Meghan Markle surprised Paris Fashion Week attendees Saturday, taking a seat at the debut show for new Balenciaga creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli. This is the first time the Duchess of Sussex has been spotted in Europe since 2022, and the first time she’s made an appearance at the French fashion event.
Markle was escorted in just as the lights faded and the show began.
A spokesperson confirmed her attendance to Vanity Fair, saying in an email that “Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attended the Balenciaga show in Paris on Saturday night in support of Pierpaolo Piccioli, who recently assumed the role of Creative Director for the House. This marks her first time back to the shows in over a decade.
“Over the years, the Duchess has worn a number of designs by Pierpaolo. They have worked closely together collaborating on design for key moments on the world stage. She has long admired his craftsmanship and modern elegance, and tonight was no different.
“This evening reflects the culmination of many years of artistry and friendship, reflected in her support for his new creative chapter at Balenciaga.”
Markle teased the appearance in her Instagram stories, posting a video of herself in a white pantsuit and black stilettos just moments before the show began. Photos taken at the scene reveal Meghan Markle’s flowing look, accentuated by a trailing white wrap.
It is unlikely there will be audible gasps for another celebrity arrival at this Paris Fashion Week.
Prince William is reportedly trying to get into show business. The future king is taking the step forward into a lifestyle streaming show after appearing on Eugene Levy’s AppleTV+ show.
The royal family member appeared as a guest on The Reluctant Traveler, where he gave a rare insight about life with his family and the future of the monarchy. “There are lots of things to think about with that,” William said on the show, “But obviously, I want to create a world in which my son is proud of what we do, a world and a job that actually does impact people’s lives for the better.”
In order for William to make that change, it means learning from past mistakes. “That is caveated with, I hope we don’t go back to some of the practices in the past, that Harry and I had to grow up in,” he added, “and I’ll do everything I can to make sure we don’t regress in that situation.”
After the appearance, a source told Radar Online that it’s a lucrative move for the Prince of Wales. “This is not just a one-off,” they said. “William has realized lifestyle content is a money-spinner and a powerful way of reaching audiences outside the traditional royal bubble.”
“He sees the value in opening up, but doing so in a way that feels polished and aspirational. It’s very clear this is a first step into a wider strategy.”
Another source added: “He could have spoken to a British broadcaster, but choosing Levy on a global streaming platform was deliberate. William wants to dip into the lifestyle space without looking like he’s copying anyone too directly – but the message is clear, he’s ready to play the game.”
One royal insider said that the Prince of Wales wants more of a hands-on-approach with the “William understands he can’t stay on the sidelines of modern media. Lifestyle content is a form of influence, and he intends to harness it.
“For him, it’s about shaping the story on his own terms and presenting himself as both approachable and globally relevant.”
However, Meghan Markle, who has their own successful lifestyle series called With Love, Meghan is reportedly pretty “livid” about the situation. A source told the gossip site, “Meghan sees this as revenge. She has just launched new lifestyle content with Netflix, and suddenly William is on Apple TV+ talking about his personal journey.”
“She is raging that his interview with Eugene Levy has been received more warmly than anything she’s produced so far. It feels like he’s trying to outshine her at her own game.”
However, Meghan’s show didn’t quite break the Top 10 on the streamer, but Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos calls the Duchess’ business move a success. Sarandos said, “One thing we learned early with Meghan… she has remarkable influence—remarkable. So when we did the documentary on her and Harry, the trailer, when we ran the trailer announcing it, people… hundreds of people… broke down every frame of the trailer.”
It’s not just Prince Andrew who won’t be celebrating Christmas with the royals at Sandringham this year. Prince Harry will also not be getting an invite, according to a friend of the royal family.
Despite Prince Harry’s recent face-to-face meeting with King Charles, “it’s not the case that Harry is going to be welcomed back with open arms and certainly not in time for Christmas,” a friend of the royal family told Vanity Fair. “As far as the king is concerned, the door has always been left open for Harry, but Harry has to pass the trust test. If he does, then I think there could well be another meeting in the new year.”
Although King Charles has been willing to meet with Harry, Prince William has “no intention” of speaking to his brother, the source said. “With things being so dire between William and Harry, I’m not sure Harry would even want to be at Sandringham for Christmas,” the source added. “It would be very awkward. He knows he’d probably get quite a frosty reception from most of the family.”
Prince Harry has not spoken to his brother since Queen Elizabeth’s funeral in 2022, according to The Sun. William was said to be upset with how Harry and Meghan Markle announced they were standing down as working royals, but since then the relationship has deteriorated following Harry going public about why he left Britain. In addition to Harry’s bombshell interview with Oprah, the publication of his explosive memoir, Spare, included many damaging revelations, including an alleged physical altercation between the brothers.
Harry has, however, said he wants to reconcile with his family and recently met with his father during a visit to the UK. However, following that meeting. A source told The Daily Mail that Harry has accused “men in gray suits” (King Charles’s advisers) of trying to sabotage his attempts to reconcile with his father. Harry has taken aim at palace courtiers in the past, referring to their “Machiavellian maneuvers” in his 2023 memoir, Spare. But palace aides have dismissed as nonsense the suggestion that they tried to sabotage the reunion, as King Charles’s head of press negotiated the meeting with Harry’s director of communications this summer, which eventually led to the estranged duo’s September 10 meeting.
Harry is said to be desperate to repair the rift with his father and family. This week, he hit back at a report in The Sun that the meeting with his father had been “distinctly formal.”
