It’s been six years since Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle stepped down as senior royals. They then moved across the world to Southern California, where Meghan was born and raised.
Now, a renowned royal historian is speaking out to say that Harry appears to be “very sad” in the wake of his royal exit all these years later. Indeed, according to this royal expert, Harry may have some serious regrets about what he’s done.
Harry ‘Looks Very, Very Sad’
Royal historian Hugo Vickers has written a new book, “Behind Closed Doors,” which hit stores today. The book looks into the shocking final years of Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor, who died in 1986 at the age of 89.
Edward, Duke of Windsor, uncle of the late Queen Elizabeth II, abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry Wallis. In researching this book, Vickers found many parallels between Harry and Edward.
“The one thing in common is that the two husbands both look pretty miserable,” Vickers claimed to Fox News. “If you look at photographs of the Duke of Windsor in old age … I’ve never seen such sad eyes on a man because of what happened. In both cases, they decided not to do the duty which they had been born to undertake.”
“When I give talks occasionally, usually at schools, I show a picture of the Queen, our Queen Elizabeth II, with sparkling eyes at the age of 90, having done her duty and feeling the calm, level gaze, conscious of duty fulfilled, as somebody put it,” he continued. “Whereas the Duke of Windsor looked pathetic, and he looked very sad. And Prince Harry also looks very, very sad most of the time and rather angry.”
Harry Estranged From His Family
Harry, 41, has been estranged from much of his family since he and Meghan stepped down as senior royals. He is on particularly bad terms with his older brother Prince William, 43, who is the heir to the British throne.
Vickers alleged that Meghan, 44, has had a much easier time adjusting to post-royal life than Harry has.
“Meghan Markle is much more in control of her destiny than Wallis was,” Vickers explained. “Wallis became a wife and, to be fair to her, she wrote a book of memoirs. She gave one or two interviews, but she was very discreet, to be quite honest. She was very much in the background.”
“… Meghan Markle is completely different,” he added. “She is using her title and her name to market things. … She’s been selling products and the like. … I just personally don’t think Prince Harry looks happy. My theory is that he is terrified of losing her, which is a very understandable syndrome to get into.”
Another Royal Expert Weighs In
British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard was quick to agree with this assessment.
“It’s safe to say that both husbands wanted out of the institution,” Chard said. “Edward VIII didn’t want to be king, and Prince Harry wanted freedom from the royal family. Their ‘get out of jail’ cards were their strong partners. How can we forget Harry and Meghan’s ‘freedom flight’ video shown in their Netflix documentary as they gleefully relinquished their royal duties?”
“The tides have possibly changed,” Chard concluded. “Harry and Meghan built their exit. However, it doesn’t guarantee safety or peace. Prince Harry continuously worries about Meghan, his family, their safety and media backlash. He seems to be reverting to what he knows and enjoys, his previous royal life.”
We could certainly see why Harry would be having some buyers remorse when it comes to what he did to his own family. In the end, choosing Meghan over the entire royal family might just have been the biggest mistake of Harry’s life.