IS IT ALL OVER?

Royal biographer Duncan Larcombe looks at whether there is trouble in paradise

- Duncan Larcombe

To the outside world it seems the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are riding cloud number nine as they mark two years since quitting Britain.

They have tens of millions in the bank, a Californian mansion to share with their two young children, a busy schedule of worthy causes to promote and freedom to follow their own destinies as ‘private citizens of the world’. Since turning their backs on the rest of the royals, the influential couple have set up no fewer than 11 separate companies in a tax haven and even made their own replica royal visits across America.

From the safety of their sumptuous ivory tower, Meghan has sowed the seeds of a political career and Harry has penned what is expected to be the most explosive royal memoir in history.

The bigwigs of Hollywood and Silicon Valley continue to fall over themselves to welcome the duke and duchess.

Hard to believe it is exactly two years since they sent shock waves through the Royal Family by renouncing their status as senior members of The Firm.

But as they continue living the dream, is there more going on behind the spin and shallow spoils of Harry and Meghan’s new life?

There are increasing signs of trouble in paradise as the harsh realities of living a life in self-imposed exile start to bite.

The rift

Far from letting the proverbial water flow under the bridge, Harry and Meghan are arguably both guilty of fuelling the rift between the Sussex and Cambridge clans since they left.