Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s marriage has not always been perfect. Harry has previously revealed that he and his wife had their first big fight about a year into their relationship, but they got through it and eventually tied the knot.

Yet while the two these days appear to present a united front, it can be safely assumed that their royal exit changed things forever.

The Sussexes have since continued with their lives in the US, raising two children and moving on to new business ventures. They’ve not all been successful, mind, with the couple at one point being labeled “grifters.”

This year has seen Harry and Meghan in some ways “returned” to their previous roles, as they’ve embarked on two overseas trips, both of which have been branded “royal tours” by their detractors. Meanwhile, worrying reports about Harry missing the UK are troublesome, and one expert now claims Meghan Markle is not happy with what her husband is attempting to do.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle began dating in early 2016. It didn’t take long for the couple to fall in love, but just as in any relationship, there was destined to be ups and downs.

Prince Harry & Meghan Markle

For the prince and former Suits star, their first fight occurred less than a year after they met. In his book, Spare, Harry revealed the moment he “snapped” at his then-girlfriend.

“Maybe the wine went to my head. Maybe the weeks of battling the press had worn me down. For some reason, when the conversation took an unexpected turn, I became touchy,” Harry wrote.

“Then angry. Disproportionately, sloppily angry.”

Harry explained that Meghan took a comment he had made “the wrong way” because of their “cultural difference.” He then spoke to her “harshly” and “cruelly.”

“I was also just over-sensitive that night, I thought: ‘Why’s she having a go at me?’ I snapped at her, spoke to her harshly [and] cruelly,” Harry continued.

“As the words left my mouth, I could feel everything in the room come to a stop. The gravy stopped bubbling, the molecules of air stopped orbiting. Even Nina Simone seemed to pause.”

Meghan left the room and disappeared. He recalled her being away for a “full 15 minutes,” before he found her in their bedroom.

“She wasn’t going to raise children in an atmosphere of anger or disrespect”

“She was calm, but said in a quiet, level tone that she would never stand for being spoken to like that. I nodded. She wanted to know where it came from,” Harry wrote in Spare. He remembered Meghan saying: “‘Where did you ever hear a man speak like that to a woman? Did you overhear adults speak that way when you were growing up?’ I cleared my throat, looked away [and responded], ‘Yes.’”

Meghan continued by saying she would never “tolerate” a partner or co-parent who yelled at her as he had done.

“She wasn’t going to raise children in an atmosphere of anger or disrespect. She laid it all out, super-clear,” Harry wrote, noting that both he and Meghan “knew” that his anger wasn’t a result of their conversation.

“It came from somewhere deep inside, somewhere that needed to be excavated, and it was obvious that I could use some help with the job,” Harry explained.

“‘I’ve tried therapy,’ I told her. ‘Willy told me to go. Never found the right person.’ [It] didn’t work. ‘No,’ she said softly. ‘Try again.’”

Luckily, the fight didn’t spell the end of their relationship, and Harry and Meghan moved on. In 2018, she became the Duchess of Sussex when the couple tied the knot. However, while Meghan had grown into a beloved member of the Royal Family from the public’s perspective, it wasn’t long before things took a drastic turn.

On January 8, 2020, Harry and Meghan shockingly announced they were leaving royal life behind.

The real reason Prince Harry and Meghan Markle left the royal family

In an interview with The Cut, Meghan opened up the period wherein she and Harry decided to leave the UK. British press coverage scrutinized the Duchess, affecting her health and relationship with the royal hierarchy.

As Harry and Meghan’s lives — as well as the rest of the Firm’s — were taxpayer-funded, the tabloids claimed the intense scrutiny was of “public interest.” As a result, the couple suggested they could work and earn their own money instead of being taxpayer-funded. Meghan explained that “maybe all the noise would stop.”‘

In Spare, Harry touched on the subject as to just why they ‘fled’ royal life.

In he and Meghan’s opinion, they had to leave. Reminiscing about a visit to Frogmore Cottage after Prince Philip’s funeral, Harry said: “How beautiful it all is, I thought. And also how sad.”