‘Control Freak’: Is Meghan Markle ‘Deliberately’ Isolating Her Children from the Royal Family?

Harry and Meghan have raised their kids Archie, five, and Lilibet, three, in California since Megxit in 2020.

But an insider said the couple have different ideas on parenting – with Meg wanting to raise them as true Americans and expose them to little royal influence.

And keeping the youngsters in the Californian bubble is Meghan’s way of feeling like she’s still in control of the self-inflicted chaos brought upon her family, author Hugo Vickers told The Sun.

He said: “I mean, I’m sure [Meghan just] wants to be in control.”

Hugo added the upbringing Archie and Lilibet are having is “disappointing” as it appears they don’t know about their bloodline and are both missing out on royal events.

“I think the problem for the children, as I see it, is that yes they’re probably having a very nice time being brought up in California. I’m sure it’s a lovely place to be brought up,” Hugo said.

“But there’s going to come a point when they realise that they are actually cousins to the British Royal Family, and that they could have taken part in all the sort of things that Prince William’s children take part in.

“And you know they don’t, even, as far as I can see, know, their cousins at all, and that surely must be quite tricky and disappointing really, for them.”

It comes after Meghan refuses to step foot in the UK and doesn’t allow the kids to make any trips with Harry.

And young Lilibet is yet to meet estranged grandpa King Charles.

Hugo said: “They talk a lot about family values and things, but remember, it’s not only the King as one grandfather that they haven’t met.

“They haven’t met Meghan Markle’s father, either, who only lives 70 miles away. And we know he’s very upset and distressed about that.

“I mean, it is nice for children to meet their grandparents, because it’s all part of being a member of a family.

“It’s really up to Prince Harry to make the effort. If he wants his children to meet him [Charles], he should make the effort to bring them across.

“Simple as that. The King would, I’m sure, always make time for him if he did that, but there doesn’t seem to be a great willingness to do so.

“So therefore, I’m a little bit dubious when they talk about the family values that they espouse.”

Thomas Markle has reportedly has never met his grandkids or even son-in-law Prince Harry.

Former lighting director Thomas and Meghan’s relationship soured in the run-up to her 2018 Windsor Castle wedding, when he admitted agreeing to stage pictures of himself.

Meghan told Oprah Winfrey that her outspoken father lied to her about talking to the British press – a “betrayal” that she just can’t “reconcile”.

Archie and Lilibet are rarely seen beyond the family’s £11million Montecito mansion.

Royal author Phil Dampier told The Sun’s Royal Exclusive show in June it will be “fascinating to see those kids grow up”.

He added: “When they get a bit older, are they going to start asking questions ‘How have we got to this situation?’, ‘How is it I don’t see my grandparents?’, ‘How is it I don’t have anything to do with the royal family?’

“When they get old, that’s probably when the problem is going to start and it’s going to be difficult for them.”

It comes after one expert said the pair were in a “battle over raising Archie and Lilibet as both royals and Americans”.

Richard Fitzwilliams, claimed The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s children face an “upbringing with which is unorthodox to the rest of the world”.

Dividing time between the UK and the States could be a nightmare for the royal couple.

Meghan faces a “hostile press” and “rift with the Royal Family”, should she cross the pond with Archie and Lilibet – who ” have obvious links to Britain”.

Richard Fitzwilliams previously told The Sun: “There’s little doubt that Megan and Harry are raising Archie and Lily very much the same way as in in the United States is as they would here.

“Because obviously you get an occasional photograph, or and you get an obsession, and quite rightly, with privacy.

“Also, you’re dealing with very young people so far as the rather extraordinary circumstances in which Archie and Lily find themselves, the fact that they are being raised in the United States, and yet, of course, have obvious links to Britain.

“And obviously the British Royal family, I mean whether one day they choose to use that titles.”

The Sussexes have been contacted for comment.