One of the most fascinating things about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is that they are both members of the Royal Family and celebrities. Sure, other royals like King Charles or Prince William are royals in their own right, but you don’t see those two launching podcasts, headlining docuseries, or trying to create their own lifestyle brands from scratch.
Harry has been rather transparent that he and Meghan have pursued deals with companies like Netflix to fund their new life in America after Charles cut him off. Now, though, it looks like these royal rebels are getting cut off in an entirely different way…specifically, getting snubbed by some of their most famous friends!
Ironically, the more fame they chase, the more Harry and Meghan seem to end famous friendships. Don’t believe it? Keep reading to discover everything you need to know about the big names trying to distance themselves from England’s most scandalous royal couple.
Getting snubbed by Oprah?
To this day, one of Harry and Meghan’s most famous friends is Oprah Winfrey. After all, it was during an infamous interview with her that the couple dropped some serious bombshells, including that Charles financially cut Harry off and that an unnamed member of the Royal Family was worried about the skin color of Meghan’s unborn child. Some saw this interview as a rejection of their fellow royals and an indication that Harry and Meghan had forsaken everyone back in England in order to embrace new friends and a new life in America.
However, we couldn’t help but wonder how close to Oprah the couple really is after we discovered that they didn’t attend her birthday party in January 2024. This was a major event attended by everyone from Jennifer Lopez to the Kardashians. There could be any number of reasons why these royal rebels didn’t attend, but nobody ever confirmed whether or not they were even invited. If not, this would be a huge snub from Oprah and a strong hint that some of America’s biggest celebs are starting to keep their distance.
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Not on President Obama’s invite list
Speaking of not getting invited to major events, we couldn’t help but take notice when Harry and Meghan didn’t show up to Barack Obama’s 60th birthday party in 2021. The former president made this into a huge event at his Martha’s Vineyard home, and plenty of celebs were invited, including George Clooney and Chrissy Teigen. Historically, Harry and Meghan have been very close to Obama and his family, but they ended up chilling at their own Montecito home during this event.
As with Oprah, we don’t have any official confirmation as to whether or not the couple was even invited to the event in the first place. Unofficially, though, royal correspondent Angela Levin told The Sun that “Harry and Meghan were never even on the original list.” This would imply that Obama, like many of the couple’s other famous friends, decided to distance himself from these two, possibly because they are such a magnet for drama and scandalous headlines.
Major drama with David and Victoria Beckham
Once upon a time, Prince Harry was particularly close to sports legend David Beckham and his wife, musical legend Victoria Beckham. However, there was reportedly a royal fallout between the two couples after Meghan Markle accused the Beckhams of leaking info about her and Harry to the press. In turn, Harry went to personally confront David over the matter, and while we don’t know exactly what went down, the friendship between them was permanently soured after that.
Depending on who you talk to, there may be other factors behind this royal falling out. For example, royal expert Ingrid Seward told The Irish Sun that Meghan was likely jealous that Victoria Beckham is getting ready to launch her Netflix show The House of VB which focuses on the fashion empire she built after becoming famous as a Spice Girl. Markle has her own Netflix deal but has yet to release any shows, and Sewell claims that “I think she’d be annoyed that Victoria had pipped her to the post.”
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Meghan Markle “jams” up some friendships
Meghan Markle hasn’t quite gotten her own media empire up and running, but she is still exploring some other interesting, including creating her own lifestyle brand. That brand is called American Riviera Orchard, and she came up with a fairly unique way to market it. Specifically, she sent out 50 jars of her own gourmet jam to her celebrity friends in hopes they would post about it on social media.
It’s a neat strategy, and if her brand really takes off, it might all be worth it. But it was hard not to notice who didn’t post about the jam, including George Clooney, Oprah, and Tyler Perry. All of them are supposedly close friends with these royals, so it’s tough to think they didn’t get any jam. And if they received the jam and simply said nothing, the message seems clear: these celebs would rather leave Meghan and her brand out to dry rather than risk further association with her scandalous self!