{"id":372938,"date":"2026-04-10T12:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/372938\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:44:15","slug":"prince-harry-and-meghan-markles-comeback-chances-dismissed-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/372938\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle\u2019s \u2018comeback\u2019 chances dismissed | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last time the Sussexes travelled to Australia was in 2018, but this new trip will be vastly different from the pomp and pageantry of their first. Harry and Meghan\u2019s two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, will not be joining them.<\/p>\n<p>Australian-born Renae Smith, founder of PR agency <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/theatticism.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Atticism<\/a>, told the Daily Express: \u201cSo can the tour be a success? It depends entirely on what we\u2019re calling success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf success is a well-managed series of curated \u2018smile and wave\u2019 appearances, a supportive crowd in controlled environments, and strong imagery and headlines, then yes, absolutely. Their teams will be able to call that a success. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>But she added: \u201cIf the goal is a broader shift in public perception or some kind of \u2018revenge&#8217; moment, that\u2019s where it starts to feel slightly unrealistic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms Smith said that the trip is not destined to be a \u201chuge flop\u201d and that it will be fine, adding that \u201c\u2018fine\u2019 and \u2018transformational\u2019 are very different things\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The PR expert concluded: \u201cSo yes, it can be a success in a controlled, curated sense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if anyone is expecting this to be some kind of defining comeback moment, that feels a bit generous and I doubt it will move the dial for the general pop.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The last time the Sussexes travelled to Australia was in 2018, but this new trip will be vastly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,15858,22703,15859,4866,175751,22466,111,139,69,3578,194752,3583,15854,3582,194751],"class_list":{"0":"post-372938","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-harry-and-meghan","10":"tag-harry-and-meghan-latest","11":"tag-harry-and-meghan-news","12":"tag-meghan-markle","13":"tag-meghan-markle-australia","14":"tag-meghan-markle-news","15":"tag-new-zealand","16":"tag-newzealand","17":"tag-nz","18":"tag-prince-harry","19":"tag-prince-harry-australia","20":"tag-prince-harry-latest","21":"tag-prince-harry-latest-news","22":"tag-prince-harry-news","23":"tag-prince-harry-trip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}