{"id":381083,"date":"2026-04-15T18:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/381083\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T18:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:12:08","slug":"prince-harry-and-meghan-tour-live-duke-leaves-duchess-in-melbourne-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/381083\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan tour LIVE: Duke leaves Duchess in Melbourne | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2193701\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-australia-latest\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Harry and Meghan Markle<\/a> received a polarised reception upon arriving in Australia to commence their tour, with some Australians labelling the couple &#8216;irrelevant&#8217;, while others welcomed them with enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<p>Despite an exceptionally <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2194126\/meghan-markle-demoted-support-role-prince-harry-australia-tour-expert\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">warm reception<\/a> at the Royal Children&#8217;s Hospital <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2194046\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-live-australia-pictures\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in Melbourne<\/a>, a body language specialist has described the Sussexes&#8217; physical demeanour as &#8216;inappropriate&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Harry and Meghan interacted with children and posed for photographs with patients, as they were applauded by substantial crowds assembled along the hospital walkways.<\/p>\n<p>However, remarking on the couple&#8217;s engagement at the hospital, Dr Louise Mahler, body language expert, said: &#8220;The domestic Goddess act does not cut it with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The duo were photographed entering the hospital foyer to considerable crowds, with Meghan clutching onto Harry, as patients and their parents insisted the visit brought a much-needed &#8216;smile&#8217; to their faces.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the pair&#8217;s arrival, the expert added: &#8220;Megan grabs hold of Harry&#8217;s upper arm and hangs on like a tiny helpless waif, reaching out shyly with half an arm to greet others, like a retiring introvert overcome by adoration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Together they both crouch down for small children, embracing and showing warmth before going off to pick and sniff plants in the garden together in a natural healing ceremony.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle received a polarised reception upon arriving in Australia to commence their tour, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,4866,175751,4870,22466,178341,43,3578,194752,3583,3582,149599,3164,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-381083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-meghan-markle","10":"tag-meghan-markle-australia","11":"tag-meghan-markle-latest","12":"tag-meghan-markle-news","13":"tag-meghan-markle-update","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-prince-harry","16":"tag-prince-harry-australia","17":"tag-prince-harry-latest","18":"tag-prince-harry-news","19":"tag-prince-harry-update","20":"tag-royal-family","21":"tag-top-news","22":"tag-top-stories","23":"tag-topnews","24":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381083","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=381083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}