{"id":2293942,"date":"2026-02-22T15:23:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2293942"},"modified":"2026-02-22T15:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:23:17","slug":"meghans-hypocrisy-proves-how-little-power-harry-really-has-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/meghans-hypocrisy-proves-how-little-power-harry-really-has-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan&#8217;s &#8216;hypocrisy proves how little power Harry really has&#8217; | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Prince Harry\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/prince-harry\">Prince Harry<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Meghan Markle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/meghan-markle\">Meghan Markle<\/a> have often been referred to as extremely protective parents and have largely opted to keep their children, six-year-old <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Prince Archie\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/archie-harrison\">Prince Archie<\/a> and four-year-old <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Princess Lilibet \" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/lilibet-diana\">Princess Lilibet<\/a>, out of the spotlight. Meghan has, however, shared various pictures of their children on her Instagram account, with her returning to social media in January 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The mother-of-two has previously been called out for her &#8220;hypocrisy&#8221; in posting Archie and Lilibet since the Sussexes&#8217; work to try and get social media firms to protect children and young people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Speaking of Meghan&#8217;s most recent post of Harry and Lilibet, royal expert Ingrid Seward and <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/us-celebrity-news\/i-thought-prince-harry-brave-36756095\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Mirror<\/a>&#8216;s Mitya Underwood wrote about how baffling it was that the former working royal allowed his wife to post the particular picture of Lilibet &#8211; with the picture being the most visible one that fans have seen of her side profile.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>They wrote: &#8220;It is somewhat baffling that Harry allowed it to happen. He has made a point of describing how much he hated the cameras, which apparently he really did, and then there is a photograph of his daughter on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/instagram\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\">Instagram<\/a> for the whole world to see, which appears to be absolutely contrary to what Harry has said he wanted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;So I would think they have some pretty fiery rows about the topic&#8230; But Harry understands the privacy issue better than Meghan does due to his own experiences as a child. For Meghan, being seen with a gorgeous child is just a plus, because she has had very different experiences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>They also likened Meghan to a &#8220;movie star&#8221;, adding: &#8220;Movie stars are always showing themselves off with their children but you don\u2019t expect it from a Prince of the Realm. So it is obviously Meghan who wins on this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It concluded: &#8220;I would have thought Harry might have been brave enough to point out that the photograph was absolutely contrary to everything they said they wanted, and it cannot be undone now&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Appearing to imply that Harry has no power, they added: &#8220;I think Meghan probably gets the final word in everything they discuss though.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>const Init=()=>{const interval=setInterval(()=>{if(typeof window.utag_data.consentData!=='undefined'){clearInterval(interval);ExpressApp.Log('[Facebook] consent data',window.utag_data.consentData)\nif(!window.isVendorConsented(window.utag_data.consentData,20,!0)){return!1}\nconst publisherPurposes=window.utag_data.consentData.tcfv2consent?.publisher?.consents\nconst consentPurposes=window.utag_data.consentData.tcfv2consent?.purpose?.consents\nif(!publisherPurposes[1]||!publisherPurposes[2]||!publisherPurposes[3]||!publisherPurposes[4]||!consentPurposes[1]||!consentPurposes[2]||!consentPurposes[3]||!consentPurposes[4]){return!1}\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','331470507705028');fbq('trackSingle','331470507705028','PageView')}else{ExpressApp.Log('[Facebook] Facebook is waiting for consent data')}},100)}\nif(typeof flagTcfLoaded!=='undefined'&&flagTcfLoaded){Init()}else{document.addEventListener('tcfLoaded',()=>{Init()})}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have often been referred to as extremely protective parents and have largely opted to keep their children, six-year-old Prince Archie and four-year-old Princess Lilibet, out of the spotlight. 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