Prince Harry‘s efforts to promote mental health are being slammed.
As the Duke of Sussex prepares to give a speech on the topic at the InterEdge Psychosocial Summit in Australia, royal commentator Shauna Kay dissed Harry’s advocacy.
“Harry is actually a keynote on mental health in the workplace because he has never held a conventional job,” the expert told NewsNation Now.
“I think the only experience he has is probably trauma, his own trauma and how to monetize that trauma,” Kay said.
“Now, if there was a keynote on how to monetize trauma, I think he’d be absolutely excellent,” the writer quipped.
Harry and Meghan Markle are set to travel Down Under in the coming weeks for an unofficial visit.
“It was announced as if it were some sort of pseudo-royal tour,” Kay said. “They quickly walked it back because of the public backlash and pretty much very quickly put out a statement that it was purely a private visit and also for their commercial ventures.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during day 3 of their Australian tour in 2018. By: MEGA
While the couple might be excited for their trip, they shouldn’t expect a warm welcome.
“The public mood is on a scale of disdain to disinterest, honestly, there’s not a lot in between, because people are really sort of quite jaded about them now,” Kay claimed.
According to the YouTube host, the resistance from Australians stems from the tension between Harry and The Firm.
“Harry is not an admired figure in Australia because he’s seen as betraying his family. And that’s actually a trait that not many people admire here,” Kay alleged.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle depart Sydney for New Zealand in 2018. By: Richard Milnes/MEGA
The royal family is also not thrilled with the pair making trips across the globe while not being working members of The Firm.
“The Palace is livid,” a source told Rob Shuter for his Naughty But Nice Substack. “It looks like a full-scale royal tour without the permission slip.”