The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was a global spectacle, watched by 29.19 million viewers. From their marriage to the birth of their son Archie, the Sussexes’ lives have been closely followed by the media. Their decision to step down from royal duties and move to the U.S. came after a media frenzy. Meghan revealed they asked to move to another Commonwealth country, but were denied, unlike other royal members who had received approval.
When Meghan first met William, he was fond of her, but she felt the relationship would be “trying.” According to Finding Freedom, she understood the brothers were wary of women focused on titles. William initially liked Meghan but grew concerned about her motivations and personal goals, though he kept his thoughts to himself
Fast forward to Meghan becoming part of the family officially, she found it hard to get used to that new life and Harry didn’t believe his brother and sister-in-law helped Meghan settle in.
Speaking to Fox in 2022, royal expert and author Katie Nicholl, who had just released The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth’s Legacy and the Future of the Crown, said, “It was certainly Harry’s feeling that William and Kate hadn’t rolled out the red carpet as much as they might have done.
“You know, there wasn’t this sort of instant welcoming of Meghan into the royal fold,” she added.
“I say in the book that William was the first to meet Meghan. And actually, he was really thrilled that Harry had met someone who he’d really fallen for. He was overjoyed when Meghan came into his life, and he fell in love with this woman,” she added.
Harry proposed to Meghan with a custom three-stone ring that featured diamonds from his late mother’s jewelry collection, but the following year, when their wedding was to take place, William was allegedly concerned that Meghan would wear a piece of jewelry that belonged to Princess Diana.
“I have been told that, still concerned about the match, he’d sought assurances from the Queen that Harry’s bride would not be wearing any of Princess Diana’s jewellery, even though his own wife was allowed to wear it,” author Robert Jobson wrote in Catherine, The Princess of Wales: The Biography, per the Mirror.
“Despite sharp digs and thin skins on both sides, the wedding at Windsor in May 2018 was a spectacular success,” Jobson continued. “In public, the Royal Family were all smiles, though privately they were at daggers drawn.”
The relationship between the Sussexes and the rest of the royals remains
