Meghan Markle and Prince Harry 'weakness' would be 'catastrophic' for Royal Family

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped down as working members of the Royal Family in 2020.

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Svar Nanan-Sen

By Svar Nanan-Sen


Published: 07/12/2023

- 11:58

The couple's popularity has plummeted in the UK since Megxit

The Royal Family is aware that weakness in cutting ties with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry would be catastrophic for the Firm, according to a source.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped down as working members of the Royal Family in 2020.


Since the couple left the monarchy they have launched multiple public attacks on the royals.

The popularity of Meghan and Harry in the UK has decreased rapidly since they began criticising the Royal Family.

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Senior members within the Firm are aware that looking weak and allowing the Sussexes back into the fold would be damaging, an insider has claimed.

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Senior members within the Firm are aware that looking weak and allowing the Sussexes back into the fold would be damaging, an insider has claimed.

The source said: "Senior royals are more than aware that Harry and Meghan’s popularity has nose-dived since Megxit and are concerned that letting them back into the fold could prove catastrophic for the family.

"They don’t want to be part of being booed at public events and they certainly don’t want to be seen as weak for allowing them back in after everything they’ve done."

It comes as King Charles and Kate, Princess of Wales were named, in the Dutch version of Omid Scobie's Endgame, as the royals who allegedly had "concerns" about how dark Prince Archie's skin colour would be when he was born.

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Prince Harry looked to have offered his father an olive branch last month when he rang him on his 75 birthday.

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have remained silent since an error from the Dutch publisher of the book led to Kate and the King's names being included in the book last week.

Prince Harry looked to have offered his father an olive branch last month when he rang him on his 75 birthday.

A video of Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet singing Happy Birthday was also sent to the monarch by his son.

Meghan Markle spoke to King Charles on the phone during his birthday in a move that could have been the start of building bridges between the royals and the Sussexes.

Omid Scobie

Scobie, a royal author with links to sources close to Meghan and Harry, has denied leaking the names and said no version of Endgame contained the names of the accused royals.

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Scobie, a royal author with links to sources close to Meghan and Harry, has denied leaking the names and said no version of Endgame contained the names of the accused royals.

Charles and Kate's names appeared in the Dutch version of Endgame after a draft version of the book was published in the Netherlands rather than the final version which did not include the names, according to the Times.

The Duchess of Sussex claimed during her 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey that members of the Royal Family had "concerns" about how dark her son's skin colour would be when he was born, but she chose not to name them.

Sources close to Meghan have insisted no one on her team briefed Scobie on the names of the royals who allegedly made the remarks.

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