Meghan Markle has given a
candid new interview in which she has revealed that Prince Harry feels
he has “lost” his father, Prince Charles as a result of the
couple’s decision to move to the US and leave their royal life behind.
The Duchess of Sussex was
being questioned about her rift with her own father, Thomas Markle, when
she reflected on how the toxic tabloid press had impacted the couple’s familial
lives and left them both with strained relationships with their
fathers. “Harry said to me, ‘I lost my dad in this
process.'” she told The New York Times magazine
supplement The Cut.
She went on to add that she
was hopeful that her husband and her father-in-law’s relationship could survive
– but that it’s not her decision to make. “It doesn’t have to be the
same for them as it was for me,” she said. “But that’s his
decision.”
The Duke of Sussex has
previously been vocal about how his decision to step down as a senior member of
the royal family has affected his relationship with the Prince of Wales.
During the royal couple’s
explosive tell-all with Oprah Winfrey in 2021, Harry said that his father
had “stopped taking my calls” and that the royal family
“literally cut me off financially”.
However, in an exclusive essay
for Newsweek earlier this year, Prince Charles said he was “proud”
of both Harry and his older brother, Prince William.
He spoke of his pride in
both of his sons’ efforts to combat climate change, writing: “As a father,
I am proud that my sons have recognized this threat […] my younger son,
Harry, has passionately highlighted the impact of climate change, especially in
relation to Africa and committed his charity to being net zero.”
