Four years ago, wanted a wild bachelorette party for Usain Bolt (35) Prince Harry (37) Throw away, now they don’t talk among themselves. The sprint legend and royal offspring were big indeed, but when Meghan Markle (40) came into play, male friendships were a thing of the past.
“I think he fixed it very quickly. For him now everything revolves around married life, he is currently content with it and has left his old life behind,” Usain Bolt told the British newspaper Told”Sunday,
Meghan and Harry really didn’t hesitate for long: engagement in November 2017, wedding in May 2018, the birth of son Archie a year later, followed by baby Lillibet in June 2021.
Eight-time Olympic gold medalist Bolt and Prince Harry became friends in 2012 in Usain’s homeland, Jamaica. The Queen sent her grandson on an official four-day visit to the Caribbean island state as part of the Diamond Jubilee. Usain and Harry fooled around on the career path to the “University of the West Indies”, giving a little sprint – the fastest man in the world even let Prince win.
Usain and Harry kept in touch, exchanging messages regularly on Twitter. When the prince announced his engagement to then-actress Meghan Markle in November 2017, Usain vowed to have three bachelorette parties for his friend Harry. But nothing came out of it. On the contrary, the connection was lost.
Did Meghan break up the friendship?
Usain Bolt isn’t the only dude who has been secretly dumped. Harry’s former best friend and Eton College collaborator Tom Inskip was also on the hit list. An insider told “The Express” in 2019: “He was removed, like some other teammates from Harry’s bachelor days, because he was seen as a dubious influence (…).”
Above Meghan The source added: “It’s part of Meghan’s plan to quietly touch on Harry’s old army. She doesn’t want temptation – in any form – while she focuses on raising a family.”
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have made new friends as they move to posh Montecito, Calif. The new teammates look like the guest list at the Academy Awards: Katy Perry (37), Orlando Bloom (44), George Clooney (60) with his wife Amal (43), Priyanka Chopra Jonas (39) and the talk show megastar Oprah Winfrey, 67, and James Corden, 43.
Usain Bolt hasn’t completely ended his friendship with Harry yet. Olympic hero about “Sun”: “I haven’t spoken to him for a while, but I would like to keep in touch.”
Maybe Harry can secretly send a text message…
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