Prince Harry will always have a soft spot for his home country, even as he continues to navigate life in America.
The claim was made by Dan Wakeford, founder of the weekly pop-culture newsletter Celebrity Intelligence. A veteran celebrity media editor, Wakeford previously led People, Entertainment Weekly and Us Weekly.
Wakeford told Fox News Digital that, according to sources who spoke with Celebrity Intelligence, the Duke of Sussex continues to greatly miss the U.K. and the role he once held there as he tries to carve out a meaningful role for himself in California.
“Harry particularly doesn’t love the life he has in America,” Wakeford said. “He misses his family, his friends and his former existence in the U.K. Sources say he would be content to downsize and have a smaller life instead of living on such a grand scale, but I think that is more Meghan [Markle]’s [style].”
Archewell, which handles the offices of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, told Fox News Digital, “It’s all unfounded speculation, of which we don’t comment.”
While Wakeford described Harry as longing for aspects of his former life in Britain, the duke recently took a step toward reconnecting with his family.
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On July 10, Harry, Meghan and their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, met with King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Highgrove House, Buckingham Palace confirmed. Fox News Digital reached out to the palace and Archewell for comment.
The family gathering came after Harry arrived in the U.K. on July 6 for several charity events that were overshadowed by speculation about whether he would meet with his father.
The meeting marked the first time in years that King Charles had hosted Harry and his family, amid a rift that began after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped back as senior royals and in 2020.
“I think it’s important to make the point that Harry’s marriage is a happy one,” royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams told Fox News Digital.
“The problem is that Harry is without a proper role. He has the Invictus Games, yes, but I do think he misses aspects of life in the U.K. and the friends he has kept there. He has charities he supports there, and his mother is buried there. While he had a difficult week during his visit, the meeting with the king and his family was a positive.”
“Seeing the ‘good ol’ Harry’ playing wheelchair rugby with Invictus Games participants showed him grinning ear to ear,” British royal expert Hilary Fordwich told Fox News Digital. “He was so happy in his element. Meeting with his father also would have reminded him of the prominent life he once led.”
“Harry and Meghan’s life is very different from what they expected in America, from what they hoped for,” Wakeford said. “What has shifted significantly is the gap between what they said they were building and what they actually built. They left the royal family to become financially independent.”
“The headline numbers of $100 million from Netflix deals and $20 million for Spotify always obscured what the real figures were,” Wakeford said, referring to the deals the Sussexes initially secured to lead financially independent lives.
“The Netflix deal was closer to $60 million, and the Spotify deal was $5 million to exit early,” he claimed. “That’s a significant amount of money, but their co
