{"id":328780,"date":"2025-08-08T20:35:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T20:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/328780\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T20:35:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T20:35:16","slug":"from-most-influential-to-an-all-time-low-in-popularity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/328780\/","title":{"rendered":"From most influential to an all-time low in popularity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once considered the\u00a0ultimate power couple<\/strong>, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex<\/strong> have seen their public standing plummet over the past few years. While both have taken hits, Meghan Markle<\/a>‘s numbers have dropped the most. The criticism has been relentless, her reputation increasingly questioned, but outwardly, she remains all smiles, carrying on with life as usual. At least, that\u2019s how it appears. And nothing, it seemed, was going to overshadow her 44th birthday.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Media\u00a9 Chris Jackson<\/p>\n

Details were scarce at press time, but it was widely assumed she\u2019d celebrate quietly at home in California, surrounded by her closest circle, Prince Harry<\/a>, rumors of a rift between them fizzled months ago, their children Archie<\/strong> (6) and Lilibet<\/strong> (4), her mother, and her closest friends.<\/p>\n

By contrast, on Harry\u2019s milestone 40th birthday last September, the British royal family publicly wished him well. Meghan, however, hasn\u2019t received so much as an official acknowledgement in years, underscoring just how far she\u2019s drifted from the Windsors. <\/strong>For the Firm, entrenched in its long-running feud, the strategy has been to keep calm and carry on.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Media\u00a9 Max Mumby\/Indigo<\/p>\n

Now, after a series of behind-closed-doors meetings, royal watchers are speculating, could Harry be headed for a reconciliation?\u00a0Some royal experts claim the prince is \u201cdesperate\u201d to repair his relationship with father, King Charles III, whom he hasn\u2019t seen since February 2024.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

And his recent trip to Angola, a return to a place he last visited in 2019, was seen by some British media outlets as a symbolic step toward healing old wounds.<\/p>\n

\"Prince\u00a9 PoolPrince Harry chats with King Charles III<\/p>\n

For Meghan, the birthday was bittersweet. On the one hand, she\u2019s surrounded by love from her inner circle. On the other hand, the celebration was clouded by reports that Netflix will not be renewing their deal in September,<\/strong> citing underwhelming performance of their content.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"'With\u00a9 Netflix’With Love, Meghan’ is Netflix’s most recent series exploring the life of Meghan Markle<\/p>\n

While the news hasn\u2019t been confirmed, all signs point toward the couple shifting to one-off projects instead of multi-year contracts. Still, there\u2019s one bright spot, Netflix remains a partner for As Ever, Meghan\u2019s lifestyle brand, a venture that shows real promise. Her products tend to sell out within hours, and the line continues to expand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Once considered the\u00a0ultimate power couple, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have seen their public standing plummet over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[13080,4080,1281,447,5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-328780","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royals","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-meghan-markle","11":"tag-prince-harry","12":"tag-royal","13":"tag-royal-families","14":"tag-royal-family","15":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114995064184521871","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}