{"id":2387143,"date":"2026-04-24T09:37:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2387143"},"modified":"2026-04-24T09:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:37:24","slug":"prince-harry-and-meghan-slammed-as-fantasy-royal-tour-in-shambles-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-harry-and-meghan-slammed-as-fantasy-royal-tour-in-shambles-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan slammed as \u2018fantasy royal tour\u2019 in shambles | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It was the first time the Sussex couple were back in Australia since 2018, when they first visited as working members of the Royal Family. Despite this visit lacking the pomp and pageantry<\/a> of the first one, several royal watchers noted its royal undertone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Now, a royal commentator has criticised their efforts and accused them of holding on to their royal links.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lee Cohen, a US-based columnist\/royal and foreign policy commentator, told GB News<\/a>: \u201cTwo private individuals, representing no institution but themselves, staged events mirroring the working-royal formula they rejected in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThis is not their first such performance. It is one of many. Previous fantasy royal tours to Colombia and Nigeria saw the Sussexes cosplay as royals in good standing, with official-style engagements and staged humanitarian moments.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Cohen accused Harry and Meghan of \u201ccommercialising\u201d the connection they \u201cdisowned\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He explaimed: \u201cThat refusal to disappear, that determination to harm the institution while profiting from its aura, elevates them in shame beyond even Edward and Wallis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIt makes them the most contemptible public figures of our times.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The royal commentator then delivered a brutal verdict on the couple\u2019s future and said: \u201cThe monarchy will outlast them. Britain will outlast them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cBut the memory of these calculated spectacles will remain as proof of how completely they failed to step aside with dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\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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