Prince Harry ‘desperately regrets marrying Meghan Markle’ due to his ex’s move
Prince Harry is privately ‘wracked with regret’ over his marriage to Meghan Markle as he watches his former partner Chelsy Davy prepare to move her young family to what she calls a ‘paradise’ in Mauritius, sources say. RadarOnline.com.
The claims come true. Chelsy, 40, and her husband Sam Cutmore-Scott, 38, are in the process of moving from west London to the Indian Ocean archipelago after falling in love with the island during the Covid lockdown.
Harry’s seven-year relationship with Chelsy ended in 2011, and he married Meghan, now 44, in 2018 at St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
Insiders say recent updates about Chelsy’s life – particularly her plans for a serene future abroad – have caused renewed anxiety for Harry, as his own marriage faces continued strain following the couple’s high-profile departure from royal duties and the financial pressures surrounding their life in California.
A source close to the duke said: “He has been extremely reflective, almost anguished at times. Hearing that Chelsy has built a peaceful family life has hit him harder than he expected.
“He keeps saying she was the only person who truly understood the madness of his world.”
Another added: “There’s a sense of him wondering what would have happened if he hadn’t walked away from her. It’s become a recurring theme in his thinking: regret, nostalgia and the fear that he’s made a series of irreversible mistakes.”
Chelsy recently described how she and Sam – who was in the year above Harry at Eton College – came to consider Mauritius their home.
“We were locked down on the island when we visited my parents during Covid and while we were here we got a little further under the skin of the place from a non-holiday perspective,” she said. “We are now in the process of moving here (semi) full time.”
Speaking of Mauritius, she added: “Many people think of it as just a holiday destination, but it is so much more than that. My parents are now based there full-time and since I have been spending more time visiting them with my children recently,
“I discovered that there is a much deeper world that sets this world apart from other tropical destinations like the Maldives or the Seychelles.”
Chelsy and Sam, who married in a secret ceremony in 2022, have a son, Leo, and a daughter, Chloe.
Their low-key wedding was reportedly in stark contrast to Harry’s big royal celebration with Markle.
Chelsy said: “I bought my wedding dress from a hotel boutique the day before my wedding and was very happy with it.”
Sources say Harry has become ‘fixated’ with the simplicity and stability of her choices.
An insider said: “He talks about how uncomplicated everything always felt with her. Watching her settle into this idyllic new life has stirred up all kinds of emotions – not least because his own situation in California is far from the fairy tale that was promised.”
Another said: ‘There are moments when he seems overwhelmed by the life he has chosen – the criticism, the pressure, the relentless expectation that everything he and Meghan do must be monetized, plus her almost insane desire to become a celebrity. It’s everything he wanted to escape from when he left the royal family.
“He now looks at Chelsy’s life and sees that the path has not been taken.”
A separate friend of the duke claimed the subject had become ‘inescapable’ in recent weeks.
They added: “He’s not saying he wants to go back in time, but he’s very restless. It’s clear he’s struggling with the choices that brought him here.”
