Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s celebrity encounters are in stark contract to Prince William’s, according to a royal commentator

Prince Harry and Meghan’s attempts to cosy up to A-list pals has been branded ‘cringe’ (Image: PA Wire)

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s ideas of life in California have been far from the reality, a royal expert commenting on Prince William’s recent celebrity encounter claims.

Prince William, along with Princess Charlotte and Prince George, attended the singer’s Eras Tour concert at London’s Wembley Stadium last Friday.

A selfie shared by the Shake It Off singer has amassed thousands of likes across social media platforms while a video of William dancing went viral. The Daily Mail’s Diary Editor Richard Eden says it is a sharp contrast to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex celebrity interactions.

Speaking on the Palace Confidential podcast, Eden said: “It’s a very different relationship because essentially Taylor Swift’s here and she wants to you know show her respect for the royal family and in a way you could say paying court to Prince William whereas with Harry and Megan I think it’s the other way around.

Taylor Swift shared a selfie of Prince William and his family (Image: Taylorswift/Instagram)

“They are the ones that always seem to be sucking up to the Hollywood royalty you know. I think they thought ‘when we move to California we’ll be at the centre of this kind of royal course and everyone will be coming to see us’ but it never seems to be working out like that.”

He added: “I remember we’ve actually seen them when they met Beyonce and Jay-Z and it was a Disney Premiere and that they were using the occasion to suck up to these big wigs trying to get work for Meghan.”

Daily Mail Royal Editor Rebecca English described another encounter with Beyonce as a “standout cringe moment” from the six-episode series.

Prince Harry and Meghan with Beyonce and Jay-Z in 2019 (Image: Getty)

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She said: “It did make me of that moment in their Netflix documentary when they were sitting at a desk together do you remember and then Harry goes ‘oh surprise she’s got a text message oh it’s off Beyonce’ with this kind of terrible hammy acting and you know she goes ‘oh well I might just read it out, it says how wonderful I am,’ which to me was one of the standout cringe moments of that documentary.”

In the clip, Meghan says “Beyonce just texted,” with Harry looking surprised replying “shut-up” adding “just checking-in, just casual”. Meghan replies with: “I still can’t believe she knows who I am!”