Royal expert Duncan Larcombe told Fox News that Prince Harry made an epic mistake in 2020 when he and his wife Meghan Markle relinquished their positions and responsibilities as senior royals.
Larcombe maintains that choosing to move to America — far from the pomp and circumstance of Buckingham Palace — has not brought happiness to Prince Harry.
Larcombe told Fox News Digital that though Harry appears to have everything he could ever want, including a “palace” of his own, the 38-year-old Harry “looks like he is carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders.”
Larcombe noted: “Harry looks desperately unhappy.”
Larcombe added, “I’ve watched him closely since he was a teenager, for my work, and I feel that if Harry is as happy as he is telling us, as he and Meghan tell us they are, he needs to quickly tell his face.”
According to Larcombe, who authored the 2017 biography “Prince Harry: The Inside Story,” Harry longs to be normal. After chronicling Prince Harry’s time at a boarding school in Eton, serving in the military and marriage to Meghan, Larcombe makes the following assessment:
“Children dream of one day being a prince,” Larcombe said. “Harry, his whole life, has dreamed of one day being normal.”
Larcombe added: “And I honestly don’t think, and I’m not alone in thinking that, Harry simply has not found that dream.”
In a 2021 controversial interview with Oprah Winfrey for Harry and Meghan’s Apple TV+ documentary series, “The Me You Can’t See,” Harry noted he struggled with the constant media scrutiny that comes with being a royal and desired a normal life.
“I always wanted to be normal, as opposed to being Prince Harry, just being Harry.”
In the interview, Harry noted he was happiest when he experienced a sense of normalcy while serving in the military.
“The happiest times in my life was the ten years in the army — without question,” he told Winfrey.
Harry continued: “Because I got to wear the same uniform as everybody else. I had to do all the same training as everybody else. I started from the bottom like everybody else. There was no special treatment because of who I was.” Harry added. “That was where I felt my most normal.”
Larcombe hypothesized that by stepping out of the royal spotlight in London and moving to the U.S. Harry was attempting to live the “normal” life he longed for.
Larcombe believes that, unfortunately, Harry has not been able to find happiness as American media attention to every aspect of his life is not dissimilar to his life in the U.K.
Larcombe notes that Harry and Meghan departed England as soon as they could, following the official two-week mourning period for Queen Elizabeth II. He speculates that significant tension and hard feelings exist between Harry and Meghan and other members of the royal family.
Larcombe told Fox News: “Harry left the next morning almost as soon as he could, because the Royals will not say anything secret or even deeply personal in front of Harry, because of the fear that he will betray them.”
Larcombe suggests that Harry will not be able to mend fences with family members in Buckingham Palace until he commits to unequivocally supporting the royal family.
“So, he’s got a massive journey to try and mend that rift,” Larcombe said. “And that rift, unfortunately, is likely to continue as long as Harry’s work in California or work in the outside world outside of the royal work, involves selling a bit of the brand basking to some extent in the popularity of the royal family.”
Larcombe is hopeful that Harry and William’s strained relationship will ultimately be reconciled.
“Deep down, they’re both good guys. And they’re both very close. Larcombe said: “Emotionally, they’re very close. If they weren’t, they wouldn’t have been able to walk side by side behind the Queen’s coffin. Deep down there is hope that they’ll make up for it.”
“Now the big question is what gestures will Harry and Meghan send back across the Atlantic?”
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