Royal experts say prince harry He may still be grappling with the role he sought to leave behind after stepping away from royal life, warning that six years after his exit, the Duke of Sussex risks repeating familiar patterns in Hollywood. As Harry faces the fallout from his 2023 memoir Spare and is estranged from his family, public attention has increasingly shifted to meghan markle and his growing business ambitions in California.
‘Weak’ Prince Harry could ‘fade’ into the background of Meghan Markle, expert says
Royal commentator Kinsey Schofield suggested that Harry had swapped one hierarchy for another. talking to fox news Digitally, she argued that the prince once lived in the shadow of his elder brother and now risks doing the same to his wife. “In the royal family, he was an addition to Prince William,” Scofield said. “In Hollywood, he risks becoming a supporting character for Meghan Markle’s ambitions.”
Scofield said Markle has shown a deep understanding of the entertainment and branding ecosystem. “Meghan has consistently demonstrated a clear strategy and strong command of that ecosystem,” she explained. “By contrast, Harry has struggled to define a role beyond being ‘Prince Harry,’ which leaves him vulnerable to fading into the background.”
Scofield said Prince Harry moved to California in search of freedom and reinvention, but he struggled to establish an identity beyond public complaints, arguing, “California seems to have left Harry destitute.” He said, “He is far removed from his family, his military community, and the institutional framework that once guided him. While he enjoys the privileges of wealth and privacy, he appears to lack a grassroots approach. To the public, he appears less organized than solid.”
Those comments followed reports that Harry moved quickly from an emotional appearance at London’s High Court, where he fought against alleged privacy breaches, to mingling with Hollywood insiders at the Sundance Film Festival just days later. An industry insider described the change as disturbing, especially after Harry testified that the British tabloids had made Markle’s life an “absolute misery.”