{"id":2349862,"date":"2026-03-29T06:09:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T06:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2349862"},"modified":"2026-03-29T06:09:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T06:09:06","slug":"does-the-crown-need-harry-and-meghan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/does-the-crown-need-harry-and-meghan\/","title":{"rendered":"Does the Crown need Harry and Meghan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-7dcec515-bf79-441f-b296-65ff7d8d2752\">Looking at pictures of Harry and Meghan\u2019s recent visit to Jordan (just before Israel and the US started bombing nearby Iran), I was reminded how good they are at (that bit of) being royal.<\/p>\n<p>Invited by the World Health Organization, they radiated sympathy and good cheer with a dose of Hollywood glamour.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-7dcec515-bf79-441f-b296-65ff7d8d2752-2\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Playing football with kids: check. Holding hands with victims: check. Visiting a refugee camp for displaced Syrians, supporting a centre for recovering addicts and writing Post-it messages of encouragement: check, check, check.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-continues-below block py-2 text-sm\">Article continues below <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"inline-block w-2.5 h-2.5 ml-2\" fill=\"currentColor\" preserveaspectratio=\"xMidYMid meet\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 1000\"><path d=\"M1000 100L500 900 0 100h1000z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pb-0 pt-2 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-[#333]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-[#333]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 !text-base uppercase sm:text-sm font-normal&#10;        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Meghan channelled some of her &#8216;dress-down, caring <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/tag\/princess-diana\/\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/tag\/princess-diana\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/tag\/princess-diana\/\">Princess Diana<\/a>&#8216; wardrobe in khaki, beige and black.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout \" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"elk-e95f24d0-766a-4636-8836-d81d6ccc7bdd\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/y7NQR972Y8oY3FBB6zAQpP-1920-80.jpg.webp 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/y7NQR972Y8oY3FBB6zAQpP-1600-80.jpg.webp 1600w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/y7NQR972Y8oY3FBB6zAQpP-1280-80.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/y7NQR972Y8oY3FBB6zAQpP-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/y7NQR972Y8oY3FBB6zAQpP-768-80.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/y7NQR972Y8oY3FBB6zAQpP-415-80.jpg.webp 415w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/y7NQR972Y8oY3FBB6zAQpP-360-80.jpg.webp 360w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/y7NQR972Y8oY3FBB6zAQpP-320-80.jpg.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 710px) 670px, calc(100vw - 30px)\"><br \/>\n<\/source><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>(Image credit: Middle East News Agency\/APAImages\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-collectionwidget-f93ab370f2c6705ecf23314048f869e0\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-ec7b0866-1197-4527-8233-6ff084031e8d\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-b17e9a72-c2df-4dfe-a976-b2c81024747c\">Yes, I know they\u2019re no longer working royals, so this was not an official trip. But it\u2019s undeniable that Harry, especially, is very good at this.<\/p>\n<p>He connects with new people quickly, empathises consistently and finds it easy to communicate with those who\u2019ve suffered great pain &#8211; authentically.<\/p>\n<p>I know Harry and Meghan rather sold their family down the river with Oprah, Netflix and <em>Spare, <\/em>but it\u2019s hard to deny that they are great in this kind of public tour.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-4ZqoyqHMML4Z3WMZkyyo7e\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-4ZqoyqHMML4Z3WMZkyyo7e slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up to our free daily email for the latest royal and entertainment news, interesting opinion, expert advice on styling and beauty trends, and no-nonsense guides to the health and wellness questions you want answered.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s fall from grace and the tarnishing effect on his poor daughters, royals outside the scandal have never felt so welcome.<\/p>\n<p>While the King, Queen, William and Catherine were forced to stop much of their royal travel (and engagements) due to cancer and ill health, Harry and Meghan visited Colombia, Nigeria and Canada &#8211; and they\u2019re off to Australia next month.<\/p>\n<p>Their Jordan trip drew attention to the WHO\u2019s work in helping refugees &#8211; as well as the non-profit World Central Kitchen, where they\u2019ve donated their own money.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pb-0 pt-2 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-[#333]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-[#333]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 !text-base uppercase sm:text-sm font-normal&#10;        \"><br \/>\n            What to read next<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<figure id=\"elk-d68f3431-027b-4d07-9541-6ca94be0f288\">\n<blockquote class=\"vanilla-quoteblock\">\n<p>&#8216;Harry would be given a new lease of life&#8217; <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"elk-7120f690-0cfb-4fcd-8276-5b61205fe52c\">We can all scoff that it\u2019s about them &#8211; but Harry does want to use their platform for good. I\u2019m told he wakes up every morning and says: \u2018What can I do to help?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>If they were still part of the Firm, they could visit women\u2019s shelters and charities that combat sex trafficking &#8211; which would garner far more column inches than poor Camilla, who\u2019s been working in this area for ages. (Her recent speech on the abhorrent violence against women for International Women\u2019s Day was seen as a thinly veiled attempt to show the Crown is taking all this seriously.)<\/p>\n<p>I have an idea. Meghan clearly wants to do the \u2018girl boss\u2019 thing, sell her flower sprinkles to the world, and never return to royal life (while keeping the titles, naturally\u2026). But why can\u2019t we have Harry back? He would be given a new lease of life and be utterly brilliant, just when the royals need it.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-more-from-the-palace\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-more-from-the-palace\"><span>More from the palace<\/span><\/h3>\n<p id=\"elk-99a64094-3c0b-4c83-882a-f69870ff95a9\">Preparations are under way for the King and Queen\u2019s state visit to the US in April &#8211; but should they go? The King seems to be our only &#8216;Trump card&#8217; with the US president in what feels like an increasingly fragile and insecure world.<\/p>\n<p>Some politicians have called for the visit to be cancelled, but I think they have to go &#8211; even if the visit is to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Americans getting rid of the Royal Family to become a republic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This feature first appeared in <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/comps.womanmagazine.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"https:\/\/comps.womanmagazine.co.uk\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\"><em><strong>Woman<\/strong><\/em><\/a><strong> magazine. 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