Prince Harry, once a prominent figure in the lively British social circles and a decorated member of the British Army, is reportedly experiencing a wave of longing for the past.
Sources close to the couple hint at a growing sense of disconnect for the prince, yearning for the camaraderie and familiar faces he left behind in the UK. Although Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, is recognised for her robust social circle, there are speculations that she might not easily fit back into Harry’s old group, making it hard for them to reconnect.
Prince Harry is finding himself increasingly isolated, with his “betrayed” former army pals reportedly now snubbing him, as well. The U.K. Mirror reported that the Duke of Sussex’s friends won’t visit him in Montecito, Calif., according to royal expert and author Tom Quinn, because of wife Meghan Markle, his new “Harry the Hippy” ways and his much-criticized memoir.
“Harry, on the other hand, is increasingly bored and looking back across the Atlantic, where most of his army and school friends still live and whom he never sees because they won’t visit him in the states because they find Meghan difficult,” Quinn told The Mirror.
The report follows Harry’s no-show at the wedding of one of his closest friends, Hugh Grosvenor, the godfather of the Sussex’s son, Archie. Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster, was married last month at Chester Cathedral, near Liverpool, and royal watchers were surprised that “neither Meghan nor Harry were in sight,” the Mirror reported.
Harry also reportedly stayed on his own while visiting London for an Invictus Games anniversary celebration on May 8, opting for a hotel room instead of rooming with friends or family, the Mirror said.
Quinn, however, told the Mirror it didn’t seem likely that Harry was going to meet any of his school or military pals since they are “part of the old pre-Meghan world” and that Harry “hates to revisit” that time in his life.
