Meghan and Harry’s marriage ‘will end in tears’

One of the Queen’s most trusted aides allegedly made a grim prediction before Meghan Markle and Prince Harry tied the knot.

One of the Queen’s most trusted aides allegedly predicted that Prince Harry’s marriage to Meghan Markle will “all end in tears,” an explosive new book claims.

Lady Susan Hussey, who has been a lady-in-waiting to the Queen for decades, allegedly made the comments during a lunch with National Theatre executives months before the couple’s wedding in May 2018.

Meghan Markle with Prince Harry at the United Nations in New York. Picture: AFP

In his explosive new book Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the war between the Windsors, Tom Bower writes that Lady Susan visited Meghan at Nottingham Cottage — Prince Harry’s former residence at Kensington Palace — to offer advice and help.

The respected lady-in-waiting was said to have been a member of the team asked to help Meghan with adjusting to royal life before her marriage .

In response, Meghan was reportedly “insistent” that she would not let Buckingham Palace shape her or dictate her activities and thoughts, The New York Post reports.

Prince Harry and Meghan celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary in May.

The newly married couple on their wedding day. Picture: Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty Images

“While discussing the possibility that Meghan might become linked with the National Theatre after the wedding, Hussey became unexpectedly serious about the couple’s future,” Bower writes.

“‘That will all end in tears,’ she is alleged to have said. ‘Mark my words.’”

The latest revelation from the book comes amid claims Meghan once flirted so hard with champion golfer Rory McIlroy that her then boyfriend demanded to know whether she had cheated on him.

Meghan Markle during her days on Suits.

McIlroy, now 33, first met Markle, now 40, after he “unexpectedly” nominated her for the Ice Bucket Challenge — and she insisted he come to her friend’s apartment in New York City to dump the ice on her himself, The New York Post Six reports.

The August 2014 encounter came just weeks after the Northern Irishman, then 25, won the British Open.

“McIlroy had just split from his blonde fiancee, Danish tennis ace Caroline Wozniacki, and was reported to be chasing brunettes,” Bower writes.

Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy met Meghan Markle in 2014. Picture: AFP

Back home in Toronto at the end of the week with her boyfriend, chef Cory Vitiello, Markle gushed about the sports star on her now-defunct blog, The Tig.

“(McIlroy) is a force who has the propensity to actually work hard and play hard — relishing intense practices to substantiate his title, embracing nights of sipping Opus One (his bold and impressive choice of wine) and indulging in group dinners at Cipriani — for the balance, of course.

“And yet, beyond his work/play ethic, the most endearing quality of this man is his character – as real and honest as they come, appreciating a simple smile, never shunning a fan photo, enjoying a plate of pasta with veal ragu, and expressing a love for his parents that is rarely seen in men his age.

“Or at any age, to be honest. He is not just the real deal … he is real. And perhaps that is what makes him even more cherished.”

Meghan and Prince Harry during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Picture: AFP

Bower writes that Markle, then starring on Suits, was “keen to use their close relationship to promote herself,” adding: “She encouraged the media to publish photographs of McIlroy and herself. As she would later admit, she ‘occasionally set up a paparazzi photo or let info slip out to the press.’”

Asked by Vitiello whether she was having a relationship with McIlroy, Markle insisted their time together was innocent, Bower writes. “He believed her.”

That same year, Markle used connections to snag a speaking slot at the One Young World conference in Dublin, Bower writes.

Originally published as Meghan and Harry’s marriage ‘will end in tears’