{"id":2384025,"date":"2026-04-22T09:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2384025"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:20:14","slug":"meghan-markle-always-had-a-little-plan-of-leaving-the-royal-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/meghan-markle-always-had-a-little-plan-of-leaving-the-royal-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle always had a \u2018little plan\u2019 of leaving the royal family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Meghan Markle<\/strong> might have known she wasn\u2019t meant to be a royal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to author <strong>Hugo Vickers<\/strong>, the Duchess of Sussex was aware she wanted to get herself and <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wonderwall.com\/celebrity-profile\/celebrity\/profiles\/prince-harry-481-article\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Prince Harry;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Prince Harry&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Prince Harry<\/a><\/strong> out of England long before their exit from The Firm in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While appearing on \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HWQFOZsC3es\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Royalist;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The Royalist&quot;}\" class=\"link \">The Royalist<\/a>\u201d podcast, the expert claimed Meghan had a \u201clittle plan\u201d to leave the monarchy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, the couple\u2019s departure while <strong>Queen Elizabeth II<\/strong> was alive wasn\u2019t ideal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe only thing which surprised me \u2014 because I never thought that she would stay forever \u2014 was that she did it in the Queen\u2019s reign, in the Queen\u2019s lifetime. Because I thought that was not going to happen,\u201d Vickers said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to royal biographer <strong>Robert Hardman<\/strong>, the late leader of England was devastated by the departure of her grandson and his wife.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAs far as the Queen was concerned, Harry and Meghan had everything handed to them but wanted to throw it all away,\u201d the writer told <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2026\/04\/19\/robert-hardman-interview-elizabeth-andrew-meghan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Telegraph;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The Telegraph&quot;}\" class=\"link \">The Telegraph<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Queen Elizabeth II, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry watch the RAF100 flypast in 2018. By: James Whatling\/MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cShe was enormously upset and terribly sad about a wasted opportunity, but she acted decisively,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In Hardman\u2019s book <em>Elizabeth II: In Private. In Public. Her Story<\/em>, the journalist alleged Elizabeth was more than willing to help Meghan adjust to life within The Firm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cShe [Elizabeth] was keen for Meghan to learn the royal ropes,\u201d Hardman wrote in a passage obtained by <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/royals\/article-15704395\/meghan-queen-tiara-wedding-robert-hardman-book-elizabeth.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Daily Mail;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Daily Mail&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Daily Mail<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe Queen was really wanting to give it a go,\u201d a source told the reporter. \u201cShe was so sweet, she had brought Meghan a present and tried so hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Queen Elizabeth II and Meghan Markle arrive at Runcorn Station in 2018. By: MEGA\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/.cY0rzUkn116zyJhJbSm0g--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/09d185a33cb9bd99ec2a6fb83804523e\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Queen Elizabeth II and Meghan Markle arrive at Runcorn Station in 2018. By: MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe train always left at 11 at night and the Queen was on the platform to welcome her. They had breakfast together in the morning and she was always trying to do small things, to show her the ropes and bring her in,\u201d Hardman noted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meghan Markle might have known she wasn\u2019t meant to be a royal. According to author Hugo Vickers, the Duchess of Sussex was aware she wanted to get herself and Prince Harry out of England long before their exit from The Firm in 2020. While appearing on \u201cThe Royalist\u201d podcast, the expert claimed Meghan had a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2384026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[34927,378446,23067,22730,24085,353284],"class_list":["post-2384025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-harry-and-meghan","tag-hugo-vickers","tag-meghan-markle","tag-prince-harry","tag-queen-elizabeth-ii","tag-robert-hardman"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Meghan-Markle-always-had-a-\u2018little-plan-of-leaving-the.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2384025"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2384027,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384025\/revisions\/2384027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2384026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2384025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2384025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2384025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}