The Duchess of Sussex, 43, and her husband, Prince Harry, 40, have been living in America for four years. However, they are facing problems with their brand image.

Meghan Markle believed her and Harry could be Hollywood stars. (Image: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

Meghan Markle reportedly “persuaded” her husband, Prince Harry, that she could make the couple “Hollywood stars” due to her former life as an actress, a royal expert has claimed.

When the couple quit life as senior members of the Royal Family in 2020, they quickly relocated overseas to America, where they bought a large nine-bedroom mansion in Montecito.

Although Harry had only ever known life as a royal or serving in the military, an expert believes he followed Meghan to the States like a “child,” believing that she could help them become financially independent.

Tina Brown, who was friends with Princess Diana and wrote her biography in 2007, opined on GB News: “She persuaded him that she was the savvy Hollywood wheeler-dealer who could come in and make them stars and all the rest of it. He just sort of blindly followed her like a child, really.”

This comes after Tina, the former editor of Vanity Fair previously slammed the 43-year-old duchess on The Ankler podcast.

Talking about Meghan, Tina said: “The trouble with Meghan is that she has the worst judgement of anyone in the entire world. She’s flawless about getting it all wrong. All of her ideas are total crap, unfortunately.”

This was then backed by another royal expert, Richard Fitzwilliams, who opined to MailOnline: “Brown is right that Harry is led by Meghan. She is also correct in saying that the split when they left was ‘a disaster all around’.”

Since Harry and Meghan quit life as senior royals, they have received plenty of backlash thanks to their controversial decisions.

This includes their 2021 Oprah Winfrey interview, where they hurled accusations against the Royal Family and the Netflix docuseries Harry and Meghan in 2022.