Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been described as “pretty desperate” by one royal expert, who pinpointed an unlikely benefit to their “faux royal tours”. The couple travelled to Amman last month following an invitation from Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organisation.
Since stepping down from royal duties in 2020, Harry and Meghan have made several trips that have been compared to those of royal visits and tours, as they’re similar in nature. The couple last carried out an international visit two years ago.
The couple, without their two children in tow, travelled to Colombia for a four-day visit in August 2024.
They also visited Nigeria just a few months earlier, in May 2024.
He told the Daily Express: “There may well be a marginal benefit to various charities on these trips as everyone knows who the Sussexes are.”
The expert added: “However, the truth surely is that they are both in search of a real job. That makes the forthcoming decision over their security in Britain and how they handle the run-up to Invictus 2027 in Birmingham pivotal to their future.”
The couple last visited Australia in October 2018 – just five months after they tied the knot in Windsor.
As the visit got under way, the couple announced that Meghan was pregnant with their first child, with Prince Archie born in May 2019.
Following their shock announcement to step down from duties in January 2020, the family then moved to the US. They welcomed Princess Lilibet – a little sister for Archie – in 2021.