Meghan Markle is reportedly seeking a separation from Prince Harry as internal tensions surrounding their fractured relationship with the British royal family and financial ambitions intensify, according to sources cited by RadarOnline.com. The report surfaced as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex marked their seventh wedding anniversary on Sunday, amid deepening estrangement from Harry's family in the United Kingdom.
"I want out!" Markle allegedly told close friends, according to the outlet. The statement comes shortly after Prince Harry, 40, publicly expressed a desire to reconcile with his family in a new interview following his failed legal attempt to reinstate taxpayer-funded police protection while visiting the UK.
Sources close to the couple claim that Markle, 43, is disillusioned with the direction of their post-royal life, particularly after Harry's loss in the security case. "Harry has cash from his memoir Spare and an inheritance, but Meghan wants to be in the billionaire club," a source told RadarOnline.com. "She thought she'd married her prince - but it seems he's turned back into a frog for her as he just can't give her the level of riches she wants."
The Duchess has recently launched a new wellness brand and is reportedly eyeing the commercial success of figures like Gwyneth Paltrow. "She sees herself as a copycat of Gwyneth Paltrow with the new wellness brand she's launched, and wants to end up with her firm valued in the billions just like Gwyneth's," the source added.
Harry, meanwhile, has reiterated his affection for the UK and his wish to reconnect with his family. "I miss the UK, of course I do. I think that it's really quite sad that I won't be able to show my children my homeland," he said. In the same interview, he also spoke about his father, King Charles III, who was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. "I would love reconciliation with my family. There's no point in continuing to fight anymore," Harry said. "Life is precious. I don't know how much longer my father has."
The royal divide appears to extend to Harry's brother, Prince William, and his sister-in-law, Kate Middleton. The relationships deteriorated further following Harry's 2023 memoir, in which he alleged William physically attacked him and referred to Meghan as "difficult" and "abrasive."
Despite efforts from Kate to mediate, according to some reports, another insider told RadarOnline.com that Meghan is preparing to tell her own story-possibly in a new interview or a memoir of her own.
The couple's seventh anniversary passed without any public acknowledgment from the royal family. "I very much doubt that there will be anniversary wishes winging their way from the UK to California," former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond told The Mirror.
The absence of any royal message came days after Meghan posted a black-and-white photograph showing Harry walking with their two children, Archie, 6, and Lilibet, 3, in what appeared to be the garden of their Montecito estate. "I think the recent post of Harry walking into the distance with his two children suggested that he's walking away from his old life once and for all," Bond added.
Harry and Meghan married in a high-profile ceremony at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle in May 2018. The event was watched by millions globally. Their first child, Archie, was born in 2019, followed by daughter Lilibet in 2021, after their relocation to California in 2020.
