Princess Diana's brother warned Prince Harry about Meghan Markle and it backfired

Turns out not everyone was thrilled about Prince Harry’s whirlwind romance with Meghan Markle, including his own family.

In a bombshell revelation from Tom Bower’s explosive book Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War Between the Windsors, it's claimed that Princess Diana’s younger brother, Earl Charles Spencer, personally stepped in to warn Harry about rushing into marriage with the former Suits star.

According to Bower, the late Princess’s siblings, Earl Spencer, Lady Sarah McCorquodale, and Baroness Jane Fellowes, didn’t exactly see Meghan as the next “People’s Princess.” 

In fact, they reportedly believed she wouldn’t fit into the royal mold at all.

“Harry assumed that Diana’s family and friends would see a similarity between Diana and his fiancée,” Bower writes. 

“He was disappointed. No one agreed that his vulnerable mother had anything in common with his girlfriend.”

The most direct warning apparently came from Earl Spencer himself. At Prince William’s request, the three-times-married Spencer sat Harry down and urged him to slow down the engagement. That did not go over well.

“This was going to be really hard,” Harry later reflected about integrating Meghan into royal life.

And it wasn’t just Diana’s side of the family who raised concerns. 

Meghan’s own talent agent, Gina Nelthorpe-Cowne, allegedly told her she’d have to give up her acting career for royal life. 

Meghan, unimpressed, reportedly snapped back: “Gina, save it,” before cutting her off with, “Stop. Be quiet. I don’t want to hear any negativity. This is a happy time for us.”

The exchange left Nelthorpe-Cowne stunned by the "steel" in Meghan’s voice, a sign, perhaps, of just how determined the Duchess-to-be already was.

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