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Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, bringing him back into the White House. While conservatives country-wide rejoice, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are allegedly worried about what might happen. Trump publicly stated in the recent past that he wouldn’t help Prince Harry stay in the U.S. if he became president. Here’s what a source said about Prince Harry and Meghan’s fears.

A royal expert says Prince Harry and Meghan Markle worry what Donald Trump ‘might do’ with them

It’s no secret that Donald Trump doesn’t like Prince Harry. Trump criticized Harry for leaving Britain in 2020, calling it an “unforgivable betrayal” to Queen Elizabeth II. Additionally, in March 2024, Trump brought up admissions that Harry made in his memoir, Spare. Harry admitted that he took drugs in his younger years. If Harry didn’t declare his previous drug use on his visa application, it could result in deportation.

“I wouldn’t protect him,” Trump said of Harry regarding the visa, according to DailyMail.com. “He betrayed the Queen. That’s unforgivable. He would be on his own if it was down to me.”

“Donald Trump doesn’t like Harry and Meghan,” Greg Swenson, Chairman of Republicans Overseas U.K., told The Sun. “He loves the King but doesn’t care for Harry at all. They indicted Trump for misrepresenting a bookkeeping entry; you could argue misrepresenting drug use on a visa form is more serious.”

Royal expert Ingrid Seward told The Sun that Trump’s anger might impact Harry and Meghan’s lives. “Trump is pretty mad, isn’t he,” she said. “So maybe he will pick on them. I don’t think Harry and Meghan will be too worried about what Trump might say; it’s what he might do that’s the issue. If he suddenly wanted to make an impact, it would definitely do that. He knows better than anyone that would get worldwide coverage. There is that danger.”

Prince Harry might be showing signs that he wants to return to the UK

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and their baby son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor in 2019. Meghan is holding Archie and smiling.
Royal family members Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and their baby son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor | Toby Melville/Pool/Getty Images
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped back as working royals in 2020 and moved to California. Harry officially changed his country of residence to the U.S. in April 2024. Royal expert Phil Dampier told The Sun that Harry was likely using Joe Biden’s administration as protection from heading back to the U.K.

“At the moment, he’s hanging on a bit by the skin of his teeth,” Dampier explained. “It’s the sort of thing which, if it goes the other way, it might push him back into coming back to the U.K.”

“I think he’s definitely been showing in recent weeks and months that he does want to come back to the U.K. and see some of his old friends build some bridges again, and long term, possibly make it up with his family,” Dampier continued.

As for Meghan, she likely will never return to the U.K. “I don’t think Meghan, if she had her way, would set foot again in this country,” he continued. “She knows she’s fairly unpopular. I think she sort of burnt too many bridges.”

Will the royal couple move to Portugal?

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle bought a home in Alentejo, Portugal — not far from Harry’s cousin, Princess Eugenie, and her husband, Jack Brooksbank. Harry and Eugenie maintained a close bond despite Harry’s move to the U.S. A royal source told DailyMail.com that Harry “must know his children are not going to grow up as friends of William’s children, George, Charlotte, and Louis.” However, Harry and Meghan’s kids could grow close to Eugenie’s.

“A bond for Lilibet and Archie with Eugenie’s kids will be the only royal friendship they will have,” the source continued. “Most likely, August and Ernest are the only cousins they are going to ever spend time with. So time in Portugal, even just for holidays, means that Harry is keeping the only door to the royal family just a little bit open for himself and for the next generation, and raising them as royal children, at least in some way.”

Royal expert Hugo Vickers told The Sun that Harry and Meghan might use living in Portugal as their “back-up plan.”

“It would give them a European base, and would enable him to come and go to the U.K. fairly frequently to do his Invictus Games, duties, and still all sorts of other things,” Vickers said.

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