King Charles' brutal 'one-word take' on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's marriage

King Charlesbelieves Prince Harry is "whipped" by his wife, Meghan Markle, a royal expert has sensationally claimed.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex haven't had an easy ride since they stepped down as working members of the Royal Family in 2020 and moved to the sunshine state of California. They've been hit with backlash over their ventures away from royal life, including Harry's explosive memoir Spare and their tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey, with Meghan's new lifestyle brand, As Ever, and Netflix series the latest to be hit with a brutal blow.

Now, royal commentator Esther Krauke has claimed that despite specifically moving away from the monarchy, Meghan, 43, will be less than impressed with her reduced royal status, and claimed the King worries that Harry, 40, is under the thumb.

Krauke told to The Sun: "We know that King Charles said something about him being whipped. We keep hearing things consistently coming out from courtiers and people that are close to the Royal Family."

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The writer and broadcaster added: "The Queen's opinion of Meghan evolved, and it's much like how the country's opinion evolved. I think where things went wrong was clearly the cultural clash. I think in some ways Meghan thought she was marrying a billionaire, but was marrying a millionaire with like sort of a reduced status."

Krauke noted that perhaps Meghan didn't "fully understand or was even interested" in her new royal role. She also mentioned that the duchess "hadn't earned enough brownie points to actually be able to choose the tools she wanted to go on in the way that she wanted to do or curate her image in the same way".

Harry and Meghan tied the knot in May 2018, but have faced new explosive claims about tension in the lead-up to their wedding. According to a royal author, Harry had left the late Queen 'dismayed' with some of the wedding arrangements - even saying that he almost 'blew' his relationship with his late grandmother.

Sally Bedell Smith claims that before her death, Lady Elizabeth Anson, a cousin of Elizabeth II and a high-society party planner, told her that the former monarch had become "very worried" about her grandson and that Meghan's intentions had been questioned.

Former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond told the Mirror that the situation was 'extremely sad'. She explained: "There have been too many reports about tensions in the weeks running up to Harry and Meghan's marriage to discount them. I think the old saying 'there's no smoke without fire' holds true.

"Lady Elizabeth Anson was certainly a very well-connected and informed source for these latest reports, which suggest that the Queen felt Harry was rushing into a marriage too quickly.

"Worse than that, it seems the Queen and other members of the Royal Family doubted Meghan's sincerity and found her very difficult to deal with.

"It's extremely sad to think that the situation also soured the late Queen's relationship with her very much loved grandson, Harry: a young man she had nurtured and guided through the very worst time of his life, the death of his mother.

"Is it fair that all this is being brought up so many years later? Maybe not, but then perhaps Meghan shouldn't allude to lies being told about her eight years ago, which she did in a recent podcast.

"The fact is the royal story is always a source of curiosity and will sell books and papers, especially when there is a whiff of discord or scandal."

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