“Recent reporting of the Duke’s view of the tone of the meeting is categorically false. The quotes attributed to him are pure invention fed, one can only assume, by sources intent on sabotaging any reconciliation between father and son,” a spokesperson for Harry said. The Sun reported that Harry had given King Charles a framed photo of his children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. The spokesperson did confirm that Harry had given his father a framed photograph, but said that the “image did not contain the duke and duchess.”
When reached for comment by Vanity Fair, a spokesperson for Prince Harry declined to comment on his Christmas plans. Buckingham Palace did not respond to a request for comment.
Meghan Markle’s past interview on The Drew Barrymore Show has been repeatedly spoofed by a TikTok influencer who has gained millions of views across multiple posts.
Michael Pavano has made a series of light-hearted videos sending up an interview Barrymore did with Meghan back in March. Six months on, he is still going viral with new takes on the Duchess of Sussex’s appearance on the popular chat show.
Why It Matters
Meghan is no stranger to social media criticism nine years after a Kensington Palace spokesman called out online trolls just days after her relationship with Prince Harry first became public knowledge in 2016.
Much of that hostile content has involved gossip, conspiracy theories or simply negative opinions about the duchess.
However, in 2025 she has attracted a new type of online mockery by TikTokers who impersonate celebrities on video.
What To Know
One of Pavano’s TikTok posts was liked more than 66,000 times and viewed 1.1 million times after sending up the effort Meghan goes to when hosting guests in her Netflix show With Love, Meghan.
In the clip, Pavano impersonated Meghan presenting Barrymore with a jar of Montecito rainwater only to later show Meghan pouring it from a tap.
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Another video was liked roughly 41,000 times and viewed over 740,000 times and showed Pavano impersonating Barrymore giving Meghan a gift of some flowers, before he enacted Meghan trying to eat them. This appears to be a riff on Meghan’s love of edible flower sprinkles, which she sells on her lifestyle website As Ever.
And it is not only Meghan’s appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show. An older post from September 15 has over 134,000 likes and was viewed 2.4 million times. It showed her struggling to open a sea urchin before taking some shop bought sushi and labelling it as “Hand Rolled Garden Sushi.”
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In the past, Meghan and her supporters have called out dedicated hate accounts that posted almost exclusively about her and often with quite extreme takes, such as that she had faked her pregnancy.
If light hearted parodies like Pavano’s become a regular feature for the duchess they may prove harder for her to deal with, however, as they do not rest on facts that are true or false, but rather riff on perceptions of inauthenticity. He also sends up a whole range of celebrities, not just Meghan.
It is not all bad news for the duchess though as she does have a recent endorsement from Netflix co-chief executive Ted Sarandos.
He told the Aspire with Emma Grede podcast this month: “One thing we learned early with Meghan, she has remarkable influence—remarkable.
“So when we did the [2022] documentary on her and Harry, the trailer, when we ran the trailer announcing it, people, hundreds of people, broke down every frame of the trailer.”
“The $20 shoes that she got from a village that was making these shoes sold out all over the world,” he continued. “And the $1,500 blanket that was on the chair sold out all over the world. She has incredible power and influence. So that for me, it’s like, okay, well how can we enable this to be a more holistic thing. So that’s what that relationship is about.”
What People Are Saying
One reply to one of Pavano’s videos read “literally thought i was watching The Drew Barrymore Show 😂😂” while another read: “You are a better drew and Meghan than they are.”
What Happens Next
With Love, Meghan will return for a holiday special in December and in the meantime fans can find the duchess’ produce on her lifestyle website, As Ever.
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Meghan and Harry might be fighting constantly over her Netflix show With Love, Meghan. A month after Season 2’s release, the two are apparently disagreeing over a comment (or lack of one) that Harry made.
The alleged dispute was because the Duke of Sussex visited a reception for the charity WellChild during his short visit to the UK, where Special Recognition winner Grace Tutt, 13, asked what he and Meghan watch on Netflix and if he had any recommendations.
“My wife and I just finished watching Hostage,” the Duke said via the Daily Mail. “It’s very good, it’s filmed here. If you haven’t seen it, you should watch it.” He also listed down the reality dating show Love Is Blind. “Although if it’s unsuitable, it wasn’t my recommendation!” he joked.
When word got around to Meghan, it apparently was a blunder. “The omission did not go down well at home,” one source told RadarOnline. “Meghan feels With Love, Meghan is one of the most important projects she has done since leaving royal life, and she expected Harry to highlight it. Instead, he rattled off other shows and left hers off the list. She saw it as a huge snub.”
“Meghan wants the world to see her as a serious creator,” a friend explained to the gossip site. “To her, leaving out With Love, Meghan felt like Harry was dismissing months of work. She told him he has one job when it comes to Netflix – to promote what they’re doing.”
However, Harry is apparently not happy with what Meghan had said about him in the show. Meghan recounted a story to Tan France where Harry said “I love you” first. The Duke of Sussex reportedly thought that the anecdote made him “feel less of a man.”
“Harry is seething,” the source told the outlet. “He feels Meghan has made him look weak by boasting he was the first one to drop the love bomb.” They continued, “For a man who has spent his life trying to project strength, it stings,” explaining that, “He told friends it makes him feel less of a man.”
“Meghan thought it was sweet to share,” another source said. “But Harry believes their private moments are being turned into entertainment.”
Yet another insider explained, “He’s proud of his relationship, but he doesn’t want to be cast as the lovestruck puppy.” The source even added, “He’s been venting that Meghan’s oversharing makes him feel emasculated,” and said, “Moments like this cut deep. He wants to be seen as strong, not the man who fell harder and faster. It’s bruising for him.”
