Did Prince Harry Ban Close School Friend From His Wedding Reception Because of Meghan Markle?

Meghan Markle has been often accused of driving Prince Harry away from his father and other members of the family. A lot of royal experts have slammed Markle for creating a wedge between King Charles III and the royal prince. Meanwhile, Prince William and Prince Harry also grew apart after the Prince of Wales advised his younger brother to go slow in his relationship with the former American actress.
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It is now suggested that Prince Harry stopped talking to one of his close school friends, Tom Inskip, because of Meghan Markle. Inskip, renowned as Skippy, was a guest at the Sussexes’ lavish royal wedding on May 19, 2018, in Windsor Castle. However, he and his wife were absent from the evening reception, and the same raised a lot of eyebrows. Royal authors have reflected on the absence of Skippy from his childhood friends’ wedding reception.
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Prince Harry was not happy with Tom Inskip because of his comments on Meghan Markle
In their book Finding Freedom, royal authors Carolyn Durand and Omid Scobie have revealed the reason behind Tom Inskip missing Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding evening bash. As per the royal writers, the Duke of Sussex was extremely hurt by Skippy’s comments about his relationship with Markle. Skippy had advised his childhood friend to slow down the pace of his relationship. He wanted the Sussexes to enter into a live-in relationship before tying the knot.
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Though Inskip had no ill intentions, Prince Harry took offense and thus banned him from his wedding bash. Notably, Skippy and his wife Lara were present during the wedding and the lunch reception, as they were hosted by Queen Elizabeth II. Further, Carolyn Durand and Omid Scobie revealed that Inskip expressed his disappointment with his other friends. He believed that the Suits alum had changed his friend too much, and they had lost him.
“Many of Harry’s old friends said that the evening guest list was the prince and his bride’s way of saying ‘these are the people we want in our lives moving forward’,” the two authors further wrote in the book as mentioned by Hindustan Times.
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