Is Prince Harry doomed to always come second? According to several royal family experts, the answer is yes. In The Substitute, the son of King Charles III spoke of the discomfort caused by his status, that of having come into the world to ensure that the monarchy continues if something bad happens to his older brother, William, born to reign. For specialists in the British monarchy, this role would remain his destiny, even after renouncing his royal duties.
In question, as is often the case for the tabloids across the Channel, Meghan Markle, whose new project would distance her husband from the light. The Duchess of Sussex has announced the launch of her lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchad.
Far from Buckingham, the former actress Suits has every freedom to set up the mercantile businesses she wants, and this should offer the public everything they need to feel like they live like her, from jam jars to household linen.
“Need each other”
Following in the footsteps of Goop, a brand founded by Gwyneth Paltrow, American Riviera Orchad could earn Meghan Markle a six-figure sum in the first days after the Mirror. The project is based on the art of living of the Duchess of Sussex, in line with the blog she kept before meeting her husband, the latter will, in fact, remain in the shadows.
“The irony with this new brand is that Meghan will always be in the lead and Harry behind – poor Harry who is always destined to be the replacement, but this time for a business venture that would have horrified him ten years ago,” Tom Quinn, royal expert and author of numerous books, told the tabloid.
As for those who predict a divorce in the more or less near future, the specialist believes that they “need each other” on a professional and emotional level. On the one hand, Meghan Markle could not succeed in her business “without the royal spark” that her marriage gives her. On the other hand, Prince Harry would be “terrified at the idea of having nothing to do” and would therefore want “to be included as much as possible” in this new project. Needs which would be reinforced by the situation in Buckingham. “The public’s sympathy is no longer with them and the way the family treated Meghan very badly, but with Kate Middleton who is stricken with cancer,” adds Tom Quinn.
It remains to be seen whether Meghan Markle will accompany Prince Harry when he comes to London at the beginning of May, where he is expected to celebrate ten years of the Invictus Games, which he founded.