According to a royal author, Prince Harry was left deeply let down when his late mother Princess Diana’s sisters failed to embrace Meghan Markle as he had hoped.

When Harry introduced Meghan to Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Lady Jane Fellowes, he had expected them to see reflections of their sister in his then-fiancée. He believed Diana would have warmly welcomed Meghan and thought her sisters might feel the same. However, the meeting didn’t go as he imagined.

Rather than recognizing familiar traits between Meghan and Diana, Lady Sarah and Lady Jane reportedly didn’t share Harry’s view. Their reaction, according to royal biographer Tom Bower, left Harry “so disappointed.” The sisters were said to have felt that Meghan wouldn’t be a good fit within the royal family.

Despite their reservations, Harry and Meghan went on to marry in 2018. They have since started a family and now have two children.

The claims are detailed in Bower’s book Revenge: Meghan, Harry, and the War Between the Windsors, where he writes, “Harry assumed that Diana’s family and friends would see a similarity between Diana and his fiancée. Both, he said, shared the same problems. He was so disappointed.” Bower adds, “No one agreed that his vulnerable mother had anything in common with his girlfriend. More discomforting for him, they thought Meghan would not fit in with the royal family.”

Still, Harry continued to defend his wife. In his 2022 Netflix docuseries, he openly drew comparisons between Meghan and Diana, saying, “So much of what Meghan is and how she is, is so similar to my mum. She has the same compassion, the same empathy, the same confidence. She has this warmth about her.”

Recently, Meghan has faced renewed public scrutiny, including reports that she lost a chance to appear on the cover of Vogue due to what were described as excessive demands. The setback has sparked more criticism from royal commentators.

Among those speaking out was commentator Esther Krakue, who suggested Meghan should focus more on her public image and embrace her royal role rather than trying to shape herself as a thought leader with an unconventional worldview.

Speaking on The Sun’s Royal Exclusive, Krakue criticized Meghan’s recent appearance on The Jamie Kern Lima Show podcast, where Meghan revealed she didn’t know how to write a resume. Krakue remarked bluntly, “She’s also never had to write a resume, let’s be honest.”

She went on to question Meghan’s approach to complex societal issues, noting, “The lens through which she views the world is very peculiar.”