In Prince Harry and Meghan's explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey, the couple pointed to one point in their journey that transformed their relationship with the royal family: their 2018 trip to Australia.
The couple touched down in rainy Sydney two and a half years ago for their first tour as Duke and Duchess of Sussex on the same day it was announced they were expecting their first child together.
But looking back, the duke said Meghan's ability to charm the public led to a turning point in the couple's relationship with other royals, evoking memories nearly 40 years old.
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)"It really changed after the Australia tour," he said in the interview with Winfrey yesterday.
"That brought back memories."
Similar trips, decades apart
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)The memories the duke was referring to were of a trip made by his parents, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, in 1983.
Like Prince Harry and Meghan, it was the Prince and Princess of Wales' first official tour together, with nine-month-old Prince William — Harry's older brother — in tow.
Over the trip, depicted in the fourth season of Netflix's The Crown, the princess dazzled crowds, even if The Age reported she arrived in the country with "something less than a smile" on her face.
Throughout the tour, the princess took centre stage, often sidelining the future king on visits to both rural Australia and major cities.
Diana later told biographer Andrew Morton that Prince Charles was "jealous" of the attention she received.
"I understood the jealousy but I couldn't explain that I didn't ask for it," she said.
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)Prince Harry hints at jealousy remaining
Nearly 35 years later, the new duchess received a similarly glowing welcome in Australia in 2018, with newspapers describing Meghan as shining like the sun over Sydney harbour.
The couple spent the majority of their time in Sydney for the Invictus Games, but also visited Dubbo, Melbourne, Fraser Island, Tonga, Fiji and New Zealand.
News of Meghan's pregnancy meant parts of their warm reception by the Australian public were magnified and broadcast around the world.
In the interview broadcast yesterday, she said that it was upon returning from the trip that the couple began to feel differently about their relationship with the royal family.
"After we had gotten back from our Australia tour … we talked about things really started to turn, when I knew we weren't being protected," she said.
Winfrey asked whether Prince Harry believed the rest of the royal family were jealous of his wife's performance on the world stage.
He hesitated before saying: "I just wish that we would all learn from the past."
"To see how effortless it was for Meghan to come into the family so quickly in Australia and across New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga, and just be able to connect with people.
"She was welcomed into the family not just by the family, but by the world."
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