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Harry & Meghan were ‘ALWAYS plotting to betray the royals – Clues at their wedding proved it’, claims expert Tom Bower
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MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry were always planning to betray the royal family and their 2018 wedding was proof, according to a royal biographer.
Outspoken royal expert Tom Bower claims that the guest list at their highly-publicised nuptials revealed Meghan’s “real ambition.”
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Speaking on The Sun’s Royal Exclusive show, Tom claimed: “We know now in hindsight, that Meghan never really intended to stay.
“Her guest list to her wedding showed her real ambition was to be a star in California and Harry's friends redistributed from the guest list in the evening from the dinner, so we know that the agenda was something which the royal family could never really get to grips with.”
Around 250 lucky guests partied with newlyweds Meghan and Prince Harry after their star-studded wedding.
Serena Williams, Carey Mulligan and the cast of Suits were just a few celebs who attended the Windsor bash.
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George and Amal Clooney also made the exclusive list, despite claiming they “didn’t know” the couple.
Meanwhile, some of Prince Harry’s long-term close friends didn’t make the cut for the evening bash.
One person who was noticeably absent was one of Harry’s oldest school friends, Tom Inskip, known as “Skippy”, who, according to royal authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, had questioned Harry’s relationship with Meghan.
In their book Finding Freedom, they wrote: “They were invited to the wedding ceremony and lunchtime reception but didn’t make the cut for the evening bash.
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“At brunch the day after the wedding, Skippy told friends ‘Meghan has changed Harry too much.’
“His Eton friend said the prince was awed by the likes of the Clooneys and Oprah.
Prince Harry looks lovingly at Meghan Markle as he sees her for the first time walking down the aisle as the mother of the bride wells up with happiness
“‘We’ve lost him,’ Skippy concluded.
“Many of Harry’s old friends said that the evening guest list was the prince and his bride’s way of saying ‘these are the people we want in our lives moving forward.”
Tom claimed to The Sun’s Royal Editor Matt Wilkinson that he believes Meghan and Harry have had a “hugely negative impact on the royal family.”
He added: “I think the damage is everlasting and continues.
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“And I think that the tragedy is that they tried terribly hard to help Meghan.
“After all, Charles escorted her into the wedding in St George's Chapel.
“The Queen assigned over half a dozen people to look after Meghan trying to help her get into the ways of the royal family, but they could never win.”
Tom pointed out that after stepping back as working royals in 2020, Meghan and Harry took swipes at the family through their Oprah Winfrey interview and Netflix documentary.
Megxit timeline
- November 2016 - Harry formally reveals he is in a relationship with Suits actress Meghan Markle.
- September 2017 - Meghan tells Vanity Fair the couple are in love and happy together.
- September 2017 - The couple make their first public appearance together holding hands at the Invictus Games in Toronto.
- November 2017 - Prince Charles issues a statement revealing Harry and Meghan are engaged.
- May 2018 - Harry and Meghan tie the knot, becoming Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
- October 2018 - The couple announce they are expecting their first child while on their first overseas tour in Australia.
- March 2019 - Harry and Meghan set up their own household, splitting their joint operation with Prince William and Kate.
- May 2019 - Meghan gives birth to a baby boy named Archie.
- October 2019 - Harry reveals his rift with his brother William in a bombshell documentary.
- January 2020 - The couple stun the Queen by announcing plans to quit senior roles and settle in North America. After ten days of talks at Sandringham, it's agreed the couple will no longer be working royals and will give up their "Royal Highness" titles.
- March 2020 - Harry and Meghan carry out their last official engagement and move to California.
- September 2020 - Netflix announces a huge deal with the couple.
- February 2021 - Buckingham Palace announces the couple's split as working members of the monarchy is permanent and they will lose their royal patronages.
- March 2021 - The palace says it is "very concerned" about allegations of bullying made by former staff of Harry and Meghan, launching a probe.
- March 2021 - Meghan tells Oprah Winfrey Archie wasn’t made a prince after “concerns and conversations” about “how dark” his skin would be when he was born. She claims Kate "hurt her feelings" and made her cry before her wedding. Harry says Charles has stopped taking his calls and he has been "cut off" financially.
- January 2023 - Harry publishes his tell-all memoir Spare, launching scathing attacks on William, Kate and Camilla. He says he and William once got into a physical fight over Meghan.
- April 2023 - Harry has a "heart-to-heart" talk with his dad before agreeing to come to the Coronation in London.
- September 2023 - Harry rejects an offer to spend the anniversary of the Queen’s death at Balmoral with his father.
- February 2024 - Prince Harry flies to the UK to be with his father as royal experts claim their four-year rift could be put aside. They meet for half an hour before Harry flies home. He does not meet William.
He claimed that the royal family should have been “far more aggressive in their response to assert their own credibility.”
Speaking to Good Morning America, Prince Harry said: "I don't think that we can ever have peace with my family unless the truth is out there.
“There's a lot that I can forgive, but there needs to be conversations in order for reconciliation, and part of that has to be accountability."
Prince Harry has only returned to the UK a handful of times since relocating to California, including for the funerals of Prince Philip and the late Queen.
He recently returned for a three-day UK visit in May for an Invictus event, but didn’t see cancer-stricken King Charles or Prince William.
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A spokesperson for Harry said: "It unfortunately will not be possible due to His Majesty’s full programme.
"The Duke of course is understanding of his father’s diary of commitments and various other priorities and hopes to see him soon."
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