A royal commentator has claimed that Prince Harry was “terrified that Meghan would leave him” when he posted a “very angry” letter to the press.
This comes after the Royal Family‘s website reportedly deleted a “strong, angry, honest” statement posted by Prince Harry in 2016 confirming his romance with and defending Meghan Markle.
Harry’s message was live for seven years. However, it seems that the link has been inactive since the end of 2023.
Speaking to Nana Akua on GB News, royal commentator Angela Levin said: “On the royal website, they removed the information that in 2016 Harry sent this very, very angry letter to the press.
Prince Harry issued the statement after he met Meghan Markle
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“It was to say that they were being racist towards Meghan and disturbing her. Now that was when they met.
“It was interesting in 2016, I went to see him and I was told by one of his aides, ‘be very, very careful because he’s just written a letter and he’s terrified that Meghan’s going to leave him’.
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“‘So actually go very carefully, otherwise he’ll throw you out’. It’s quite an odd way of thinking. You’re going to interview the Prince and then you’re going to have to be really careful. But I managed to write.
“That’s what the issue was, he was terrified that Meghan was going to leave him. It was love at first sight from his point of view.
“Now that the letter is gone he’s very cross because he felt it should be against the press.
“However it doesn’t work like that because they’ve moved forward and they don’t want to have this distancing themselves from Harry and Meghan.”
Angela Levin explained that the letter has now been removed
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In the statement at the time it read: “Prince Harry is worried about Ms Markle’s safety. And is deeply disappointed that he has not been able to protect her.
“It is not right that a few months into a relationship with him that, Ms Markle should be subjected to such a storm.”
It continued: “He knows commentators will say this is ‘the price she has to pay’ and that ‘this is all part of the game.’ He strongly disagrees. This is not a game — it is her life and his.”
In his book Spare, which was released last year, Harry wrote, “I showed the essay to Jason (Knauf, former Kensington Palace Communications Secretary), said we needed a course correction immediately.
Prince Harry now lives in the US with his wife Meghan
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“No more debate, no more discussion. Within a day, we had a draft. Strong, precise, angry, honest. I didn’t think it would be the end, but maybe the beginning of the end.”
Harry also explained that the statement angered his father the King and his brother Prince William.
In the book, he wrote: “My statement generated a whole new onslaught from my family. Pa and Willy (King Charles and Prince William) were furious. They gave me an earful. My statement made them look bad, they both said.”
He added: “Why in hell? Because they’d never put out a statement for their girlfriends, or wives when they were being harassed.”