Prince Harry has no friends in Los Angeles and is struggling to adjust to new life, says expert
The post-Megxit life that Harry has chosen to embark upon with his wife Meghan Markle and little son Archie in Los Angeles will not be an easy one as he has no family or friends nearby, says a royal commentator.
Although his mother-in-law Doria Ragland lives in View Park, which is a neighborhood of Malibu where the couple is currently staying with their son, Harry himself does not have any relatives or friends living in the area.
While discussing the pair's move from Canada to Hollywood on the ROYALS podcast, expert Angela Mollard said that the move will be a difficult adjustment for Harry more than anyone else.
"It must be hard for him. He is separated from his family at a time when the rest of the world is using Zoom or WhatsApp to chat with each other – I can hardly see that happening. You know, they must feel very separate. He doesn't have friends in Los Angeles, she does," she said.
"She has Doria, she has her family, and while Meghan might have been feeling equally removed in the United Kingdom, for Harry, friends have been the people who have supported him, friends and his brother, through all of the years since his mother's death. And to have that stripped away I think will be very discombobulating for him."
But given the circumstances surrounding the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, even Meghan has been unable to visit her mother Doria, although they live just 10 miles apart.
As we reported earlier, Prince Harry and Meghan are continuing to self-isolate amid the novel coronavirus pandemic along with Archie.
A source shared, "Meghan is absolutely heartbroken - after all, one of the main reasons she decided to live in Los Angeles was to be near her mum. Because of her age, Doria obviously has to be careful and Meghan and Harry are sticking rigidly to all formal guidelines when it comes to coronavirus. They've been WhatsApping and FaceTiming almost daily but obviously it's not the same." The insider went on to say that 38-year-old Meghan will be using a lot of her free time to focus on philanthropic activities.
It is also believed that Harry and Meghan moved to Los Angeles from Canada as they want to be close to their new team of Hollywood agents and PRs. Meghan also completed her first post-royal life job: narrating a Disney documentary about elephants. The film follows an elephant family on a 1,000-mile journey across the Kalahari Desert.
Harry and Meghan shocked the world in January by announcing that they were quitting as senior royals, relinquishing official duties and seeking financial independence.
It is believed that the pair is on a lookout for their permanent home in Malibu. It was revealed last month that the couple was planning on renting a sprawling $20 million mansion after Megxit. The mansion boasts of eight bedrooms, 10 bathrooms and costs around $15,950 a night.