Drinking the royal tea. Prince HarryAnd Meghan Markle‘s life in the royal spotlight is dissected in Tom Bower‘s new book, Revenge: Meghan, Harry, and the War Between the Windsors.
The couple, who made public their romance in 2017 before they got engaged in 2017, had many highs and lows before their 2020 royal exit. According to Bower, the pair were “addicted” to reading about themselves in the press — but were worried their secrets were getting out through their famous friends.
“Harry and Meghan were shackled,” Bower claims. “Every night they scoured the internet to read the newspaper reports and the trolls’ postings on social media. Irrationally, they grouped the two together and fed each other’s frenzy about the media. Convinced that as champions of goodness they were being persecuted by mendacity and racism, they felt victimized by the mildest criticism.”
The Suits alum, 40, “suspected Victoria Beckham of indiscretion,” Bower writes. “Harry called David BeckhamTo repeat the accusation. Outraged, Beckham’s truthful denials damaged their relationship.”
Us WeeklyReps from both couples were reached for comment. While it’s unclear where the couples stand today, the 47-year-old soccer legend and the 48-year-old Spice Girls singer attended the Sussexes’ May 2018 wedding in London.
Bower’s book further details tension between Harry, 38, Meghan and other members of the royal family — including Duchess KateAnd Prince William. The brothers’ frosty relationship has been a hot topic for years, and the distance between them grew after Harry and the Tig blogger announced their step down from their senior duties in January 2020. They later moved to California with their son Archie, 3 years, and their daughter Lilibet, 13.
The Archewell cofounders made it permanent in February 2021, a month before the couple had sat down to do a tell-all interview on CBS. The broadcast featured the couple discussing their decision to leave the palace as well as where they stand with the Duchess and Duke of Cambridge, both 40. Queen Elizabeth II.
A source may not tell the whole story. Use after the interview that “tensions have eased” between the sisters-in-law, Harry and William’s relationship has continued to be rocky.
“They’ll never recover from the damage that has been done,” an insider exclusively told Us earlier this year, noting that William “doesn’t know who [Harry] is anymore and the trust between them is strained.”
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