Meghan Markle and husband Prince Harry’s ‘conspicuous’ absence from former president Barack Obama’s 60th birthday party at Martha’s Vineyard could be a sign their ‘special relationship’ is over.
Royal expert Camilla Tominey suggested that you would’ve expected the Sussexes to be ‘front and center’ of Obama’s guest list.
However, many people within Democrat circles suggested Meghan and Harry’s attempts to “ape everything the Obamas have done” since they stepped down from their royal duties may have “jeopardized their once special relationship.”
Tominey wrote in the Daily Telegraph and said: “Despite the Obamas not attending the Sussexes’ wedding that year, it was thought that the newly California-based couple would be shoo-ins at Obama’s 60th, as prominent “progressives” and new-found members of the US metropolitan liberal elite.”
She also claimed that a source said the Obamas “didn’t like Harry attacking his family” during the Sussexes’ explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey.
The insider added: “They value family and certainly aren’t the type of people who would want their children talking to the press.”
Former First Lady Michelle Obama also spoke out about the interview.point 182 | “My hope is that, when I think about what they’re going through, I think about the importance of family and I just pray that there is forgiveness and there is clarity and love and resolve at some point in time.point 361 |
Because there’s nothing more important than family,” she expressed.point 69 | 1
300 to 400 people attended Obama’s birthday party, including John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, Jay-Z and Beyonce, George Clooney, and Meghan’s friend CBS This Morning host Gayle King.
One person commented: “Why would they want them there? They would only write a book on it.”
Another wrote: “The Obamas understand PR; why hurt their own image by having them there?”
A third added: “The Obamas have great respect for the Queen, Royal Family and the British people.”
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