Prince Harry Skipped a Royal Hunting Trip Because of His Love for Meghan Markle
As if breaking into songs from Hamilton and saving Meghan Markle from bad falls weren’t adorable enough, Prince Harry just took his devotion to the Duchess to a royal level: Apparently, he’s totally fine shrugging off ancient royal traditions for her.
According to reports,, the Royal Family was out and about in Scotland for a family vacation last weekend. This sounds fairly casual until it turns out they were actually hanging out at their private, 50,000-acre estate at the Balmoral Castle, which has been in the family since 1852 and is where they frequently participate in a traditional royal grouse hunt. Although Prince Harry has joined in during past years, he opted out of this year’s hunt, and many think it may have because he didn’t want to upset his animal-loving wife.
There’s been rumors that Prince Harry has avoided hunting before to keep his lady happy. The Sun reported that he had passed on the royal family’s Boxing Day grouse hunt last year, with a royal source quoted saying that the shoot “was always going to be a tricky issue. Meghan is a keen animal rights campaigner and doesn’t like hunting in any form. Harry loves it and has always been out there on Boxing Day. But if it means breaking with long-standing royal traditions to avoid upsetting her, so be it. It’s fair to say that there are some pretty stunned faces around here.”
Markle’s love for animals is, after all, well documented: She’s spoken at length about her rescue pups, which she got before she met Prince Harry, and now the couple even has a lab of their own. She’s also raved about vegan leather and is rumored to be anti-fur.
Although Prince Harry may have been swayed by Markle, it seems as though Prince George was not: The junior royal, 5, was photographed participating in the grouse hunt for the first time.
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