“However it doesn’t work like that because they’ve moved forward and they don’t want to have this distancing themselves from Harry and Meghan.”

In 2020, Harry and Meghan left royal life for good. Together with their son, Archie, and Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, they left the UK on a private jet, which Harry dubbed the “freedom flight”.

“They will pat themselves on the back”

The couple appeared in the now-infamous Oprah Winfrey interview, and the Netflix show and Harry’s book, Spare, offered even more revelations about how they felt concerning royal life. Meanwhile, the Royal Family has been furious with the many allegations made, and at the time of writing, Prince William is rejecting any contact with his younger brother.

The Sussexes have made millions from their many business ventures, and speaking with The Sun, royal expert Ingrid Seward said that Harry’s life is a “success” when judged by his financial success.

However, “he as a man,” the royal expert added, “is not a success.”

“As a husband and father, he has done brilliantly. And when he and Meghan celebrate their six-year anniversary on Sunday (today) they will pat themselves on the back,” Seward told The Sun earlier in May.

“People said it wouldn’t last and it has! Harry is no longer feted in his homeland as he once was. If anything, he is pitied. I don’t think Harry can see it. He is happy in his rarefied world with Meghan doing what they do. Long may it last – and I think it will.”

Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliam also commented on Harry and Meghan’s marriage, saying they look “very well matched” from the outside.

Harry and Meghan’s Nigeria trip left royals “furious”

Meanwhile, as he explained, they can “always do the unexpected,” which can be unpleasant for many.

“All I can say is that the optics [of their marriage] as far as I can see seem fine. The two seem very well matched now, whether or not that’s a favorable comment depends, of course, on your view of them. They have their fans. They’ve also now got quite a few activities, and Megan launching American Riviera Orchard,” he said.

“And of course, she has a program she’s doing for Netflix and Cochrane entertainments, and so forth. Harry, with his series on Polo. The trip to Nigeria, which as a private visit, certainly had the trappings of a sort of pro royal trip, but it went well. There’s no reason that it shouldn’t have – what they want to do in the future weeks and months – that is quite another question.”

Harry and Meghan made a three-day visit to Nigeria earlier in May. While it wasn’t a royal trip—as they aren’t part of the Royal Family anymore—many things were similar to a traditional royal event regarding how they were received.

There have been talks about the Sussesexes doing similar tours in the future, and perhaps even bringing their son, Archie, and daughter, Lilibet, with them.

Before the three-day visit, Harry and Meghan received hefty criticism as theirs was seen as something of an “unofficial royal tour.” Furthermore, they were accused of damaging the Royal Family’s ties to the Commonwealth.

Royal expert Tom Bower suggested that Harry and Meghan were playing the “royal card,” and author Phil Dampier stated that the Nigeria visit seemed “ironic” since the Sussexes had previously criticized the Commonwealth.

Harry and Meghan are “forming an alternative royal family,” expert claims

So what is really the point of Harry and Meghan’s “sort-of” royal visits?

Speaking on The Sun’s Royal Exclusive, historian Gareth Russell said that Harry and Meghan, in one way, are forming “an alternative royal family.”

“To all intents and purposes that is a real possibility. The problem for the Sussexes is that once you start doing anything like that, people become a lot more critical of what you do outside that – like commercial endeavours or quasi-royal tours,” Russell said.

“People will put them under more of a microscope because they’re calling it ‘The Office of Harry and Meghan’. It’s interesting. I wonder is it part of a plan to pivot from some harsh headlines they’ve had in the last year or two? Is it maybe a slightly more social conservative direction and have themselves as royals in exile for want of a better word?”

The historian concluded: “I wonder is that them acting on advice that people don’t want to hear them criticising the royal family. Their popularity at the moment is pretty low in America but that could change. Public opinion is always a bit of a rollercoaster. But they absolutely could (go on a US tour) and there’s indications that they will.”

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