Meghan Markle and Prince Harry appear together as they face anxious wait about immigration documents
A matching Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have appeared together for the first time since August amid concerns president-elect Donald Trump’s win could impact the Prince’s US visa.
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A matchy-matchy Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have put on a united front in a new video for a cause dear to both of their hearts.
Sporting matching suits and poppy pins to show their respects ahead of Remembrance Day, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex appeared in the video played at the Global Ministerial Conference on Violence Against Children in Colombia on Thursday night.
It comes as Prince Harry’s personal and private immigration documents may be made public now that he will no longer be protected by a Biden administration after Donald Trump stormed back into America’s top job.
While Meghan and Harry have been spotted separately on multiple occasions in recent months, the video is the first time they have appeared together anywhere since their trip to Colombia in August.
“We are at a crossroads and the urgency to reassess and redefine our approach to protecting children has become increasingly evident,” Prince Harry said in the clip.
“While the necessity has always been apparent, it’s now time to translate that awareness into meaningful action.”
Meghan also added her heartfelt take.
“My husband and I recognise that today’s reality is marked by greater connectivity and advanced technology, which, of course, has many positives,” The Duchess said.
“However, it also compels us to better understand how digital violence against children is manifesting itself in this age.
“At the Archewell Foundation, we engage with young people, families and experts worldwide, learning about how every aspect of a child’s life — from their livelihood to their physical and mental wellbeing — now operates within an online economy that has both the power to shape and misshape our connections.”
Meanwhile, the upcoming Trump term in office means the Heritage Foundation is more likely to win its long-running case to release the Duke of Sussex’s records, including his visa application.
The only thing stopping this bid has been which until now has been Joe Biden’s administration blocking it.
Nile Gardiner, Director of The Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, told The Daily Mail they should be able to successfully appeal the decision.
The right-wing think tank claimed Prince Harry’s admissions in his 2023 memoir that he had used various illicit narcotics could have made him ineligible for entry to the US, and sued the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the agency, which oversees immigration, refused to disclose a Freedom of Information request for Harry’s files.
Previously, a judge ruled that the files are to remain private for now – a decision Heritage is appealing.
“I do think there’s a strong possibility that this could happen. It’s the president’s prerogative,” Gardiner said.
He said the new Homeland Security Secretary under Trump could order a complete review of Harry’s immigration application and therefore residency status.
“There are multiple things that could happen but it would be in the best interests of the American people if the Trump administration releases Prince Harry’s records for public scrutiny and Harry should be held to account”.
“If Harry has nothing to hide he should support the release of the records,” Gardiner added, predicting the files will be made public in the next year and that there would be ‘growing calls’ to do so from the Republican-controlled Congress.
It comes as Donald Trump vowed he “wouldn’t protect’ Prince Harry from deportation with the California resident to face “appropriate action” if he is found to have lied on his US visa application.
The royal couple bought a A$7.2 million residence in Lisbon, Portugal last month near where his beloved cousin Princess Eugenie also has a home with speculation the purchase could be part of their contingency plan to leave America.
Admitting to past drug use precludes someone from obtaining a visa to the US under normal circumstances.
There has been some conjecture that despite being married to Meghan Markle, Prince Harry may be living in the US on a special diplomatic visa.
Mr Trump, 78, first raised the subject of Prince Harry’s immigration status in February.
“I wouldn’t protect him. He betrayed the Queen. That’s unforgivable. He would be on his own if it was down to me,” Mr Trump said at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
He repeated the threat in March in conversation with GB News presenter turned UK parliamentarian Nigel Farage.
“We’ll have to see if they know something about the drugs, and if he lied, they’ll have to take appropriate action,” Trump said.
Mr Trump and Prince Harry have met on more than one occasion.
In 2019 the Trump family was hosted at Buckingham Palace during his first presidency.
Prince Harry also crossed paths with Melania Trump at the 2017 Invictus Games in Canada.
However Mr Trump’s ire was stoked when after fleeing Britain, Prince Harry and Meghan began throwing mud at the royal family.
Mr Trump’s love for the late Queen Elizabeth is well known and he has expressed his disgust with the Sussexes for how they conducted themselves after moving to the US.
“I thought she was treated very disrespectfully by them,” Trump said during his interview with Mr Farage.
“I would imagine they broke her heart. The things that they were saying were so bad and so horrible.”
The couple may have been extended an olive branch however, by Mr Trump’s son Eric.
Eric Trump told the Daily Mail last month that his father would not deport Prince Harry.
“I don’t give a damn if he did drugs. It means nothing,” Eric Trump said.
“I can tell you that our father and our entire family has tremendous respect for the monarchy.”
While neither Prince Harry nor Meghan publicly commented on the US presidential candidates, they did issue a statement through their charity the Archewell Foundation urging people to vote.
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