As a perfectionist who loves hosting lush soirees to show off her new lot in life, being trapped in a new city in the grips of the coronavirus pandemic with harsh lockdown laws is not how the Duchess of Sussex imagined celebrating her son’s first birthday this week.
Making matters worse for the former royal, who is isolating in a rented Los Angeles home with her young family, is that things are getting tenser between her and husband Prince Harry.
Woman’s Day has learned the couple’s tempers are boiling over due to pressures from leaving the royal family, the worldwide backlash for abandoning the Queen and the court case Meghan has launched against Britain’s most powerful newspaper.
“It’s a lot for one couple to deal with, and things are definitely getting a little too hot in the Sussex household – and not in a good way,” reveals a source. “There’s a lot going on, but Meghan’s main frustration seems to be Archie’s birthday going by largely unnoticed.
This story is from the May 11. 2020 edition of Woman's Day Australia.
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