- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has released a photo of their daughter Lilibet and experts think of it as an desperate move
- For Lilibet’s first birthday, Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan invited close friends and family for an ‘intimate backyard picnic’
- The expert raised a question “Would we be seeing these images if Harry and Meghan’s UK jaunt had been an unmitigated success
A royal expert called Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s release of a photo of their daughter, Lilibet Diana, on Tuesday to mark her first birthday a “desperate move.”
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex released a photo of Lilibet, only the second publicly released photo of her, early on Tuesday, with royal commentator Omid Scobie taking to Twitter to share details about her Queen’s Jubilee weekend birthday party in the UK.
“For Lilibet’s first birthday, Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan invited close friends and family for an ‘intimate backyard picnic’ at Frogmore Cottage, Windsor on Saturday,” Scobie said.
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However, Sussex critic Daniela Elser was quick to level criticism against the couple for releasing their daughter’s photo, calling it a desperate move.
Elser said: “Lili’s birthday aside, the four-day stint back in the UK was nothing short of a PR disaster for the couple who were sidelined by the royal family in the most humiliating – and blatant – way possible.”
“In short, it’s very hard to see how the Sussexes’ Great British Return could be viewed as anything other than disastrous,” she continued.
Elser went on to add: “No PR wins, family rapprochement or unmissable Netflix footage in the can and all at the expense of their egos and, potentially, their bank balance too.”
“Which brings us to the release of Tuesday’s Lili images which, given the preceding days’ events, start to look like a fairly transparent attempt at righting the publicity ship and changing the prevailing Sussex narrative from embarrassing flop to, ‘Ooh! BABY!’”
She concluded her rant with a pressing question: “Would we be seeing these images if Harry and Meghan’s UK jaunt had been an unmitigated success, all glowing coverage and flattering opinion pieces?”