Though it might seem like it’s clashing on the Sussex’s side. Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos praised Meghan Markle. On the Aspire with Emma Grede podcast, Sarandos called Prince Harry & Meghan Markle’s deal “successful in every measure.” He also praised the Duchess’s “remarkable influence” and praised her ability to sell out consumer goods with her As Ever line featured in her show.
Sarandos said, “One thing we learned early with Meghan… she has remarkable influence—remarkable. So when we did the documentary on her and Harry, the trailer, when we ran the trailer announcing it, people… hundreds of people… broke down every frame of the trailer.”
A source told Radar Online in a report published on September 23, 2025, that Meghan made a “humiliating” and “grovelling” call to Charles after Harry informed her that the king was “hurt” by “public rmearks” they had made as a couple.
“This was the first occasion in a long time that Harry actually offered an apology,” the insider said. “He acknowledged that some of his and Meghan’s public remarks had been hurtful. Whether Charles accepted it is unclear, but the exchange was certainly emotional.”
The source claimed that the call, which lasted a few minutes, was the first time Meghan had spoken to Charles in two years and that Harry was the one who encouraged her to make contact with his father.
“The call was brief, but it carried weight,” the source said. “Meghan told the King she wanted to see relationships repaired. Harry was eager to show them both that the family bond is still there and that it could be rebuilt, particularly for the children’s sake. He’s determined to make it feel like one united family again.”
As for the result of the call, the source claimed that it was only the start of Harry and Meghan’s journey to get back in the good graces of the British royal family. The insider also added that, while Charles is open to repairing his relationship with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, his wife, Queen Camilla, is less than excited to do so after Harry referred to her as a “villain” in his 2023 book, Spare.
“Meghan’s call was more symbolic than substantial – no one believes a brief greeting can undo years of tension,” the insider said. “Charles might be inclined to forgive, but it’s William Harry has to win over, and he isn’t shifting. And Camilla? She hasn’t forgotten the insults and has no interest in engaging.”
As for Harry’s intentions with reuniting with Charles, which happened while he was in the UK for the WellChild Awards in September 2025, the source claimed that the Duke of Sussex had ulterior motives. “Some believe he’s maneuvering to edge his way back into the fold, and that it is inevitable he will betray them all over again,” the insider said.
The source continued, “Despite the interviews and the memoir, he still seems to want the privileges of royal life without the responsibilities. With the Invictus Games set to return to the UK in 2027, he understands the event carries more clout with royal backing. But without William’s support, it won’t have the same influence.”
After Prince Harry‘s successful reunion with King Charles, the Duke of Sussex is planning to make major moves to reconnect with his home country. However, one person is allegedly standing in the way of it all: his wife, Meghan Markle.
“Harry’s been talking about spending more time in the U.K., possibly having a second home base there,” a source told gossip magazine Star. He’s contemplating “returning for good.” However, Meghan was reportedly left “shocked” that her husband “would even consider moving back to Britain after everything they’ve been through and how much work they’ve done to rebuild their lives in America.” But for the two, “they want different things.”
The source iterated that Harry “can be quite stubborn.” “Meghan isn’t one to back down either,” the source elaborated. “If this disagreement can’t be resolved, people around them fear it could lead to some explosive fights and maybe even divorce.”
The move apparently “is what Meghan feared would happen.” The Suits actress hasn’t returned to her beau’s home country since Queen Elizabeth’s funeral in 2022.
Rumors of Prince Harry moving back to the UK were exacerbated when the Invictus Games founder told The Guardian that he would like to bring his children back to his home. “Yes I would,” he told the publication. This week has definitely brought that closer.” However he emphasized, “the focus really has to be on my dad”. There were also rumors that Harry had already enrolled their son Archie, 6, at his alma mater Eton College. However a representative for the Sussexes confirmed to People that Harry does not have plans to enroll his son in school in the UK.
“Harry’s still buzzing off the back of his meeting with his father, and Meghan is pleased for him, to an extent,” a source told RadarOnline. “But, at the same time, she still worries the Palace could be using divide-and-conquer tactics, and it hasn’t helped that Harry has basically just thrown himself at their feet.
The source continued, “He’s clearly very homesick and desperate to build on the positives of the meeting, and it’s taking a lot of his focus away from their life in America.” However, for the Duchess of Sussex, the “biggest worry is that he’s been lured back in by the royals again and that they could drive a wedge between them. She feels like she’s losing him.”
“He can try to spin a fairy tale about a rosy reunion, but Meghan isn’t buying it – not after what she went through in the U.K,” they added. “On top of that, there’s the prospect of him being around all the courtiers who spent years planting stories in the press and making their lives miserable.
The source explains that Meghan still has a level of mistrust towards the firm. “Why should Meghan believe any of that changed? She never got an apology, and it hurts her now to see Harry behaving as though the slate has been wiped clean.”
Royal biographer Tom Bower told GB News that Harry has “separated himself” from Markle’s “crashing career.” After the host asked whether Harry had “painted himself into irrelevance” after he moved to the United States, Bower replied, “Well, he hasn’t, because when he comes here, he becomes a focus of attention. But of course, he is spare to Meghan or was, in her attempt to become the great television homemaker. But her series, her career, is crashing.”
Prince Harry was in London a few weeks ago to attend the 20th WellChild Awards, a ceremony he never misses and an organization of which he has been patron for 17 years. It was a rare opportunity to return to Harry’s native land, and, even more notably, a long-awaited reunion with his father, King Charles III, whom he had not seen for 19 months. The meeting, held at Clarence House, lasted just 50 minutes: a “private tea” between father and son, the first step to mending the relationship between the monarch and his second-born son, which has been beyond tense since Harry’s dramatic 2020 departure from the U.K. and his position as a senior working royal.
