{"id":555214,"date":"2026-03-21T15:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/555214\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T15:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:52:08","slug":"prince-harry-meghans-emotional-statement-makes-things-worse-for-sussexes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/555214\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry, Meghan&#8217;s emotional statement makes things worse for Sussexes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/656686_031901_updates.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"686\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Prince Harry, Meghan's emotional statement makes things worse for Sussexes\"\/>Prince Harry, Meghan&#8217;s emotional statement makes things worse for Sussexes<\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry and Meghan Markle&#8217;s latest move backfired ahead of the Australia tour.<\/p>\n<p>For the unversed, a few days ago, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex made it to the negative headlines after Tom Bower&#8217;s shocking claims about the Sussexes.<\/p>\n<p>In the upcoming book, the royal author made a number of bombshell claims, like their ties with William and Kate and the Invictus Games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The comments did not sit well with Harry and Meghan, and their spokesperson released a fiery statement to debunk claims.<\/p>\n<p>However, a PR expert, Renae Smith, said that it was not a wise move.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She added, &#8220;It was scathing, very detailed, and emotionally loaded, which is rarely the strongest position when you\u2019re dealing with a book like this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Harry and Meghan&#8217;s statement has material which is &#8220;damaging&#8221; for their public standing.<\/p>\n<p>As per Express, Renae said that &#8220;silence is stronger&#8221;, but the Duke and Duchess of Sussex chose to speak out.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry, Meghan&#8217;s emotional statement makes things worse for Sussexes Prince Harry and Meghan Markle&#8217;s latest move backfired&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-555214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}