Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been cast out into the cold by Royal family, with source saying 'no one is checking in, no one is texting'
Their emotionally wrenching ITV documentary 'Harry & Meghan: An African Journey' back in October -- wherein Prince Harry acknowledged that he and Prince William are “certainly on different paths at the moment” and Meghan Markle bared her pain at being a new mother -- has alienated the couple from other members of the Royal family even more than they were earlier.
Things have become so bad that Meghan Markle is being treated with an absolute silent treatment by her in-laws.
“There hasn’t been this complete 180,” a source told People magazine this week. “Nothing has changed. They don’t speak, no one is checking in, no one is texting.”
As both Meghan, 38, and Harry, 35, struggle with ongoing feelings of isolation from the rest of the family, the Duchess of Sussex had revealed in the documentary that not many people had asked them if the couple were okay during her pregnancy.
“Any woman, especially when they’re pregnant, you’re really vulnerable, and so that was made really challenging. So you add [media attention] on top of just trying to be a new mom or trying to be a newlywed … Not many people have asked if I’m okay, but it’s a very real thing to be going through,” she then said.
When the interviewer and Harry’s friend Tom Bradby asked her if it “would be fair” to say that she was not okay, Meghan paused before replying, "yes."
One of the biggest rifts in the Royal family is noticed between Princess Diana's two sons, who were pretty close to each other until Harry decided to marry Meghan after dating her for less than a year. William, who had dated his wife, Kate Middleton, for eight years before tying the knot, reportedly warned his younger brother that he might be moving too fast in his relationship, which angered the Duke of Sussex.
However, a royal source said that the apparent feud between the brothers might just be because of the new chapter in their lives. “As is often the case in any family, when one of your siblings gets married, there’s always a period of readjustment,” the source said. “People have new priorities and different focuses.”
As a result of Harry and Meghan being isolated from the family, no public support was shown from any of the senior royal family members when Harry filed multiple lawsuits against the British tabloid press for the “ruthless” treatment of his wife.
“It is a strange family and not one that has supported one another very well,” royal biographer Penny Junor previously told People. “They don’t praise one another and never call each other up just to say, ‘That was a great speech.’”