But the fact that this meeting took place does not change the Firm’s official position: “Any suggestion that the prince might return in a more formal capacity has been rejected,” The Independent reported. There is no question of a half-hearted return to the family, or an “à la carte” role. A royal source quoted by the paper confirmed that King Charles is toeing the line set by his mother, Elizabeth II: “The King has been absolutely clear in upholding his late mother’s decision that there can be no ‘half-in, half-out’ public role for members of the family.”
A decision that seems to suit the 41-year-old prince perfectly. Now settled in California with wife Meghan Markle and their two children, Archie and Lilibet, Harry is cultivating a life away from the palace, a life he says is fulfilling.
This does not mean, however, that family tensions have been laid to rest. In an interview with the BBC last May, Harry expressed a desire for appeasement: “I don’t know how much time my father has left. He doesn’t want to talk to me anymore because of these security issues, but it would be nice if we could get together.”
These security issues are at the heart of a dispute between Harry and the British Home Office. Since he renounced his status as an active member of the royal family, he is no longer entitled to police protection—a decision he is contesting. After two days of hearings and an appeal earlier this summer, the verdict remains unchanged: his request for a reassessment of the security arrangements has been rejected. “I don’t want history to repeat itself,” he insisted to the BBC, referring to the fatal accident involving his mother, the late Princess Diana. “I think there’s a lot of other people out there, the majority, that also don’t want history to repeat itself. But through the disclosure process, I’ve discovered that some people do want history to repeat itself, which is pretty dark.”
Yet the door to appeasement doesn’t seem completely closed. According to the Mail on Sunday, “tentative” discussions are taking place between Buckingham Palace and Prince Harry’s staff, with a goal of a possible rapprochement. A joint public appearance could even be in the cards, according to the newspaper. Is the familial hatchet about to be buried?
Since Prince Harry‘s brief visit to the UK, there have been reports that the Duke of Sussex is eyeing a move back to his homeland. Some reports have also indicated that he’s already figured out a future for his children.
The Daily Beast‘s royal correspondent Tom Sykes reported that Prince Harry had registered his son, Archie, 6, to his alma mater Eton College. “It’s no longer strictly necessary to put your kids’ names down at birth, but Harry has put Archie down,” a friend told the site. “It’s fair to say he had mixed feelings about the school when he left, but looking back on it, he can appreciate the good.”
Another friend of the Duke and Duchess have reportedly told the site: “For William and Harry, Eton is really the only sensible choice when it comes to British schools because of security. There are so many high-profile and politically exposed kids there that the whole school has ridiculous security provisions already. It’s seven day boarding, lots of kids fly back and forth at the beginning and end of term, so why shouldn’t Archie? The school certainly wouldn’t be prejudiced against him. Statistically, you have to imagine Eton would be a hell of a lot safer than an American school thanks to their gun laws.”
Despite Tom Syke’s reports, Prince Harry’s camp have denied the rumors. “Prince Harry has not put his son’s name down for Eton, nor does he have any plans to do so,” a spokesperson for Team Sussex confirmed to the Daily Mail.
Joss Stone spoke with Harry last week at the WellChild awards, and recently told Hello! Magazine that Harry may decide to come back to the UK. She added that he “was saying how wonderful the schools are here and how important community is for children.”
Despite the multiple reports, sources say Meghan Markle might not be on board with the idea. According to the Daily Mail, Markle finds the idea of sending children to boarding school “barbaric.”
The source added that “there is still some negotiation for Harry to have with Meghan,” but King Charles, “is delighted with it,” which could mean the issue was discussed between father and son when they met at Clarence House last week.
Prince Harry told The Guardian that the meeting with his trip to the UK, which included the reunion with his father, was a success.
He also discussed what he wrote about his family in his memoir Spare. “I don’t believe that I aired my dirty laundry in public. It was a difficult message, but I did it in the best way possible. My conscience is clear,” he said.
Harry also added, “I know that [speaking out] annoys some people and it goes against the narrative,” he added. “The book? It was a series of corrections to stories already out there. One point of view had been put out and it needed to be corrected.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped out together for a good cause, marking the couple’s first joint appearance since the prince’s reunion with King Charles lll earlier this month.
On Saturday, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex made a surprise appearance at the One805LIVE! benefit concert — which brings together legendary artists and passionate supporters to raise money for essential equipment and mental wellness programs for Santa Barbara County’s first responders.
According to People magazine, Markle briefly joined her husband onstage before the royal presented an award to Santa Barbara County Fire Chief Mark Hartwig.
The 40-year-old returned to the U.K. on Sept. 8 to support key causes and charities. He also paid tribute to his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, on the third anniversary of her death, visiting her grave in Windsor and laying flowers.
Prince Harry had a private tea with King Charles at Clarence House on Sept. 10. (Getty Images)
The meeting between father and son marks a turning point in their relationship.
Sources close to Harry previously told People magazine that Charles, who was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer in 2024, was not answering his calls or letters. Royal experts told Fox News Digital that Harry and his brother Prince William, heir to the British throne, are not on speaking terms.
“I would love reconciliation with my family. There’s no point in continuing to fight anymore,” Harry told the outlet. “I don’t know how much longer my father has.”
Harry has been estranged from his family since he and Markle stepped back as senior royals in 2020 and moved to California. The couple aired their grievances in interviews and documentaries. The royal’s 2023 memoir, “Spare,” which exposes embarrassing details about the House of Windsor and his sibling rivalry, worsened tensions.
