Royal expert pinpoints exact moment Prince Harry and Meghan Markle 'rot set in'
One expert has pinpointed the exact moment cracks began to show for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, while they were still working members of the Firm.
One royal expert has pinpointed the exact moment that the "rot set in" for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
The couple, who got married in May 2018, travelled to Australia later that year as part of their first major tour together.
Although Meghan "enjoyed playing the part of a 'princess'", royal expert Ingrid Seward said that the tour was when cracks began to appear for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as part of the Royal Family.
Speaking to The Sun, Ms Seward said: "I think it was a bit of a shock [that] she was being told what to do, she was being told where to go and she was being told how to do it. She was taking a starring role in the actual size of the monarchy, she was just a little pinpoint.
"At that moment in Australia she was a starring role, but she wasn't really, she was just a cog in the wheel."
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Discussing how Meghan is said to have not liked this prospect, she added: "I think it was an eye opener for her that she was always going to be a cog in the wheel because she was married to number two man [and] not the number one man, which would have been [Prince] William.
"I agree with the royal commentators, that was definitely when the rot began to fester a little bit."
With the King and Queen currently on tour in Australia, Ms Seward said that the monarch will likely not "give a thought' to Harry and Meghan's previous trip there.
She added: "He's been to Australia so many times [and] it is one of his favourite places in the world."
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Also speaking of Meghan and Harry's 2018 trip, Ms Seward did shed light on how successful it appeared at the time.
She said: "It was a monumental trip when Harry and Meghan went in 2018, and Meghan announced her pregnancy [with Archie] when she was there.
"I think the Australians were very flattered by that and she played her part brilliantly. They were young and fresh."
