'I was friends with Meghan Markle and know what her biggest UK problem will be'
'I was friends with Meghan Markle and know what her biggest UK problem will be'
Robin Cottle Mon, October 5, 2026 at 5:28 PM UTC
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are back in the UK (Image: Anadolu via Getty Images)
Since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle arrived back in the UK, the Duchess of Sussex has kept a remarkably low profile. While Harry has appeared at a number of events, such as the WellChild Awards, his wife has only been seen in public for the first time a few days ago, on a lunch date with her husband.
Experts suggest Meghan will find the UK return more "challenging" than Harry as the former working royal struggles to find her place in the world away from California.
Now a former friend of the mom-of-two has revealed what he thinks her biggest problem will be after the couple's surprise U-turn on leaving Britain.
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PR expert Nick Ede says he was good friends with her before she started dating Harry in 2016. He met the former actress when she came over to the UK while starring on TV show Suits. He took her to meet agents and to fashion shows before their relationship eventually cooled.
Nick told the Vanessa by Royal Appointment podcast with Vanessa Feltz that while he's "not bitter" about going their separate ways, he has pinpointed what her "biggest issue" will be now that she is back in the UK.
It remains to be seen what Meghan will do after their return (Image: Anadolu via Getty Images)
He said: "I understand the game; I understand it extremely well. I have lots of friends in Hollywood who tell me lots of horrific stories about Meghan. Some of them I'm sure are true; some of them maybe not.
"But everyone does have an opinion, and that's going to be her biggest problem (after returning to the UK)."
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While Harry is occupied with preparations for the Invictus Games and various other charity events, it remains to be seen what Meghan will do after the family's return. A part in the Netflix show The Gentlemen was mooted, but that is yet to materialise.
Nick also spoke about the possible reasons his relationship with Meghan went south. He thinks another big issue for the Duchess of Sussex is that no one in the UK knows what she's good at, so she can't be pigeonholed.
Meghan has kept a low profile since returning to the UK (Image: Anadolu via Getty Images)
He said: "We love to pigeonhole people in the UK especially, and one minute she's a great mother, one minute she's an entrepreneur, then you're a public speaker.
"No, I'm not friendly with her (anymore). It's not that we ever fell out, we just went our separate ways. She's very good at going her separate ways from people.
"She went her separate way. I think because I have friends in the media, obviously she's part of the Royal Family, she decided that wasn't right. She also knows I know a lot of mutual friends as well, and we always say this, there are people more useful to her than I was at the time. I did a lot of stuff with her, we were really good friends, we had a lovely relationship."
The PR expert also claims he has heard that celebrities in the Cotswolds have knocked back offers to meet with the Sussexes.
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