April 15, 2026

Harry Goes Solo in Australia as Fresh Claims Swirl Around Meghan, Archie, and the Sussex Brand

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Prince Harry continues the Australia trip on his own today, with stops focused on men’s mental health and veterans, before reuniting with Meghan tomorrow. We also look at new claims about why Archie and Lilibet did not travel, a brand expert’s take on the Sussex strategy, renewed chatter over Meghan’s Netflix event appearance, and reports that old messages from Harry to a journalist have caused tension behind the scenes. After the break, more sharp Australian commentary and a new report involving Queen Camilla and possible meetings during the upcoming U.S. visit.

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Ah Calorougus Shark Media at Lo and Welcome through Palace

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Intrigue gam your host Mark Francis. Harry and Meghan's tour

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of Australia continues today. Harry will be solo, reuniting with

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Meghan on Thursday. Harry is expected to appear at a

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November event at Melbourne's Witten Oval where he will meet

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players from the Western Bulldog's AFL team, highlighting the organization's

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work around men's mental health. From there, the Duke will

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travel to Canberra for a series of engagements at the

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Australian War Memorial. The visit will include meeting Indigenous veterans

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and attending the last post ceremony, the Daily Tribute honoring

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those who have served. According to a report from Rob

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Shooter's Naughty but Nice, Prince Harry had been keen to

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bring Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet along with one source

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saying Harry wanted this to be a family trip. He

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liked the idea of doing what his mum did, traveling

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with the kids. The report suggests the idea was partying

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in's by by Princess Diana, who famously included her sons

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on Royal Tours. However, the plan was ultimately rejected, with

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the same source stating she wasn't comfortable and when it

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comes to the children, what Meghan says goes. When Insider explained,

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security is always her number one concern. She wants them

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in a controlled environment and that's California. She hates being

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away from them, even short separations are hard for her,

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but she's a working mother and has to pay the bills.

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Harry pushed for it, but Meghan said no, and that

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was the end of it. Brand and culture expert Nick

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Eid has suggested Harry and Meghan are taking a calculated

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approach built around confidence, stability and control. He told The Express,

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Harry and Meghan have always taken a very deliberate, almost

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Hollywood style approach to managing scrutiny, and what we're seeing

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now is a continuation of that strategy, referring to their

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recent public appearance alongside Netflix chief Ted sarandus Id added

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by stepping out publicly with the Netflix owner Ted, they're

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clearly trying to project confidence, stability, and control. It's a

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classic p R move and in in their minds, that

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shuts down rumors about fractures behind the scenes. The risk

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is that it can feel overly performative when you align

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yourself so visibly with a commercial partner right after controversy,

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particularly following legal action from Harry, it invites more questions

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rather than closing them down. People start to wonder what's

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really going on behind the scenes. Their brand has always

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been built on authenticity and purpose, but this starts to

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feel more like celebrity damage control than values driven storytelling,

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which is where they're strongest. I think what's great about

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the pair is that together they are really strong, and

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showing this united front and not showing away is a

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really positive move for them and the brand as they

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embark on this tour. Megan had an awkward fashion moment

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at the Netflix event this weekend, arriving in a strikingly

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similar color to actress Carey Mulligan. The Duchess attended. These

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stars started gathering at Ted Sarandus Montecito home to celebrate

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the new season of the drama Beef, where Mulligan is

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among the stars. Both women opted for bold green tones,

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Mulligan in a floor length gown while Meghan wore a

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should Truce Idy Merrick dress, making the overlap stand out

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in a crowd that largely chose more traditional black and

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white at Taire. The similarity quickly smart reaction online, with

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some suggesting the colour choice wrist drawing attention away from

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the guest of honor. However, reports indicate there was no

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formal dress code for the event, meaning the matching tones

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were likely coincidental. Despite the shared palette, the two looked

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different in style, with Mulligan's outfit appearing more structured, while

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Meghan's dress had a softer, more flowing silhouette. The Duchess

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paired her look with brown Jimmy chw Hills and kept

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her styling minimal. There are new claims that Prince Harry's

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passed messages to a journalist have caused tension behind the scenes,

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with reports suggesting the issue unsettled the Sussex As ahead

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of their Australia trip. According to Closer, messages between Prince

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Harry and journalist Charlotte Griffiths create a concern within the

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Sussex household, with once Sowars claiming this isn't a new

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concern for Megan. She's seen firsthand how nay even trusting

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Harry can be. The messages have made Meghan more certain

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that she's right to keep watch over Harry. They can't

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afford even the smallest slip up. One insideer said, Megan

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is comfortable with Harry socializing, but as long as it's

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limited to a civilized dinner and a glass or two

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of wine, adding that anything more as a recipe for disaster.

