Prince Harry is finding things a bit challenging after relocating, says friend Dr. Jane Goodall

Prince Harry is finding his new life “a bit challenging” after relocating to North America, according to his friend, famed conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall.


The primatologist and anthropologist, 88, said she has “been in touch” with Harry, 35, since he stepped down his royal duties, explaining that she believes he’s had to make some serious changes in his life as he settles down in the United States with wife Meghan Markle and their 11-month-old son, Archie.

“I don’t know how his career is going to map out, but yes, I’ve been in touch, though I think he’s finding life a bit challenging just now,” she told the Radio Times, according to The Guardian.

Harry and Meghan, 38, left their royal roles on March 31. They then relocated from Vancouver Island in Canada to a secluded compound in Los Angeles.

Since then the couple has not ventured out of their new home in practicing social distancing amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

“Like everyone, they are adjusting to [social distancing], being cautious and safe,” a source previously told PEOPLE.

“Despite all the uncertainty surrounding global events, “they are positive about the future,” the source added. “It is exciting for them to mark the end of the transition and the official start of their new chapter.”

Previously, Goodall — who visited Harry and his family at Frogmore Cottage last summer — disclosed that the father of one had touched on stepping away from the royal lifemonths before his public announcement. In an interview with Daily Mail's Weekend Magazine, she recalled Harry making a telling comment about his son’s upbringing during their time together.

“At the end [of the conversation] Meghan came in to listen with Archie,” she recalled. “He was very tiny and very sleepy — not too pleased to be passed from his mummy.”

As Dr. Goodall cuddled Archie, who turns 1 next month, she remembered making him “do the Queen’s wave.”

“I suppose he’ll have to learn this,” she remembered saying at the time, noting that Harry’s response couldn’t have been clearer on the subject. “Harry said, ‘No, he’s not growing up like that.’ ”

At the time, Harry and Meghan were still months away from announcing their decision to step back as senior members of the royal family, and the couple had already declined to give their son a royal title.