Royal Regulation! Meghan Markle And Prince Harry Less Tactile In Public For This Reason express.co.uk

MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry have raised speculation in recent days after spectators remarked that the Royal couple has become distinctly less tactile in public than during their engagement. The Royal couple were previously pictured holding hands at nearly every Royal engagement, with the former actress affectionately holding her husband's arm and patting his back at Prince Charles’s birthday celebration at Buckingham Palace in May.

However the couple has since been seen avoiding hand-holding and public displays of affection at official engagements, and experts believe it may come down to a question of professionalism. Commenting on the shift in dynamic, etiquette expert William Hanson told the Mail: “Prince Harry has probably felt less of a need to hold Meghan's hand as she seems to be much more confident and secure in her new role, and so needs less emotional and physical support from her now-husband.
“Public displays of affection, such a hand holding, may be accepted in private situations and in social spheres, but when out in public Harry and Meghan are on official business and so it is not considered professional behavior.”