Prince Harry and Meghan Markle married in 2018, but just before the wedding, The Sun said that the young prince was ‘freaking out’ because he was afraid Markle would dump him because of the harsh media attention on her.

Harry was forced to launch a blistering statement against the media in 2016 because of concern of his engagement to then-girlfriend Meghan ending.

According to sources, the duke was ‘freaking out’ about Meghan’s reaction to news coverage, so he issued the warning.

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“The outright sexism and racism of social media trolls and web article comments.”

Commenting on the matter, a source told The Times: “It did feel like that if the palace was not able to stand up and support his girlfriend, against some of that disgusting coverage… then who in their right mind would ever consider entering into a relationship with him in the future?”

“Harry was very exercised about some of that coverage. He definitely felt that if nothing was done to support here, then she would be, ‘I’m not sure this is what I signed up for’,” the insider added.

Another source added: “He was freaking out, saying, ‘she’s going to dump me.”

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