Overview
- Historian Andrew Lownie’s book Entitled, cited by the Daily Mail, reports Philip told Harry, “One steps out with actresses, one doesn’t marry them,” after the 2017 engagement.
- People notes The Sunday Times first reported a version of the quip in 2019, framing it as a characteristic Philip bon mot.
- Royal author Ingrid Seward wrote in 2024 that Philip was one of the few initially wary of Meghan when the couple began dating in 2016.
- Lownie also alleges Philip compared Meghan to Wallis Simpson, a claim presented as reported rather than confirmed.
- Page Six reports representatives for Meghan and Buckingham Palace did not immediately respond to requests for comment.