{"id":3122,"date":"2018-07-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/clone-why-meghan-and-harry-have-stopped-holding-hands-public\/"},"modified":"2018-07-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T00:00:00","slug":"clone-why-meghan-and-harry-have-stopped-holding-hands-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/entertainment\/clone-why-meghan-and-harry-have-stopped-holding-hands-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Meghan and Harry stopped holding hands in public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Royal fans were shooketh when Harry appeared to avoid holding his new wife\u2019s hand while appearing at the Young Leaders Reception at Buckingham Palace last week.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the moment in question:<\/p>\n\n<p>Some argued that the royal family aren\u2019t fans of the PDA &#8211; but etiquette expert William Hanson told&nbsp;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/\"><em>Daily Mail<\/em><\/a> it\u2019s a work thing:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cPrince Harry has probably felt less of a need to hold Meghan&#8217;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.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cPublic 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 behaviour.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The expert pointed out that Prince William and Duchess Kate mastered keeping their hands to themselves early in their relationship.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThey seem much more reserved with their emotions and affection whereas Harry and Meghan are more tactile. It comes down to different styles for different royal couples.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"267\" width=\"500\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" class=\"media-element file-media-original nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/prince-william-kate.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The expert said there is no official rule in the palace when it comes to hand holding &#8211; but you\u2019d never catch The Queen or Prince Charles canoodling with their baes in public.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI suspect Prince Harry and The Duchess of Sussex realise that now they are married their job and status is what comes first.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We&#8217;ll miss these touchy-feely royals!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"356\" width=\"486\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" class=\"media-element file-media-original nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/harry-meghan.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Harry and Meghan Markle\u2019s loved-up reign is over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[418,209],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-3122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity","category-entertainment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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