{"id":534638,"date":"2026-07-20T05:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T05:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/534638\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T05:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T05:14:14","slug":"meghan-markles-biggest-contradiction-she-just-cant-shake-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/534638\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle&#8217;s biggest &#8216;contradiction&#8217; she just can&#8217;t shake | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/meghan-markle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meghan Markle<\/a> has been claimed to have a big \u201ccontradiction\u201d that she can\u2019t seem to shake, a brand and culture expert has said. The Duchess of Sussex, since quitting royal life with Prince Harry by her side in 2020, has spent the last six years trying to <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2228479\/meghan-markle-balenciaga-show\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">build up her own personal brand.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking about this, brand and culture expert Nick Ede said: \u201cMeghan has spent the past few years repositioning herself as a lifestyle entrepreneur, producer and businesswoman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer commercial identity is now increasingly rooted in America rather than Britain, so it feels natural for her to stay there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat said, there is always a contradiction that critics point to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeghan has worked hard to establish herself outside the institution, yet she continues to use the Duchess of Sussex title, which remains one of the most valuable assets in her personal brand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cIt&#8217;s a balancing act because the title undoubtedly opens doors globally, but it also keeps her intrinsically linked to the Royal Family she has distanced herself from.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy advice would be to decide on one clear long-term strategy. If Meghan wants to build a lasting global lifestyle empire entirely on her own terms, then gradually placing less emphasis on the royal title would demonstrate confidence in the strength of her own name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\">Prince Harry, on the other hand, flew back to his home country on Monday. It is believed his family didn\u2019t fly with him earlier on in the week as originally planned as a result of not having access to taxpayer-funded armed police protection.<\/p>\n<p>This meant he needed time to organise an enhanced security package.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle has been claimed to have a big \u201ccontradiction\u201d that she can\u2019t seem to shake, a brand&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,4866,263675,94588,37876,263676,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-534638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-meghan-markle","tag-meghan-markle-duchess","tag-meghan-markle-prince-harry","tag-meghan-markle-royal-family","tag-meghan-markle-royal-title","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534638","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=534638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}