The Royal Family “will not be able to match” the potential publicity that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will receive on their upcoming trip to Colombia, a royal expert has claimed.
Over recent months, the Royal Family has been going through a tough time, with two of its key members,
King Charles and the Princess of Wales, taking a temporary break from their Royal duties due to cancer treatments after being diagnosed earlier this year.
In contrast, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been busy with various projects, including their recent three-day visit to Nigeria, which they embarked on back in May.
More recently, the pair announced that they would be heading on an unofficial royal tour to Colombia later this year and Prince Harry, 39,
and Meghan, 43, are expected to shine a light on the importance of safeguarding young people online.
But following the announcement, a royal expert has suggested that the Sussexes are trying to take advantage of the Royal Family’s reduced visibility, as they can’t compete with the level of attention, reports the Express.
“The problem with the Royal Family at the moment is that they are simply not able to do something which attracts attention on the same level and attention is important if you’re royal,” royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told The Sun.
“Of course, the Princess Royal and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh and others do sterling work and carry out visits abroad. But they are not particularly high profile and I don’t think they particularly want to be.”
Richard added that following Prince Harry and Meghan’s trip to Nigeria, their forthcoming visit to Colombia could overshadow the royals with a surge of media attention. “It’s going to take an enormous amount of publicity and the Royal Family will not be able to match that in any way that I can foresee,” he added.
The comments come after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex spoke to CBS about their new project, The Parents Network, which aims to support parents to have a lost a child to suicide after being victims of cyberbullying. To mark the project’s launch on Sunday, 4 August, the pair discussed the importance of giving parents support in an age of the online world.
“Our kids are young, they’re three and five, they’re amazing. But all you want to do as parents is protect them. And so as we can see what’s happening in the online space, we know that there’s a lot of work to be done there and we’re just happy to be able to be a part of change for good,” explained Meghan.
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Source: USA Today
