Prince Harry is suffering regret as his life in the United States with Meghan Markle ‘comes under threat’ and the ‘glamour is definitely wearing off’, a royal expert says

Prince Harry has a “major regret as his new life in the United States comes under threat”, a royal expert says.

The Duke of Sussex moved to America from England in 2020. He and his wife Meghan Markle decided to move across the pond and set up new lives for themselves after announcing they were stepping back from their roles as senior royals, with the aim of becoming financially independent from the monarchy.

Think tank group The Heritage Foundation has since launched a lawsuit against Harry after he admitted taking drugs in his tell-all memoir Spare, as applicants are asked questions about their drug-taking history while filling out the form. Harry famously details taking magic mushrooms and smoking cannabis in his bombshell memoir.

Prince Harry has a “major regret as his new life in the United States comes under threat”, a royal expert says.

The Duke of Sussex moved to America from England in 2020. He and his wife Meghan Markle decided to move across the pond and set up new lives for themselves after announcing they were stepping back from their roles as senior royals, with the aim of becoming financially independent from the monarchy.

Detailing his experience taking magic mushrooms, Harry wrote in his 2023 book Spare: “I stared at the bin. It stared back. ‘What—staring?’ Then it became… a head. I stepped on the pedal and the head opened its mouth. A huge open grin.”

The think tank since said that it believes Harry “lied” on his application about previous drug use and was shown special treatment. Currently, the form is under review and in chambers with Washington DC Judge Carl Nichols.

And now royal expert and author Tom Quinn has told The Mirror US in an exclusive chat that Harry found the States exciting in the beginning, but now feels the sparkle is dimming amid the backlash he is facing. He told us: “During his first six months in the States Harry found everything new and exciting, but the glamour is definitely wearing off.

“However big your garden – and Harry and Meghan’s garden at Montecito is enormous – there’s only so much you can do when you have no practical skills and you have always paid people to cook, clean and garden for you. Harry has never done any of these practical things, so after he’s taken the dog for a walk in the morning, he finds the day long and lonely.”

Mr Quinn continued: “Meghan does her best to support Harry, but she is in her natural environment and he is in a strange unfamiliar world which grows increasingly unfriendly.

“The couple have taken legal advice because they’re seriously worried that if Donald Trump wins the next election Harry’s visa may be revoked. Trump has insisted that if Harry is found to have lied on his visa application about his admitted drug taking, he could be asked to leave the country.”

Mr Quinn then said that Harry “initially thought this couldn’t possibly happen to him as the normal rules don’t apply to a royal Prince, but he is increasingly realising that in the United States being a Prince doesn’t actually count for very much”.

He concluded: “But one thing is for sure – Harry deeply regrets ever making his drug-taking public. It never occurred to him that this might end up threatening his whole life plan.”