After Prince Harry made light of the all the divorce rumours that continue to swirl around him and Meghan Markle, a royal expert claims that the younger royal brother is "damaged" by his childhood experiences. Last week 40-year-old Harry said he'd grown used to the headlines about him and wife Meghan, telling a panel at a New York book event "Apparently we’ve bought or moved house 10, 12 times. We’ve apparently divorced maybe 10, 12 times as well. So it’s just like, what?"
But he did also admit he found it "hard to keep up with" and dismissed the idea that there's no such thing as bad publicity. Speaking exclusively to OK!, former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond said Harry has a few personality traits that make his life in the spotlight particularly troublesome, especially when it comes to the issue of his family's security.
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Getty Images)"Harry is stubborn," she said. "And he is also understandably damaged by what happened to his mother. Who can blame him for being so protective about his wife and children?.
"Especially when he is also an ex-serviceman who served in Afghanistan. Yes, there are glaring inconsistencies in his behaviour…..living in a gun toting culture; going with Meghan to Nigeria and Colombia. But he has picked a fight with the Home Office….and he has the balls to see it through. He will have to live with the consequences. But the case is jeopardising his relationship with his father."
Harry has been embroiled in a legal case over the removal of his security when in the UK, which happened after he left the UK for California in 2020. This summer he won the right to fight the decision in the High Court but has made his feelings on the matter abundantly clear on various occasions.
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Getty Images)Speaking recently, the dad of two said: "All it takes is one lone actor, one person who read this stuff, to act on what they have read, and whether that is a knife or acid … they are genuine concerns for me, they are one of the reasons I won’t bring my wife back to this country [the UK]."
But royal expert Jennie, who says the death of Harry's mother, Princess Diana, in 1997, has left a deep scar, says she can sympathise with him, especially when it comes to the ongoing rumours that he and Meghan are living 'separate lives'.
"I have some sympathy with his despair about the media…and social media in particular , with the trolls who peddle unsourced nonsensical rubbish about his marriage," she said. "He says he is happy. I believe him. Let’s stop trying to make trouble in a marriage we know nothing about."
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