It’s not just the royal family giving them an icy reception.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were heavily booed on Friday as they returned together to royal events in the UK for the first time in two years.
A small joy initially greeted the exiled royal couple’s departure from St. Paul’s Cathedral, only to be quickly drowned out by a choir of called abrones, the video shows.
Similar outbursts erupted when the couple arrived at the National Thanksgiving Service, their first public royal event together since they officially left royal life two years ago.
Just like then, he seemed to have a cold reception from other members of the royal family, with Harry’s brother, Prince William, and wife Kate sitting far away from them inside the cathedral.
The couple met with widespread contempt in Harry’s home country in early 2020 when they announced that they would leave life as members of the royal family.
This was exacerbated by his blunt Oprah Winfrey, who accused Harry’s family of bullying and even racism, putting the monarchy in one of its biggest crises in its 70-year reign. of Harry’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.
His return this week was to celebrate the platinum jubilee, but reaching as his popularity has dropped to an all-time low, according to a new poll.
Only a third of Britons (32%) support the Duke of Sussex and less than a quarter (23%) have a positive view of his wife, according to a YouGov poll.
An independent survey by JL Partners echoed the unfavorable sentiment, finding that only 27% of British adults had a positive opinion of Harry, while only 22% supported Meghan.
Meanwhile, the queen remains the most respected royal, with eight out of 10 Britons supporting the 96-year-old monarch, according to the YouGov poll.