As the prince watched the game, the camera panned to him in the crowd and some boos appeared to ring out, although there are some suggestions they may have been aimed at the referee. The reception didn’t go unnoticed as commentator Nick Mullins was quick to note “some boos there” before quickly moving on.<\/p>\n
Writing on The Royalist substack, royal expert Tom Sykes suggested this was a sign of the one problem Harry and Meghan face, the UK public. He wrote: \u201cThere is just one problem. The public, the people they seem to wish to be a figure to, have spent the past fortnight telling the Sussexes exactly what they think of them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sykes added that Harry would have found the reaction \u201cpainful\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoos are the stuff of royal nightmares,\u201d he explained. \u201cWhen the tabloids attack him, Harry can take them to court. When the Palace sends a chilly letter, he can blame the men in grey suits.<\/p>\n
“The entire Sussex story depends on the idea that the press and the courtiers are the problem, and that the British people, deep down, are still on his side. The boos at Welford Road were the verdict of the people. This isn\u2019t a media conspiracy. This isn\u2019t the press.”<\/p>\n
Entertainment journalist Rob Shuter added that the humiliation Harry felt \u201cbrought him to tears\u201d. A source told the outlet: \u201cHarry didn\u2019t hear the boos. He was enjoying the match and genuinely believed everyone was happy to see him.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t until afterward that the reality hit. He was absolutely crushed.\u201d The tough treatment comes ahead of the Sussexes first appearance together since returning to England.<\/p>\n
On October 15, Harry and Meghan will step out for a royal-style engagement in Nottingham. The couple will visit the Community Recording Studio to watch an acting workshop and then join members of the Hubb Community Kitchen at the Himmah food bank.<\/p>\n
A friend told the Sunday Times: \u201cNottingham is a really special place for them and they are looking forward to getting back out there into the community, together.\u201d Nottingham is the city the pair first stepped out as an engaged couple in December 2017.<\/p>\n
Meghan has had a very sparse schedule following the shocking move, as Harry has made severak appearances at events. Sources told Woman’s Day: \u201cMeghan was advised a while ago to be less accessible because it creates more interest so that\u2019s the strategy she\u2019s leaning into.<\/p>\n
They added that Meghan had been \u201cdeliberately biding her time and staying out of sight intentionally\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen she does start stepping out more, the hope is that she\u2019ll have built up enough anticipation that people will be excited to see her, rather than having her everywhere right away and the public getting sick of her,\u201d the source added.<\/p>\n
However, after the public’s reaction to Harry at the recent rugby fixture it is unclear whether the couple will be met with open arms in Nottingham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the prince watched the game, the camera panned to him in the crowd and some boos appeared…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[308768,156,4866,111,139,69,3578,308770,3164,308769],"class_list":["post-629095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-british-public-perception","tag-entertainment","tag-meghan-markle","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-prince-harry","tag-royal-engagement-in-nottingham","tag-royal-family","tag-sussexes-uk-visit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629095","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=629095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}