KEY POINTS

  • Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been planning their bombshell exit for months before the announcement
  • The royal couple already knew that they were quitting while at the Festival of Remembrance 
  • Prince Harry and Meghan Markle almost self-isolated themselves at the November event

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced their decision to quit the royal family in January. But a body language expert claimed that the couple already dropped clues of what was to come in November.

At that time, the royal couple attended the annual Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex sat in the Royal Box with the other members of the royal family during the event.

While speaking Express, body language expert Judi James said that it is possible Prince Harry and Markle’s plan to quit has already been laid out at that time.

“I think at the time it wasn’t possible to know quite what they were planning and how dramatic it would be, but I almost had the feeling that everything that happened to them, in particular at this outing, where they were almost put at the back of the royal box. I think Andrew was in a row in front of them, Boris Johnson was in a row in front of them. I have a feeling that it was playing to confirm for them that they’ve made the right decision,” she said.

James went on to say that Prince Harry and Markle looked self-isolating being somewhat shut off from the rest of the royal family, which could have been an obvious sign of what was to come. But for the royal expert, it was the Duke of Sussex’s body language that belied their plans.

“For her, it was a move back to her normal life whereas for him it was a seismic shift away from everything he had grown up with, so I could see a lot more reflective eye gaze. His eyes were almost unrecognizable because we’ve always seen Harry playing around, playing the joker with a naughty facial expression but suddenly you could see a haunted man, with wider rounded eyes, reflective not on the action or what was going on,” she said.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attend the Commonwealth Day Service on March 9, 2020, in London, England. Chris Jackson/Getty Images