Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are currently facing backlash for their recent statements about the royal family and the British monarchy. But one of their supporters believes that they will survive the ongoing media storm.

During his recent interview, former royal butler Paul Burrell even compared the backlash that Prince Charles and Princess Diana received during their time. The royal couple didn’t survive the constant scrutiny, and they eventually divorced.

But Burrell is confident that the same thing won’t happen to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. In fact, Burrell is convinced that the couple will survive the media storm because they have one thing that the Prince and Princess of Wales didn’t have.

Prince Harry and Markle love each other deeply, but Prince Charles and Princess Diana didn’t. At the beginning of the royal couple’s marriage, the Prince and Princess of Wales appeared to be very close. But during Princess Diana’s second pregnancy, things changed between the royals.

In the book “Diana: Her True Story,” royal author Andrew Morton said that Prince Charles’ comments after learning that his second child will be another boy hurt Princess Diana deeply. And since then, their relationship could no longer be repaired.

And in the book “Harry: Conversations With the Prince,” royal author Angela Levin said that Prince Harry’s christening just deepened the tension between the royals couple.

“There was almost no interaction between her [Diana] and Prince Charles but at one point he brusquely told her, ‘He’s dribbling’, and she quickly wiped Prince Harry’s chin,” she said.

During Princess Diana’s conversation with royal author Andrew Morton, she said that the joy of Prince Harry’s christening was spoiled due to her husband’s tactlessness. The late royal revealed that Prince Charles went straight to her mother, Frances Shand Kydd, and told her that he was disappointed his second child wasn’t a girl. The comment stuck with Princess Diana until the day she died.

Britain's Prince Harry has said Meghan is being hounded by the press in the same way as his mother
Britain's Prince Harry has said Meghan is being hounded by the press in the same way as his mother AFP / Michele Spatari
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