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Harry and Meghan are set to cash in on their royal connections like never before. They seem to think we're all stupid - but their 'cunning' plan will never work: AMANDA PLATELL

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Platell, A. (2026, October 14). Harry and Meghan are set to cash in on their royal connections like never before. They seem to think we're all stupid - but their 'cunning' plan will never work: AMANDA PLATELL. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/royals/article-16205061/Harry-Meghan-royal-connections-Nottingham-AMANDA-PLATELL.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Amanda Platell critiques Harry and Meghan's upcoming visit to Nottingham as a strategic attempt to regain public favor after their departure from official royal duties. She questions whether this choice of location, significant for their initial appearance as an engaged couple nine years ago, is coincidental or calculated to capitalize on nostalgia. Platell argues that despite the warm reception they once received, their recent actions have alienated the British public and suggests it will be difficult for them to regain their former status due to perceived mistreatment of the Royal Family and controversial media appearances.

Written by AI on 2026-10-14, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Harry and Meghan returned to Nottingham on October 15, 2026, for their first joint public appearance since moving back to Britain in August. The visit included stops at three charities: the Community Recording Studio, Hubb Community Kitchen, and Epic Partners. Despite King Charles announcing last month that Harry and Meghan are "private citizens with commercial and charitable interests," their tour resembled an official royal engagement.

Local news website Nottingham Live published a detailed itinerary of the couple's tour in advance, which is unusual for security reasons. During the visit, police had to intervene when crowds blocked their car at Epic Partners, highlighting concerns over public safety and security measures for private citizens with high-profile events.

Critics like Kinsey Schofield from YouTube’s "Kinsey Schofield Unfiltered" argue that Harry and Meghan are trying to recreate royal optics without responsibilities. Rebecca English suggests the couple may have intentionally released the itinerary to provoke a security incident, potentially influencing decisions on taxpayer-funded protection. The visit was marked by mixed reactions, with some welcoming their return while others criticized the media frenzy and lack of privacy for the Sussexes.

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Amanda Platell

3 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction

🔮 In a thought-provoking piece yesterday, my colleague Richard Kay posed the question many have been asking in recent days: Could the scandal over sexual abuse allegations against Meghan’s father, Thomas Markle Sr, generate a groundswell of support for the duchess?

2026-10-28 · mixed framing · I felt sorry for Meghan when news of the hideous allegations against her father emerged. But revelations in recent days have given me pause for thought: AMANDA PLATELL

🔮 Could it be that the ‘devoted’ Dad who raised her after her mother left, had a darker side?

2026-10-24 · assertive framing · AMANDA PLATELL: Is this the moment we should all feel sorry for Meghan? I have been among her harshest critics... but she may have been harbouring a deeply disturbing secret all along

🔮 Truly, it must have been a wonderfully happy time for the couple - the sea of Union Jacks was so dense you could hardly see the pair of them.

2026-10-14 · assertive framing · Harry and Meghan are set to cash in on their royal connections like never before. They seem to think we're all stupid - but their 'cunning' plan will never work: AMANDA PLATELL

Also by Amanda Platell

I felt sorry for Meghan when news of the hideous allegations against her father emerged. But revelations in recent days have given me pause for thought: AMANDA PLATELL

2026-10-27 · Daily Mail

AMANDA PLATELL: Is this the moment we should all feel sorry for Meghan? I have been among her harshest critics... but she may have been harbouring a deeply disturbing secret all along

2026-10-23 · Daily Mail

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Meghan PERSON · 6× Nottingham GPE · 5× Harry PERSON · 4× Britons NORP · 2× Chamberlain PERSON · 2× the Royal Family ORG · 2× the United Kingdom GPE · 2× Amanda Platell PERSON · 1× Australia GPE · 1× British NORP · 1×

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By reprising their first triumphant appearance in Nottingham they seem desperate to go back to the old days, to suggest that we should let bygones be bygones. But too much has happened since then - too much that we simply cannot forgive - not least that terrible slur they made that senior members of the Royal Family were racist.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-14

🔮 Truly, it must have been a wonderfully happy time for the couple - the sea of Union Jacks was so dense you could hardly see the pair of them.

