{"id":7041,"date":"2026-08-20T21:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T21:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=7041"},"modified":"2026-08-20T21:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T21:38:22","slug":"exclusive-true-scale-of-meghan-and-harrys-us-political-plans-revealed-from-request-for-biden-oval-office-meeting-to-eyeing-senate-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=7041","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | True scale of Meghan and Harry’s US political plans revealed \u2014 from request for Biden Oval Office meeting to eyeing Senate seat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WASHINGTON \u2014 Delusional Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sought US political clout far beyond the dreams of any British royal since King George III, The Post has learned, with the Duchess of Sussex angling to take over the Senate seat held by Kamala Harris ahead of the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n

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Weeks before Democrat Joe Biden\u2019s win over President Donald Trump, a source says, Markle requested a sitdown with California Gov. Gavin Newsom because she \u201cwanted to be considered to be appointed\u201d to the seat held by Harris, which she vacated just before becoming vice president on Jan. 20, 2021. The source added that the discussion was publicly described as a welcome-to-California chat to head off potential inquiries.<\/p>\n

It is unclear just how far Markle\u2019s appeal got with Newsom, who appointed California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to replace Harris two days before her swearing-in as Biden\u2019s second-in-command. Padilla subsequently won election to a full six-year term in 2022.<\/p>\n

A Sussex source firmly denied that Markle wanted to take over the Harris seat, while a rep for Newsom did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

A memorandum from Newsom\u2019s office that surfaced in February 2021 confirmed the governor had an \u201cintroductory meeting\u201d with the royal couple on Oct. 19, 2020, though the specific topics discussed were not disclosed and the Democrat\u2019s team characterized it as a social occasion. It was not immediately clear whether Markle asked to meet with Newsom separately post-election.<\/p>\n

Had the Duchess of Sussex been appointed to the world\u2019s greatest deliberative body, the move likely would have been challenged on constitutional grounds. Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the founding document states that \u201cno Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust \u2026 shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.\u201d<\/p>\n

A British royal serving in the Senate, even a non-working one, would also have flown in the face of America\u2019s republican tradition, as Alexander Hamilton \u2014 the founder of The Post \u2014 wrote in \u201cThe Federalist Papers\u201d that \u201cthe importance of the prohibition of titles of nobility \u2026 [is] the corner-stone of republican government; for so long as they are excluded, there can never be serious danger that the government will be any other than that of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ill-fated Senate maneuvering wasn\u2019t the only time Harry and Meghan dipped their toes into US politics while trying to achieve the same prominence they enjoyed in the UK.<\/p>\n

In late 2021, the couple requested an Oval Office meeting with Biden, as well as accommodations at nearby Blair House \u2014 a perk reserved for foreign leaders on state visits, multiple sources say.<\/p>\n

White House staff quickly rejected the idea, with one source noting the spectacle of Harry and Meghan sitting down with the leader of the free world \u201cwould have caused a major diplomatic kerfuffle\u201d with 10 Downing Street and the British Royal Family.<\/p>\n

Another source, a former Biden aide, said the president and first lady Jill Biden \u2014 longstanding admirers of Queen Elizabeth II \u2014 \u201cdidn\u2019t want to get into a family squabble\u201d by hosting the rogue royals.<\/p>\n

Had their pitch been successful, Harry and Meghan would have gained immeasurable prestige and stature at a time when they were struggling to find their identity following their January 2020 \u201cMegxit\u201d from royal duties.<\/p>\n

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To that end, the couple hired several consultants who had worked in the Barack Obama White House \u2014 including Harry\u2019s current chief of staff Miranda Barbot \u2014 and acted as a bridge to the Biden administration, relaying the royal couple\u2019s audacious request to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.<\/p>\n

Then-White House press secretary Jen Psaki, Obama\u2019s former communications director, was one of those conduits. In her 2024 memoir \u201cSay More,\u201d Psaki \u2014 currently a host on left-wing cable channel MS NOW \u2014 recalled that Meghan once sent a box of lemons to Psaki\u2019s Virginia home so she could carry them past White House security and deliver them to Jill Biden\u2019s East Wing office.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the latest on Harry and Meghan\u2019s move back to the UK:<\/h2>\n