiness that it created–eventually led to his estrangement from his family—specifically, his father King Charles and his brother William, the Prince of Wales.
The Sussex couple’s attempt to make a successful life first in the media, with a production deal inked with Netflix and then in lifestyle marketing with Meghan’s American Riviera Orchard brand, proved to be disappointments and reconciliations with the royal family never materialized.
Now reports suggest that these troubles and disappointments might be taking a toll on the 40-year-old Prince, who, it is claimed, is missing his family and is disillusioned with the celebrity Los Angeles lifestyle.
“They have been drifting apart for a while,” an insider told RadarOnline.com. “With Harry’s desire to return to the UK where his old drinking buddies are and his hope to return to the very comfortable fold of the Royal Family putting a real strain on their marriage.” The source adds, “He’s hated their bids for stardom with Netflix and Spotify getting pulled and them ending up ridiculed, and he’s starting to miss England.”
“He used to love going to the pub and playing sport with his pals, and the life Meghan wants to lead in LA couldn’t be further away from that.
Harry and Meghan in interview with Oprah Winfrey (youtube)The source suggests that the California lifestyle does not suit the “blue-blooded English man, as it’s all about juicing and yoga.” However, reportedly, Meghan’s determination to become an international superstar means that she would never “willingly return[ing] to Harry’s hated homeland.”
The insider believes that Harry is deeply unhappy because “His wife’s promises are rapidly running thin and their popularity is at an all-time low in Britain and in the U.S., [sic] where A-listers who were apparently tripping over themselves to befriend the redheaded royal after his return to England, could be setting the stage for a bitter divorce and custody war.”
If the whispers are to be believed, then Harry’s recent solo appearances are the sure sign that there is trouble in the offing; “they are effectively on a ‘trial separation’ while they work this out.”
Prince Harry recently spent his 40th birthday apart from his wife on September 15, although by all accounts, Meghan arranged and encouraged the trip. However, through 2024 Markle has been spotted less and less with her husband on his tours and duties, suggesting that something has changed in their dynamic after she used to so determinedly accompany him. Indeed, the media often mocked her for holding Harry by the hand. As a final clue, the sources point out that while Harry has carried out 10 engagements in 15 days, Markle hasn’t attended a single one, despite some being in New York City. She had also previously skipped a trip to London earlier in the year.
