Meghan Markle Skips Remembrance Sunday Event, Fearing She Would Be Booed: ‘Knows She Isn’t Loved in Britain’

Meghan Markle chose to stay away from Britain’s Remembrance Sunday commemorations over fears she would be booed by the public, according to a new report.

While her husband, Prince Harry, 42, traveled to Brackley, Northamptonshire, on Sunday, November 8, to pay tribute to fallen military personnel, the Duchess of Sussex, 45, was noticeably absent.

According to royal insiders who spoke to Rob Shuter‘s Naughty But Nice Substack on Monday, November 9, Meghan deliberately avoided the occasion because she was concerned about the reception she might receive in Britain.

“Meghan is smarter than Harry when it comes to reading the room. She knows she isn’t loved in Britain, and Remembrance Sunday was not the occasion to test that,” an insider claimed.

The source suggested that Meghan was particularly concerned about the possibility of negative publicity overshadowing the solemn occasion.

“Imagine the headlines if she had been booed. The pictures would have gone around the world. She wasn’t prepared to take that risk, particularly on a day meant to honor fallen soldiers,” the insider added.

Per the Daily Mail, Harry attended the local ceremony wearing his military medals and a red poppy as he joined residents in honoring those who lost their lives in service.

Meanwhile, King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Prince William and Kate Middleton attended the traditional national Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London.

Harry served in the British Army for 10 years, completing two tours of Afghanistan. His last appearance at the official royal Remembrance Sunday service was in 2019, before he and Meghan stepped back from their roles as senior working royals in 2020.

Meghan’s concerns about negative publicity come at a particularly difficult time for the duchess, following the arrest of her estranged father, Thomas Markle Sr., 82, on November 6 on a federal charge of possessing child sexual abuse material.

Thomas Sr. is accused of keeping illicit images in two California storage units. However, he has denied wrongdoing.

“That’s not true,” he previously told In Touch, adding that he “did not have access to those computers for years.”

Meghan previously said she was “deeply distressed” by the accusations and explained that her decision to keep her father away from her children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, was intended to protect them.