Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s neighbours have slammed the duo as the ‘most entitled, disingenuous people on the planet’.
In a series of cutting remarks, wealthy homeowners living in star-studded Montecito near the couple’s $29million mansion criticised Harry and Meghan for turning their once-peaceful neighbourhood into a noisy throng of tourists and fast cars.
Living in a luxury pad they bought from an oligarch, Meghan and Harry have become ‘local villains’ in the fancy California suburb.
One fuming local said: ‘They moved away from England to get away from the scrutiny of the press and all they do is try and get in the press in the United States.’
The Sussexes have been mired in a series of controversies since they ditched their lives as working royals for a life of luxury in America.
A Spotify executive called the pair ‘f***ing grifters’ after their deal with the streaming platform ended and more recently Meghan’s Netflix cookery show has been hit with allegations she copied other chefs’ recipes.
Just like his wife, Harry has courted controversy in the five years since Megxit.
After claiming in his memoir Spare that he took cocaine, marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms as a younger man, President-Elect Donald Trump even hinted he could deport Harry if he is found to have lied on his visa application about taking drugs.
Neighbours of the Sussexes have criticised the couple for claiming to leave the UK to get away from the press while also trying to attract the attention of the media in the US
One local told Vanity Fair: ‘I still think they’re the most entitled, disingenuous people on the planet’
Celebrity commentator, Lainey Gossip, said the most common criticism of the former Suits actress, as well as Harry, was ‘you can’t cherry-pick the good parts and leave out the bad parts’ of fame
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan kiss as she presents his polo team with the trophy for winning the Royal Salute Polo Challenge in April last year
In a bombshell article from Vanity Fair, the couple have seen the lifted lifted on their glamorous life – with former colleagues and neighbours lining up to vent their fury at the pair.
A source who worked closely with Harry and Meghan said: ‘I can picture him meeting Meghan and being just a deep breath of, like, ‘I’ve been so exhausted, and you make everything so easy’.
‘I don’t want to be like, oh, it’s an Oedipus thing or whatever, but it kind of feels like she’s reparenting him in a way.’
Harry once wondered why he didn’t turn into a ‘bad guy’ such as Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump after his ‘mother was essentially murdered’, a person who worked with him and Meghan has claimed.
During the couple’s signing to Spotify, the Duke reportedly wanted to host a podcast series where he interviewed powerful men with complicated stories, Bloomberg reported.
Harry and Meghan attend the 2024 ESPY Awards at Dolby Theatre in July 2024 in California
Meghan speaks with Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo and Doug Goodwin, who’s home was destroyed by the Eaton Fire, in Altadena
Meghan and Harry stood alongside the embattled California governor’s wife as they served meals to the survivors of the Los Angeles wildfires
Meghan and Harry were comforting LA fire victims last week amid the chaos
Harry took a particular interest in how these men’s personal experiences transformed them into sociopaths, a source who worked closely with the couple on audio projects recalled.
According to the source, Harry said: ‘I have very bad childhood trauma. Obviously. My mother was essentially murdered. What is it about me that didn’t make me one of these bad guys?’
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Eventually, nearly two years after the couple’s deal signing with Spotify, Meghan premiered her podcast Archetypes – aimed at empowering women by breaking down gender stereotypes.
The ‘archetypes’ discussed included ‘diva’, which saw the Duchess chat with superstar Mariah Carey, and ‘bimbo’ with Paris Hilton and Iliza Shlesinger.
The podcast debuted on August 23, 2022, before Spotify and Archewell Audio released a statement confirming they had mutually agreed to part ways in June 2023.
An individual who worked in media projects read claims of Meghan ‘bullying’ palace aids and said they could not imagine such behaviour really happened.
Meghan and Harry are pictured in LA after helping to hand out food parcels to survivors of the LA wildfires
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Nearly two years after the couple’s deal signing with Spotify, Meghan premiered her podcast Archetypes, aimed at empowering women by breaking down gender stereotypes
However, after working with the Duchess, the person allegedly changed their mind, thinking: ‘Oh, any given Tuesday this happened.’
A person who interacted with her professionally reportedly said: ‘You can be yelled at even if somebody doesn’t raise their voice.
‘[It’s] funny that people don’t differentiate between the energy of being yelled at and literally somebody screaming at you.’
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Harry and Meghan were on the cusp of evacuation last week as the apocalyptic fires ravaged Los Angeles and headed towards their Montecito mansion.
Montecito was placed under a red flag warning as strong Santa Ana winds – branded the Devil Winds – fueled ‘explosive fire growth’ and brought an increased threat of more blazes across the greater LA region.
Montecito Fire warned that the strong winds could cause fires to ‘grow rapidly’ and ‘behave erratically’, and told residents to be ‘ready to evacuate’.
Meghan and Harry have rallied around LA fire victims by making donations to relief efforts through their Archewell Foundation and over the weekend served meals to survivors alongside the wife of embattled Governor Gavin Newsom. Their visit saw the Sussexes branded ‘disaster tourists’.