Meghan Markle's neighbor says she is not an 'asset' to the 'community'

According to a new report, the individual in question claimed that the Duchess of Sussex lacks community involvement while Harry is “quite cheerful” but also barely involved.

The revelation comes after Prince Harry shut down rumors that he and Meghan were divorcing and said he had no plans to leave the United States.

Harry and Meghan's neighbors in Santa Barbara have spoken about their experience living next to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

In a German documentary titled “Harry: The Lost Prince,” Montecito resident Richard Mineards shared his thoughts on the royal duo, expressing how he resents Meghan's presence in their community.

“Personally, I don’t think Meghan is an asset to our community,” he said. Daily Mail. “She doesn’t really go out and get involved in the community.”

On the other hand, Mineards had a more favorable view of Harry, calling him “quite cheerful”. He noted, however, that like his wife Meghan, Harry is also rarely seen.

Mineards is not the first local resident to express their displeasure with the royal couple.

In July 2023, Frank McGinity, an 88-year-old US Navy veteran, shared an experience where he felt snubbed by Harry and Meghan in his memoir “Get Off Your Street.”

In the book, McGinity writes that he owns a “large house next to Harry and Meghan's property”, and one day he went to their door to give the couple a film he made about the the history of the area they had moved to, “but they weren't interested.”

The veteran said he was turned away by a man who “didn't want to take the film” and said, “They're not interested.”

“I was trying to be a good neighbor,” he remembers. Page six. McGinity also shared his surprise that the young couple had moved to Montecito, given that most of the residents were older.

“It's surprising that they came here. People are generally older. This is where elephants come to die,” he remarked.

Harry recently shared that his life in the United States is what his mother, Princess Diana, would have wanted for him.

In an interview at the New York Times Dealbook Summit, Harry confirmed that he plans to stay in America, taking advantage of the privacy and freedom it offers to raise him and Meghan's children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

“I really enjoy living here and raising my children here,” he explained, noting that the level of privacy his family enjoys in the United States is something they “definitely couldn't do in the United Kingdom” for security reasons. .

Harry has been embroiled in a legal row in the United Kingdom because his security was withdrawn after he and his wife resigned as senior royals.

Reflecting on the impact of public life on his mental health, Harry spoke about the trauma of his mother's death and how feeling helpless as a child still affects him.

“I think again when you're sort of trapped in this bubble, you feel like there's no way out,” he said.

He continued, “What happened to my mother and the fact that I was a child and I felt helpless, that's where the inner turmoil comes. I felt helpless.”

The Duke revealed that his biggest worry is that the same fate could befall him, his wife or his children, but for now his focus is on being the best husband and father he can be.

During the interview, New York Times columnist and DealBook founder Andrew Ross Sorkin asked Harry about the public's intense fascination with his personal life.

Sorkin noted the media attention on Harry and Meghan: “People are fascinated by everything you do, all the time. They are fascinated by the fact that Meghan is in California right now and you are here.”

He continued: “And there are articles left and right about, you know, 'Why are you doing independent events? Why aren't you doing them together?'

In his response, Harry joked: “Because you invited me, you should have known!”

The prince was quick to disagree when asked if the continued media interest was good. He mentioned how rumors about buying a house and their marriage had been circulating.

“Apparently we've bought or moved 10, 12 times. We've apparently divorced maybe 10 or 12 times as well. So what's it like?” Harry wondered.

Although the Sussexes have recently focused on separate projects, reports claim they plan to spend the rest of the year together over the holiday season with their children and Meghan's mother, Doria Ragland.