Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been making more solo appearances in recent months, and a body language expert believes it shows a ‘sad’ shift in their relationship.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been surprising fans with a series of solo outings. Following their highly publicized trip to Colombia, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been making public appearances independently.
In recent days, there have been more notable solo ventures. Meghan was first spotted letting loose at a party without Harry, celebrating the launch of her friend and hair colorist Kadi Lee’s new haircare line.
She was seen posing for photos with Kadi and fellow hairstylist Serge Normant. Days later, Harry made an unexpected solo journey to Canada, where he attended the Grey Cup final in Vancouver and appeared on TV coverage of the major Canadian football final.
This visit comes just months before Vancouver co-hosts the 2025 Invictus Games. Sources close to the couple have suggested that these solo outings are due to Harry focusing on his charity work, while Meghan pursues business projects.
The couple did make one rare joint appearance when they delivered a video message about prioritizing children’s online safety, which was played at a United Nations conference in Colombia on ending violence against children, reports the Mirror.
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Body language expert Judi James has observed a noticeable change in the dynamic between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, as she revealed to the Mirror. She noted: “Harry and Meghan’s relationship seems to have evolved from a totally twinned one, where their body language was confined to appearances as a matching, complimentary and very royal-looking double act, to one that resembles the shape of a letter Y; joined and twinned at the base but also separating into two individuals moving into two rather separate professional directions.”
She further explained, “The newly ‘sole trader’ body language performances need to be interspersed with appearances that describe and emphasize the base of the ‘Y’. Theirs has always been laid out as a love story with a romantic core and seeing them alone still tends to create a look of a lost limb, thanks to their previously constant love of touch, tie-signs and other PDAs to provide a touching narrative that the world enjoys watching.”
James added, “The recent ‘base of the Y’ appearance was a rather formal and regal video appearance where Meghan threw Harry constant affectionate-looking glances to register besotted encouragement while he spoke, and Harry, more formally, failed to respond in kind apart from one rather rigidly extended arm placed around his wife’s back on the cue of the word ‘together’.
“The message was clearly one of ongoing bonds and togetherness but for fans of the Harry and Meghan passionately romantic body language rituals it was rather thin gruel. It will be sad for their fans if, despite their marriage being enduringly strong and loving, they have made a decision to tone down the PDAs.”
Despite this shift, Judi believes both Harry and Meghan appear “happy, confident and comfortable” even though they’ve been spending a lot of time apart. She added: “Meghan’s body language looks relaxed back to her days as an actress and celebrity. Posing with her friends she performs a ‘shoulder-climb’ pose, clinging to her friend and tilting her head against hers with a warm, bonding smile. She also looks happy mingling in the group at what looks like a party.”
“Harry’s body language in Canada shows him in his element: relaxed, excited, cheerful and apparently adoring the approval of the large crowd. Gazing up at the crowd in the stadium signals a happy desire to bask in their attention and to register his own popularity. His thumbs-up signal is an informal gesture to register mutual liking and to show ‘all is good’. When Harry sits to be interviewed, he uses a partial splay to register power and confidence, placing one hand on his hip and extending his elbow outwards.”
