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Prince Harry ‘wanted out’ of Royal Family years before quitting but one relative got him to stay
It is more than four years ago that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle left the world reeling when they sensationally announced they were quitting their royal roles.
Barely two years after their fairytale royal wedding in 2018, the couple left the UK to set up new lives in California and sign big money deals with the likes of Netflix and Spotify.
The shock announcement appeared to come out of the blue – but later, Harry’s long-held frustration at royal life was laid bare in his controversial memoir Spare. And it seems he publicly hinted all might not have been well with his royal role at least three years before so-called Megxit happened.
In an interview seven years ago in 2017, the Duke of Sussex admitted he had once “wanted out” of the Firm and just desired an “ordinary life”. In a chat, later reported in the Mail On Sunday, Harry, then 32, told of his struggles but said he ultimately decided to stick it out thanks to one relative. He reportedly admitted: “I spent many years kicking my heels and I didn’t want to grow up.