Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been known to value their privacy but have seen public criticism increase over their expanding demands to be left alone. The Duchess of Sussex has been warned her prominent position within the Royal Family will make it difficult for her to shy away from public attention in the future. Speaking to Yahoo’s The Royal Box, royal commentator Tim Ewart said: “I know very little about Meghan Markle’s early life as an actress. She was a well-known actress but she wasn’t haunted by the paparazzi.

“Suddenly, to come into this cauldron, into this Royal Family, is beyond anything that she could ever have expected. And it will be very, very difficult for Harry as it was with William and Kate to explain just how intense that is.

“How every single expression, movement, comment – bang. That’s going to be on the front page.”

Earlier this month Meghan came under fire after her security team intervened during an outing to Wimbledon to keep members of the audience from taking pictures of the Duchess as she visited to a match in a “private capacity.”

But Mr Ewart insisted the former actress will have to understand “nothing is private anymore”.

Every single person has got their phone up or their iPad up, nothing is private anymore

Meghan Markle

He continued: “When it was Diana, there were photographers, there were cameramen, people weren’t using smartphones.

“Now every single person that a member of the Royal Family meets has a smartphone up. Every single word that is said, doesn’t matter where the TV cameras are, doesn’t matter where the snappers, the photographers – they can be anywhere.

“But every single person has got their phone up or their iPad up, nothing is private anymore.”

Mr Ewart added: “That’s something until those people have been through it they have no understanding of what it’s like.”

Meghan Markle and Harry have sparked outrage among members of the public over the secrecy surrounding the birth of their son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor and the subsequent demands for privacy ahead of his christening in July.

The couple put an end to 30 years of royal tradition when they announced they would not take part in a public photocall immediately after the arrival of their son – a tradition Harry’s mother Princess Diana initiated when she welcomed Prince William in 1982. 

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex later announced the christening service would be held privately as per tradition but no member of the press would be allowed to take candid pictures of the newborn and his family.

They later shared official photographs captured by trusted photographer Chris Allerton.

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Prince Harry has a long history of struggling with the spotlight, and his efforts to preserve his privacy have been underscored now the prince has started his new family life with Meghan and Archie.

On podcast Pod Save the Queen, the Daily Mirror’s Royal Editor Russell Myers highlighted the dilemma the Duke of Sussex has been facing in balancing his royal duties with private life.

Mr Myers said: “They’re two very headstrong people, they’ve decided this is what they want to do for their child.”

However, the royal expert suggested the couple are “careening from one disaster to another”, with a series of PR blunders ranging from the “shambolic” birth announcement of their new son to the Duchess’ protection officers insisting that Meghan was attending the televised Wimbledon championship in a “private capacity”.

Although the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are dealing with the modern problems that come with social media and 24-hour news, in fact the Royal Family has been managing a tricky balancing act with privacy and publicity for a very long time.

In her 2005 book “The Firm”, royal author Penny Juror traced the struggle between private and royal life back to the reign of Queen Victoria.

Ms Junor wrote: “The monarchy needs the oxygen of publicity no less than actors, entertainers and politicians, or anyone else with something to sell.

“Never has the monarchy been so unpopular in modern times as when Queen Victoria vanished from public sight after Prince Albert’s death in 1861.”

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