BREAKING: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle face big ‘challenge’ after chaotic UK trip raises questions
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle can rebuild their reputation if they try hard enough, claims expert (Image: Getty)
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are faced with a huge “challenge” they need to work hard to overcome, a PR expert has claimed. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have seen their popularity take a nosedive ever since they quit their roles as senior working members of the Royal Family in 2020.
Harry and Meghan’s reputation plunged after the couple unleashed a series of attacks against the royals through a series of interviews, their Netflix show, Harry & Meghan and the duke’s memoir, Spare. While the couple have eased on their claims against the Firm, in a bid to rekindle their frosty relationship with them, their efforts to salvage their reputation among the public have been futile. Last May, a YouGov survey found Harry and Meghan ranked just above disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, with approval ratings of 33% and 22%, respectively.
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The Sussexes are not favoured among the British public (Image: Getty)
In June, another poll from YouGov America showed that Meghan’s favourability was at 27%. For comparison, in the third quarter of 2025, she was liked by 37% and disliked by 22%, giving her a net approval rating of +15.
Now, a PR expert has claimed that the Sussexes can rebuild their reputation, but they have to follow one thumb rule – consistency.
Renae Smith, founder of PR and branding agency The Atticism, told the Daily Express: “ Reputations are rebuilt through repeated behaviour over long periods of time, not one well-managed visit.
“The challenge for Harry and Meghan has always been consistency.
“Just when things begin to settle, something usually happens that pulls them back into controversy or creates another contradictory headline.”
She added: “So the real question isn’t whether this trip was successful. In the PR world, yes, it was.
“The real question is whether they can repeat this approach another ten times… And for this, we must wait and see.”
