Meghan Markle and Prince Harry reportedly have a brand new method of dealing with on-line gossip.
In keeping with showbiz reporter Sarah Louise-Robertson, this is among the causes the Duke of Sussex, 40, dismissed any divorce rumors outright and why the couple have been pursuing separate enterprise endeavors.
“Meghan clearly reads social media comments that people say about them,” Louise-Robertson advised GB Information.
“As does Harry, who is notoriously brittle and thin-skinned,” the journalist continued. “So some things got through to them and they’ve decided, ‘right, we’re going to try this new approach.’”
Added Louise-Robertson, “When you’ve been away from each other as much as they’ve been, this is how these [divorce] rumors start.”
In latest months, the “Suits” alum, 43, and the prince have intentionally parted methods of their work life to garner a optimistic response for the Sussex model.
Louise-Robertson famous that the couple’s choice has “echoes of Charles and Diane.”
“You’ve gone from being joined at the hip on the red carpet to not being seen with each other at all in public,” she mentioned.
Host Patrick Christys weighed in on Markle and Harry’s selection, taking a second to acknowledge the “difficult” place the Sussexes discover themselves in.
The GB Information anchor known as them “hyper mobile” members of the world’s rich elite, which means they “don’t have to be joined at the hip the whole time.”
On Wednesday, Harry publicly addressed rumors that he and Markle are getting divorced after tying the knot in 2018.
NYT columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin requested the royal member in regards to the hypothesis at The New York Occasions’ 2024 DealBook Summit.
“I Google News-ed you, and there were people fascinated by everything you’re doing, all the time. They’re fascinated by Meghan is in California right now, and you’re here,” Sorkin mentioned, alluding to Markle’s plans to attend the Paley Honors gala in Beverly Hills that very same evening.
“And there’s articles left and right about, you know, ‘Why are you making, doing independent events? Why aren’t you doing them together?’” the journalist probed.
Prince Harry, who lives in Montecito, California, with Markle and their children Archie, 5, and Lilibet, 3, merely replied, “Because you invited me, you should have known!”
“True,” Sorkin responded. “Is that normal for you? The second there’s an article — she’s in California, you’re in New York — they say, ‘Well, what is happening with these two, right?’ Is that a good thing for you, in a way, that there’s so much interest in you?”
The prince replied, “No, that’s undoubtedly not an excellent factor.
“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?’” Prince Harry quipped with amusing.
“It’s hard to keep up with, but that’s why you just sort of ignore it. The people I feel most sorry about are the trolls,” he went on. “Their hopes are just built and built, and it’s like, ‘Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,’ and then it doesn’t happen. So I feel sorry for them. Genuinely, I do.”
Harry additionally mentioned that he had “no doubt” his sit-down with Sorkin “will be spun or twisted somehow against me, and maybe you yourself will be trolled relentlessly.”
“For that, I can only apologize, but you did invite me, so it’s not my fault,” he exclaimed.
Of his relationship with the press, Harry mirrored on his the media frenzy surrounding his late mom, Prince Diana and the turbulent marriage she shared together with his father, King Charles III.
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“I’ve had a lived experience since I was a kid,” the Duke advised Sorkin. “I’ve seen stories written about myself that aren’t exactly based on reality. I’ve seen stories about members of my family, friends, strangers, all sorts of people.”
“And I think when you grow up within that environment, you do find yourself questioning the validity of the information but also what other people are thinking of that as well, and how dangerous it can be over the course of time.”
