There have been rumors about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle getting a divorce as they haven’t been seen together at some recent public events. But on Wednesday, the Duke of Sussex downplayed those speculations during an appearance at The New York Times’ 2024 DealBook Summit in New York City.
The rumors about Prince Harry, 40, and the Duchess of Sussex having marital issues stemmed from the pair not being spotted together at professional engagements, the New York Post reported. The couple were said to be going through a “professional separation” to fix up their images.
Prince Harry addressed those rumors when NYT columnist and DealBook founder Andrew Ross Sorkin asked about people being obsessed with his personal life.
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“I Google News-ed you, and there were people fascinated by everything you’re doing, all the time. They’re fascinated by Meghan is in California right now, and you’re here,” Sorkin said in reference to Meghan separately attending an event in California.
“And there’s articles left and right about, you know, ‘Why are you making, doing independent events? Why aren’t you doing them together?’” Sorkin added. Prince Harry jokingly responded by saying, “Because you invited me, you should have known!”
“True,” Sorkin replied. “Is that normal for you? The second there’s an article — she’s in California, you’re in New York — they say, ‘Well, what is happening with these two, right?’ Is that a good thing for you, in a way, that there’s so much interest in you?”
“No, that’s definitely not a good thing,” Prince Harry replied. “Apparently we’ve bought or moved house 10, 12 times. We’ve apparently divorced maybe 10, 12 times as well. So it’s just like, what?’” Prince Harry continued.
“It’s hard to keep up with, but that’s why you just sort of ignore it. The people I feel most sorry about are the trolls,” he added. “Their hopes are just built and built, and it’s like, ‘Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,’ and then it doesn’t happen. So I feel sorry for them. Genuinely, I do.”
Prince Harry also said he believed his appearance at the event “will be spun or twisted somehow against me, and maybe you yourself will be trolled relentlessly.” “For that, I can only apologize, but you did invite me, so it’s not my fault,” the 40-year-old added.
Besides addressing the divorce rumors, Prince Harry also touched on being in the spotlight from a very young age because of his status as a royal as well as the media reportage about his late mother Princess Diana’s rocky marriage with his father King Charles III.
“I’ve had a lived experience since I was a kid,” Prince Harry told Sorkin, per the New York Post. “I’ve seen stories written about myself that aren’t exactly based on reality. I’ve seen stories about members of my family, friends, strangers, all sorts of people.”
“And I think when you grow up within that environment, you do find yourself questioning the validity of the information but also what other people are thinking of that as well, and how dangerous it can be over the course of time,” he explained.
