MEGHAN spawned “Meg Mania” and was adored by Brits but has fallen “a lot” since the early days, says a royal expert.
Jack Royston said the nation went wild when the Duchess took on her first royal duties in late 2017.
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But despite a dream start and a wedding to Harry in May 2018, the Sussexes left the company a year and a half later.
Speaking to The Sun’s Royal Exclusive programme, Newsweek’s chief royal correspondent said: “All through early 2018 she had her first big introduction to the UK.
“We were calling it Meg Mania at the time because everyone was going crazy.”
But Royston says he has trouble understanding how, despite the warm welcome, Meghan’s time at the Firm ended in disaster.
He said: “It was so random for me to look back at that time when she was so adored in Britain and see how far she has fallen in terms of the way they are viewed in this country.”
After leaving the Royal Family in January 2020, the Sussexes moved to Canada before settling into a $14.5 million mansion in Montecito, California.
Reflecting on their departure, Royston said it would be wrong to suggest the couple were “hated” by the British.
He explained: “If you listened to the way Harry and Meghan talk about it, you would think everyone hated them.
“But people actually loved Harry and Meghan.
“They took to the streets in those first real jobs in Cardiff and Brixton – I was there for them all.”
Royston praised the Sussexes for giving “so much” during family engagements, adding that they would “throw themselves into it.”
“They were good value,” he added.
TOUR IN NIGERIA
The Sussexes are currently on the second of a three-year tour of Nigeria.
The pair touched down in the capital Abuja on Friday morning to promote the 2025 Invictus Games in Vancouver, Canada.
After watching a seated volleyball match in the capital, Abuja, Harry was invited to try out.
The event – which sees injured servicemen and women compete in a series of athletics events – was founded by Prince Harry and is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.
The Sussexes began their “faux royal tour” with a visit to Lightway Academy, a primary and secondary school in the capital.
On Saturday, Harry showed off his competitive side at an Invictus Games sitting volleyball event – just days after Prince William also tried the sport.
It happened when the duo visited Nigeria’s defense headquarters on Friday to meet military wives and senior officials.
Harry received a portrait of his mother, Princess Diana, from the Nigerian government, as well as a painting from his 2018 wedding to Meghan.
If you listened to the way Harry and Meghan talk about it, you’d think everyone hated them
Kack Royston, Newsweek chief royal correspondent
He later visited a military hospital in war-torn Kaduna, about 200km north of Abuja.
The region has seen horrific fighting between nomadic Fulani herders and farmers, as well as an insurgency by Boko Haram Islamists.
While at the Nigerian Army’s 44th Referral Hospital, the Duke shook hands with about 50 injured soldiers and asked a bedridden hero if he had given his prosthetic leg a name.
While holding another man’s hand, Harry asked, “Are they helping you? Are you feeling better?”
The 39-year-old received a “big dress” and a hula hoop cap as a return home gift from Kaduna governor, Uba Sani.
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