Meghan Markle might have known she wasn't meant to be a royal. According to author Hugo Vickers, the Duchess of Sussex was aware she wanted to get herself and Prince Harry out of England long before their exit from The Firm in 2020. While appearing on "The Royalist" podcast, the expert claimed Meghan had a "little plan" to leave the monarchy. However, the couple's departure while Queen Elizabeth II was alive wasn't ideal. "The only thing which surprised me - because I never thought that she would stay forever - was that she did it in the Queen's reign, in the Queen's lifetime.