Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were ailing prepared for just how low down the Hollywood “pecking order” they’d be, in line with a former friend of the actress.
TV presenter Nick Ede, who says his friendship with the previous “Suits” star began years before she had her sights set on the palace, claims that the pair didn’t realize they wouldn’t be generally known as “Hollywood royalty” after they moved across the pond to California.
“I feel they got here in and thought that the primary people on the block they usually’re not likely,” Ede, who says he lost contact with Markle when she began dating the Duke of Sussex, told the Express.
“They’re type of quite far down really in that pecking order. And I feel that’s been a problem with them, in that sense of stepping down.”
Ede, 49, claims the royals don’t carry the identical prestige in Hollywood as other stars just like the Kardashians, for instance.
“I feel the thing is that you just forget that in Hollywood, royalty isn’t any individual with a title,” he explained. “It’s J.Lo, it’s Sharon Stone, it’s Beyoncé, it’s the Kardashians. That’s their royalty.”
“And likewise the Obamas or Clintons. For those who’ve been in office, aside from Trump, then you definitely’re seen as being a top dog. I feel they’ve underestimated that in some ways,” he added.
Ede claims he struck up a friendship with Markle back in 2013 after he asked the then-actress to host the London Global Gift Gala.
He went on to say she was “very nice” during their three-year friendship.
The Sussexes sensationally stepped down as senior members of the royal family in 2021 — a choice that was followed by a everlasting move to the US, and a number of other high-publicity projects reminiscent of a Netflix doc, and Harry’s memoir, “Spare.”
It’s reported that one other royal, Prince Andrew, is exploring a possible move to the US after “keeping an eye fixed” on how Harry and Meghan are getting on.
The source claimed that the disgraced 62-year-old is “very interested” in “business and charity” — but unlike his nephew, he won’t be exploring Netflix-style projects as he looks to “forge a latest profession.”
