January 03, 2025
Meghan Markle’s solo branding has just sparked concerns about her long term abilities because its ‘borrowed’ power.
Royal author Hugo Vickers made these comments in response to claims that Meghan is trying to venture out on her own, without her husband.
He was even quoted saying, “We certainly know who Meghan is. If you ask anybody what the name Meghan meant, we know. We've got it in one.”
In the same way, “If you said the Queen, you didn't have to say Queen of Denmark, the Queen of Queen of the Netherlands, or anything like that.”
“It was obviously the Queen, our Queen, because everybody knew her as such all over the world.”
But for Meghan, “The reason that we know that, of course, is not because of her career as an actress in Suits and other things - it’s because she married Prince Harry.”
But what she gave up upon entering the Firm was her personal brand, The Tig, and her social media presence. In the eyes of Mr Vickers, “When she was over here she didn't like being controlled.”
Because “I guess she didn’t like that, but probably saw that that was what she had to do at the time”.
But “Now she can do exactly what she likes. The interesting question is: is she, as Meghan, able to go her own path?”
Despite public opinion, “Does she still need the Prince Harry connection?” because “I suspect the answer is that she does.”
Before signing off though Mr Vickers also posed a question and said, “I've often wondered whether she has a habit of dumping people.”
While “I’m not suggesting she's going to - but let's say she did dump Prince Harry. What would the world think?” he asked. “I think that would be probably treated in a rather negative sort of way. So I don't know. We'll see what happens.”