Prince Harry and Meghan’s US popularity ‘takes

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been lambasted by a royal commentator who claimed their public picture could not get “any worse” even in the US.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have seen their standing in each the US and the UK steadily decline since stepping again as senior working royals in 2020.

Harry and Meghan relocated across the Atlantic, in search of a contemporary start and monetary independence from the Firm.

However, their quite a few allegations against the royal household are widely believed to have been a big consider the public souring on the couple.

Now, a royal commentator has weighed in on their standing stateside and drawn comparisons to their reception in Britain.

Last May, a YouGov survey discovered Harry and Meghan ranked just above disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, with approval rankings of 33% and 22%, respectively.

In June, another YouGov America ballot confirmed that Meghan’s favourability was 27%. For comparability, in the third quarter of 2025, she was appreciated by 37% and disliked by 22%, giving her a internet approval rating of +15.

American journalist Paula Froelich just lately appeared on The Daily Expresso, providing her perspective on the couple’s dwindling popularity.

She told host JJ Anisiobi: “Americans had a lot of goodwill for them. A lot. They have just taken a nosedive ever since. I don’t know if it could get any worse.”

Ms. Froelich added, “Their popularity is around about where they are in England, 20%.”

America’s altering perspective towards the couple turned obvious after a number of U.S. publications printed harsh critiques of their life abroad, with Hollywood bible Vanity Fair among the first magazines to focus on them.

At the time, the couple’s legal professional, Michael J. Kump, responded to the claims, saying that they “seem calculated to play into the misogynistic characterization of her bossing her husband around”.