“Anything to just … because just by existing, we were upsetting the dynamic of the hierarchy. So we go, ‘Okay, fine, let’s get out of here. Happy to,’” Meghan recalled.

She added that their request wasn’t “reinventing the wheel” and that other royal family members had received the green light for the same arrangement.

“That, for whatever reason, is not something that we were allowed to do, even though several other members of the family do that exact thing,” Meghan said.

Harry revealed they left “in fear for their sanity and physical safety”

In his book Spare, Harry revealed many things about their royal family and what he felt he had been exposed to. He touched on the subject of why they ‘fled’ royal life.

In his and Meghan’s opinion, they had to leave. Reminiscing about a visit to Frogmore Cottage after Prince Philip’s funeral, Harry said: “How beautiful it all is, I thought. And also how sad.”

“Once upon a time, this was going to be my forever home. Instead, it had proved to be just another brief stop.”

He added: “When my wife and I fled this place, in fear for our sanity and physical safety, I wasn’t sure when I’d ever come back. That was January 2020. Now, fifteen months later, here I was, days after waking to thirty-two missed calls and then one short, heart-racing talk with Granny: Harry… Grandpa’s gone.”

While still senior members of the royal family, Harry and Meghan settled at Frogmore. They renovated the royal estate for around $3 million, and when they stepped down from their royal roles, the couple agreed to pay back the entire price tag to UK taxpayers.

They were still allowed to keep Frogmore Cottage as their UK base when visiting, but that has changed. According to reports, Charles made his mind up about the future of the property just one day after Harry’s book, Spare, was released – and evicted them.

Harry looking for a “permanent” UK home, royal expert claims

Sources close to Prince Harry and Meghan claimed the couple were “stunned” by the decision.

“Harry and Meghan have until early summer to vacate,” a source told Omar Scobie, who’s known to be close to the Sussexes, reported for Yahoo at the time. “Initially, they were given just weeks, but now they have at least until after the coronation.”

“It all feels very final and like a cruel punishment,” a friend of Harry and Meghan’s added. “It’s like [the family] wants to cut them out of the picture for good.”

Even though Harry and his wife have settled into their newer, more calm life in Montecito and are raising their children, Archie and Lilibet, it appears that Harry may be having second thoughts.

According to Tom Quinn, Harry misses his army and college friends dearly. Sadly, they haven’t visited him in California because “they don’t get on with Meghan.” As a result, it’s been reported that the Duke is now looking for a “permanent” home in the UK.

“As time goes by, Harry misses some aspects of his old life in the UK. Inevitably, the honeymoon period where everything in the States is new and exciting is coming to an end and Harry is looking back at the past through rose-tinted spectacles,” Quinn told the Mirror.

He added: “He misses his Old Etonian and army friends, many of whom have not visited as they don’t get on with Meghan. Harry is determined to find his own permanent home in the UK, which is partly why he’s continuing his legal action to get the British taxpayer to pay for his security.”

Expert claims Harry ‘regret’ leaving royal life
Tom Quinn isn’t the only one suggesting that Harry might have second thoughts. Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams even says that the Duke’ misses’ royal life—but that Meghan is not interested in a return at all.

For the second year in a row, the Sussexes weren’t invited to Trooping the Colour. According to the royal expert, this has made Harry regret his behavior in the last few years.

“We know they wanted an apology from the Royal Family for how they were treated when they were senior working members of it,” Fitzwilliams told The Sun. “They certainly won’t get that. But I do think there will be a certain amount of regret.

“The military has been a very important part of his life, and I would have thought it only natural that he would have had a feeling of some regret [not being at Trooping the Colour].”

“I think Meghan would be indifferent to a ceremony like Trooping the Colour quite frankly,” Fitzwilliams added.

“I have no idea whether she would or wouldn’t actually watch it, but I don’t think it would mean a great deal to her. If it had done, she would have managed to carve a position within the Royal Family where she could have been of use.”

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