The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are said to be planning another \u201croyal-style\u201d tour despite backlash following their trip Down Under.<\/p>\n
Thousands of adoring fans turned out in droves to catch a glimpse of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry as they made their way across the country during their whirlwind visit to Australia last week.<\/p>\n
But despite the warm reception, the pair have been slammed for mixing charitable activities with commercial ones.<\/p>\n
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By continuing you agree to our Terms<\/a> and Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n Now, it\u2019s been revealed the royal couple might be planning another quasi-royal tour, this time across Africa.<\/p>\n The information was revealed to Royal expert Rob Shuter<\/a> by an inside source, who said that \u201cthey\u2019re not calling it a royal tour, but that\u2019s exactly how it\u2019s being designed.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAfrica is the focus \u2014 and the scope is big. Think Commonwealth-level visibility without the royal stamp.\u201d<\/p>\n The destination carries personal significance to the Prince, who has long called it his \u201csecond home\u201d after visiting following the death of his mother.<\/p>\n \u201cAfrica is where Harry goes to reset \u2014 emotionally, publicly, and now financially,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n Despite not calling it a royal tour, the resemblance is hard to dismiss.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re not calling it a royal tour \u2014 but that\u2019s exactly how it\u2019s being designed,\u201d the insider said. \u201cYou can\u2019t step away from the monarchy and then recreate it on your own terms.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis isn\u2019t random \u2014 it\u2019s strategic and safe. If he can\u2019t be embraced in Africa, he can\u2019t be embraced anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is about relevance \u2014 staying global, staying visible, staying royal-adjacent \u2014 and making money.\u201d<\/p>\n The revelation comes after the Sussexes\u2019 trip to Australia ruffled some feathers, with many claiming the venture was a mere publicity stunt.<\/p>\n It was Meghan\u2019s three-word request \u2014 \u201cCall me Meg\u201d \u2014 during the four-day trip that particularly irritated critics, with some claiming the 44-year-old was trying to drum up relatability.<\/p>\n According to a source familiar with public reaction, the plea was taken by many as a calculated move to project relatability despite the Duchess\u2019s obscene wealth and famous standing.<\/p>\n \u201cEncouraging people to basically \u2018Call me Meg\u2019 is being seen by critics as a carefully curated attempt to project approachability, but it is clashing with a long-established perception of her as a multi-millionaire figure with exacting, and well-known diva standards,\u201d the source explained to RadarOnline<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThis kind of informality feels staged, particularly given the level of privilege and expectation that surrounds her, and that disconnect is what people are reacting to so strongly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are said to be planning another \u201croyal-style\u201d tour despite backlash following their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,13935,1720],"class_list":["post-629426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-royals","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629426","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=629426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}