Monday 24/November/2025 – 12:41 AM
A new book by royal biographer Andrew Looney, titled Entitled, reveals that the late Prince Philip issued a direct and sharp warning to his grandson. Prince Harry Before his marriage to Meghan Markle in 2018.
A stern warning from Prince Philip to Harry before his wedding to Meghan Markle
According to what was reported by the Daily Mail newspaper, the Duke of Edinburgh told Harry after his engagement to the star of the series Suits, that one goes out with actresses, and does not marry them, and this statement came in light of early doubts within the palace about the relationship, as royal writer Ingrid Seward mentioned in her book published in 2024, Mum and Me, Philip, that Philip was among the most cautious members of the royal family towards Markle since the beginning of her relationship with Harry in 2016.
Philip’s concerns were not merely personal reservations; He compared his granddaughter to the famous story of King Edward VIII and his wife Wallis Simpson, whose relationship with the king led to his abdication in 1937, to be recorded as one of the most controversial events in the history of the royal family.
According to reports, Philip saw in Markle a person who might shake up the royal institution, a view that some later considered closer to prediction than mere opinion. Although Philip and Queen Elizabeth II attended the wedding in May 2018, the royal memoirs reveal that he said to Elizabeth after they left the church, Thank God the matter is over, in a comment that reflects the extent of the tension that surrounded the marriage within the palace.
Over time, criticism within royal circles did not subside, and in January 2020, Harry and Meghan Markle announced their withdrawal from their royal duties and their move to North America.
This is a decision that Philip did not agree to, but he refrained from expressing his opinion publicly, saying only, according to writer Giles Brandreth, that people should live their lives as they see fit. However, the Duke of Edinburgh considered the couple’s famous interview with Oprah Winfrey crazy, in a position that reflects the continuing disparity between the two generations within the royal family.
