{"id":2334487,"date":"2026-03-18T07:25:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T07:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2334487"},"modified":"2026-03-18T07:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T07:25:21","slug":"meghan-and-harry-will-soon-find-out-what-aussies-really-think-of-them-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/meghan-and-harry-will-soon-find-out-what-aussies-really-think-of-them-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan and Harry will soon find out what Aussies really think of them | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"photo changeSpace\">\n<p class=\"withoutCaption\"><picture><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/1200x712\/secondary\/haz-6805759.avif?r=1773766407109\" media=\"screen and (min-width:10000px)\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/1200x712\/secondary\/haz-6805759.webp?r=1773766407109\" media=\"screen and (min-width:10000px)\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/1200x712\/secondary\/haz-6805759.jpg?r=1773766407109\" media=\"screen and (min-width:10000px)\"><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/674x400\/secondary\/haz-6805759.avif?r=1773766407109\" media=\"screen and (min-width:100000px)\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/674x400\/secondary\/haz-6805759.webp?r=1773766407109\" media=\"screen and (min-width:100000px)\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/674x400\/secondary\/haz-6805759.jpg?r=1773766407109\" media=\"screen and (min-width:100000px)\"><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/940x\/secondary\/haz-6805759.avif?r=1773766407109\" media=\"screen and (min-width:1200px)\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/940x\/secondary\/haz-6805759.webp?r=1773766407109\" media=\"screen and (min-width:1200px)\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/940x\/secondary\/haz-6805759.jpg?r=1773766407109\" media=\"screen and (min-width:1200px)\"><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/590x\/secondary\/haz-6805759.avif?r=1773766407109\" media=\"screen\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/590x\/secondary\/haz-6805759.webp?r=1773766407109\" media=\"screen\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"newsCaption\">Harry and Meghan on Bondi Beach in October 2018 <span class=\"caption\">(Image: WireImage)<\/span><span class=\"magnifier\" data-img=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/1200x712\/secondary\/haz-6805759.jpg?r=1773766407109\"\/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\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> think they will get a <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/showbiz\/tv-radio\/2182923\/meghan-markle-prince-harry-blow-australia\">red carpet<\/a> as &#8216;welcomed Royals&#8217; when they arrive <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Australia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/australia\">Down Under<\/a> but they could be heading into the hornets&#8217; nest &#8211; covered in sticky honey. If ever there was a time for one of their faux-Royals to jet into <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2174337\/andrew-line-of-succession-latest-australia\">a country that&#8217;s expressed the desire<\/a> to axe <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/prince-andrew\">Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/a> from the Line of Succession, it&#8217;s not now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Sarah Ferguson\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/sarah-ferguson\">Sarah Ferguson<\/a> and Andrew&#8217;s behaviour, unearthed in the <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Jeffrey Epstein\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/jeffrey-epstein\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> Files has sparked widespread rage, especially in Commonwealth countries. Meanwhile the image of the former Duke, 66, being driven home after police quizzed him on suspicion of misconduct in a public office was broadcast across the planet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description dont-miss\">\n<p><strong> Read more:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/showbiz\/tv-radio\/2182923\/meghan-markle-prince-harry-blow-australia\"> Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in devastating blow as Australia &#8216;turns on them&#8217; <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong> Read more:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2174337\/andrew-line-of-succession-latest-australia\"> Australia backs calls to remove Andrew from line of succession <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>Australia&#8217;s prime minister Anthony Albanese has told Sir <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/keir-starmer\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\">Keir Starmer<\/a> his government would back plans to remove Andrew from the line of royal succession where he currently sits eighth in line to be King.