Fox News Digital’s Stephanie Nolasco contributed to this post.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle made a surprise appearance at the One805Live! concert benefiting first responders in Santa Barbara over the weekend.
The Duke of Sussex, 41, and Duchess of Sussex, 44, attended the benefit on Sept. 20 at actor Kevin Costner’s oceanside estate in California, which raises funds for essential equipment and mental wellness programs for Santa Barbara County’s first responders.
This year’s benefit featured performances by Trisha Yearwood, Good Charlotte, The Fray, Alan Parsons, Thelma Houston and more.
Markle joined her husband onstage briefly and then returned to watch him from the side of the stage as Harry presented an award to Santa Barbara County Fire Chief Mark Hartwig. She was wearing a Carolina Herrera sleeveless midnight blue shirtdress with a cinched waist and caramel brown pumps.
Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, attends the One805LIVE! 2025 concert benefiting first responders on Sept. 20, 2025 in Carpinteria, Calif.
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(L-R) Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, attend the One805LIVE! 2025 concert benefiting first responders on Sept. 20, 2025 in Carpinteria, Calif.
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This isn’t the first time the couple has attended the event honouring local first responders.
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Last year, Harry took the stage at the event to honour Santa Barbara County air support pilot Loren Courtney and he was also joined by Markle at the event in September 2023.
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, speaks onstage with First Responders during the One805 Live Fall Concert benefiting First Responders on Sept. 20, 2025 in Carpinteria, Calif.
The surprise appearance comes after the Duke of Sussex’s meeting with his father, King Charles III, earlier this month, for the first time in almost two years.
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During an exclusive interview with The Guardian, Harry said he would like to bring his American-born children, Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 4, whom he shares with his wife Markle, to his home country.
“Yes, I would. This week has definitely brought that closer,” he told the British outlet on an overnight train to Kyiv after a short trip to the U.K.
Not much is known about the recent meeting between Harry and his father, other than they sat down for a cup of tea.
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The Duke, who became entirely estranged from the Royal Family after he released his tell-all memoir Spare, did not share a great deal about the rift at the behest of his father.
Harry, who is not on speaking terms with his brother, Prince William, the Prince of Wales, said, “my conscience is clear,” while alluding to wanting to spend more time in the U.K. despite his public criticisms of his family.
His comments mark a shift in outlook from earlier this year, when Harry told the BBC he did not “see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the U.K.,” after losing a legal bid to retain his publicly funded police security detail provided to him when visiting Britain.
A source told Radar Online in a report published on September 19 that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are “jealous” of William’s recent appearance alongside Schitt’s Creek star Eugene Levy in a clip for AppleTV+’s travel series, The Reluctant Traveler. In the episode, William was seen walking through Windsor Palace with Levy before joking, “Was getting drunk with Prince William on your bucket list,” as Levy laughs and responds, “It’s the bucket.”
According to a source, the moment was a “painful reminder” of Harry and Meghan’s own Hollywood ambitions, especially as the couple struggles to keep their multi-million deal with Netflix amid negative reviews for Meghan’s lifestyle show, With Love, Meghan. “Harry and Meghan are certain it’s not by chance that so many major stars are keeping their distance,” an insider said. “They believe it’s now trendier for celebrities to align themselves with William and Kate – and the jealousy is eating away at them.”
Despite Netflix renewing her and Harry’s contracts for a reported much-smaller rate, Meghan’s show, With Love, Meghan, struggled to make it into the platform’s top 10 shows after its second season’s premiere earlier in 2025. “She felt humiliated when the top-tier stars failed to show up,” an insider said of the lack of support Meghan and Harry received from their Hollywood friends for her second season of With Love, Meghan. “To them, it seems like William is making things more difficult for them to grab any of the limelight they crave. They are even convinced he is poisoning Hollywood executives against them.”
While Harry and Meghan’s Hollywood careers struggle, the source noted of how William is using his connections to enter the entertainment industry. “William has plenty of motivation to court Hollywood,” the insider said. “It’s a huge way to update the monarchy and raise the Crown’s profile in the U.S. – and, of course, he can’t help but smirk at the way it is winding up Harry and Meghan.”
Before hosting With Love, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex starred as Rachel Zane on Suits for seven seasons from 2011 to 2018.
The recent meeting between King Charles and Prince Harry has opened the door for a closer relationship between the two, and that, of course, comes with rumors. From suggestions that this means Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are willing to come back as working royals to the possibility of Harry moving his kids back to the UK, everything seems to be on the table these days. But is it?
A friend of Prince Harry reportedly told the Daily Mail‘s Richard Eden that Harry looks back favorably on his Eton days and “wants that for his children.” The source, who reportedly was in contact with Harry during his recent return to the UK, said, “I can tell you that Harry wants to educate the children here in the UK.”
“Harry feels his children are missing out on the extensive family network that their niece and nephews are enjoying.”
This source isn’t the only one. Pop star Joss Stone spoke with Harry last week at the WellChild awards, and recently told Hello! Magazine that Harry may decide to come back to the UK. She added that he “was saying how wonderful the schools are here and how important community is for children.”
Recent reports had indicated the Duke of Sussex would prefer his kids to attend school in the UK. However, his wife, Meghan Markle, might not be on board with the idea. Like a lot of people who did not grow up in an environment like that, Markle finds the idea of sending children to boarding school “barbaric.”
The source added that “there is still some negotiation for Harry to have with Meghan,” but King Charles, “is delighted with it, which could mean the issue was discussed between father and son when they met at Clarence House last week.” The recent meeting between father and son has generally been described as positive and a very good first step towards a full reconciliation.
