It has been wonderful getting to know Meghan and to see how happy she and Harry are together.” Royal expert Katie Nicholl said “I think Meghan has very much been the catalyst in giving him that confidence to break free from William and Kate, and to break free from that trio dynamic, which was at times cozy and convenient, but actually wasn’t really what he wanted.” In Spare, Harry wrote it had been his “dream for a long time” to become “a foursome.” The four were dubbed the “Fab Four,” and, after Harry and Meghan’s 2017 engagement, William and Kate released a statement that said “We are very excited for Harry and Meghan. Then, in 2016, Harry met and quickly fell in love with Meghan. Yet sources said that, when the trio carried out royal engagements together, Harry often “felt like a third wheel” or a “gooseberry.” An insider said “he never quite fitted in.” The threesome worked together frequently, attending a number of royal engagements together and launching Heads Together in 2016, aimed at tackling the stigma of mental health. He wrote he was left disappointed and believed they felt “three is a crowd.”

It’s hard to imagine anyone else joining them.” Harry refuted this in Spare, though, writing he was never invited to Apartment 1A, despite assuming he’d receive an invite. Harry was neighbors with the then Cambridges, and “was said to be totally at ease popping over” to William and Kate’s home at Apartment 1A in Kensington Palace, and “they’re used to their cozy trio. He is very good with them, a charming big kid and silly uncle,” a source said.

He finds things funny about people and says so.” Once William and Kate started having children-Prince George in 2013, Princess Charlotte in 2015, and Prince Louis in 2018-“Kate also adores the way Harry plays with her children. A source said “Harry appeals to her sillier side because he is carefree, footloose, and loves banter.

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