Meghan Markle may not be accompanying Harry to the UK for the Invictus Games event because she is afraid that she will be booed by the British public again, a royal expert has said.
Prince Harry, 39, is set to fly to the UK next week for the event but he will not be joined by his wife.
A spokesman for the couple confirmed Meghan would not accompany her husband to a service at St Paul’s Cathedral to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games on May 8.
Instead the Duchess of Sussex, 42, will fly from the US to Nigeria to meet her husband for an official visit immediately afterwards.
The mother-of-two is worried about coming back because she does not want to feel unwelcome by royalists at St Paul’s for the second time, according to ITV News’ royal correspondent Chris Ship.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were booed during celebrations for the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 (the pair pictured at the event)
Royal Expert Chris Ship says Meghan may not want to go back to the London landmark because she is afraid of being booed again
Meghan and Harry went to the historic landmark in 2022 to participate in celebrations for the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
But when they exited the car, they were greeted by some smiles, cheers and applause – but also booing.
Speaking on the Sun’s Royal Exclusive Show, he said: ‘We heard the boos for them. We should be clear there was also people cheering for them, but there were definitely boos at St Paul’s Cathedral.
‘So going back there I can see why Meghan may not wish to accompany Harry there.’
In September 2022, the Duchess of Sussex travelled to Windsor Castle with her husband Harry, Kate and William to greet those who wanted to pay their respects to Queen after she passed away.
The former fab-four walked around and interacted with people who were eager to offer their best wishes to the royals during the tough time.
But when Meghan went to shake hands with one woman, she was ignored.
She refused to put out her hand when Meghan went to shake it, and then turned her head away from the former Suits star altogether.
Meghan was ignored by one well-wisher, who was paying her respects to the late Queen, after attempting to shake her hand
The royal expert also that Meghan will join Harry afterwards as they head to Nigeria, but Chris branded Meghan a ‘Marmite’ character.
He said: ‘We must remember that as much as Meghan in this country is a bit of Marmite character, people love her or people really don’t love her, she is likely to be seen very very differently in Africa.
‘So I would have thought actually that she will get huge numbers of crowds coming out to see her because she’s a figure on the global stage and she’s coming to their country.’
Meghan and Harry have been invited to Nigeria by the country’s chief of defence staff to take part in ‘cultural activities’.
They will meet service members and their families and participate in ‘traditional cultural activities’, according to Nigerian media.
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