Courtiers worry Meghan will join the political fray

WITH courtiers already alarmed at how the Duke and Duchess of Sussex plan to cash in on their royal connections, this will have them reaching for the smelling salts.

I hear that Meghan plans to become more ‘politically engaged’ now that she and Prince Harry have quit official duties.

‘The Duchess is said to be frustrated that she was forced to stay out of politics after getting engaged to Harry,’ a royal source tells me.

‘She has strong political opinions and will now take advantage of the greater freedom she has to express them publicly.’

The source claims that Meghan may even make some sort of intervention in the U.S. presidential election later this year.

Before she met Harry, the U.S. actress attacked Donald Trump as ‘divisive’ and ‘misogynistic’.

While the Duchess no longer needs to adhere to the convention that the royals stay above party politics, she could still provoke a diplomatic storm if she chose to renew her attacks on Trump or become involved in politics in Canada, where she and Harry are now living with baby Archie.

Meghan is a close friend of Jessica Mulroney, the daughter-in-law of Canada’s former prime minister Brian Mulroney. She is also pals with Canada’s current PM, Justin Trudeau.

The Duke and Duchess have formed a close bond with Barack and Michelle Obama, while their communications secretary, Sara Latham, previously worked for Trump’s sworn rival Hillary Clinton.

In 2018, it was claimed that Meghan had once told a close associate that her ultimate ambition was to be president of the U.S.

The conversation apparently took place after Meghan began her romance with Harry.

Meghan’s spokeswoman declines to comment. But a source close to the Duchess dismisses the claims that she will become more politically active as mere ‘gossip’.

However, just weeks ago those same sources would have dismissed out of hand suggestions that Harry and Meghan would ever quit the Firm to pursue their own commercial projects.