Meghan Markle and Harry pulled in 'woke crowd' jokes TV host

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Harry, 37, is in New York City with his wife, Meghan Markle, 40 – the couple’s first major trip since leaving the Royal Family. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are set to appear at the Global Citizen Live event in New York on Saturday. The Sussexes will lend their voices to calls for the more equitable rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and to bring an end to extreme world poverty.

The New York event – one of six being held across the world – will feature musical performances from Billie Eilish, Coldplay and other stars.

Harry has become more accustomed to the American way of life since marrying Meghan, who was born in Los Angeles and previously starred in US legal drama, ‘Suits’.

The couple have settled in California, just up the coast from LA, in Montecito, where they are raising their two young children, Archie and Lilibet.

In July the Duke of Sussex said he would pen an “honest and captivating” account of his time as a royal, which is set to be published next year.

Royal historian Dr Edward Owens claimed to Express.co.uk that Harry’s popularity in the UK had slipped since his royal exit and that he is hoping to attract American fans with the memoir.

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Dr Owens said: “Harry is hot right now, he’s interesting and he’s got to make what he can out of that interesting story whilst people are still interested in him.

“It’s being largely written for an American audience, he’s damaged goods in the UK.

“In the British public opinion polls, he’s really fallen from grace.

“The British public have very little time for Harry compared to pre the start of 2019.”

Opinion poll data from research company YouGov shows that Harry’s approval rating was 71 percent in October 2019.

However, the Duke’s favourability rating dropped sharply at the beginning of 2020 after the announcement that he and Meghan would step away from their royal roles.

A YouGov poll of 1,624 participants conducted from January 9-10 last year showed that Harry’s score had plummeted to 55 percent.

It has since declined even further to 44 percent this month, according to another YouGov poll of 1,667 people taken from August 27-29.

Positive opinions of Meghan also slipped from 55 percent in October 2019 to 49 percent in January 2020, and then to 33 percent this month.

On Thursday Harry and Meghan visited the 9/11 memorial and the One World Trade Center observatory in New York.

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Their trip comes two weeks after the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks in which planes were hijacked and crashed by al-Qaeda militants.

The Sussexes were joined by New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and the governor of the state of New York, Kathy Hochul as they reflected on the atrocity.

Since leaving the UK for California, Harry and Meghan have reportedly signed lucrative media deals.

The couple inked agreements to produce content for Spotify and Netflix, while Harry also produced a show for Apple TV+ with the couple’s friend Oprah Winfrey.

The deals struck with Netflix and Spotify are said to have netted the couple more than 100 million dollars, however the exact fees and details have not been confirmed.

Dr Owens is the author of ‘The Family Firm. Monarchy, Mass Media and the British Public, 1932-53’.

He claimed that Harry and Meghan were pushing to expand their array of media opportunities.

He said: “Harry is a multimillionaire, but he’s not exceedingly rich.

“I think on that basis he and Meghan are looking at as many commercial ventures as they possibly can take on, they are living the American dream in that respect.”

The Queen confirmed in February that Harry and Meghan would not return as working royals.

She also said the honorary military appointments and royal patronages she bestowed upon the Sussexes would be returned.

Harry’s memoir is due to be published late next year by Penguin Random House, with the proceeds to be donated to charity.
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