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In the news dot com dot a u, Daniella Elsa writes,

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in the last couple of years, the Duke and Duchess

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have pioneered the not Royal tour, a multi day visit

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to a foreign country which looks remarkably like an actual

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royal tour, the Palacey equivalent of a goyed handbag dupe.

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Having traveled to Nigeria, Columbia and Jordan points to them

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given they could have stayed at home in Montecito, communing

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with their chickens or learning to play pickleball. Instead, they

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took themselves off to places far flung, far away from

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any Arawan outposts, so they could talk about the issues

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that deeply matter to them, like the Invictus Games and

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empowering women. However, none of those overseas stretches has been

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a direct facsimile of an official Royal trip they took

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back when they were still on the Palace payroll. This week,

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in the space of about ninety six hours and three cities,

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they'll be hitting many of the same notes as they

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did in twenty eighteen Veterans children football photo ops near

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large bodies of postcardi water. This time around, they'll also

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face the factor of ticket sales. One thing no one

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on the Buckingham Palace books as ever had to worry

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about Hrh's They have no need for your CSV. As

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of Tuesday morning, there were still tickets available to Harry's

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appearance at the inter Edge conference about workplace mental health

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in Melbourne, including the release of much cheaper five hundred

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dollars virtual tickets. The Times has reported that her Best

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Life retreat, where Megan will be speaking in Sydney later

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in the week, appears to be not fully booked. You

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have to give it to Harry and Meghan. They don't

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shy away from trying hard things unless those hard things

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are having to doom themselves to a lifetime of opening

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Yorkshire off ramps and surviving women's institute teas that you

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can duchess. They have pluck boiling down to the Sussex's

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Australian visit will be a litmus test of where they

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can go next now that they're tell all years are

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behind them and they have to work out what to

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do with themselves for the next five decades six if

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Harry has gotten a decent dollop of the Queen Mother's DNA.

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In The Spectator, Terry Barnes writes under the headline Harry

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and Meggan's Australian trip is a pathetic cry for public love.

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Per Barnes, Australians haven't forgotten that Meghan took Harry out

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of the bosom of the royal family, and Harry himself

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is nicknamed here as the Ginger Winer. It also hasn't

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been forgotten that Meghan, who talks so often about women's empowerment,

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has her global public profile and platform simply because she

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married a particularly privileged bloke, not because she was once

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a moderately successful television actress. That the Sussex children have

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been deprived of contact with their extended Windsor and Markeble

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families has also come up regularly when the Sussexes so

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often talk lovingly about the importance of home and family,

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Australians are no respectors of what they see as double standards.

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Even Australian monarchists, who, according to opinion polls, still outnumbered

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confirmed Republicans, are unimpressed by the Sussex's pseudo royal progress.

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To most observers, there's a sadness to the visit. The

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attempt to recapture the aura of the Sussexes highly successful

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twenty eighteen official visit, while attempting to play down their

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lucrative signed hustles and their patent desire for media attention

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is frankly a costly yet pathetic cry for public love.

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More Palacey just a moment. Queen Camilla is said to

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be considering a highly sensitive move during an upcoming visit

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to the United States, one that could carry significant implications

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within the royal family. According to reports, discussions are underway

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about a possible private meeting between the Queen and the

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victims of Jeffrey Epstein. The proposal is understood to have

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come from advocacy groups and is said to still be

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in its early stages. One source suggested the meeting, if

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it were to go ahead, would carry considerable symbolic weight,

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saying it would signal empathy towards survivors and demonstrate a

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clear public alignment with them at a time when the

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royal family continues to deal with the fallout from Prince

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Andrew's past associations. The potential move is also being viewed

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in the context of Andrew's position within the family. An

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insider described it as something that would be He's seen

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this profoundly awkward and difficult moment for him, adding that

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it could further underline how far removed he has become

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from official royal life. If the meeting does take place,

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it is expected to be conducted privately, with careful attention

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given to protecting those involved. However, the message behind such

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an engagement would still be clear, according to sources, that

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survivors' experiences are being recognized at the highest level and

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there you have it to email us addresses the Palace

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