Prince Harry didn’t give many details about the meeting, but did tell The Guardian during an interview post-reunion with his dad that he would like to return to the UK with his children. “The focus really has to be on my dad,” he said, but he also responded to a specific question about a possible future visit with his kids with, “Yes, I would,” adding, “This week has definitely brought that closer.”
The Duke of Sussex, however, made it clear that he’s got a good life in the US. “I think parts of the British press want to believe that I am miserable, but I’m not,” he explained. “I am very happy with who I am, and I like the life that I live.” This, despite royal biographer Tom Bower recently telling GB News that Harry has “separated himself” from Markle’s “crashing career.”
After being asked whether Harry had “painted himself into irrelevance” after moving to the United States, Bower said, “Well, he hasn’t, because when he comes here, he becomes a focus of attention. But of course, he is spare to Meghan or was, in her attempt to become the great television homemaker. But her series, her career, is crashing.”
“So very cleverly, Harry has separated himself from Meghan, as she did from him, but she still needs him. And so you’ve got this couple in Montecito, desperately looking for a new purpose in life,” he added. It all seems to contradict Harry’s recent statements, but whether the Duke and Duchess return to the UK soon or end up choosing schooling there for Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, we will have to wait and see.
“Being a shaman and marrying a member of the royal family is very, very surreal,” an exceedingly candid shaman named Durek Verrett, who last year married Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, says in the new Netflix documentary Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story.
Filmed in the months leading up to their August 2024 wedding, the film is the couple’s attempt to reclaim the narrative about their love story after years dodging quite critical tabloid headlines about their romance. It offers a rare and frank window into the pair’s private life, featuring several on-camera statements from the newlyweds across the nearly 100-minute runtime.
Durek Verrett and Märtha Louise in Rebel Royals.
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In addition to the more colorful aspects of Princess Märtha Louise and Verrett, the documentary also delves into more sobering topics—like the racism Verrett has faced in the spotlight. After Harry and Meghan’s bombshell interview with Oprah in 2021 where they aired similar experiences, Märtha Louise’s father King Harald asked Verrett, “Do you think we treated you like that?” the shaman recounts in the film. “When I told him yes, they called a family meeting [to sort things out].” The monarch later publicly condemned the racist remarks lobbied against his son-in-law. Says Märtha Louise in the doc: “My parents have always been willing to learn and adapt.”
The documentary also explores the origins of Märtha Louise and Verrett’s headline-making love story. Norway’s princess, fourth in line to the Norwegian throne, had been divorced for a couple of years from Ari Behn (whose subsequent tragic death and previous relationship are also covered in the documentary); and the shaman was famous for working with the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow when they first crossed paths. The royal’s three daughters with Behn recount that when their mother introduced them to Verrett, they thought he was “one of her gay friends.” The shaman defines himself as bisexual and “almasexual,” explaining, “I am attracted to people’s souls.” In the case of Märtha Louise, “I didn’t care which body she came in,” he says. “I fell in love with the person.” Adds Märtha Louise: “I am a Scorpio, and when I fall in love it is for life.”
In June 2019, King Charles III and Queen Camilla—then known as the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall—greeted President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, as they disembarked from Marine One in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. More than six years later, Trump is back in the White House, and Prince William and Kate Middleton were the ones to greet their American visitors when the Trumps touched down near Windsor Castle Wednesday.
It’s a reminder of how much has changed for the royals since the last time the Trump family traveled to the U.K. Back then, Meghan Markle was taking maternity leave from her royal role—but Prince Harry was still milling about, and keeping his distance from the president, who had called Meghan “nasty” months before the visit. These days, Harry and Meghan both have uneasy relationships with their extended family, as well as Harry’s native country. Last week, Harry traveled to the UK for a four-day stay. Yet he wasn’t able to make it onto William’s schedule, in stark contrast to the red carpet being rolled out for Trump.
Of course, Trump’s visit has been in the works for the last six months, while Harry’s trip was planned with less notice. But as a source with knowledge told Vanity Fair last week, the brothers are currently further away from reconciliation than ever before, and William “is adamant that he wants nothing to do with his brother.”
Tuesday’s walk was a part of a tradition in which the Prince of Wales, essentially the monarch’s understudy, is the first to greet an American president when they arrive for a state visit. That protocol has been broken before: Earlier this week, royal biographer Robert Hardman revealed that Barack Obama’s final visit in 2016 actually kicked off with a drive in Prince Philip’s Range Rover. But this time around, it made perfect sense for William to slip into the role.
Over the last few months, William has reportedly been tasked with launching a charm offensive at the president. It started in February, when a meeting between William and Trump unexpectedly swelled to 40 minutes and ultimately left the president declaring that William looked “really, very handsome.” It’s unclear what William, an environmental defender who has voiced support for the people of Gaza, thinks of Trump himself—but a palace source told the Telegraph that William sees political neutrality as an important part of his royal duties. “It’s important that we’re not involved in day-to-day politics,” the source said. “But when the time is right and there’s an ask for support from His Majesty’s Government, the prince is happy to play his role.”
If there is any hope for the brothers’ relationship in the future, it will come because Harry is currently working on repairing his relationship to—and his image in—the UK. Harry has returned to the UK for the WellChild Awards, which celebrate children with disabilities, multiple times since he moved to the US in 2020. This year, however, was the first time that he used the engagement as an excuse for an extended stay. In addition to a few stops in London, Harry traveled to Nottingham, where he posed for selfies with fans in an impromptu walkabout. He also made a personal $1.5 million donation to Children in Need, a group that helps struggling youth in the area. It’s not unheard of for a royal to dip into their own pockets to support a charity, but this act is rare enough that it is usually a major signal about their charitable priorities.
