An American future? Prince Harry could become an American citizen like Princess Diana always wanted, a royal expert revealed on Thursday, January 28, in the podcast episode Royally Obsessed.
Now that Prince Harry, 36, and his wife Meghan Markle, 39, are already living in America, royal expert Rachel Bowie suggests it may just be a matter of time before the Duke of Sussex tries to become a citizen of the United States. . The couple, who moved to Montecito, California in 2020 with their son Archie, have taken more and more roots in America. While this is not necessarily a surprise to Meghan Markle, a native of Los Angeles, Bowie notes that Prince Harry has become “heavily invested in American culture, politics and values”.
Still, Bowie’s co-host Roberta Fiorito admitted that while the idea of citizenship is “interesting” for Prince Harry, it can be “overkill”. She noted, “For a long time, the US has a very strong relationship with the UK, so I feel like he grew up watching this.” This relationship may be the little push he needs to consider citizenship – but there is another unexpected influence related to his mother, Princess Diana, that can inspire him even more.
“Princess Diana talked about moving to New York for so long,” Bowie explained. “She really wanted to live in the United States and get away from it all. So I would not be surprised, since he is following in Diana’s footsteps more than we think.
Speculation about Princess Diana’s plans to move to the United States and become a citizen has been circulating for some time. In November 2019, former Princess of Wales butler Paul Burrell revealed that he planned to take his children, Prince Harry and Prince William with her to America one day.
Referring to Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Burrell explained: “They are not the first royals who decided to leave the country or have another home in another country.” According to Burrell, “Diana was also deciding to spend some time in America”.
“In fact, the day she died, there were plans on her desk for a house in Malibu, California, which she was in the process of buying,” he said. “She was going to take William and Harry for three, four weeks every year to America to give them a different culture, to give them a different outlook on life.”
