“Things have gone really wrong for them,” royals biographer Penny Junor told The Times, adding that people were “just disappointed”.
But the past 10 days have turned it all around, it seems – in part thanks to little Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, who stole hearts when video was released showing the 4-month-old high-fiving Archbishop Desmond Tutu in Cape Town!
Sharing footage of baby Archie wasn’t the only move that put the royal pair back into the public’s good graces, however. Their down-to-earth approach helped them to connect with people in a way they previously hadn’t, say insiders.
“What [the Queen] likes, apparently, is the informality of this tour,” said Neil.
“We’ve seen Meghan and Harry dancing, clapping, all that sort of stuff – it’s not the sort of things theQueen would necessarily do. But she does like the fact that members of her family do interact when they are on tour.”
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