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>Next month, the Sussexes are hoping to recreate the magic of their 16-day tour to Australia in October 2018 when the newly-married couple rode a wave of joy and goodwill, boosted by Meghan announcing she was pregnant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>But this will not be a Royal Tour &#8211; as Meghan, 44, and Harry, 41, are no longer &#8216;Royals&#8217;. They scarpered off to California and bad-mouthed anyone that would help sell some books and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/netflix\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\">Netflix<\/a> subscriptions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>They fed the US&#8217;s royal obsession that&#8217;s rooted in celebrity, drama, our monarchy&#8217;s centuries-long stability, America&#8217;s fairytale love of heroic kings, dashing princes and pure princesses &#8211; plus our countries&#8217; unique, shared history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>The Sussexes tapped into all that &#8211; and a left-wing, ultra-woke, left-wing US media that despises all the Royal Family stand for &#8211; and they said: &#8220;Want to know what they are all really like? Buy our book and find out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>Playing the victim of the &#8216;Institution&#8217; behind the monarchy was a novel story for a while but it&#8217;s worn thin of late and Harry and Meghan are finding future revenue streams in shorter supply.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>Now they seem to want to revert to travelling the world, representing the Crown, posing with sick children and meeting ambassadors &#8211; the trouble is, they aren&#8217;t working royals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>What they are is a useful lightning rod for all those sparked into anger at the actions of Andrew and Fergie.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photo changeSpace\">\n<p class=\"withoutCaption\"><picture><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/1200x712\/secondary\/Meghs1-6805776.avif?r=1773766407122\" media=\"screen and (min-width:10000px)\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/1200x712\/secondary\/Meghs1-6805776.webp?r=1773766407122\" media=\"screen and (min-width:10000px)\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/1200x712\/secondary\/Meghs1-6805776.jpg?r=1773766407122\" media=\"screen and (min-width:10000px)\"><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/674x400\/secondary\/Meghs1-6805776.avif?r=1773766407122\" media=\"screen and (min-width:100000px)\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/674x400\/secondary\/Meghs1-6805776.webp?r=1773766407122\" media=\"screen and (min-width:100000px)\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/674x400\/secondary\/Meghs1-6805776.jpg?r=1773766407122\" media=\"screen and (min-width:100000px)\"><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/940x\/secondary\/Meghs1-6805776.avif?r=1773766407122\" media=\"screen and (min-width:1200px)\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/940x\/secondary\/Meghs1-6805776.webp?r=1773766407122\" media=\"screen and (min-width:1200px)\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/940x\/secondary\/Meghs1-6805776.jpg?r=1773766407122\" media=\"screen and (min-width:1200px)\"><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/590x\/secondary\/Meghs1-6805776.avif?r=1773766407122\" media=\"screen\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/590x\/secondary\/Meghs1-6805776.webp?r=1773766407122\" media=\"screen\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/590x\/secondary\/Meghs1-6805776.jpg?r=1773766407122\" alt=\"Harry and Meghan made a 'royal trip' to Jordan last month and naturally visited a hospital\" title=\"Harry and Meghan made a 'royal trip' to Jordan last month and naturally visited a hospital\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"newsCaption\">Harry and Meghan made a &#8216;royal trip&#8217; to Jordan last month and naturally visited a hospital <span class=\"caption\">(Image: Middle East News Agency\/APAImages\/Shutterstock)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>The backlash has already lit up Australia like a bolt of electricity and the Sussexes have not even jetted off from California yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>Aussie media has discovered Meghan is set to appear at a women-only weekend retreat in Sydney, with tickets starting at a staggering \u00a31,400 per person.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>Touted as &#8220;a girls&#8217; weekend like no other,&#8221; Meghan will speak at a gala dinner, with VIP ticket holders offered front-row seats and a group photo with the duchess.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>The 300-person Sydney retreat &#8211; with a psychologist, yoga, sound healing, a disco, and meditation and manifestation sessions &#8211; has been organised by the Her Best Life podcast, founded by Gemma O&#8217;Neill and Jackie &#8220;O&#8221; Henderson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>Sky News Australia announced the Meghan ticket event under the headline: &#8220;Desperate for relevance.&#8221; They also used the words &#8220;utterly nauseating&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>It comes days after Meghan&#8217;s lifestyle brand, As Ever, announced it had ended its \u00a375m partnership with streaming giant Netflix that began in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>So if Harry and Meghan think the red carpet will be dusted off for them Down Under just like in 2018 and their faces will be beamed onto Ayres Rock they may be in for a shock.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>As TalkTV&#8217;s Mark Dolan somewhat harshly put it: &#8220;The reason why it went that well in 2018 is because they didn&#8217;t know <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/meghan-markle\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\">Meghan Markle<\/a> very well. They know her now and what do they know her to be? A gold-digging grifter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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>Harry and Meghan on Bondi Beach in October 2018 (Image: WireImage) Prince Harry and Meghan Markle think they will get a red carpet as &#8216;welcomed Royals&#8217; when they arrive Down Under but they could be heading into the hornets&#8217; nest &#8211; covered in sticky honey. 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