Meghan Markle has pushed Prince Harry’s friends out and rules the roost since the Royal Wedding, claims former pal Lizzie Cundy
ONE of Meghan Markle's former pals has claimed the Duchess of Sussex has "pushed out" some of Prince Harry's friends, since they got married last year.
Speaking this week, TV presenter Lizzie Cundy - who says she was "ghosted" by Meghan - told talkRADIO the new royal is "ruling the roost" over at Frogmore Cottage.
Lizzie, who struck up a friendship with 37-year-old Meghan after they met at an awards dinner in 2013 - almost setting her up with former Chelsea player Ashley Cole - claims the new mum has forced Harry to drop some "solid" friends.
"One thing I have heard is, because I’m friends with a lot of Harry’s friends – one is a very close friend – is that she has pushed them all out," the 49-year-old told .
"She’s ruling the roost. This friend, I won’t name him, he had Harry on his shoulders in Las Vegas when he got into that trouble.
"He was a really good, solid friend – covered for him, everything – he has been elbowed right out."
Earlier this year, reported that one of Harry's best friends - Tom "Skippy" Inskip - had been banished from the royal's tight-knit circle of pals after he reportedly advised Harry against marrying Meghan.
The article reported: “Hang out with the Clooney/Beckham/Soho House set and be assailed for being too Hollywood, for forcing your hen-pecked husband to abandon his old, country-set muckers – including Tom "Skippy" Inskip, the ultra-loyal, tight-lipped Harry pal, who, it’s said, advised Harry not to marry Meghan and has paid the price: banishment.”
The banker has been a close friend of Prince Harry after they met at Eton, and they had been inseparable ever since.
A source close to the couple said: “The real reason Tom was made no longer welcome by Meghan is that she had learned he had dared to question Harry over whether he really felt he was doing the right thing in marrying her.
“All the poor guy did, during a heart to heart with the prince, was to venture that Harry might be infatuated, more in lust than love, and maybe he might think about cooling things down before rushing into a proposal.
“Meghan didn’t actually want Tom and his wife Lara at their wedding, but Harry insisted, although they were not invited to the party in the evening, which hurt, because all of their other mutual chums were asked.”
However, it's now reported that the tables have turned, with Tom reportedly receiving a phone call from Harry shortly after Archie’s birth.
“One of the first of his old chums with whom Harry wanted to share the great news was Skippy, who is just happy to be back in the fold."
Fabulous Digital has contacted Buckingham Palace who declined to comment.
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