Now, Nile Gardiner, director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom and Bernard and Barbara Lomas Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, accused the Sussex couple of making a "huge mockery" out of the Royal Family" with their "hugely inappropriate political rant", despite not being working members of the Firm.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex lent a helping hand to Los Angeles fire victims at the Pasadena Convention Center on Friday.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry visited the site of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires to 'thank first responders' but their appearance has been branded 'crass', writes Christopher Smithers