The other major headline of Harry’s visit was a 45 minute meeting with the king, his and Charles’s first face-to-face since days after Charles announced his cancer diagnosis in February 2024. So far, the details of what was discussed during that meeting have remained under wraps, a sign that Harry intends to honor his father’s request for privacy in exchange for a normalized relationship. Now that Harry’s major court cases against the government and British papers are resolved, he clearly wants to have deeper ties with his father and his native country—even though he didn’t get the security deal he wanted to bring his family back with him.
With their eye towards their duty to the UK and the monarch, William and Kate jumped headlong into Trump’s historic state visit. While the optics of jovially spending time with Trump might not age especially well for the future king, the decision to go all-in was probably easy for William. Having a relationship with the president of the US is a part of his job description; having one with his own brother is not.
When Prince Harry and his father, King Charles III, recently met in London, royal watchers wondered whether a reconciliation was on the horizon, and with it, a new leaf for the ruler’s second son. However, Harry recently gave an interview containing some searing insights into his past and family, in addition to commenting on some of the recent years’ controversies around him.
Harry, who turns 41 Monday, sat for an interview with UK media outlet The Guardian, which has been critical of the monarchy and even, in a 2000 editorial, advocated for its abolishment. In 2023, within weeks of Charles’ coronation, the paper also published an investigation into the monarch’s finances.
The Guardian followed Prince Harry on every step of his surprise trip to Ukraine last week. He was invited by Superhumans, an organization that provides prosthetics and rehabilitation programs to soldiers and civilians injured in the conflict.
The trip to Kyiv was partly for Invictus Games business: The veteran-focused sports foundation has taken center stage in Ukraine since the first team participated three years ago. Harry and his colleagues met with injured veterans and their families, as well as those working in the veteran space, and were confronted with shocking figures and stories: more than 130,000 people with serious wounds, often facial mutilation or disability, and a war that seems endless.
Prince Harry in Kyiv
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The Guardian‘s account of traveling with Prince Harry shows a man deeply immersed in his role as an ambassador for the Invictus Games Foundation, and committed to understanding the conflict in the Ukraine. The story begins with a description of the journey to Kyiv, an overnight ride from Medyka to the Polish-Ukrainian border that. Though he was traveling on business, the interview also shows another, more informal side of Harry’s personality. He reveals that he doesn’t like to pose for photographs and isn’t fond of cycling, joking that he has “a bony ass.” He boxes for exercise instead: “Hitting the hell out of a bag,” he told the paper, helps him relieve stress.
According to the article, Harry was jovial during the train ride, walking around in socks and cracking dad jokes. In public, however, he maintains a confident voice and natural charm with strangers. When alone, he speaks softly, listens, and asks questions about people and politics.
It is thought that William was incensed about Harry’s comments to the BBC, in which he said he did not know how long his father had left to live after being diagnosed with cancer. William was said to find the comments deeply offensive and insensitive.
The brothers have barely spoken in the past two years following the publication of Harry’s bombshell memoir, Spare, in which he revealed how he and William had come to physical blows and had been sibling rivals for decades. William was also deeply upset when Harry alleged that Kate had not been welcoming to Meghan and that there had been an issue when Meghan had asked to borrow Kate’s lip gloss.
Catherine, Princess of Wales, Prince William, Prince of Wales, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex at Windsor Castle on September 10, 2022.
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William is understood to have been against his father’s meeting with Harry this week, because he is fearful that private family conversations will not remain confidential. Though Harry revealed intimate details of family conversations in Spare, King Charles believes it is time to move on and wants to bring Harry in from the cold.
As Vanity Fair reported this week, while Charles is open to a truce, the ball is in Harry’s court: He must prove to his father that he can be trusted.
Meanwhile, Harry hopes that this latest visit to the UK will lead to him being able to return more often if the issue over his security can be resolved. After losing a High Court case and appeal for government-funded police protection, Harry, no longer a working royal, has to fund his own protection. However, this week’s visit showed he can work and travel safely in the country.
While in the UK, Prince Harry traveled to Windsor and Nottingham as well as around the capital, carrying out official engagements with a number of his charities, including WellChild and the Diana Award. On Friday, Harry made a surprise visit to Ukraine on his way home in a show of solidarity to the country. Accompanied by a team from the Invictus Games Foundation, Harry visited Kyiv and met with veterans to outline how the charity plans to help wounded soldiers.
It marks his second visit to the country this year.
Prince Harry told a few lucky royal fans about his favorite Netflix shows, but it seemed like he forgot to include a very important one. The Duke of Sussex visited a reception for the charity WellChild during his short visit to the UK, where Special Recognition winner Grace Tutt, 13 asked what he and Meghan watch on Netflix and if he had any recommendations.
“My wife and I just finished watching Hostage,” the Duke said via the Daily Mail. “It’s very good, it’s filmed here. If you haven’t seen it, you should watch it.” He also listed down the reality dating show Love Is Blind. “Although if it’s unsuitable, it wasn’t my recommendation!” he joked.
His wife’s show With Love, Meghan premiered its second season on the streamer just a few weeks before the encounter on August 26, 2025. The comments come after reports that the Duke wasn’t happy with how he was portrayed in the show. During the series, Markle reveals during a conversation with guest Tan France that Harry was actually the one who first said “I love you” between the two of them. And according to RadarOnline, Harry is not pleased, with the outlet saying the revelation made him “feel less of a man.”
“Harry is seething,” the source told the outlet. “He feels Meghan has made him look weak by boasting he was the first one to drop the love bomb.” They continued, “For a man who has spent his life trying to project strength, it stings,” explaining that, “He told friends it makes him feel less of a man.”
