PRINCE Harry has always wanted out of the Royal Family and the repercussions will be felt for years, an expert has claimed.
The Duke of Sussex has lived in California with his wife Meghan Markle since 2020 after they dramatically quit their jobs as working royals and moved across the pond.
And Katie Nicholl, who is Vanity Fair's royal correspondent, told The Sun's Royal Exclusive show that Megxit did not come as a surprise to her.
Speaking to The Sun's Royal Editor Matt Wilkinson, the commentator explained: "Anyone who knows Harry is aware he's always wanted a way out of the Royal Family.
"He's said multiple times on the record that he wished he'd never been born a prince.
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"I think he really is living the life he wants to now. It's very, very sad that it's played out the way it has.
"I personally think with better organisation and a bit more foresight about how they wanted to leave the Royal Family and have this other life in America.
"I think there was a way of making it work. It all just felt very hastily sketched out.
"Not thoroughly thought through and the repercussions are still being felt because of that today."
It comes as another royal expert claimed Harry is "sad" and is "missing his old life in the UK".
According to Royal commentator Tom Quinn, Harry wants to find a home in the UK after being evicted from his royal residence Frogmore Cottage last year.
Tom Quinn told The Mirror: "As time goes by, Harry misses some aspects of his old life in the UK.
"Inevitably, the honeymoon period where everything in the States is new and exciting is coming to an end and Harry is looking back at the past through rose-tinted spectacles."
"Inevitably, the honeymoon period where everything in the States is new and exciting is coming to an end and Harry is looking back at the past through rose-tinted spectacles."
"Harry is determined to find his own permanent home in the UK, which is partly why he’s continuing his legal action to get the British taxpayer to pay for his security."
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The Duke has spoken about his love of the UK before and in his memoir Spare, released last year, he talked about his eviction from Frogmore Cottage.
Inevitably, the honeymoon period where everything in the States is new and exciting is coming to an end
Tom Quinn
"Harry is determined to find his own permanent home in the UK, which is partly why he’s continuing his legal action to get the British taxpayer to pay for his security."
The Duke has spoken about his love of the UK before and in his memoir Spare, released last year, he talked about his eviction from Frogmore Cottage.
But things then changed in 2023 when King Charles evicted Harry and Meghan from the royal residence.
According to The Telegraph, Harry and Meghan viewed Frogmore Cottage as the "only place that’s left as a safe space" for them and their children in the UK.
But the couple had barely stayed at the property as they now live in a Californian mansion in Montecito with their two children, Archie and Lilibet.
