Meghan Markle has been accused of ‘contradicting herself’ by a PR expert after being announced as ‘Duchess of Sussex’ during her Harper’s Bazaar interview, five years after leaving the Royal Family
Meghan Markle features on the latest cover of Harper’s Bazaar(Image: Harper’s Bazaar)
Meghan Markle has been criticized for holding onto her Royal connections following her recent interview with Harper’s Bazaar.
The Duchess of Sussex featured in the latest issue of the American magazine, which has sparked a debate for several reasons, including her being formally introduced by her Royal title to the interviewer. Meghan sat down with Harper’s Bazaar’s Kaitlyn Greenidge for an interview at a friend’s house in New York.
Ms. Greenidge described their meeting: “We’re in a grand brownstone on the Upper East Side that belongs to one of Meghan’s friends. When I enter, the house manager announces, ‘Meghan, Duchess of Sussex,’ even though we appear to be the only other two people in the house.” Besides breaking protocol with the announcement, as it should have been the guest who was announced, Meghan faced backlash for her continued use of her Royal title, five years after leaving the Royal Family.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex still hold their Royal titles and HRH style.
However, they agreed not to use the latter in a commercial context after reaching an agreement with the Firm.
Renae Smith, founder and director of The Atticism, told the Express: “From a PR perspective, it is such a bad idea.”, reports the Express.
Meghan Markle was skewered by a PR expert(Image: Getty)
“It is confusing, it is provocative in the wrong way and it puts her straight back beneath the royal shadow she always bloody insists she wants to get away from.
“It’s not hard to avoid anything royal. But she can’t go two weeks without doing something linked back to the Royal Family!”.
“I guess Harry might love it.
“I would assume she checked with him first, and he probably told her it was lovely.”
‘Terrible strategy’
She further stated, “Strategically, it is terrible.
“She flips between authentic feminist, glossy royal adjacent icon and influencer lifestyle entrepreneur, and none of it connects.
“Yes, she absolutely contradicts herself.
“She keeps saying she wants distance from the royal worl,d and then she recreates the most iconic imagery of it.”