Pauline Maclaran: Last News

On Thursday, high ranking members of the Royal Family joined the Queen on her Buckingham Palace balcony as they watched over the Trooping the Colour ceremony, as well as the Red Arrows display. It's possibly the most famous balcony in the world with royals having gathered on the balcony since 1851 to celebrate weddings, birthdays and to commemorate important wartime events. It was Queen Victoria who first started the tradition during the celebrations of the Great Exhibition over 170 years ago.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle aware they have "went too far" with their attacks on the Royal Family and seem to be looking for "some sort of reconciliation", according to a PR expert.

Meghan Markle has been pictured beaming as she drove around California in a luxury vehicle, after her husband, Prince Harry, returned to the US just 25 hours on from landing in the UK. The Duke of Sussex, 39, flew back to the UK on Tuesday, 6 February, after being informed of his father, King Charles' cancer diagnosis by the King himself.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have reportedly been left baffled over the public's outrage at them naming their daughter after Queen Elizabeth.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were reportedly left "shocked" by the public's reaction to the claim that Queen Elizabeth was left "angry" at the couple's statement following the birth of their daughter, Lilibet, June 2021. Robert Hardman's biography, Charles III: New King, New Court.The Inside Story, serialised in the Daily Mail, reveals that one member of staff said that Queen Elizabeth was "as angry as I'd ever seen her" after the Sussexes' claimed they had her blessing to use her childhood nickname for their daughter.

Kate Middleton is reportedly “relying on” her nanny Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo, who charges up to £120,000 for an overseas placement, as she recovers from her unannounced abdominal surgery.The nanny, who has worked with the Prince and Princess of Wales for over a decade, will provide a vital service as Kate recovers over the next few weeks. According to the Daily Express, Ms Borrallo has provided an essential service to raising the young royals, and a royal commentator previously claimed that she will have a major impact on their lives in the future.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may be doing all they can to create a new brand for themselves outside of the royals in the US but according to one expert they are still yet to master the right balance regarding their reputation.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been told to “follow the Beckhams” by a branding expert as they pointed out the huge success of the 90's British icons. Meghan Markle, who was the host of the award-winning podcast that ran for 12 episodes last year, has been out of the spotlight recently with speculation that she is deciding her next career move.

Meghan Markle has no 'clear direction' in regards to her future path as she continues to use her royal titles while being rumoured to be considering a job in US politics.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle "underestimated the backlash" they would receive following the release of the Duke's tell-all memoir, Spare, which is likely to explain their recent radio silence, according to a royal expert.

Meghan and Harry have been warned to "really take stock of where they are" by a royal expert following their recent series of setbacks.

The Prince and Princess of Wales have tried their best to give their children as normal an upbringing as possible despite being future heirs to the throne.

The most famous balcony in the world is the Queen’s balcony at Buckingham Palace in London. Royals have been gathering on the balcony since 1851 to celebrate weddings, birthdays and to commemorate important wartime events.

Meghan Markle’s new podcast could be a “turning point” for the couple and that they could gain back some popularity.Despite Prince Harry and Meghan signing an £18million deal with Spotify in December 2020, the couple have only produced one 35 minute podcast on the platform. However, Meghan has released and announced she will be hosting a new podcast called Archetypes.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been revealed by an expert who claims the Duke of Sussex is "not yet comfortable with Hollywood celebrity culture".The Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced they would be stepping away from royal duties in January 2020 and have always appeared unified in their choices ever since.But Pauline Maclaran, professor of marketing and consumer research at Royal Holloway, believes that Harry was born into the "Royal Family brand" which is "bound to create tensions", the Express reports.She noted that Meghan's brand had always been based around being "a (previously) minor Hollywood celebrity associated with the Suits brand”.“The mix of these different brand cultures is bound to create tensions at times and certainly did when Meghan tried to be a working royal during their time in England," she said. The expert also spoke about the Duke and Duchess' appearance at the NAACP Image Awards – where many noted Harry looking wooden on stage next to his more comfortable wife.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's potential return to the UK would be "very good" for their brand and that of the Royal Family, one royal expert has claimed.Currently, speculation is rife over whether the Sussexes, along with their children Archie Harrison, two, and Lilibet Diana, seven months, will fly back the UK for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June. Although Harry has returned on two occasions, Meghan hasn't set foot in the UK since their exit at the start of 2020.

Family feud. Prince Harry will have a hard time repairing his relationship with the royal family after his explosive CBS interview, royal commentator Pauline Maclaran exclusively tells Us Weekly.

The timing couldn’t be worse for Harry and Meghan.