The late Prince Philip allegedly gave his grandson Prince Harry a stern warning about getting married to an actress ahead of his 2018 wedding to Meghan Markle.
âOne steps out with actresses, one doesnât marry them,â the Duke of Edinburgh allegedly told the Duke of Sussex after he and the âSuitsâ alum got engaged in 2017, royal biographer Andrew Lownie wrote in his book âEntitled,â according to the Daily Mail.
Per the outlet, royal author Ingrid Seward also stated in her 2024 book, âMy Mother and I, Philip,â that Philip was âone of the very few waryâ of Markle when she and Harry started dating in 2016.


Philip, who died in April 2021 at the age of 99, also compared Markle to the late King Edward VIIIâs wife, Wallis Simpson, with whom he gave up the throne to marry in 1937.
The former Duke and Duchess of Windsorâs marriage was viewed as a scandal since the socialite had been married and divorced twice.
They were together until Edward died in 1972.


Reps for Markle, 44, and Buckingham Palace werenât immediately available to Page Six for comment.
Philip and Queen Elizabeth II, who died in 2022, were present when Harry, 41, and Markle tied the knot at Windsor Castle in May 2018.
According to Grant Harrold, a former royal butler, Philip allegedly told Elizabeth, âThank fâk thatâs over,â shortly after leaving the chapel.
In January 2020, the couple announced they were resigning from their royal duties and opted to move to North America, where they now live with their kids: Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 4.


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Philip reportedly refused to have a say in Harry and Markleâs decision and allegedly told Elizabeth that he would âbe soon out of it.â
Per the US Sun, while the Duke of Edinburgh allegedly didnât agree with the duoâs choices, he believed âpeople have to lead their lives as they think best,â according to royal biographer Gyles Brandreth.
Brandreth also wrote that Philip labeled Harry and Markleâs tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey as âmadness.â


In the 2021 interview, Markle told the TV personality that her life as a royal was âalmost unsurvivable.â
âI just didnât want to be alive anymore,â she said.
Markle also discussed how members of the royal family once allegedly discussed their concerns about âhow dark [Archieâs] skin might be when he was born.â
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