Why Prince Harry Is 'Mainly' To Blame For 'Megxit,' According To Royal Author

Prince Harry failed to prepare his wife Meghan Markle for life as a member of the British royal family, which may have been the main reason for their departure last year, a royal author has said.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced in January 2020 their decision to step down as senior members of the royal family and work toward becoming financially independent. They then moved to California, where they have since settled down in Montecito and started new ventures, including their nonprofit Archewell and multimillion-dollar deals with Netflix and Spotify.

Royal expert Robert Jobson, author of "Prince Philip's Century," said he believes that Prince Harry and Markle were both at fault for the so-called "Megxit." However, for him, the duke holds most of the blame.

"It’s a combination of Harry and Meghan’s fault, mainly Harry for not explaining it to her properly," Jobson told Page Six. "He’s not the sharpest guy, but maybe he didn’t want to explain it. It’s hard work being a member of the royal family. People think it’s not but it is. It’s not glamorous and maybe she didn’t fancy that after at all."

Although he thinks Prince Harry should have put more effort into explaining the ins and outs of the monarchy, Jobson, who has written and co-authored over a dozen books on the British royals, also said the duchess should have shown more curiosity in royal life before marrying the duke in 2018.

"It’s up to you to do your own homework if you want to marry into a prestigious family," he added.

Jobson noted that Markle was guided by Samantha Cohen, a member of the Queen’s personal team, during her early days as duchess but claimed that the former actress failed to understand their position in the hierarchy and come to terms with it.

"When she saw that she had the little house and William and Kate were the number one couple she probably didn’t understand that and thought, ‘Well we can do better than this and start commercializing the royal family,’ well frankly that’s not acceptable," Jobson told the outlet.

In February, Buckingham Palace confirmed that Prince Harry and Markle's split from the royal family was permanent and that the Queen has stripped them of their royal patronages and the duke's honorary military appointments.

Meanwhile, royal biographer Anna Pasternak, author of "The Real Wallis Simpson: A New History of the American Divorce Who Became the Duchess of Windsor," recently predicted that the Sussexes' "feud" with the royal family may eventually lead to the end of the monarchy.

"I’m not 100% sure that we will see Charles ascend to the throne," she told Vanity Fair for its May cover story. "The Sussexes have sparked something so fundamentally incendiary in this country that it is changing the face of Britain, and I think the monarchy as an archaic institution may well topple."