podcast and an astonishing US interview where she said she had been compared to South African hero Nelson Mandela and claimed Harry had ‘lost’ his father Charles during Megxit.
Sources in royal circles have now hit back at the couple, branding their tirades against life as working royals ‘delusional’ and ‘tragic’ – and sensationally suggesting that they ‘rail against the system as much as they still do’ even after Megxit to sustain public and therefore commercial interest in their ‘brand’
‘Everyone hoped they would go off to be financially independent, pursue their philanthropic endeavours and be happy – and that in going their own way, they might no longer feel the need to rail against the system as much as they still do.
‘But then the star power of them requires an association with the Royal Family, and the fuel on those flames is the family discord.’
Sources also rubbished Meghan’s claim South Africa celebrated her wedding like they had Mandela’s release in her interview with the magazine The Cut, raging: ‘The whole thing is just staggering. Nelson Mandela? Who’s next, Gandhi? There are simply no words for the delusion and tragedy of it all.’
They also claimed Meghan and his grandchildren Archie and Lilibet during the Platinum Jubilee in June.
For two years, there has been a steady stream of really challenging things said about a man who cannot [publicly] defend himself to a couple he obviously loves and misses.
That is incredibly difficult on a personal level.
He is completely bewildered by why his son, whom he loves deeply, feels this is the way to go about managing family relationships,’ one added.