{"id":2386275,"date":"2026-04-23T18:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2386275"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:29:13","slug":"prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-faced-with-biggest-tension-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-faced-with-biggest-tension-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle faced with \u2018biggest tension\u2019 | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It was the first time the couple had gone to Australia since 2018, when they visited as working royals. The trip had a different approach but still had royal influences, with Harry and Meghan even meeting members of the public<\/a> in a controlled environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But a PR expert said the lukewarm \u201cfaux royal tour\u201d failed to impress, with nothing positive or negative about the Montecito couple, and the Australian market was seen as a tough target to win over.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Australian-born Renae Smith, founder of PR agency The Atticism<\/a>, told the Daily Express: \u201cMy overall take is that it was\u2026 fine. Nothing went dramatically wrong, which in itself is a win in today\u2019s media environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cFrom a PR standpoint, if I were on their team, I\u2019d be calling it a success purely because there were no major controversies, no big missteps, and nothing that spiralled out of control. That bar sounds low, but realistically, that\u2019s often how these tours are judged internally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThat said, did it move the needle? I don\u2019t think so. It felt very \u2018steady state.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cCulturally, Australia is still a tricky market for them. The biggest ongoing tension is that they position themselves as private individuals, yet continue to operate in very public, almost royal-adjacent ways when it suits them. That contradiction hasn\u2019t gone away, and it was definitely part of the conversation again this time around.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms Smith said their trip raised questions about whether they can shift public perception or acquire new fans in the long run, following their royal fall from grace six years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Sussexes’ popularity has taken a nosedive since they quit as working members of the Royal Family in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms Smith added: \u201cIf you\u2019re not growing or repairing, are you actually succeeding, or just standing still?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThat depends on how they define success, but from an external PR perspective, it was more \u201cmeh\u201d than meaningful.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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