Meghan Markle Reportedly Wants Out of Britain as Harry Fears Marriage Rift and MasterChef Backlash Grows
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Meghan Markle Reportedly Wants Out of Britain as Harry Fears Marriage Rift and MasterChef Backlash Grows

B2Upper-intermediateNovember 3, 202610 min

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly at odds over their future in Britain, with anonymous sources claiming Meghan wants to spend more time in California while Harry hopes to rebuild their lives in the United Kingdom. Closer reports that the couple may spend Thanksgiving and Christmas in the United States with Archie, Lilibet and Meghan's mother, Doria Ragland. Sources claim Harry fears Meghan could decide not to return permanently, although the couple have not publicly confirmed any disagreement. Meanwhile, royal commentator Carole Malone has dismissed Meghan's reported Junior MasterChef Australia hosting role as a career...

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Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue, I am your host, Mark Francis. Royal commentator Carol Malone has questioned Meghan Markle's decision to co-host junior Master Chef Australia, arguing that the role offers limited opportunities compared with the acting career she left behind. Speaking on the Royal's Unscripted podcast, Malone said,

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She's making this sound like it's a really big, fabulous gig. No, it isn't. She's having to go to the other end of the world to do a show with a relatively small audience co-hosting. Now where is this going to take her? Had she stayed in suits, maybe she would have been a big movie star by now. Maybe Hollywood would have beckoned.

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Malone suggested that Meghan could have made it big by continuing to pursue acting, although the assessment is speculation about how her career might have developed. She said, she could have made it big, but here she is now, married a prince, married into royalty, a prince from England, and she's going to the southern hemisphere to make a very small show

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