2026-10-14 · Daily Mail

Harry and Meghan are set to cash in on their royal connections like never before. They seem to think we're all stupid - but their 'cunning' plan will never work: AMANDA PLATELL · assertive framing

Claims (28 extracted, 4 hedged)

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are limbering up for their first public engagement together since coming back to the UK. asserted

Duke → limber → UK

They have chosen to go this week to Nottingham, which happens to be where they went as a couple for the first time after announcing their engagement in 2017. asserted

they → choose → 2017

What a difference nine years make. asserted

years → make → difference

He’s lost his hair, they’ve both lost the affection of the British people and neither of them are working royals any longer. asserted

neither → lose → them

So why have they chosen to go back to Nottingham where they appeared as the loved-up couple we adored all those years ago? asserted

we → choose → couple

Are they trying to fly in the face of the King’s very public declaration last month, in a letter sent by the Lord Chamberlain, that they remain ‘private citizens’ rather than working royals, and seeking to re-establish themselves in our hearts? asserted

they → try → hearts

Is it an indication that, following their recent tours of Australia and other nations where they were treated like royalty, the country where they really want to regain their royal status is the United Kingdom? asserted

they → follow → status

Looking back at pictures of that initial appearance together, she proudly wearing her new engagement ring, it is clear that they were received rapturously by an army of Britons desperate for a glimpse, or if possible a hug - and Meghan provided them in abundance. asserted

Meghan → look → abundance

Truly, it must have been a wonderfully happy time for the couple - the sea of Union Jacks was so dense you could hardly see the pair of them. uncertain

you → see → them

Harry and Meghan visit Nottingham on their first official public event together in 2017, two months after announcing their engagement Amanda Platell asks: 'Is this an indication that the country where they really want to regain their royal status is the United Kingdom?' asserted

they → visit → status

You can hardly blame them for trying to revisit it. But that was then and this is now. asserted

this → blame → it

As Harry will be only too aware after being booed when he appeared in the stands at a Leicester Tigers rugby match last week. asserted

he → boo → match

It was a response that showed him and Meghan just how far this once-adored couple have sunk in our hearts. asserted

couple → show → hearts

We don’t need the polls of the Sussexes’ disapproval rating (around 68 per cent, since you ask) to tell us that they are not much welcome here after the way they have treated the Royal Family. asserted

they → need → Family

Britons were universally appalled by the way they milked and abused their royal status through his autobiography Spare, the Oprah interview and the Netflix docuseries. asserted

they → appal → autobiography

Making millions by trashing the royals was deeply unpalatable and still sticks in our craw. asserted

Making → make → craw

Now they want to be welcomed back by us. asserted

they → want → us

members → reprise → Family

Which brings us to the question of what, exactly, they think their role will be in Britain now they have returned. asserted

they → bring → Britain

Their Nottingham appearance this week is expected to follow a format that’s strikingly similar to that of their original trip, with visits to charities and all the razzmatazz of a royal tour. asserted

that → expect → tour

It follows Meghan’s very public ‘private’ tea last week with Nobel Prize-winning campaigner Malala Yousafzai with whom she was pictured at the front entrance of Claridge’s Hotel in central London and whose charity, the Duchess let it be known, she would be supporting. asserted

she → follow → charity

Harry’s grandmother the late Queen declared that when he and Meghan decided to leave the royal fold they could not be half-in and half-out. uncertain

they → declare → fold

With that letter from the Lord Chamberlain, the King reiterated that they cannot be considered working royals. asserted

they → reiterate → Chamberlain

Yet they give every appearance of wanting to be just that while they continue to cash-in - Meghan reportedly plans to sell her As Ever products in the UK, while Harry was reportedly paid $100,000 for making a speech on mental health. uncertain

Harry → give → health

To my mind they seem cynically determined to ignore the late Queen’s diktat, and planning to exploit their royal connections literally for all they are worth. asserted

they → seem → all

They may think it’s a cunning plan. uncertain

it → think → ?

But it won’t work. asserted

it → work → ?

If they continue in this vein, those boos for Harry in a rugby ground will soon be heard around the country. asserted

boos → continue → country

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