While some are highly critical of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s visit to Australia, some think the narrative on Harry and Meghan’s international visits is shifting. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have finished their brisk four-day visit to the East coast of Australia and are now back home in Montecito, California.
Despite the criticism, Harry and Meghan appear content with their visit. Former BBC correspondent, Jennie Bond said: “I’m sure they were perfectly aware that they would be criticised from various quarters for their trip to Australia, and, predictably, there have been some disparaging headlines. But, as the visit has progressed, the tone is changing.”
She added: “Some are now talking about the very warm reception that the couple have been given, and how Harry and Meghan have perhaps proved that they can indeed do what they always wanted: combine good works with earning a living. So I think they might be quietly chuffed.”
The expert told the Mirror the couple have never considered foreign trips “royal tours”.
She said: “Harry and Meghan have never called it that. They are not doing any walkabouts or, as far as we know, having high-level discussions with dignitaries or politicians.”
“They are there to promote themselves – evidently – but also to do some charitable work along the way. This kind of visit is precisely what Harry and Meghan wanted to do at the start of the whole sorry story that led them stepping down as working Royals.”
During the trip the Duchess claimed she was “the most trolled person in the entire world” on social media. She made her comments while speaking to students during her Australia tour with the Duke of Sussex. He said in a separate speech that he had felt “lost, betrayed or completely powerless” during his life.
At a discussion with young people associated with the Australian mental health organisation Batyr at Melbourne’s Swinburne University of Technology on Thursday, Meghan said social media companies were “not incentivised to stop”.
Meghan claimed: “For now, 10 years, every day for 10 years, I have been bullied and attacked. And I was the most trolled person in the entire world.”
The duke and duchess have long campaigned to raise awareness about the harms of social media and further did so during their visit in a discussion with young people associated with the Australian mental health organisation Batyr at Melbourne’s Swinburne University of Technology.
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