Meghan Markle hits red carpet at star-studded gala — as Prince Harry breaks silence on divorce rumors

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famously allowed them to stay in his $18 million Los Angeles mansion after they quit royal life and moved across the pond in 2020.Perry is the godfather to their daughter, Princess Lilibet.Markle’s appearance at the swanky gala was confirmed last week.

Both she and Harry were on the hosting committee, alongside Washington, Whoopi Goldberg, Gayle King, Taraji P. Henson and others.While Harry didn’t attend the gala, he appeared at another event 2,789 miles away in New York City that same evening.The exiled royal arrived in the Big Apple to attend the New York Times’ DealBook conference on Wednesday.There, Harry set the record straight on the couple’s marriage after they were plagued with a slew of divorce rumors in recent weeks when they were seen appearing separately at professional engagements.Dubbed a “professional separation,” the move was reportedly part of a new “twin-track” approach to overhauling their image.“Apparently we’ve bought or moved house 10, 12 times,” Harry quipped when asked about his marriage. “We’ve apparently divorced maybe 10, 12 times as well.

So it’s just like, what?’”“It’s hard to keep up with, but that’s why you just sort of ignore it. The people I feel most sorry about are the trolls,” he went on. “Their hopes are just built and built, and it’s like, ‘Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,’ and then it doesn’t happen.