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Meghan Markle "would have been highly successful" if she had stayed in the Royal Family, one expert has suggested.
The former Suits star stepped back from The Firm in 2020, before moving to America with her husband Prince Harry. Royal commentator Bonnie Brownlee has said the Duke and Duchess of Sussex could have helped the royals gain popularity among younger people if they had stayed in the UK.
She said Meghan and Harry would have been a "powerful connection" with younger audiences. Speaking on this week's edition of True Royalty TV's The Royal Beat, Bonnie said: "Meghan could have been extremely helpful (to the Royal Family), especially in the Commonwealth… there are a lot of millennials around the world in the Commonwealth nations."
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry could have helped the Royal Family, according to one commentator (Getty Images)Bonnie said Harry could also have benefited from staying in the Royal Family. The expert said: "I think Harry and Meghan would have been highly successful, and sometimes I think they didn’t realise how powerful they already were before they moved to Los Angeles. They could have brought a great deal of openness, fairness and change."
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Bonnie's comments come following reports Harry is "fighting a constant battle" after leaving the Royal Family. PR expert and Crisis Communications Advisor at 10Yetis.co.uk, Andy Barr, has revealed that although Harry will never publicly say he regrets any element of his leaving the Royal Family, "all parties will know that better communication would have made the move less controversial and removed the tinge of sadness that many across the globe now feel".
Speaking exclusively to The Mirror, he said: "Airing your family grievances via a globally best-selling book and ground-breaking documentary was never going to resonate well with the Royal Family let alone their team of advisors.
Harry and Meghan stepped back from royal duties in 2020 (Getty Images)"The real power play here was between the armies of communications and brand advisors that both sides employ. If the Royal Family and Harry had been more stern in their ruling that neither side should brief negative messages about each other to the press then much of the discussion could have been done behind closed doors, directly and with more dignity."
He added that the Royal Family themselves "are clearly not blameless in this either and possibly took the mantra of 'never complain, never explain' too far". Adding: "Whilst they garnered worldwide respect for not responding to every new sordid revelation, they could have better handled some of the more inflammatory elements such as the accusations of a physical altercation between Harry and William."