The relative calm that’s surrounded Prince Harry and Meghan Markle recently was well and truly broken by a new German documentary that aired last week. Harry – The Lost Prince shines a spotlight on their new life as globetrotting charity ambassadors – but was deeply damning and has left Meghan feeling “hurt” and “betrayed” yet again, a source tells new.
It included a number of interviews with a former Metropolitan Police security chief, the couple’s Montecito neighbours – who said Meghan doesn’t “get involved in the community”, and even a veteran soldier from Harry’s days in Afghanistan.
“Both Meghan and Harry feel this is yet another one-sided take down of them and just want it all to stop,” our source claimed. “It’s like they can’t escape their past and are still being judged on things that happened over five years ago, but they know it gets people talking and makes money. Meghan feels hurt by a lot of people – but especially her neighbours, who she feels have betrayed her, rather than offering friendship and support.”
They added, “It was hard for her to make this move, with the eyes of the world on them, so she needed some friends, but obviously she was quite guarded because of what she’d been through. Meghan is very wary of getting close to people and trusting them and this documentary has confirmed she was right.”
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The couple moved to upscale Montecito, California, after stepping away from royal duties in 2020. They’ve since shared the odd glimpse of life at their grand home, but those have been few and far between, as the couple shield Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet from the limelight.
But it appears their desire for privacy hasn’t done them any favours. In the documentary, neighbour Richard Mineards said, “I personally don’t think that Meghan is an asset to our community… She doesn’t really go out or get involved with the community. Harry has to a certain extent, because he’s quite jolly… but Meghan doesn’t seem to get seen anywhere… And you don’t see him either.”
Our source says Meghan has good reason for keeping her inner circle tight. “There’s no denying that Meghan doesn’t have a large set of friends – but that’s because she can’t trust a lot of people. They’ve both been betrayed in the past, by closer friends and family members, so it’s hard for her to make new friends and let people into her life.
“She isn’t sure if people are being friendly for the right reasons. Meghan feels very safe when she’s at home with Harry, her mum and the kids and as much as she would like to have a bigger social circle, she knows she can’t,” they claimed. “It can be quite lonely but it will never be as bad as it was when she was in the UK, so that’s a sacrifice she’s willing to make.”
And being guarded helps amid speculation about her marriage. When she stepped on to the red carpet for a glitzy Beverly Hills gala last week, some media called it another step in her “professional separation” from Harry. But Harry made light of such rumours earlier that day at the New York Times DealBook Summit, joking, “Apparently we’ve bought or moved house 10, 12 times. We’ve apparently divorced maybe 10, 12 times as well. So ...
It included a number of interviews with a former Metropolitan Police security chief, the couple’s Montecito neighbours – who said Meghan doesn’t “get involved in the community”, and even a veteran soldier from Harry’s days in Afghanistan.
“Both Meghan and Harry feel this is yet another one-sided take down of them and just want it all to stop,” our source claimed. “It’s like they can’t escape their past and are still being judged on things that happened over five years ago, but they know it gets people talking and makes money. Meghan feels hurt by a lot of people – but especially her neighbours, who she feels have betrayed her, rather than offering friendship and support.”
They added, “It was hard for her to make this move, with the eyes of the world on them, so she needed some friends, but obviously she was quite guarded because of what she’d been through. Meghan is very wary of getting close to people and trusting them and this documentary has confirmed she was right.”
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The couple moved to upscale Montecito, California, after stepping away from royal duties in 2020. They’ve since shared the odd glimpse of life at their grand home, but those have been few and far between, as the couple shield Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet from the limelight.
But it appears their desire for privacy hasn’t done them any favours. In the documentary, neighbour Richard Mineards said, “I personally don’t think that Meghan is an asset to our community… She doesn’t really go out or get involved with the community. Harry has to a certain extent, because he’s quite jolly… but Meghan doesn’t seem to get seen anywhere… And you don’t see him either.”
Our source says Meghan has good reason for keeping her inner circle tight. “There’s no denying that Meghan doesn’t have a large set of friends – but that’s because she can’t trust a lot of people. They’ve both been betrayed in the past, by closer friends and family members, so it’s hard for her to make new friends and let people into her life.
“She isn’t sure if people are being friendly for the right reasons. Meghan feels very safe when she’s at home with Harry, her mum and the kids and as much as she would like to have a bigger social circle, she knows she can’t,” they claimed. “It can be quite lonely but it will never be as bad as it was when she was in the UK, so that’s a sacrifice she’s willing to make.”
And being guarded helps amid speculation about her marriage. When she stepped on to the red carpet for a glitzy Beverly Hills gala last week, some media called it another step in her “professional separation” from Harry. But Harry made light of such rumours earlier that day at the New York Times DealBook Summit, joking, “Apparently we’ve bought or moved house 10, 12 times. We’ve apparently divorced maybe 10, 12 times as well. So ...
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