Now that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle moved to Los Angeles, the Duke of Sussex might finally put a stop to his hobby that his wife, Meghan Markle, hates. In an interview with their good friend Dr Jane Goodall, the 86-year-old famed activist revealed that the sixth in line to the throne might give hunting and shooting now that they are living in the United States.
Although Prince Harry and his brother, Prince William, are both pro-environment, campaigning against illegal wildlife trade, and supporting the conservation of endangered species, they hunt and shoot. However, Harry may now stop this because the Duchess of Sussex opposes his love for hunting.
"So, I suspect that is over for him," Dr Jane Goodall told Radio Times, via Mirror Online. Now that the couple chose to have a life outside of the royal family, the hunting tradition may be one of the things that Prince Harry left behind him when he left the United Kingdom.
According to Tatler, Prince Harry's hobby of hunting caused tension between him and Meghan Markle before as she strongly disagrees his love for this sport. As the former actress is a keen animal rights activist and owns several adopted dogs, it is no surprise that she strongly dislikes this hobby. It is also said to be one of the reasons why they decided not to spend much time at Balmoral with Queen Elizabeth II, as they often hunt during their stay there in the summer and Christmas.
This hobby also seems to contradict the environmental causes that they championed, Sky News noted, including setting up the eco-tourism drive, Travelyst, under their new foundation. To prove her love for animals, Meghan Markle even asked Disneynature to donate her earnings from her voiceover work for the Disney+ feature film, Elephant, to the wildlife charity, Elephants Without Borders, that Prince Harry supported.
Just like Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Dr Jane Goodall is an environmental activist, and they are both her fans. They even invited the primatologist to their Frogmore Cottage home in the summer of last year and met their son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.
The three first got in touched last year after Prince Harry interviewed her for the September 2019 issue of British Vogue, which Meghan Markle guest-edited. Now that the pair moved to North America, Dr Jane Goodall revealed that Harry seemed to find life "a bit challenging." "I don't know how his career is going to map out, but yes, I've been in touch, though I think he's finding life a bit challenging just now," she said.
