Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been married for more than six years. Their grand wedding in May 2018 was spectacular, but it didn\u2019t take long before things started crackling. The couple left royal life two years later, and what once was a great relationship with their UK family, including Prince William and Kate Middleton, is gone today.<\/p>\n
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle married only two years after their first blind date in London. The couple quickly fell in love, and not long after, Meghan Markle decided to move to the UK to be with her boyfriend.<\/p>\n
However, Prince Harry\u2019s apparent overflowing love for Meghan was not only positive among his family members. Prince William urged his brother to take it slow\u2014and according to one royal author, it was because he felt something was wrong.<\/p>\n
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle\u2019s love story goes back many years. Meghan Markle\u2019s friend set up a date for the couple in 2016.<\/p>\n
Prince Harry & Meghan Markle
\nIn their Netflix series Harry & Meghan, the now Duchess described how she was in London for the Wimbledon tennis tournament in 2016 when she and Harry initially made plans to meet.<\/p>\n
They scheduled a dinner, though things could have gotten off to a better start. Harry and Meghan were to meet at the Soho House in London, but the actress was forced to wait on her date for 30 minutes as Harry was running late.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t understand why he would be late,\u201d Meghan said in the series. \u201cBut he kept texting. He was like, \u2018I\u2019m in traffic. I\u2019m so sorry.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was panicking, I was freaking out,\u201d Harry added. \u201cI was, like, sweatin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
Once Harry walked into the restaurant, though, Meghan quickly realized his being late wasn\u2019t part of any tactic or plan.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was a hot, sweaty, red ball of mess,\u201d Harry recalled.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou were just so sweet,\u201d Meghan added. \u201cYou were genuinely so embarrassed and late.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first date, which Meghan said was \u201crefreshingly fun,\u201d lasted about an hour. The next day, the couple met again \u2013 coincidentally, Meghan was five minutes late.<\/p>\n
Prince Harry revealed first big fight with Meghan Markle in his book \u2018Spare\u2019
\nBy all accounts, Harry was over the moon when he started dating Meghan.<\/p>\n
A friend who appeared in the couple\u2019s documentary explained how happy and excited the prince was. Meghan, meanwhile, described how she and Harry shared a special connection from the beginning. Though their relationship was initially long-distance \u2013 a secret to the world \u2013 it never stopped them.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything was text and FaceTime, we\u2019d talk for hours. It felt exciting but not in the way people would assume it would be,\u201d Meghan said. \u201cIt was just relaxed and easy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harry and Meghan eventually began dating, and everything went smoothly. But just like any couple, they also had fights. In his book Spare, Harry revealed an incident in 2016 that saw him snap at his then-girlfriend.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe the wine went to my head. Maybe the weeks of battling the press had worn me down. For some reason, when the conversation took an unexpected turn, I became touchy,\u201d Harry wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen angry. Disproportionately, sloppily angry.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harry explained that Meghan took a comment he had made \u201cthe wrong way\u201d because of their \u201ccultural difference.\u201d He then spoke to her \u201charshly\u201d and \u201ccruelly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the words left my mouth, I could feel everything in the room come to a stop. The gravy stopped bubbling, the molecules of air stopped orbiting. Even Nina Simone seemed to pause.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe would never stand for being spoken to like that\u201d
\nMeghan left the room and disappeared. He recalled her being away for a \u201cfull 15 minutes,\u201d before he found her in their bedroom.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was calm, but said in a quiet, level tone that she would never stand for being spoken to like that. I nodded. She wanted to know where it came from,\u201d Harry wrote in Spare. He remembered Meghan saying:\u201d \u2018Where did you ever hear a man speak like that to a woman? Did you overhear adults speak that way when you were growing up?\u2019 I cleared my throat, looked away [and responded], \u2018Yes.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Meghan continued by saying she would never \u201ctolerate\u201d a partner or co-parent who yelled at her as he had done.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe wasn\u2019t going to raise children in an atmosphere of anger or disrespect. She laid it all out, super-clear,\u201d Prince Harry wrote, noting that both he and Meghan \u201cknew\u201d that his anger wasn\u2019t a result of their conversation.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt came from somewhere deep inside, somewhere that needed to be excavated, and it was obvious that I could use some help with the job,\u201d Harry explained.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018I\u2019ve tried therapy,\u2019 I told her. \u2018Willy told me to go. Never found the right person.\u2019 [It] didn\u2019t work. \u2018No,\u2019 she said softly. \u2018Try again.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
When Meghan Markle first met Harry, and the two started dating, the former actress was introduced to the Royal Family, including the late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince William. In the beginning, Meghan and William formed a great relationship, which was crucial.<\/p>\n
Prince William & Meghan Markle \u2013 relationship
\nIn what has been called the \u201cPro-Sussex\u201d biography Finding Freedom, authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand wrote that William and Meghan got \u201calong so well\u201d after their first meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n
For her part, Meghan was nervous about meeting William for the first time. She expected her relationship with him to be \u201ctrying\u201d from the off. According to the authors, she \u201cthought William would no doubt want to know everything about her and her intentions.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was self-aware enough to understand that the brothers were wary of women who were more interested in their titles than their wellbeing,\u201d Scobie and Durand wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd she couldn\u2019t have come from a more different world than that of William, his wife, and most of their friends.\u201d<\/p>\n
A friend of Meghan\u2019s told the authors that she prepared herself for a grilling session with William. But their first meeting turned out great.<\/p>\n
According to the authors, William told Meghan: \u201cI was looking forward to meeting the girl who has put that silly grin on my brother\u2019s face.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even though William initially appeared to like Meghan, he was also concerned. Harry and Meghan\u2019s relationship moved exceptionally quickly after a friend set them up on a blind date\u2014and according to Finding Freedom author Omid Scobie, the future king had troubles with it.<\/p>\n
About a year before their wedding\u2014and about a year after they began dating\u2014Prince William wanted to talk with his older brother about Meghan.<\/p>\n
Prince William was concerned Harry was \u201cblindsided by lust,\u201d author claims
\nWilliam was said to have told his brother, \u201cDon\u2019t feel you need to rush this,\u201d and \u201cTake as much time as you need to get to know this girl.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scobie and Durand continued by saying that Harry was \u201cpissed off\u201d that William even asked him to take it slow, while the phrase \u201cthe girl\u201d bothered him.<\/p>\n
Later, Omid Scobie, who\u2019s been closely connected to the Sussexes for years, said William \u201cjust wanted to make sure that Harry wasn\u2019t blindsided by lust.\u201d<\/p>\n
William is also reported to have voiced concerns about how quickly his brother\u2019s relationship developed, though this was done privately to his aides.<\/p>\n
\u201cWilliam soon began to wonder about some of Meghan\u2019s traits and motivations,\u201d a source told the Daily Mail, as revealed by the Express.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was worried that at times she seemed to be more concerned about her personal progression or profile over the wider goals and aims of the Royal Family.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, William decided to keep those feelings to himself. Why? Because he \u201cdesperately wanted her to be happy and appreciated the huge adjustment of entering the Royal Family,\u201d according to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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