Royal family was jealous of Meghan’s popularity, Prince Harry claims

The event that caused the royal family to turn against his wife Meghan Markle has been disclosed by Prince Harry.

The Duke of Sussex appeared to suggest during the couple's two-hour tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey that his family was jealous of Meghan and Harry's popularity when they visited Australia in 2018.

After confirming that Prince William and Kate Middleton were “very welcoming” to Markle at first, he said, “it all changed after the Australia tour.”

“It was the first time the family saw how good she was at her job,” he added.

“And that brought back memories. To see how effortless it was for Meghan to come into the family and be able to connect with people. To witness Meghan's comfort of assimilating into the family and her desire to communicate with others.”

Princess Diana and Prince Charles' 1983 tour of Australia and New Zealand with baby William was the subject of an entire season 4 episode of ‘The Crown.' Although some factual “inaccuracies” have been widely documented, the central point of that episode suggests that some members of the Royal family were envious of Diana's public popularity.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex revealed they were expecting their first child during the Sussexes' Down Under visit, which also included the South Pacific islands. At each stop, throngs of people flocked to see them. It was a resounding success.

“I just wish that we would all learn from the past,” Prince Harry added. Implying that Meghan was mistreated, just like his mother, Princess Diana.

Harry and Meghan's popularity a threat, according to a report by Samantha Grindell in Business Insider

The popularity of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle overwhelmed Prince William and Kate Middleton.
The success of Harry and Markle as a couple was unsurprising. Harry was a dashing prince who had been single for a long time, while Markle was a well-known American actress.

However, William may have run into a dilemma as a result of the world's love for them.

“Harry and Meghan became suddenly so electric,” Anna Pasternak, author of “The Real Wallis Simpson: A New History of the American Divorcee Who Became the Duchess of Windsor,” told Vanity Fair.

“That does not go down well in the palace,” Pasternak said, adding that Harry and Markle's glitz made William and Middleton “seem dowdy, suburban, and rather dull.”

Though all members of the royal family are famous in some way, Michelle Ruiz of Vanity Fair wrote that the monarchy prefers to focus media interest on the monarch and others in the straight line of succession “for the sake of continuity.”

As a result, when Markle and Harry's relationship diverted attention away from William, the second in line to the throne, and his family, the pair may have been a threat to the monarchy rather than a benefit.

“It's a no-win predicament familiar to women, and women of color in particular: You're either too much or never enough,” Ruiz wrote.