Meghan Markle ‘pushed Harry to take advantage’ over Megxit ‘years before’ family told

A private conversation between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has been decoded by lip readers – and they claim it gives a telling insight on their plot to quit the Ryal Family

A private conversation between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has been decoded by lip readers, with one telling comment between the couple leading experts to believe they had been plotting their exit from the royal family years before they relocated to California.

The seemingly confidential conversation occurred between the Sussexes at a Service of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in 2018, just six months after their star-studded wedding in Windsor Castle. The couple was joined in the Abbey by the entire royal family, including the late Queen Elizabeth to honour fallen servicemen and women, and to mark the Centenary of the Armistice.

According to the brand new Channel 5 documentary, Lip-Reading The Royals: The Secret Conversations, as Harry and Meghan sat and waited for the ceremony to begin, they started conversing and taking in the situation, with Meghan asking Harry a very serious question.

Lip reading expert Nicola Hickling decoded the conversation for the programme, as she claimed Meghan instructed Harry to “take advantage of the situation”, before she turned to look around at the sea of royals that surrounded them.

She says Harry responded to her comment by asking: “Today?”, as Meghan added: “Do it tonight.” Then, Harry poses a question to Meghan, asking: “You do realise that this is the end?” as Meghan responds: “Yeah, I do know”.

It is then suggested by royal historian Dr Tessa Dunlop that the seemingly private comments between the Sussexes could mean that the couple had been plotting their dramatic exit from the royal family years before they actually decided to call it quits.

Despite having the cryptic conversation at the end of 2018, their first child Prince Archie was born just six months later, as they remained in senior working royal positions for a further eight months after becoming parents.

The Sussexes announced their departure from the royal family in January 2020, sharing a statement on Instagram that they would be “taking a step back” as senior working royals, adding that they would “plan to balance our time between the United Kingdom and North America”.

Their statement also said that by leaving the royal family and relocating to California, it would give them the opportunity to raise their son Archie “with an appreciation for the royal tradition into which he was born, while also providing our family with the space to focus on the next chapter.”

Previously, in the couple’s controversial new Netflix show, Harry admitted they had been planning the shock move away from the UK for “a minimum of two years”.

In 2018, Harry claims they discussed moving to New Zealand or South Africa – and almost did move to South Africa before the story was leaked to the press. But Harry says they were forced to scrap the plan as it became a “public debate”, so they desperately looked to find a new home while temporarily living in Canada in January 2020.

Now, five years on from their departure from the Firm, rumours have emerged that peace talks could be in the works between Prince Harry and his father, King Charles. Senior aides for both royals were spotted having a conversation at a private club in London.

The meeting has prompted many to wonder if the aides had been discussing a possible meeting between the King and Harry, when he is due to visit the UK in September. However, no representatives for Prince William, who also has an extremely rocky relationship with his brother, were at the meeting.

Harry recently made public his desire to bury the hatchet with his family, saying in a tell-all interview with the BBC in May that he “would love a reconciliation” with the King and William, as he admitted that he was tired of fighting, and he worried about Charles’ health because he did “not know how much longer [his] father has.” In the interview, the Duke even said: “I would like to get my father and brother back.”

Lip-Reading The Royals: The Secret Conversations airs on Saturday at 7pm on Channel 5.

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