Meghan and Harry risk becoming ‘sad version of Royal Family’, says expert

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry may be at risk of becoming a "sad version of the British Royal Family abroad", a royal expert has savagely claimed.

The expert said the Duke and Duchess' decision to "have their own life" away from the royal family in March 2020 could "come back to bite" the couple in the future.

Harry and Meghan have hardly returned to the UK after they severed their ties with the Firm but recently managed a quick stop to briefly see the Queen.

Ian Lloyd, author of the newly-published 'The Queen: 70 Chapters in the life of Elizabeth II’, has suggested the ex-royal couple could end up like the Duke and Duchess of Windsor if they continue on their current trajectory.

Mr Lloyd said: “They could eventually end up like the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, where they’re just a sort of mini court, miles away from Britain.”

This would end up with the pair becoming a "sad version of the British Royal Family abroad”, he savaged.

The "Duke of Windsor" is the title that was given to King Edward VIII after he ascended, then abdicated, the throne back in 1936.

The late King renounced his throne in order to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite and divorcée.

He is the only monarch in British history to have given up the Crown voluntarily.

King Edward VIII met Ms Simpson during the 1930s and fell in love with her but opposition from senior royal ranks, the Church and other factors led the monarch to renounce his reign.

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Royal expert Mr Lloyd raised the possibility that the Sussexes attempt to distance themselves from royalty but still profit from association is a tactic which will quickly become "exhausted".

He described how production companies like Netflix want to discuss “the Queen and royalty”, but once “that’s exhausted, what is there?”, he questioned.

He added: “He might possibly run out of ideas.”

Harry and Meghan signed a deal with Netflix back in September 2020, just months after breaking away from the royal family.

But the Duke of Sussex needs association with the royal family to keep Netflix wanting him, Mr Lloyd said.

He added: “I think he will try and keep in touch.”

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