Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s wedding build-up reportedly hit “near breaking point” inside the palace household. The claim points to a wedding crisis that started early, before even tying the knot. It reframes the fallout as pre-wedding tension. However, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex still entered 2018 as the monarchy’s fresh double act. Yet that tension is now being described as the first crack. In turn, the Prince William crisis is being dated back to planning.
How Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding sparked ‘crisis’ with Prince William, says author
As per The Mirror report dated February 18, royal editor Russell Myers mapped the timeline of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding crisis. In “William and Catherine: The Intimate Inside Story,” he talks about early trouble. He says that the “first signs of a royal crisis” surfaced before 2020. Regardless, Myers states that it began “as Harry and Meghan planned for their wedding in 2018.” This keeps the wedding crisis tied to the lead-up.
At the same time, Myers links the strain to the shared household with Prince William and Kate Middleton. “The planning and execution of Harry and Meghan’s wedding … pushed relations … to near breaking point,” he writes. He adds that it was across the household they shared with William and Catherine. So, the Prince William crisis is described as operational, not just personal.
The biography then follows what happened after the ceremony. “Harry and Meghan felt they were not being listened to,” the author notes. In 2019, they “decided to establish themselves away from Kensington Palace.” He adds, “The Queen had agreed to create a new household for them,” which was to be “stationed at Buckingham Palace”.
Meanwhile, the Sussexes moved from Nottingham Cottage to Frogmore Cottage. The home was renovated over two years, at a reported £2.4 million. Later, they repaid the renovation cost after public uproar. “While the separation … seemed a logical step … it was the first public sign of a crisis,” he writes. According to Myers, it could “envelop the wider institution.” The entire scenario turns the wedding crisis into a long-running Prince William crisis.
