In a newly released video, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle showed two “small signs of potential tension” that would be missed by most of us, a body language expert has claimed.
It comes as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are said to be “fed up” with the speculation that they are having relationship problems. And sources have insisted that “The Sussexes’ marriage is fine”.
A newly released video appeared to support these claims that all is still ok in Harry and Meghan’s relationship. In it, they are seen sitting side-by-side in the garden of their Montecito mansion in California – and they’re full of smiles as they congratulate 26 individuals and organisations who received cash from their new fund to support online safety projects for young people.
However, body language expert Judi James suggests that all may not be as it seems. And that there is tension bubbling away beneath the smiles – because of two small signs that most of us would miss.
James said: “Harry and Meghan are so full of smiles in this clip that they look like excited parents hunched over the phone, taking their first call from a child who has left home for uni. Harry in particular seems to be pulling out all the non-verbal stops in a bid to look engaged, excited and proud of the young people he’s hearing from.”
“Sitting close with the phone held between them they change poses several times, with Harry evolving from a rather submissive, high-voiced ‘Hi’ at the start to taking over the phone and sitting with a leg and one elbow splay as he tells the caller in a more assertive tone that ‘This is exactly why we do what we do.’
“His beaming smiles drop at one point as he listens to a mention of mental health, sucking his lips in and chewing at his lower lip in a gesture of seriousness and concern.
“He also seems to glance across at Meghan a couple of times as he talks but we’re not shown her employing her signature levels of eye contact and adoring face-gazing on Harry. There is no touch between them shown in this clip and no mutual glances shown, either.
“At one point Meghan is looking down listening to the caller and her eyes seem to start to scan upward but her gaze drops again before reaching Harry’s eyes.”
However, James told the Mirror there were a couple of pointers that could suggest a hidden tension. She said: “There are small signs of potential tension. Meghan’s profile smile shows a muscle working in her cheek and a slight lower jaw jut while Harry is at one point holding onto the back of the seat with one hand.”
