As hard as it may be to believe, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle parted ways with the Royal Family a little over four years ago. The pair stated that they wanted to leave the royal life behind in order to go on a different adventure, and initially, it seemed as though they really wanted to live their lives away from the spotlight.

But it doesn’t seem to be the case anymore as we go forward to the present. Through interviews, TV shows, and a book, the Sussexes have revealed every detail of their existence as royalty, contributing to the erasure of their connection to the British monarchy.

While Harry and Meghan have given reasons for leaving the Royal Family, some things that happened behind the scenes have been kept in the dark. One royal expert now claims that Queen Elizabeth II was the “final straw” for the Sussexes.

On January 8, 2020, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle made the shocking announcement that they were leaving royal life.

“After many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution,” they said.

On January 8, 2020, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle made the shocking announcement that they were leaving royal life.

Author and royal specialist Andrew Morton stated in his 2018 book Meghan: A Hollywood Princess that Harry and Meghan felt they had little chance of succeeding in the royal world because of one particular photo.

The image, which was shot in 2016, showed young George, Queen Elizabeth II, Charles, and William. It was the first photo of the queen and her three heirs to be made public.

When a second photo of the four was made public two years later, the Suussexes, according to Morton, thought the Royal Family was “conspiring against them.” The royal expert asserted that Harry and Meghan felt “snubbed” and decided to end things because of one particular picture.

The royal expert asserted that Harry and Meghan decided to end things because they felt “snubbed” after seeing that particular photo. The royal couple believed that there was a plot against them by the entire establishment.

The proof, as they perceived it, was all around them. The unwritten rule was simple: Meghan and Harry or not, the monarchy’s future was guaranteed, Morton wrote, as reported by Express. Harry and Meghan made their formal announcement that they were leaving the Royal Family just two days after the photo was made public.

Furthermore, according to Morton, Harry and Meghan had discussed quitting the royal life as early as six months after their wedding and had plans to do so much sooner.

Just six months after their marriage, in November 2018, Harry was holding talks with Oprah Winfrey in a London hotel. Thus, rather early on, they were considering taking a different course of travel, according to Morton.