FOUR years ago Meghan Markle and Prince Harry left royal life and moved to California - and there was a key reason behind the move according to an ex-Vanity Fair editor. Tina Brown, who was friends with Princess Diana, claimed that Meghan “persuaded Harry” of her Hollywood influence. Tina, who had lunch with Princess Diana in New York two months before her death in 1997, said on The Ankler podcast: “He [Harry] was terribly impressed by Meghan.
“He thought that she knew all. “She persuaded him that she was the savvy Hollywood wheeler-dealer who could come in and make them stars and all the rest of it. And he just sort of blindly followed her like a child, really.
” The author, who wrote The Palace Papers, a bestselling 2022 book about the royal family, claims that when Harry met Meghan in 2016, he became a “lamb to the slaughter.” Tina added that despite being in the royal family, Harry is “so naive and really unschooled in the ways of the world”. The former editor claimed Prince Harry would only be able to return to the UK without Meghan, but doubted it would happen due to the alleged rift between Harry and William.
However, Prince Harry is 'keeping a door open' to the Royal Family by buying a home in Portugal, as it "could be a very nice way in", claimed a royal expert. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex reportedly snapped up a luxurious property in Alentejo , Portugal, just a stone's throw away from Princess Eugenie and her husband, Jack Brooksbank . As repor.