Meghan Markle and Prince Harry warned they face 'major problem' with Archie and Lilibet
Archie and Lilibet will start "asking questions" about the Royal Family when they grow up, a royal author has claimed.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may face a "difficult problem" when their children, Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, two, grow up and start asking questions about the wider Royal Family.
The Duke of Sussex stepped down from the Royal Family four years ago and has since made a number of shocking allegations about his wider family. The relationship between the Sussexes and the Firm has only worsened after the Sussexes made a number of accusations against them in their Netflix docuseries.
Royal author Phil Dampier spoke on the Sun's Royal Exclusive show and said it will be "fascinating to see those kids grow up".
He added: "When they get a bit older, are they going to start asking questions 'how have we got to this situation', 'how is it I don't see my grandparents', 'how is it I don't have anything to do with the Royal Family?'
"When they get old, that's probably when the problem is going to start and it's going to be difficult for them."
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June 4 marks the third birthday of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's daughter, Lilibet, who has had little interaction with her UK relatives, including her grandfather, King Charles.
Royal author, Phil, noted that the birthday festivities are overshadowed by an "underlying sadness" stemming from the family's "rift."
He said: "It is amazing that she's already three but there is this underlying sadness of course because of the rift that the King is not seeing his grandchildren.
"I think he's only met Lilibet possibly once and Archie only a couple of times and they are seventh and eighth in line to the throne, growing up in California on the West Coast of America with American accents and they just don't see them."
In May, Prince Harry visited the UK for a three-day visit for the anniversary of the Invictus Games, but he did not meet with King Charles or his brother, Prince William.
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Lilibet, who will be turning three on June 4, is believed to have met the King in person only once when her parents brought her and Archie to the UK to celebrate the late Queen's Platinum Jubilee in 2022.
Meanwhile, Meghan's father, Thomas Markle is likely "very sad" to be missing out on yet another special family occasion because of his strained relationship with the pair.
The former television lighting director has been effectively estranged from his youngest daughter since after her wedding to Harry in 2018. He has also repeatedly complained about never meeting his grandchildren, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
During her bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021, the Duchess claimed her father had lied to her about speaking to the British press in what she dubbed a "betrayal" she couldn't "reconcile."
