A royal expert has suggested that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle need a ‘win’ to move past what he’s dubbed their ‘flop era’. The Sussexes have been leading increasingly separate professional lives recently, with Harry embarking on eight solo work trips in quick succession.
Matt Wilkinson, the Sun’s royal editor, believes the couple needs a success to counteract recent negative press. Speaking on the Kinsey Schofield Unfiltered YouTube channel, he said: “They do need a success. They’ll sit down and point to Colombia and Nigeria (the quasi royal tours) as a success.”
“They’ve still got Invictus to come next year. I can’t call it a flop era but they possibly do need a win. Harry will point to legal cases he’s launched against newspapers in the UK, he has had success in the courts.
“Once you put it like that and you think about it maybe they are in a flop era.”
This comes after claims that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are being exploited as ‘cash cows’, with a PR expert pointing out a significant error following their 2020 move to the USA, reports the Express.
The pair announced their intention to step back from royal duties in January 2020, shortly before relocating to California with their son Archie. PR specialist Carla Speight told Express.co.uk: “When Harry left his royal duties, he was exploited by American agents. He was suddenly allowed all this freedom to say whatever he wanted.”
The insider claimed: “He was hurt that his proposals to work with the palace from afar to protect his family were rejected and the agents he worked with ran with it.
“They encouraged him to speak his truth rather than offering their skills and expertise to highlight and mitigate any issues the couple might face with that approach.
“They both needed support to enter the real world outside of the palace gates and instead, they were used as cash cows.”