The late Prince Philip allegedly gave his grandson Prince Harry a stern warning about getting married to an actress forward of his 2018 wedding ceremony to Meghan Markle.
“One steps out with actresses, one doesn’t marry them,” the Duke of Edinburgh allegedly instructed the Duke of Sussex after he and the “Fits” alum acquired engaged in 2017, royal biographer Andrew Lownie wrote in his guide “Entitled,” based on the Day by day Mail.
Per the outlet, royal writer Ingrid Seward additionally acknowledged in her 2024 guide, “My Mom and I, Philip,” that Philip was “one of many only a few cautious” of Markle when she and Harry began relationship in 2016.
Philip, who died in April 2021 on the age of 99, additionally in contrast Markle to the late King Edward VIII’s spouse, Wallis Simpson, with whom he gave up the throne to marry in 1937.
The previous Duke and Duchess of Windsor’s marriage was seen as a scandal because the socialite had been married and divorced twice.
They had been collectively till Edward died in 1972.
Reps for Markle, 44, and Buckingham Palace weren’t instantly accessible to Web page Six for remark.
Philip and Queen Elizabeth II, who died in 2022, had been current when Harry, 41, and Markle tied the knot at Windsor Fort in Could 2018.
In line with Grant Harrold, a former royal butler, Philip allegedly instructed Elizabeth, “Thank f–okay that’s over,” shortly after leaving the chapel.
In January 2020, the couple introduced they had been resigning from their royal duties and opted to maneuver to North America, the place they now dwell with their youngsters: Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 4.
Philip reportedly refused to have a say in Harry and Markle’s resolution and allegedly instructed Elizabeth that he would “be quickly out of it.”
Per the US Solar, whereas the Duke of Edinburgh allegedly didn’t agree with the duo’s selections, he believed “individuals have to guide their lives as they suppose finest,” based on royal biographer Gyles Brandreth.
Brandreth additionally wrote that Philip labeled Harry and Markle’s tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey as “insanity.”
Within the 2021 interview, Markle instructed the TV character that her life as a royal was “nearly unsurvivable.”
“I simply didn’t wish to be alive anymore,” she stated.
Markle additionally mentioned how members of the royal household as soon as allegedly mentioned their issues about “how darkish [Archie’s] pores and skin may be when he was born.”
