Prince Harry ‘was always going to leave royal family’, claim Palace aides

Prince Harry’s departure from the UK after marrying Meghan Markle came as no surprise to some Palace aides, who, according to a royal author, always thought that the prince was capable of stepping away from the monarchy.

Vanity Fair royal editor and royal author Tina Brown claimed on The New York Times podcast this week that she was told by Palace aides that Harry was ‘so fragile’ in the firm.

Brown was apparently told by Palace insiders that Prince Harry “was so fragile, so combustible, he was so unhappy, frankly, in the constraints of the Royal Family.”

The royal author also claimed: “I actually think there is a Harry-shaped hole in the Royal Family now. And Harry was beloved, actually, by the British people. And people adored Meghan when she came into the mix.”

Both Prince Harry and his wife Meghan stepped back as senior royals in March 2020 and subsequently relocated to the US.