Meghan Markle reportedly hated anyone referring to her childhood as “dysfunctional”, claims royal author Tom Quinn.
The Duchess of Sussex was just six-years-old when her parents, Thomas Markle and Doria Ragland, split in 1987.
Meghan remains close with her mum, but has experienced a fractured relationship with her father since 2018. Thomas was unable to attend his daughter’s royal wedding in 2018 – and is yet to meet his grandchildren, Prince Archie, four, and Princess Lilibet, two.
Meghan has two half-siblings through her father’s first marriage – Samatha, 59, and Thomas Markle Jr, 57 – and has an estranged relationship with both of them.
Speaking to the Mirror, Mr Quinn said: “She is also really worried that her children will have no real relationship of any kind with their cousins George, Charlotte and Louis – Meghan loves the idea of having a big happy family and hates it when people describe her childhood and her family as dysfunctional.
“She’s terrified history is going to repeat itself.”
According to the expert, Meghan is “really worried” that Archie and Lilibet won’t be able to form relationships with their extended Royal Family – and would hate for their family life to also be described as “dysfunctional”.
Speaking of Meghan, Mr Quinn added: “A friend of the couple – one of Meghan’s few aristocratic friends from her time in the UK – told me Meghan does miss some aspects of life in the UK and worries that her children will blame her if they never get to see their cousins and feel as adults that they have been deprived of what might have been a fun and meaningful existence in the UK as working royals.”
Meghan and Harry now live in California, having moved there when their son was less-than-a-year-old. Princess Lilibet, unlike her brother, was born in the US – and is said to have only visited the UK once.
