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Ethan Blackshaw & Tim Hanlon & Mia O'Hare

Royal expert claims Prince Harry is 'homesick' and 'unhappy' with his new life in the United States

A royal expert has claimed that Prince Harry looks 'homesick' after playing a sport he used to enjoy in the UK. Harry was spotted playing polo in California and the expert says the prince is falling back on what he loved whilst living in England.

Prince Harry has also been seen socialising and going for drinks with new friends as he settles into his new LA lifestyle. Royal author Duncan Larcombe claims that Meghan Markle is trying to make him feel settled in the United States.

The Mirror reports that the comments have come after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex flew back to California after their visit to the UK for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations. The ex-royal couple live in the exclusive neighbourhood of Montecito, in an £11million mansion, and recently Meghan was photographed watching Harry play polo at their local club.

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But, despite their luxurious lifestyle, Mr Larcombe believes that Harry's "self-imposed exile" may be getting him down. Speaking to Closer, Mr Larcombe said: "He seems homesick to me. Harry’s suddenly playing polo again and drinking with his new friends – all things he used to enjoy doing in the UK.

"Meghan is cheering him on on the side-lines, helping create this perfect LA life for him to justify what he’s given up in the UK. But something doesn’t seem to sit right. Harry looks unhappy. He is living out there in self-imposed exile and Harry is a very sociable person.

"In his formative years he had lots of friends – including his estranged brother William – and was always spending time with them. He must sometimes wonder if everything he has given up has been worth it." January this year marked two years since Harry and Meghan announced they were quitting life as working members of the Royal Family. Two months after that was when they hopped on a plane to LA.

Since then the Sussexes have amassed a long list of celebrity pals who live nearby - including Orlando Bloom and Kate Perry whose children are said to have had play dates with Archie and Lilibet. Oprah Winfrey - whose bombshell interview with the Sussexes aired in March last year - is also said to be among their new pals.

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