Meghan Markle Is 'The Driving Force' Of Her, Prince Harry's Sussex Brand: Royal Expert

Meghan Markle has been leading the brand that she and her husband, Prince Harry, are trying to establish, according to a royal expert.

The Duchess of Sussex recently graced the cover of Variety as one of the honorees of the 2022 class of Variety's Power of Women. Duncan Larcombe, an award-winning journalist and former royal editor for The Sun, weighed in on Markle's role after she and Prince Harry left the royal family. In his opinion, the former American actress runs the show.

"From the looks of things, Meghan seems to be the driving force between the brand that she and Harry are building together," Larcombe told Fox News Digital. "While she's on the Zooms and being filmed and recorded doing important things, Harry's either juggling outside, feeding the chickens, or riding on an open-top bus with James Corden. This is very much the Meghan show we're watching play out."

The "Prince Harry: Inside Story" author added that the Duke of Sussex got a lot of publicity earlier this year for Invictus Games. However, he warned Prince William's brother that taking a backseat could mean the Sussex brand would become a "Meghan show."

"But if he reduces himself to sitting in the shadows as he did on stage in Manchester when Meghan gave her speech, then you know, it's going to be the Meghan show, and it's really not going to be much about Harry anymore," he continued before adding, "Apart from the fact she has to kind of drag him out once in a while just to show that she's still part of the British royal family by marriage."

Larcombe also commented on the "Suits" actress' approach. He felt that Markle operates on "slightly different spheres" based on the way she positions herself.

The royal expert said Markle's building a brand "very carefully, very precisely and extremely well." He was convinced that her strategy works because her podcast "Archetypes" is popular, magazines like Variety feature her because they believe she sells and if that continues, Larcombe said, "Life on planet Meghan is fantastic."

An anonymous insider previously said that Markle wore the trousers in her marriage to Prince Harry.

"She is definitely the one wearing the trousers in their relationship," the royal insider said, People reported. "She is a strong, opinionated woman who has her own ideas about things, and that's one of the things he loves about her."

Meanwhile, royal expert Kinsey Schofield, the host of the "To Di For Daily" podcast, claimed that Markle wants to control the narrative, and it goes beyond her marriage. Schofield said her latest interview "is another great example of Meghan Markle's pursuit to control the narrative."

"Specifically if you read her reaction to The Cut interview or her lack of enthusiasm for the upcoming Netflix documentary," Schofield said. "If she did not mold it, if she does not control the situation, she tends to frown upon it."