Prince Harry's friends 'refuse to visit him in US' because of how Meghan Markle behaves

Prince Harry's buddies are said to be "avoiding him" because of the way his wife, Meghan Markle acts.

By Hanisha Sethi, News Reporter

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Harry's friends are "avoiding him" commentator claims (Image: Getty)

Although now relocated to Montecito in California, the distance is not the reason Prince Harry's old friends appear to be "avoiding him" claims a royal commentator.

Royal author, Tom Quinn, has stated Harry's friends will not visit the Duke and his wife, Meghan Markle, because "they find Meghan difficult". In addition, Tom claims Harry refuses to meet any of his old friends from the military as they are part of the "pre-Meghan world".

Previously speaking to the Mirror, the author explained: "Harry has a few friends from the army and from his days at school, but they are a part of the old pre-Meghan world that Harry hates to revisit."

He added: "His military friends feel he has betrayed them by writing about his military service in such an un-military way and his old Etonian friends don’t like the new 'woke' Harry. Conservative with both a small and a big C, they see the new Harry as a tree-hugger with whom they have nothing in common."

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry waving

Harry's friends from the military are part of the "old pre-Meghan world" (Image: Getty)

Critics also claim Harry's military friends were "extremely unhappy" with some of the comments Harry made in his bombshell memoir, Spare.

Gareth Russell, a royal commentator, told GB News that Prince Harry had previously received backlash from the military community.

He explained: "There were very clear signs from the military in Britain that they were extremely unhappy with many of the comments made in Spare and on several chat shows. I don't think there's any doubt that many in the military felt he had broken a code or broken protocol, and that means a great deal within the British military."

Although the royal commentator admitted people had a "great deal of affection" for the Prince and his work with the Invictus Games, he explained there was controversy: "Even those who have admiration for the Invictus Games have said that they felt the comments in Spare were isolating and inappropriate."

In his memoir, the Duke of Sussex described killing 25 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan as "chess pieces taken off the board". Prince Harry wrote: "It wasn't a statistic that filled me with pride but nor did it make me ashamed. When I was plunged into the heat and confusion of battle, I didn't think about those as 25 people."

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle clapping

Harry and Meghan stepped down as working royals in 2020 (Image: Getty)

Last month, Harry was nowhere to be seen at one of his oldest friends' wedding. Hugh Grosvenor, who is godfather to the Sussexes’ son Archie, married Olivia Henson at Chester Cathedral, but the Duke did not attend.

Hugh married his girlfriend of two years, Olivia Henson, at a lavish ceremony Chester Cathedral that was attended by Prince William but not his brother.

Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams said there was a "sadness" surrounding the event as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex missed "the wedding of the year".

He told the Mirror: "To feel you have no choice but to miss the wedding of the year is very sad. However, the deep rift within the Royal Family has ensured that Harry and Meghan were never going to accept an invitation to the wedding of Hugh Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster, godfather to Archie and a close friend of Harry. They knew William would be there, reportedly as one of the ushers."

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