Meghan Markle quickly realised that by marrying Prince Harry she was always going to be 'tied to second place'. That is the view of author and royal expert Tom Quinn , who claims the American was stunned when she discovered she wouldn't be living in Windsor Castle when she first arrived in Britain. The Duchess of Sussex married Harry back in 2018, with the couple later gifted the 10-bedroom Frogmore Cottage to use as their home.
The couple then quit their lives as senior working royals and upped sticks in 2020 and moved to California. The couple now reside in Montecito with their son and young daughter whom they welcomed in the States, Princess Lilibet . And following the publication of Harry's memoir Spare in January, the couple were asked to vacate Frogmore for good.
Mr Quinn believes they grew jealous of William and Kate and the friction ultimately contributed to their decision to quit the UK back in 2020. The couple, along with their two children Archie, five and Lilibet, three, have remained based across the Atlantic ever since they decided to step down as senior royals four years ago. He told the Mirror : "Harry has always been jealous that the accident of birth has made his brother certain of his role in life while, as spare, he was left to struggle to make his own way.
Of course he was still a senior royal, still in the line of succession, which was magical for Meghan. But following their wedding the Duchess of Sussex quickly realised that by marrying the spare she wa.