Meghan Markle has ‘regrets’ about royal exit, lives ‘isolated but structured’ life in California: expert

“Meghan does regret certain statements that she made,” Kinsey Schofield, host of the “To Di For Daily” podcast, claimed to Fox News Digital. “They weren’t received in the way that she had expected and several of her comments have backfired.”

“She and Prince Harry deeply regret the royal racist controversy,” Schofield claimed. “Meghan wanted the takeaway from their Oprah interview [in 2021] to be about her mental health. And I think Meghan regretted sitting down with The Cut [in 2022] because she provided endless commentary for her critics.”

The former American actress has her eyes set on the future. The mother of two recently told the New York Times that she’s invested in Cesta Collective, a female-founded sustainably sourced handbag brand.

As an investor, the outlet reported that the 42-year-old has between five and 10 brands in her portfolio. She also has her lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, in the works.

“Investing in them has helped me line up for this chapter where I’m investing in myself,” she told the outlet.

Few people have been allowed to enter Meghan’s world as she thinks about expanding her brand beyond the royal family, Schofield told Fox News Digital.

“I would describe Meghan’s personal life in California as isolated but structured,” she said. “The qualifications to be her friend are no secret… she typically gravitates towards people that can offer her something, contribute to her personal goals. She also requires trust and privacy.

Her friends group is small. She is friendly with Montecito locals as you never know someone’s connection or status. Everyone in Montecito has accomplished something significant to be in a position to call it home.”

“Sightings of the couple are rare and advances towards establishing [connections] with the Sussexes are mostly rejected,” Schofield claimed. “Meghan and Harry are often seen with friends dining at an upscale steakhouse named Lucky’s. They also enjoy an Italian restaurant called Tre Lune in Montecito.”

“It is important to Meghan that it appears she has moved on, and the drama is beneath her,” Schofield continued. “But that is not the reality. There is still a resentment that fuels a lot of the work she has done over the last three and a half years.”

Harry has had a strained relationship with his family and has seen his father infrequently since he and his wife quit royal duties in 2020. At the time, the couple said the unbearable intrusions and racist attitudes of the British press were what had prompted them to step back as senior royals.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have since aired their grievances in an interview with Winfrey, followed by a Netflix docuseries. It was during their sit-down with Winfrey that the couple claimed a member of the royal family questioned their son’s skin tone before he was born. Harry, 39, later clarified that Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip weren’t the royals in question.