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Why Harry and Meghan's UK relaunch felt so much like a royal engagement

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex recently participated in a series of charity events in the UK that mirrored the structure of a formal royal engagement. Despite Buckingham Palace's stance that the couple are private citizens, the event highlighted their continued ability to command public attention and perform traditional royal-style duties.

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It underscores the ongoing tension between the couple's desire for private life and their continued public influence as former senior royals.

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Figure caption, Watch: Harry and Meghan at first joint engagement since UK return

There was something so very familiar about today.

The first time the Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited Nottingham together in 2017 they were plain old Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. They'd just announced they were getting married and it was in the East Midlands that an American actress would be hard launched as a working member of the Royal Family.

You could view today as the UK-relaunch of Meghan.

She'd not done anything like the day of events in Nottingham for several years on British soil. Those close to her told me she wasn't nervous about how people would react to her and she wanted to get out there.

This was definitely not a royal engagement.

But the thing is, it felt like one in so many ways.

There was planned choreography for each event.

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