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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry missed a “pivotal” opportunity to improve their brand during their UK visit for the Queen’s Jubilee, a media personality has claimed.

Before Meghan and Harry returned to the UK for their first public visit together since their controversial departure, there had been questions raised about whether they would be accompanied by a Netflix crew of cameras.

However, the couple instead decided to keep their visit low-key, attending only one public event before reportedly heading back to their home in California early.

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Now, a TalkTV panel has reacted to reports that the Sussexes’ popularity may have fallen in the US, with TV and radio host Vanessa Feltz suggesting that the couple failed to make the most of the opportunity for a royal reunion.

“The pivotal thing is that they weren’t able to harness the Platinum Jubilee, they weren’t able to get Netflix in, they weren’t able to be photographed with the Queen,” she claimed.

“They didn’t get to sit in the front row, they scarpered without going to the lunch, they had a party for the baby that no one was invited to and then they went home.

“So they weren’t able to use it, they couldn’t monetise the trip here could they? They didn’t look royal enough.”

Some on the panel disagreed with Vanessa with journalist Afua Hagan arguing: “I don’t think they actually wanted to.”

Instead, Afua argued that any supposed shrink in the Duchess of Sussex’s popularity could be put down to the vocal opposition she has received from groups of trolls online, who see hating the ex-actress as a “sport”.

“People will read into everything that Meghan and Harry do because they need a hate figure, and they’ve picked Meghan and Harry as a hate figure and that’s it/ These polls don’t mean anything,” she added.

This comes as Meghan spoke out against the US Supreme Court’s decision to reverse the ban on abortions. In an interview with Vogue magazine, the Duchess suggested that “men need to be vocal” in campaigning against the move.

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