Meghan Markle’s big reveal after ‘nasty fights’ with Prince Harry
It’s more than just Meghan Markle’s uncharacteristic solo public appearances that are fuelling rumours of trouble in her marriage to Prince Harry.
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It’s not just Prince Harry that Meghan Markle has been seen without in her sudden return to Instagram and time on the town with the girls.
In a previously unnoticed detail from her uncharacteristic solo public appearances, the Duchess of Sussex was photographed without her dazzling $310,000 engagement ring.
While still wearing her wedding band, the absence of the bombshell ring crafted from two diamonds from Princess Diana’s bracelets has raised further questions over persistent rumours of trouble in paradise.
The couple spent time apart while Prince Harry was in Tokyo to promote charity work and vacationing with his polo-mate, “Nacho” Figueras.
Ms Markle, meanwhile, made a rare appearance on Instagram having lunch with friends Cleo Wade and Kadi Lee with the impossible-to-miss ring finger prominent in the foreground without the giant rocks.
She was also pictured walking through Montecito on August 10 without the jewellery amid claims their marriage has been strained by the royal feud, failed business deals and popular backlash to antics like the “near-catastrophic” New York car chase.
“They’re trying to figure out what hit them,” an insider previously told RadarOnline. “Harry doesn’t fit in Meghan’s tacky Tinseltown world,” the source added, saying at the time he needed to “find himself” after a series of nasty fights, humiliation, and public failures.”
Ms Markle has not worn the ring since at least May, when she was pictured hiking in California while Prince Harry was in the UK for the coronation of King Charles III, and posing on the red carpet at the Women of Vision Awards.
“(The Sussexes) are under tremendous financial pressure to fund their lavish California lifestyle, including their $14m mansion and huge security costs.”
“That stress, coupled with their emotional issues, has likely made life a living hell,” the source added.
Prince Harry spoke about the significance of the ring, which he made with stones from Princess Diana’s jewellery collection after receiving permission from Prince William.
“The ring is yellow gold because that’s [Meghan’s] favourite and the main stone itself I sourced from Botswana and the little diamonds either side are from my mother’s jewellery collection, to make sure that she’s with us on this crazy journey together,” he said.
HARRY COULD ATTEND KING’S BIRTHDAY ALONE
Further fuelling rumours that all is not well in the Sussexes’ marriage is talk that Prince Harry could head to the UK in November to celebrate King Charles’ birthday with his son Archie, leaving Meghan and their daughter Lilibet at home in California.
According to the New York Post, Royal biographer and expert Angela Levin believes the couple could adopt a similar approach to the one whey took for the monarch’s coronation in May.
“He could go on his own and bring Archie with him. He’s a big boy now and he could see his cousins,” Levin said.
“Charles would want Harry and Meghan’s children there.”
Levin said the Montecito-based couple will also want to attend the King’s birthday celebrations in the UK, adding that she doesn’t see why Markle wouldn’t be invited.
Despite that, it’s reported that the couple was snubbed of an invite to the Royal Family’s gathering marking one year since the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
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