reportedly “still needs” by her side professionally for a particular reason, a royal expert has claimed.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have approached a different branding strategy in the past few months after a series of solo appearances promoting their individual interests.
Harry has been promoting his charity work around the world while Meghan has been busy advertising her own business ventures.
The duchess welcomed 2025 with a big bang after , six years after she had to close all her social media following her marriage to the prince.
On top of that, Meghan is bracing for the release of , due to hit screens next week, and the launch of her lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, as well as her .
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Meghan Markle’s professional future without Prince Harry was questioned by a royal author (Image: Getty)
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But royal author Hugo Vickers questioned whether the duchess could remain “relevant” without her husband, despite all her new business ventures.
He told the : “The strategy seems to be at the moment that she does the things that she’s good at, and he does the things that he’s good at, and very often these are done separately.”
The author claimed the prince is very much “tied” to his philanthropic endeavours from when he was still a working member of the Royal Family, while Meghan is more of a “red carpet” person.
But he added that while Meghan “doesn’t really need” Harry to remain in the public eye, she will need his royal ties in the future to stay “relevant”.
He explained: “We certainly know who Meghan is.
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Meghan Markle has got a lot in store for 2025 (Image: Getty)
“If you ask anybody what the name Meghan meant, we know. We’ve got it in one.
“If you said the Queen, you didn’t have to say Queen of Denmark, the Queen of Queen of the Netherlands, or anything like that.
“It was obviously the Queen, our Queen, because everybody knew her as such all over the world.
“The reason that we know that, of course, is not because of her career as an actress in Suits and other things – it’s because she married .”
The author questioned: “The interesting question is: is she, as Meghan, able to go her own path?
“Does she still need the connection? And I suspect the answer is that she does.”