Meghan Markle Has ‘No Chance’ of Royal Reconciliation After Years of Public Claims, Commentator Says

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s return to Britain has reignited speculation that years of hostility with the Royal Family could finally begin to ease.

But one royal commentator believes that, for Meghan at least, the damage has already gone too far.

US-based columnist and royal commentator Lee Cohen has argued that the Duchess of Sussex has “no chance” of rebuilding her relationship with her royal in-laws, delivering a particularly harsh assessment of her public conduct since she and Harry stepped back from royal duties six years ago.

Cohen accused Meghan of bringing “drama, grievance and attention-seeking” into an institution he believes is built around “duty, discretion and service.”

His comments come as Harry and Meghan’s move back to the UK has prompted renewed debate over whether reconciliation with King Charles, Prince William and other senior royals could ever become realistic.

Harry and Meghan’s UK return has reopened an old question

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex left their roles as senior working royals in 2020 and subsequently established their lives outside Britain.

The years that followed brought an extraordinary public airing of their grievances.

Meghan discussed her experiences inside the monarchy during the couple’s 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, while Harry and Meghan later examined their relationship with the institution in their Netflix documentary series.

Harry went further in his 2023 memoir Spare, detailing conflicts involving members of his family and describing the breakdown of several important royal relationships.

Those disclosures contributed to an increasingly bitter divide.

Their return to Britain this year has therefore raised a question that would have seemed unlikely during the height of the feud: could living closer to the Royal Family eventually help repair some of those relationships?

Cohen believes Meghan’s prospects are virtually nonexistent.

Commentator says Meghan does not deserve ‘another chance’

Speaking to the Daily Express, Cohen delivered an uncompromising verdict on the Duchess.

He claimed Meghan had brought “endless drama, grievance and attention-seeking” to royal life and argued that her actions had cast “a shadow over the final years” of Queen Elizabeth II.

He then rejected the possibility that she should simply be welcomed back into the family fold.

“Another chance?” Cohen said. “The only thing she deserves is permanent exile from the family she insulted so despicably.”

The language represents Cohen’s opinion rather than an official position from Buckingham Palace or any member of the Royal Family.

There has been no announcement from the Palace suggesting that reconciliation with Meghan is either impossible or being actively pursued.

Meghan’s Oprah interview remains central to the feud

Much of the long-running controversy surrounding Meghan’s relationship with the monarchy can be traced to the Sussexes’ interview with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021.

During that conversation, Meghan made a series of serious claims about her experience as a working royal.

Among the most personal was her revelation that her mental health had deteriorated to the point where she experienced suicidal thoughts.

“I just didn’t want to be alive any more,” she said.

Meghan described the thought as “clear, real, frightening and constant.”

She also argued that she did not feel adequately protected by the institution while facing intense tabloid attention.

“It was all happening just because I was breathing,” she said.

The interview generated worldwide headlines and placed enormous pressure on Buckingham Palace.

The Palace gave a rare response

Following the Oprah broadcast, Buckingham Palace released a statement on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II saying the entire family was saddened to learn how difficult the previous years had been for Harry and Meghan.

The statement also noted that “recollections may vary” regarding some of the issues raised.

That phrase became one of the most memorable responses to the Sussexes’ allegations and reflected the enormous gap between their account and the Palace’s position.

Rather than ending the dispute, however, the interview became the beginning of several years of further public revelations.

Netflix and Spare brought more private tensions into public view

Harry and Meghan’s Netflix documentary series revisited their courtship, royal life and eventual departure from Britain.

The project again included criticism of the institution and explored the couple’s belief that they had not been sufficiently supported.

Then came Spare.

Harry’s memoir offered his own detailed account of deteriorating relationships within the family, particularly with Prince William.

It also contained episodes involving Meghan and other royals, giving readers an unusually intimate portrayal of arguments and resentments behind palace walls.

For critics such as Cohen, these repeated public disclosures are precisely why rebuilding trust would be so difficult.

Supporters of the Sussexes have taken a different view, arguing that Harry and Meghan were entitled to explain their experiences after years of intense media coverage.

The Royal Family has rarely responded directly

One of the defining features of the dispute has been the Royal Family’s reluctance to publicly answer most of the Sussexes’ claims.

King Charles, William and Catherine have not undertaken equivalent interviews detailing their version of events.

That has created two sharply different interpretations.

Critics of Harry and Meghan say senior royals have shown restraint by refusing to turn family disputes into an ongoing public argument.

Supporters of the couple say the Palace’s silence does not necessarily mean their complaints were unfounded.

The result is a conflict in which many of the central disagreements remain unresolved.

Harry may face a different path from Meghan

Another complication is that Harry’s relationship with his family is not necessarily identical to Meghan’s.

Harry is the King’s younger son and William’s only brother.

That lifelong connection has repeatedly fuelled speculation that some kind of reconciliation could eventually become possible, particularly between Harry and his father.

The Sussexes’ renewed presence in Britain has only intensified those hopes.

But Meghan’s relationship with the wider family was established much later and became closely associated with the circumstances surrounding the couple’s departure from royal life.

For commentators who already believe trust has been permanently destroyed, that distinction matters.

Moving home does not erase six years of conflict

The Sussexes may now be physically closer to the Royal Family, but the disputes separating them involve much more than geography.

The Oprah interview, Netflix series, Spare and years of highly publicized disagreements remain part of the history between the two sides.

Reconciliation would therefore require more than simply spending time in the same country.

It would potentially require rebuilding trust, acknowledging grievances and determining whether deeply private family discussions could remain private.

There is currently no public evidence that such a process has begun between Meghan and senior members of the Royal Family.

‘No chance’ remains one commentator’s verdict

Cohen’s prediction is unequivocal: he does not believe Meghan will ever rebuild her relationship with the Royal Family.

But it remains a commentator’s assessment, not a declaration from the royals themselves.

Family relationships can shift, particularly over long periods, and Harry and Meghan’s return to Britain has changed circumstances that seemed fixed only a short time ago.

Whether that leads to anything more remains unknown.

For now, the Sussexes are closer to the Royal Family geographically than they have been for years.

Emotionally, however, the legacy of everything said since 2020 may prove far more difficult to overcome.