Prince Harry will be a ‘lost soul in LA’ and will find it harder than Meghan Markle in the UK

Prince Harry will find it harder adjusting to life in LA than Meghan Markle did when she came to the UK, royal author Tom Quinn has claimed.

Speaking on Channel 5’s Harry & Meghan: Two Troubled Years, which aired last night, Tom, who released Extracted from Kensington Palace: An Intimate Memoir From Queen Mary To Meghan Markle by Tom Quinn this month, predicted that Prince Harry, 35, will be a ‘lost soul in LA’.

The royal commentator believes Harry will find it harder to adjust to life in LA, which has much looser privacy laws, as he’s not ‘as tough as Meghan’. 

Last month Harry moved to actor Tyler Pery’s $18 million Hollywood home with Meghan Markle, 38, and their son Archie, 1.

Speaking in the documentary, Tom said: ‘I think Harry will be like a lost soul in the US. 

He continued: ‘It will be far worse for Harry in America than Meghan in England. ‘Because he’s not as tough as she is.’

This comes after royal biographer Andrew Morton told The Times that he believes Harry will find it hard to deal with the ‘intrusive paparazzi’ in Hollywood.

‘They will have to get used to the paparazzi and in Hollywood the gloves will be off,’ he said. 

‘They’ll have TMZ sticking a camera in their faces saying, ‘How’s y our day going?’ It will be aggressive and Harry won’t like that.’

This follows claims that Prince Harry feels ‘rudderless’ and is ‘missing having a structure to his life’, a source told Vanity Fair this month.

The Duke of Sussex was stripped of his military appointments when he and Meghan Markle stepped back as senior royals, and has been living in an $18million mansion in Los Angeles since March. 

According to the source, the Duke has been ‘very busy keeping in touch with friends and colleagues’ in the UK with video calls, but feels ‘a bit rudderless’ without a job or friends in Los Angeles. 

And speaking on Entertainment Tonight, Katie Nicholl claimed Prince Harry and Prince William are ‘back in touch’ and have been chatting on the phone – leading to a ‘sense of relief’ from the Sussexes and the Cambridges. 

She said: ‘They have done video calls together, they have done a lot of family birthdays and I think with Prince Charles not being well, that really forced the brothers to pick up the phone and get back in touch.’ 

She added: ‘I think Kate and William miss Harry and Meghan to a degree, but certainly they miss Harry [being] around and part of their lives.’

However, a source told Vanity Fair’s Katie Nicholl that Prince Harry was particularly missing friends in the military community in the UK, revealing: ‘This is a very strange time for us all, but I think Harry is missing having a structure to his life right now. He doesn’t have friends in L.A. like Meghan and he doesn’t have a job.’ 

The source revealed how Prince Harry has been incredibly busy during the lockdown period having conference calls, with much of his time dedicated to keeping in touch with friends and colleagues. 

The Duke is also ‘keeping up regular communication’ with the organisations and patronages which he works at in the UK, according to the source.

They went on to explain that  Prince Harry ‘misses’ his friends within the military community at home, adding: ‘At the moment he’s a bit rudderless, but it won’t always be like this, and he knows that.’

The comments come after sources claimed Prince Harry feels he would have been ‘better protected’ from the turmoil he has faced in recent months if he was still in the Army.

The Duke reportedly told friends he ‘cannot believe’ how his life has been ‘turned upside down’. 

Harry has told friends he is really missing the Army as well his military appointments,’ a source told The Daily Telegraph. ‘He misses the camaraderie of being in the forces.

‘He has been telling friends he still can’t believe this has happened. He can’t believe his life has been turned upside down.

Harry – affectionately known as Captain Wales in the forces – retains the rank of major and has insisted he would ‘continue his unwavering support to the military community in a non-official capacity’. 

Prince Harry had to give up military roles including Captain General of the Royal Marines and Honorary Air Commandant of RAF Honington. 

While the couple are working on their new not-for-profit organization Archewell, Harry will continue to oversee the the Invictus Games, the sporting event he founded for wounded injured or sick service men and women. 

Kensington Palace announced in March 2015 that Harry was to quit the Army after two tours of Afghanistan during a ten-year career. The prince said in a statement at the time that he was looking forward to a ‘new chapter’, adding he was at a ‘crossroads’ and leaving had been a ‘really tough decision’.

He had previously described military life as ‘normal as it’s going to get’ and said: ‘I’m one of the guys. I don’t get treated any differently.’

His decision to quit followed the launch of the Invictus Games in 2014, which gives sick and wounded military personnel the chance to compete in a Paralympics-style event.

On his decade of service, Harry said: ‘From learning the hard way to stay onside with my colour sergeant at Sandhurst, to the incredible people I served with during two tours in Afghanistan, the experiences I have had over the last ten years will stay with me for the rest of my life. For that I will always be hugely grateful.’

Meanwhile, last month reports emerged that Harry was missing home in April— particularly after his father, the Prince of Wales, tested positive for Covid-19 in March. 

According to Harry’s friend the conservationist Dr Jane Goodall, the duke was ‘finding life a bit challenging right now’. 

‘It’s not easy for Harry,’ another friend adds. ‘He had a much more established life in England and he doesn’t really know anyone in LA. I imagine he might be feeling a bit of what Meghan felt over in the UK — lonely and directionless.’