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It's not a secret thatDuchess Meghan turned out to be a polarizing figure in Britain. Last month, a poll u.k. led by YOUGOVfoundher popularity (as good asPrince Harry's) fell to his lowest level of the continuation ofPrince Philipfuneral. The investigation revealed that only 29% of the British have a positive vision of it while Harry, who was once popularity only forQueen Elizabeth, has seen its ranking classification fall to 49%. It's a remoteness of their first days a couple.

When it was announced that Harry and Meghan had committed to November 2017, they received a glowing coverage in the British media.Financial timescalled Meghan, who is biracial, American and was married before, "apuff"For the monarchy. The coverage of their marriage of May 2018 was nothing less jubilant (The daily newspaper of mailCheated forehead page: "A magically modern modern royal wedding"The big day;Sunday mirrorNicknamed the couple "Harry & Glorious, "devoting an entire section to" joy at marriage that rewrites [the] Royal Rule Rule "). But that would not stay that way for a long time.

Rumors and reports that Meghan had changed Harry (and not for the best) began to bubbling in a few months and has only increased once Meghan became pregnant of their son,ARCHIE MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR. In January 2019, an initiate saidBetter life at the timeThe safety of Meghan had become something of "an obsession" with Harry. "He was also a little short with the people around the couple and took charge of a way that he had not done before," said the source.

A year later, the reported royal insiders have believedHarry had "completely changed" Since I meet Meghan, who had "taken control of his life". They said she was behind their decision toGo down as senior royals And leave Great Britain. "Everyone is convinced that Meghan is the driving force of this movement to leave the royal family," said a source. "She is the one who is most to be back live in Canada and California, where she feels happy and bring her son, Archie, away from the restrictive and intrusive politics of the Buckingham Palace." The omnipresent story that Meghan had Harry "under his fate"Was accepted as the truth in the press and on social media and chose the Duchess since.

Then last week, the persistent rumor that she was the only idea of ​​Meghan she and Harry, and Harry stands out as well as senior and living time in California was finally turned out to be a lie. Read it to discover the surprising way that the rumor has been demystified and why the truth could be more difficult for the royals to swallow.

It was a sexist and stereotypical excuse to assume that Meghan had started Harry and convinced him to leave everything he is ever known for a casual (but luxurious) life in California as an international list. On May 13, Harry's explosive interview with the cohosts of theExpert armchair The podcast turned out otherwise. The prince revealed that it was his idea of ​​him and Meghan to withdraw like senior royals and leave the United States. Saying that he did it to protect his family.

In fact, Harry said he hasWanted out of royal life Since his twenties. "I was in my early 20 years and I thought,I do not want this job, I do not want to be here. I do not want to do that. Look at what he did to my mother. How will I ever settle down and have a woman and a family, when I know it's going to reproduce, "he says podcast co-hostsDax ShepardandMonica Padman. "I saw behind the curtain, I saw the business model and saw how all this works and I do not want to be part of that. "

Meghan may have got Harry to give up smoking and a big drink, and even turned it into yoga, but the prince was looking for the ramp for a long time before she came. "Meghan was the match that broke out what was already a Ticking time bomb," said a royal source. "Harry had sought a way out for years and Meghan gave him one."

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Whether influenced by Meghan or No, Harry was complicated in their decision to go for a much more profitable and more free life in the United States. "Harry seems to have kissed California's lifestyle," said an initiate. "He has a new job, the offers of Netflix and Spotify, and loves his freedom to do as he loves without playing the second violin.[Prince William. It's been a long time since it has been a problem when he met Meghan. "

The prince was emphatic to want his private life of the prying eyes of the tabloids and paparazzis in Great Britain, but from coming to California, he has been in the projectors media-by choice, more than ever before. Of his light busTravel around Los Angeles friendJames Cordento the shocking list of grievances, he revealed in theirinterview withOPRAH WINFREYAnd finally, the maintenance of the Bombshell to put an end to all the interviews of Bombshell with Shepard on his podcast, Harry has made more cauking this year than any other celebrity in Britain and America. "Every day it's something else," said an initiateBetter life. "It's like he just could not stop talking."

HarryExpert armchair Maintenance was supposed to be aboutIts new series on mental health He produced with Winfrey for Apple TV +, but he made several cuff remarks that took the interview in a more personal direction because he revealed his anger towards his family. It was clearThe feelings of Harry towardsPrince Charles And his shocking comments about royal life (he compared to "being in a zoo") was conceived per person.

During the interview, Harry was discussing the "genetic pain and" traumatic pain "that suffered a child, passed from the Queen and Prince Philip to Charles, then effectively criticizing his father and his grandparent in As long as parents.

His mother,princess diana, who Harry gets his impulsivity and his great emotions, came toregret his interview revealing withMartin BashirIn 1995. (Bashir recently resigned from his position as an publisher of religion at the BBC in the shadows of an internal investigation of the tactic claims contrary to ethics, including allegations that he used false Bank returns to convince the princess to speak). It remains to be seen if Harry will one day have his decision to criticize his family and the institution that he was born.

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Meghan may have beenthe one to sue theMail on Sunday on the exit of extracts from a letter that she wrote to her father,Thomas MarkleBut Harry's hatred for the British press is very deep, starting with the tragic death of Diana. However, he always knew how to be royal involving working with the media. In the past, the prince used a boyfriend with journalists and photographers during official tours, sometimes encountering them in pubs or inviting them to tea.

When Harry and Meghan jumped for this tradition during their tour of Australia, Royal PhotographerArthur EdwardsKnowed Harry had suffered a dramatic change. Veteran Lensman saidThe New York Times:"Harry was the best of all. We will meet in a pub and we would talk about everything, get it out of our plate. It would be frank and open, and you have never reported it. Now it's not even "hello". Nothing. He treats us as telegraphic centers now. "

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The royal family does not focus on what the next MEGHAN move could be because they came to realize Harry poses a much more serious threat. "[The royal family] can no longer ignore that Meghan's history attracting Harry Harry away from them is a lie. He wanted to go. He is devastating, but it's true," said an initiate.

AsSarah vinewrote on dailymail.com: "Harry has always stated that he descended like a royal work And moved to America to protect his own family. That he had no choice but it was the only option without fault. But if you ask me that it has nothing to do with that. "According to the vine," he did it to pursue his dream. His own dream of freedom - who becomes quick to become the ultimate nightmare of the royal family. "

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Diane Clehane is a reporter based in New York and author of Imagine Diana and Diana: the secrets of his style .