Six years ago, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle boldly stepped away from their royal duties in the U.K. together — but now, a source says the married duo are no longer on the same page about their new life in America.

“Meghan is still laser focused on the Hollywood scene and building her brand, but Harry’s lost interest in schmoozing with Tinseltown types,” the source tells Star. “It was a novelty at first. These days, however, that’s worn off and it’s just a bore to him.”

While the As Ever founder, 44, and her husband, 41, did make two joint appearances at Utah’s Sundance Film Festival in January to promote their documentary, Cookie Queens, the California-based couple’s professional paths “are going in different directions,” insists the source. “Harry is pouring all his energy into his Invictus Games Foundation and chasing speaking gigs wherever he can find them.”

Represented by Harry Walker Agency, the redhead is slated to appear at this year’s International Association of Privacy Professionals Global Summit, where experts will discuss AI, cybersecurity and more from March 30 to April 2 in Washington, D.C.

“Harry and Meghan are on opposite schedules,” says the source. “As a result, they’re spending a ton of time apart.”

According to the source, the pair also “move in different social circles lately — which is creating even more distance.”

“Fact is, the marriage is nowhere near as perfect as she likes to make it seem,” adds the source of the With Love, Meghan star. “When the cameras are off, their lives are separate.”

Prince Harry, on the Verge of Tears, Says U.K. Tabloids Are Making Meghan Markle’s Life ‘an Absolute Misery’

“It’s a horrible experience,” the Duke of Sussex said as he concluded emotional testimony in his lawsuit against the publisher of the ‘Daily Mail’

Prince Harry ended his nearly two-hour testimony in London’s High Court on an emotional note, his voice breaking as he accused the U.K. tabloids he is suing of continuing to target him — and, he said, making his wife Meghan Markle‘s life “an absolute misery.”

On Wednesday, Jan. 21, the Duke of Sussex, 41, finished giving evidence in his lawsuit against Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday. Turning toward the judge, Harry’s voice broke as he spoke about the toll the case — and the coverage surrounding it — has taken on his family.

“By standing up here and taking a stand against them, this has continued to come after me,” Harry said, his voice cracking with emotion. “And they have made my wife’s life an absolute misery, my Lord.”

Asked earlier about the impact of the press coverage during the years-long legal fight, Harry said the situation had only intensified. “Through the course of this litigation, it’s only got worse, not better,” he told the court. “It’s fundamentally wrong to put all of us through all of this again. What’s required is an apology and some accountability. It’s a horrible experience.”

PEOPLE was inside the courtroom as Harry appeared on the verge of tears while concluding his evidence, pausing as he addressed the judge and spoke about the personal cost of pursuing the case.

Following the day’s proceedings, a spokesperson for the Duke of Sussex said the cross-examination quickly unraveled.

“Today’s cross-examination was revealing in its weakness: assertive in tone, but collapsing immediately under scrutiny from Prince Harry,” the spokesperson said. “Associated couldn’t wait to get him off the stand, questioning him for just 2 hours and avoiding 10 of his 14 articles entirely.”

Prince Harry also weighed in after the session, underscoring what he said was the central focus of the trial: “Today we reminded the Mail Group who is on trial and why.”

Harry is one of seven high-profile claimants — including Elton John and Elizabeth Hurley — suing Associated Newspapers over allegations of unlawful information gathering, claims the publisher has strongly denied. The case marks Harry’s final active lawsuit against the British press, capping years of litigation over tabloid practices.

In his witness statement, seen by PEOPLE, Harry said he felt compelled to take legal action after what he described as “vicious” and “sometimes racist” coverage of Meghan following the start of their relationship in 2016.

“However, in late 2016, when my relationship with Meghan, my now wife, became public, I started to become increasingly troubled by the approach of not taking action against the press in the wake of vicious persistent attacks on, harassment of and intrusive, sometimes racist articles concerning Meghan. The situation got worse when she became pregnant and after our son, Archie, was born,” he said, referring to their son Prince Archie, now 6.

The emotional testimony comes a year after Harry reached a surprise settlement with the publisher of The Sun, which paid an eight-figure sum in damages and issued an unprecedented apology acknowledging unlawful actions.

Harry traveled from his California home earlier this week for the start of what is expected to be a nine-week trial in London — a case he has described as part of a long-running effort to seek accountability from the British press.

Meghan Markle Shares Rare Glimpse of Her and Husband Prince Harry’s Montecito Home Office

Meghan Markle is offering a rare peek into her and husband Prince Harry’s dreamy Montecito, California, abode.

Meghan, 44, shared Instagram Story footage on Thursday, February 5, where she walked into the couple’s home office to deliver Harry, 41, a package of As Ever x Compartés chocolate.

“Hello,” Harry said once Meghan handed him the newly released treat. “Oh, yes please! Thank you, love you.”

Meghan’s As Ever lifestyle brand recently launched its White Chocolate & Flower Sprinkles Duo, combining Compartés’ signature chocolate with her company’s original flower sprinkles.

In the social media footage, Harry sat at a wooden desk that was decorated with an array of beige-colored candles in front of a white dresser. The chest held a variety of family photos, a framed illustration of two pandas cuddling and a board of various crests.

Beneath Harry’s setup, the couple’s dog Mamma Mia was seen resting in a wicker dog bed on a gray, patterned pillow. (Harry and Meghan are also puppy parents of Pula, while dog Guy died in January 2025.)

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who have been married since 2018, relocated from Harry’s native England to California two years later in 2020 when they stepped down from their duties as senior working royals.

