They had always been inseparable. Perhaps this is why the British tabloids soon noticed the first friction between the brothers: in June 2019, Prince (still) Prince Harry made the “estrangement” of his older brother, Prince William, official. Soon after, events would confirm their different paths. Now, on the verge of institutional breakdown (the youngest - along with his wife, Meghan Markle - will cease to be "senior member" of the British Royal Family on April 1, 2020)
The New York Times investigates the conspiracy theory about its popularity, which in the era of social networks is measured through followers and loyalty on Instagram. And it throws a question of logical suspicion: what should we think when the second brother surpasses the heir in popularity ... and the social network does not reward him for it?
Relaxed and smiling, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan made their last appearance as members of British royalty on Monday, accompanying Queen Elizabeth II to a religious service in London, before making the leap into her new life.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended, along with the other members of the royal family, a mass at Westminster Abbey on the occasion of British Commonwealth Day.
Meghan dressed in green with a small lopsided beret hat and nude shoes, Harry in a blue suit and a light tie of the same color, sat in the second row.
In front of them were the remaining pillars of royalty: the 93-year-old monarch, the prince's older brother, William, and his wife Catherine, and their father, Carlos, along with Camilla.
There were speeches by the leaders of the different religious confessions and musical accompaniments. And once the act was over, the young couple left the church and the life they have wanted so much to put aside.
Harry, 35 and sixth in line to the throne, and Meghan, a 38-year-old American actress, will now return to Canada, where they left their 10-month-old baby Archie, and at the end of the month they will officially start a new financially independent life. .
Meghan's look
For this closing of the cycle, Meghan Markle looked splendid in an emerald green dress, signed by Emilia Wickstead, consisting of a fitted design, pencil and midi skirt, long sleeves and topstitching that stylized her figure.
She completed with some nude shoes by Aquazurra, a matching headdress by William Chambers, and a bag by Gabriella Hearst, model ‘Demi’.
Her beauty style was with her hair pulled back and makeup more accentuated than normal, with metallic shades, false eyelashes and nude lips.
The Dukes of Sussex rocked the British monarchy in January when they suddenly announced that they wanted to abandon the obligations of being a member of royalty.
Both had expressed their difficulty in bearing the enormous pressure that the British popular press is putting on the royal family.
The problem was long in the case of Harry, still wounded by the death of his mother, Princess Diana, in a traffic accident in Paris in 1997 when he was being chased by paparazzi.
He accused the tabloid media of harassing Meghan and denounced racist comments towards the exactrix, which is mestizo.
At first, his decision, quickly dubbed Megxit, paralleling Brexit, sparked outrage and dismay among supporters of British royalty.
But the couple received a warm welcome in their latest round of official engagements in the UK, where they arrived last week.
Harry and Meghan were greeted with a standing ovation at the start of a military band concert at London's Royal Albert Hall on Saturday. And the Duchess of Sussex provoked shouts of joy from the students in Dagenham, east London, when she made an unannounced visit to her school on Friday.
"She's really beautiful isn't she?" Said a 16-year-old student, Aker Okoye, after the duchess asked him to go on stage.
On a visit to mark International Women's Day, Meghan paid tribute to the women whose strike at the nearby Ford Motor plant in 1968 helped pave the way for the 1970 equal pay law.
"No matter what color you are, no matter what gender you are, you have a voice and you certainly have the right to stand up for what is right," he said.
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