A royal expert has now claimed that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are trying to “upstage” one another with their individual ventures.
Royal expert Kinsey Schofield claimed to Women’s Own: “I think professionally, she’s trying to upstage him, he’s trying to upstage her, so it goes from bad to worse.”
Prince Harry is said to have had a “three-week break”, which included doing a solo trip to Lesotho in Africa in honour of his charity, Sentebale.
Harry also attended a string of events in New York unaccompanied by his wife, and also did a surprise TV stint and tour of a haunted maze on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
He also jetted to the UK capital at the end of September and did not see his father the King, or have any contact with his brother, Prince William.
Instead his time was taken up by honouring seriously ill youngsters at the WellChild Awards in London’s Royal Lancaster Hotel.
Meanwhile, the Duchess of Sussex stunned at the LA Children’s Hospital gala in early October, sporting a red gown she had upcycled from a previous event.
A source close to the couple said a “twin-track approach is evolving” in response to their alleged “professional separation”.
This comes after it was revealed Harry celebrated the night of his milestone 40th birthday without Meghan in September.
The duke went on a hiking trip with pals to celebrate his big day, leaving his wife and their kids at home.
Sources close to the couple insist it was Meghan who organised the lads’ trip.
Their separate plans, followed by Harry’s solo trips across the past few weeks, has sparked speculation surrounding their relationship.
However, a Sussex confidante addressed rumours, insisting: “It is normal for couples to not do everything together.”
Harry’s back to basics
PR guru Mark Borkowski told Best magazine: “There has been a separation [of their work] for a while.
“Harry is ‘going back to basics’ with a formula that worked well for him as a Royal Family member, but there’s also the realisation that the couple’s ‘star power’ wasn’t as successful as they hoped.
“They had to change the narrative.”
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped back as senior working royals in 2020 and after relocating to California initially undertook a number of joint projects, including their £82million Netflix deal and their Archewell foundation.
Speaking on our first ever Royal Exclusive Live show, legendary Sun photographer Arthur Edwards revealed how the pair are ‘doing things separately now’ after failing to be spotted together in weeks.
Meanwhile Jennie Bond, a royal correspondent for the last 35 years, also revealed: “Meghan is not popular. She doesn’t want to come back and they are going their own ways, to some extent”.
Meghan’s personal projects
Meghan’s upcoming solo ventures include a Netflix cooking show about friendship and her lifestyle brand American Orchard Riviera.
The mum-of-two’s lifestyle company recently suffered fresh blows as it was revealed she is ‘struggling’ to secure a CEO, and her team filled in official forms incorrectly, and failed to send enough cash.
Since announcing the project, the former Suits actress is yet to roll out anything other than jams and dog biscuits – products that have only been gifted to her A-lister pals so far.
These issues came in addition to a bitter dispute over exclusive rights to the name American Riviera Orchard.
