Meghan Markle leaves beloved rescue pooch Bogart behind in Canada – because he doesn’t like Prince Harry
MEGHAN has decided not to take back one of her dogs — because the mutt does not like Prince Harry.
The Duchess of Sussex left her beloved Bogart in Canada when she first moved to Britain.
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Beagle Guy moved with her and royal watchers speculated Meghan, 38, would be reunited with rescue dog Bogart when the Duchess relocated to LA with Harry, 35, and their son Archie.
But a close associate revealed Meghan has decided that, for the sake of family harmony, Labrador-German shepherd cross Bogart is in the doghouse.
They said yesterday: “Meghan adored that dog but the decision not to take him back was based on Bogart’s relationship with Harry.
“Bogart never took to Harry when they spent time together in Canada.
“He didn’t like Harry. Meghan was very vocal about the fact it wouldn’t be fair to take him back full-time, given Bogart’s feelings for her husband.
“Of course, her staff in the UK who knew about her decision found her statement quite strange, but they accepted it at face value because Meghan knows her dogs.”
When she first moved to the UK, Meghan said Bogart was staying in Canada with “very close friends”.
She bought a black Labrador, thought to be called Oz, with Harry. They have been seen walking Oz and Guy in LA.
Friends said that before Meghan met Harry she treated Bogart and Guy like “her babies” while filming legal drama Suits in Toronto.
She let the dogs sleep on her bed and they would eat only the highest quality organic food.
A source said: “She bought them Union Jack dog jumpers to keep them warm when they were puppies.
“She misses them when she is away and will even get someone to FaceTime her with them so she can talk to them.”
Meghan had previously gushed about Bogart in interviews.
She told Reader’s Digest: “He’s my first dog ever. I didn’t grow up with dogs. I was in LA and I went to this dog rescue.
“So I saw him and I was sitting there with him and then Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi walk in.
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“Now, I don’t know her but Ellen goes ‘Is that your dog?’. And I said, ‘No’ and she’s like, ‘You have to take that dog’.
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“And so I brought him home. Because Ellen told me to.”
She added Guy to give Bogart company. Meghan said: “I started to see he loves the company of people, but just like I love the company of dogs, I don’t want to be around solely dogs all day so I realised he might like a companion.”
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