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“To say they were crushed is an understatement,” a top royal expert has revealed about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s exit from the British royal family, saying it was “unnecessarily cruel,” adding, “Things might have been different if a family member or two had stood up for them during the darkest times.”
Omid Scobie, Bazaar.com’s royal editor at large and a journalist in Harry and Meghan’s inner circle, has revealed how the couple had ultimately felt Megxit “wasn’t necessary,” but they were forced into it after being “left to fend for themselves against impossible circumstances — even during her pregnancy,” as the British establishment turned its back on the couple.
Scobe also writes of Meghan’s tears as they — “a couple very much hurting” — said goodbye to their team, plus Prince Harry’s heartbreak at giving up his military honors, describing it as “a wound that will take time to heal.” Harry served in the British Army for 10 years, completing two tours in Afghanistan and rising to the rank of captain before he founded the Invictus Games for wounded veterans.
Scobie writes in his moving account of Harry and Meghan’s final days as senior royals, “To say they were crushed is an understatement. It’s a decision that the couple still feel wasn’t necessary, but also wasn’t a surprise, given the lack of support they received as they were relentlessly attacked by sections of the British press with almost daily mistruths and hateful commentary.
“While recent tabloid coverage has made it seem like the Sussexes’ half-in-half-out bid was about wanting it all, the reality was a couple who were left with no other choice but to create their own change after being left to fend for themselves against impossible circumstances — even during her pregnancy.”
“They knew something had to change, but they also didn’t want to stop supporting the queen. One can’t help but wonder if things might have been different if a family member or two had stood up for them during the darkest times.”
Scobie accompanied Harry and Meghan during their final few royal engagements in the UK in the past few days, including their show-stopping appearance at the Mountbatten Festival of Music. He writes, “Harry’s lifelong commitment is why Saturday’s Mountbatten Festival of Music was a particularly difficult moment, wearing his Captain General of the Royal Marines uniform for the last time.”
“Giving up his royal duties has resulted in his military honors coming to an end — a particularly tough pill to swallow and something that has been just as difficult for his wife to witness. It is, a source close to the couple tells me, a wound that will take time to heal for Harry.”
Finally, after Meghan had made a heartfelt speech to celebrate International Women’s Day at a school in east London, Scobie described the couple’s final moment in Buckingham Palace’s 1844 Room — a distinguished room where the royal family receives important visitors. “The emotions finally set in as I give Meghan a goodbye hug. She’s flying back to Canada on the last commercial flight of the day, eager to be back in Vancouver Island by the morning before Archie wakes up.”