“Meghan thought it was sweet to share,” another source said. “But Harry believes their private moments are being turned into entertainment.”
Yet another insider explained, “He’s proud of his relationship, but he doesn’t want to be cast as the lovestruck puppy.” The source even added, “He’s been venting that Meghan’s oversharing makes him feel emasculated,” and said, “Moments like this cut deep. He wants to be seen as strong, not the man who fell harder and faster.”
“It’s bruising for him,” the insider also said.
During the short trip, Prince Harry had his long-awaited reunion with his father, King Charles. Buckingham Palace confirmed the father and son met in Clarence House for a private tea, which marked their first time seeing each other in person since February 2024. When Harry was leaving the premises, he responded to reporters’ questions about his father, simply saying, “Yes, he’s great.”
When Meghan Markle joined the royal family, she thought it would be “sparkly and fun,” like being a Disney princess, according to royal experts.
“Meghan obviously met her prince, and I imagine she did feel that being a princess would be something sparkly and fun, but Meghan is very much somebody who likes to center stage,” British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard tells Fox News Digital, adding, “She just wants to do things that she wants to do. And life as a working royal isn’t all sparkly.”
Former royal butler Grant Harrold, who worked for King Charles from 2004 until 2011 and recently released his book “The Royal Butler,” told the New York Post this week that Markle once wanted to host her friends for lunch on a day when she was supposed to carry out a royal duty while she was still a senior royal.
“She would rather have lunch with her friends, thinking that was fine and it wasn’t,” Harrold told the Post, adding that the schedule for royals is set six months in advance.
When Meghan Markle joined the royal family, she thought being a princess would be “sparkly and fun” like being a Disney princess, according to royal experts.(Toby Melville/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
“I think the problem with Meghan is that she went into the organization and she assumed that after watching all the Disney princesses, that she thought it was going to be like that,” he said. “When you join the royal family, you are given rules and protocols to follow.”
Chard tells Fox News Digital that although Prince Harry certainly must have talked with Markle about the “trials and tribulations of being a princess” before they were married, she was still looking for a “fantasy.”
“So it’s a tricky one, and Prince Harry will have spoken to her, and she would have done research as well,” Chard says. “It’s just she realizes it wasn’t something that she wanted. And then they jumped ship and ran off into the bright lights.”
After marrying in 2018, Harry and Markle stepped down as senior royals in 2020, leaving England for California.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in 2018 shortly after their marriage.(John Stillwell – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Royals expert Hilary Fordwich tells Fox News Digital that Markle was mesmerized by the “glamour, glitz, publicity and glory” of royal life, without realizing “the monarchy is more about dedication to duty and serving. She wanted all of the glory and fame, but none of the daily drudgery of dedication to duty royalty involved.”
“There’s a lot of upset. There’s a lot of throwing [the royal family] under the bridge or under the train, but there doesn’t seem to be an awful lot of apologies coming from Prince Harry, and it makes it very hard,” Chard continues. “Sadly, I do think time is a healer in anything, and in time, I’m sure things will change. Maybe Harry’s feeling sorry. I think he could try harder.”
Being a member of a royal family is in many ways akin to being in a sorority: archaic rituals, an absurd amount of fancy dress-up occasions, traditional codes of behavior, philanthropy, living in a massive home with many roommates…but very few people have experienced both palace life and American Greek life. Most famously, Meghan Markle is one of them.
In 1999, Meghan enrolled in the prestigious Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and decided to rush. She joined Kappa Kappa Gamma, which was known for its “Midwestern blondes” who were “intelligent hot messes.”
“The thing we all have in common,” Kappa Kappa Gamma member Melania Hidalgo observed, per Andrew Morton’s Meghan and the Unmasking of the Monarchy, “is that we’re all very driven, ambitious, and passionate.”
And Meghan was just who they were looking for. “We just wanted to be sure that we secured her interest in our sorority,” sorority sister Coulter Bump told the Chicago Tribune. “She always had this manner to her of being very dignified and poised, just very appropriate in every circumstance. A person like that is what I wanted to ensure we had in our house, and luckily, she liked us back.”
Others in her 1999 pledge class agreed. “Meg was sort of always this ethereal, sophisticated, beautiful creature, who lived with us and was always willing to lend you a top,” fellow rushee Liz Kores Grahamrecalled.
One KKG member claimed pledges were not hazed, but that they were given a shirt inspired by Jem and the Holograms and taken out to the local Chuck E. Cheese when they joined.
Meghan decided to move into the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house. According to Tom Bower’s Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War Between the Windsors, her father, Thomas Markle, “automatically volunteered to pay the annual $45,000 fees.”
A theater and international relations major, sorority sisters recall Meghan often rehearsing lines, cooking, and watching movies in the house. One sorority sister told the Chicago Tribune that Meghan was diplomatic when there were squabbles at the house. She was known as a fountain of fashion and makeup advice, and according to Bower, she loved the dating guide The Rules, the controversial self-help book by Sherrie Schneider published in 1995, reciting passages by heart. “She’s the total package,” one sister recalled.
According to Morton, Meghan worked hard in school but she also loved partying on weekends. Her first college boyfriend, Morton writes, was basketball player Steve Lepore, who raised her profile with her sorority sisters. They were reportedly “impressed that she had snared such a hottie.”
Always an extrovert, Meghan was tapped to be recruitment chair for Rush. “Meghan’s Greek life was less Animal House and more Elle Woods,” Omid Scobie writes in Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family. “As rush and recruitment chairman, she was in charge of bringing new people into the sorority and making them feel welcome.”
