Trump’s MAGA allies mock Harry and Meghan over return to UK

The couple are said to be returning to the UK later this month for ‘an extended period of time’

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A number of Donald Trump ’s MAGA allies have mocked Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on social media after reports suggested their decision to leave the United States is partly because of their dislike of President Donald Trump.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s decision to return to the United Kingdom comes six years after moving to the US.

The Sun revealed that Prince Harry , 41, and Meghan Markle, 45, along with their children Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, will return to Britain for “an extended period of time” as the children are enrolled at a British school.

Multiple reports suggest that the couple’s decision is linked to tensions with President Trump.

People reported that “they have made no secret of their disillusionment with the current White House” as the midterm elections loom. This has led to several of Trump’s MAGA allies commenting on their move on social media.

Katie Miller , the wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, commented on the news on X, linking to the article in People : “They are moving back to Britain because they don’t like President Trump.”

In other posts, Miller said – without evidence – that Meghan “always just wanted to be a celebrity” and claimed that the couple was “broke.”

Conservative personality Megyn Kelly also commented, saying: “We’ve done our time here in America my dear friend!” she wrote on X, replying to right-wing commentator Dan Wootton's post about the “Megxit” being “reversed.”

Despite the speculation, it is thought that the couple are moving back to the UK to be closer to Harry’s family, after multiple reports claimed that the prince wants to spend more time with his father.

Tensions have been strained between the president and Prince Harry, particularly after Trump claimed in January that NATO allies “stayed a little back” from the front lines during the war in Afghanistan. He also questioned whether NATO would come to America’s aid if the US “ever needed them”.

Harry, who served in Afghanistan, rebuked him with a statement, which read: “I served there. I made lifelong friends there. And I lost friends there.”

He also said: “Every allied nation was obliged to stand with the United States ... in pursuit of our shared security.”

Trump is also reported to have told royal biographer Robert Hardman in May this year: “Boy, what she’s [Meghan] done to that guy [Harry].”

In February 2025, the US President was also drawn into a scandal around Prince Harry’s visa after calls for the royal to be deported over his admission of past illegal drug use in his memoir Spare .

Trump declined to deport the prince, telling the media: “I don’t want to do that. I’ll leave him alone. He’s got enough problems with his wife. She’s terrible.”

According to reports, upon returning, the couple will not move into a royal residence. It is not yet known where they will live, due to privacy reasons, or what school their children will attend.

King Charles was reportedly told by Harry on Sunday that the family intended to return to Britain later this month. The monarch, who is undergoing cancer treatment, is understood to “welcome” the prospect of spending more time with his son and grandchildren on a private and personal basis.

However, the King is said to have made clear there will be “no alteration” to Harry and Meghan’s position or status as private individuals and non-working members of the royal family.

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