Prince Harry and Meghan Markle 'have lost friends' as celebs forced to 'choose sides'

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Royal expert Katie Nicholl has provided insights into the shrinking social circle of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Speaking on Vanity Fair's podcast, DYNASTY: The Royal Family's Most Challenging Year, the author of 'The New Royals' suggested that acquaintances of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are feeling compelled to "choose" between them and Prince William.Katie remarked: "I think there is a sense that, possibly, friends, close friends, society friends, celebrity friends have sort of had to make a little bit of a choice.

I remember being told by someone at the Palace there was this sense that you had to put your stake in one camp or the other."Highlighting the wedding of Hugh Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster, to Olivia Henson as an instance of the tough position mutual friends find themselves in, she noted that while Prince William served as an usher at the high-profile nuptials, Prince Harry was notably absent.

Despite his longstanding friendship with the Duke of Westminster, Harry was reportedly asked not to attend to avoid tension.Katie added: "I think if you look back to that recent society wedding of the Duke of Westminster, it was William who got the invite to that, and Harry was invited because they've been friends forever and a day, but he was basically asked to stand down from that wedding because it would have been very awkward to have had the two brothers at a society wedding like that, together." "So I think they probably have lost some friends in all of this."Katie also shared her astonishment at Meghan and Harry's apparent lack of mingling with their A-List neighbours in Montecito, California.She elaborated: "Personally, I have to say I've been a little underwhelmed with the celebrities who they've