Prince Harry ‘clicked’ with Meghan Markle over his ‘royal woes,’ her ‘American Dream’: expert
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle initially “clicked” because of their respective “societies,” according to a royal expert.
Royal biographer and expert Tom Quinn said the Duke of Sussex, 39, bonded with the “Suits” alum, 42, because “he does not have a bigger role” in his family.
“I think that’s why he clicked with Meghan because she comes from a society where if you work hard and you’re talented, you can get to the top,” Quinn told the Express.
Quinn, who wrote “Gilded Youth: An Intimate History of Growing Up in the Royal Family,” said Harry has always played “second fiddle” to his older brother Prince William, who is first in line to the throne.
“You can’t change the fact that William and Kate [Middleton] are number one,” Quinn said.
And the feeling of being an afterthought within the monarchy may have contributed to his desire for a fresh take on a relationship, Quinn suggests.
“All Harry’s complaining is really about the fact that he’s not number one, he doesn’t have a bigger role,” the expert shared.
“It’s obvious when you think about it, but I think she thought she could come into the royal family and be the star.”
“And of course, she [Meghan] couldn’t because the monarchial structures are medieval, they’re rigid,” he added.
Quinn claims that the pair’s relationship may have kickstarted over Harry’s ongoing royal woes, and Markle’s lust for an “American dream.”
Harry, who is currently fifth in line to the throne, left no stone unturned in his bombshell tell-all memoir “Spare,” released in January.
In the protocol-shattering book, the exiled prince detailed his experience of feeling second best, and even claimed he was only bred to offer literal spare parts for his brother in case the heir apparent ever needed new organs.
“Two years older than me, Willy was the Heir, whereas I was the Spare,” he wrote of his 41-year-old brother William.
“I was the shadow, the support, the Plan B. I was brought into the world in case something happened to Willy.”
He said he understood his role was to be a “diversion” and “distraction” from his brother — or to provide, “if necessary, a spare part” to him.
“Kidney, perhaps. Blood transfusion. Speck of bone marrow,” he added in morose detail.