After a brief stay at friend Tyler Perry’s Los Angeles compound, Harry and Meghan settled in Montecito with kids Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 4.

“We were looking in this area, and this house kept popping up online in searches,” the Suits alum said in a 2022 interview with New York Magazine’s The Cut. “We didn’t have jobs, so we just were not going to come and see this house. It wasn’t possible. It’s like when I was younger and you’re window shopping. It’s like, ‘I don’t want to go and look at all the things that I can’t afford. That doesn’t feel good.’”

Despite their hesitations, Harry and Meghan decided to tour the house anyway.

“One of the first things my husband saw when we walked around the house was those two palm trees,” she told the outlet. “They’re connected at the bottom. He goes, ‘My love, it’s us.’ And now every day when Archie goes by us, he says, ‘Hi, Momma. Hi, Papa.’”

According to Meghan, she and Harry “did everything [they] could to get” the house.

“You walk in and go … joy. And exhale. And calm,” she stated. “It’s healing. You feel free.”

Meghan has since offered brief glimpses of the property via her social media and in the couple’s Netflix docuseries, Harry & Meghan. In contrast, the streamer’s With Love, Meghan is not filmed on the property.

“I wanted to protect that safe haven,” she told People in 2025 of deciding not to film her lifestyle series at home. “We’re a close-knit family, and I love those moments — putting Lili down for a nap, having lunch together, having sacred time together at the end of the day. Our kitchen is where Mama just cooks for the family, and with a crew of 80-plus people, that’s a lot of people to have in your house.”

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Prince Harry Emotionally Claims Daily Mail Publisher Made Meghan Markle’s ‘Life an Absolute Misery’ as He Takes Stand in Privacy Case

Prince Harry grew emotional as he took the stand at London’s High Court on Wednesday in his privacy case against the publisher of U.K. tabloid Daily Mail, claiming that it’s been a “traumatic experience” that has made his wife Meghan Markle’s “life an absolute misery.”

The Duke of Sussex, who stepped away from royal duties in 2020 alongside Markle, was originally expected to give evidence in court on Thursday. However, his testimony was moved up after Antony White, the defense lawyer for Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers Limited, delivered his opening statement quicker than expected. Harry is one of several big names — including Elton John and his husband David Furnish, Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost — taking on the publisher, alleging that the company engaged in illegal activities like phone-hacking and hiring private investigators to place listening devices inside cars. Associated Newspapers has denied the allegations, calling them “preposterous” and saying they were brought to court too late.

Harry’s claims specifically reference 14 articles published by Associated Newspapers titles between 2001 and 2013. As reported by BBC News, when questioned by White why he didn’t complain about his treatment in the press — specifically the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday — earlier, Harry responded that he “wasn’t allowed to complain” when he was a working member of the royal family, which he calls “the institution.”

In his witness statement, which Harry did not deliver in person but was published as his questioning began, the prince wrote that his “uneasy relationship” with the press began after the 1997 death of his mother, Princess Diana, when he was 12 years old.

 

 

“As a member of the Institution the policy was to ‘never complain, never explain.’ There was no alternative; I was conditioned to accept it,” Harry wrote, according to BBC News. “For the most part, I accepted the interest in my performing my public functions. However, in late 2016, when my relationship with Meghan, my now wife, became public, I started to become increasingly troubled by the approach of not taking action against the press in the wake of vicious persistent attacks on, harassment of and intrusive, sometimes racist articles concerning Meghan.”

He added in the witness statement that many articles made him “paranoid beyond belief” and alleged that the publications sought to “drive me to drugs and drinking to sell more of their papers.” He also said that he was “extremely upset” by a 2006 article detailing his and Prince William’s reactions to the publication of a photo of Princess Diana after her fatal car crash. “If Associated was willing to publish this type of material, then it really makes me wonder how far they are prepared to go,” Harry wrote, adding that the information in the article made him think journalists “were plainly listening in to our calls.”

Harry was questioned about specific Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday journalists while on the stand, alleging in his witness statement that some instances “felt like full-blown stalking” and “constant surveillance.” He claimed that Mail on Sunday foreign correspondent Barbara Jones would “turn up in the most bizarre places” and said it was “very suspicious” that she would know where he was, particularly when he was in Africa.

According to BBC News, the judge interrupted Harry twice to remind him not to argue the case himself when responding to questioning.

After White’s questioning, the claimants’ lawyer, David Sherborne, allowed Harry to speak more about how Associated Newspapers’ alleged actions have impacted his life. According to BBC News, Harry called it a “traumatic experience” to recount the contents of the articles.

“Having my life, like others, commercialized in this way since I was a teenager, delving into every single aspect of my private life, listening into calls, blagging flights, so that they could find out where I’m going … To sit here and go through this all over again and have them give their own defense and claim that I don’t have any right to any privacy is disgusting,” Harry said (via BBC News).

He then grew visibly emotional, saying that his life has only “got worse, not better” in the process of suing Associated Newspapers and that they have “made my wife’s life an absolute misery.”

This marks Harry’s third time suing a major newspaper group, having previously taken legal action against The Sun owner News Group Newspapers, which settled before trial, as well as The Mirror Group, a case in which he was awareded £140,600 in damages. Harry’s testimony during his 2023 trial against The Mirror Group made history, as he became the first royal in 130 years to testify in court.

Sherborne alleged in his opening statement that “there was clear, systematic and sustained use of unlawful information gathering at both the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday.” White countered that the group is “clutching at straws” and that information in some of the stories had been published previously, with some of it coming from friends of the claimants who became sources for journalists.

 

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