{"id":2308529,"date":"2026-03-02T15:44:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2308529"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:44:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:44:31","slug":"meghan-markle-mocked-for-clinging-on-to-prince-harry-big-time-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/meghan-markle-mocked-for-clinging-on-to-prince-harry-big-time-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle mocked for &#8216;clinging on to Prince Harry big time&#8217; | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/meghan-markle\" target=\"_blank\">Meghan Markle<\/a> was <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2176075\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-royal-snub-tour\" target=\"_blank\">mocked by fans online<\/a> for \u201cclinging on\u201d to her husband, <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/prince-harry\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Harry<\/a>, \u201cbig time\u201d during their <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2175718\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-pictures-jordan-latest\" target=\"_blank\">two-day tour in Jordan. <\/a>The Duke and Duchess of Sussex spent two days in Jordan attending various engagements to highlight the humanitarian efforts by the Jordanian authorities and a range of agencies supporting the health and wellbeing of Syrians and Palestinians who have sought sanctuary in Jordan over the decades.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>They were <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2176896\/meghan-markle-prince-harry-royal-tours\" target=\"_blank\">invited there by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus<\/a>, the director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO). In pictures circulating on social media, Meghan could be seen holding her husband\u2019s arm as they posed with Dr Tedros and other dignitaries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>But fans were not impressed with the gesture and accused the duchess of \u201cclinging on\u201d to her husband.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>One user wrote on X: \u201cShe is clinging on to [Harry]h, big time! The expressions on their faces says it all!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Another one commented: \u201cThey are meant to be professional pics. Why is she hanging onto him with her double claw?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A third one added: \u201cWho does this? I am happily married and don\u2019t feel the need to hang all over my husband in public. Truly perplexed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A fourth one asked: \u201cIs her arm padlocked on to his?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Ensure our latest royal headlines always appear at the top of your Google Search by making us a Preferred Source. <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=express.co.uk&amp;hl=en_GB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Click here to activate<\/a><\/strong><strong> or just add us as Preferred Source in your Google search settings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A fifth one said: \u201cIt&#8217;s so cringe and exhausting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Others defended the couple&#8217;s appearance, with one user writing about their trip: \u201cThe Sussexes are there to do real work not to do simple things like laughing with fellow which does not impact their subjects.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Another one said: \u201cHarry and meghan don&#8217;t care about royalty. They are their own royalty. Why should they want to meet Abdullah or any member of his family for?. They are there for WHO, not the kingdom of Jordan.\u201d<\/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>Meghan Markle was mocked by fans online for \u201cclinging on\u201d to her husband, Prince Harry, \u201cbig time\u201d during their two-day tour in Jordan. 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