Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were forced to swallow a bitter pill last week when they were included on the list of 'most disliked celebrities of 2024'.
It was dropped by 'Ranker', a website that features polls on entertainment, brands, sports, food and culture. It claims to be one of the largest databases of opinions, with more than one billion votes gathered on over millions of subjective voters. And this particular poll racked up a huge 493.1K votes.
Meghan currently stands at number one on the list, followed by her husband Harry, Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Oprah Winfrey, respectively.
But she is unlikely to be phased by the data, according to one expert. Press Box PR spokesperson Lynn Carratt spoke to the Mirror about how Meghan will likely react to the news.
Referencing an earlier poll where Meghan didn't fare well either, the pro said: "In the latest YouGov survey released at the beginning of May, Meghan received a very low score. In fact, it should be noted that 65% of respondents disliked her, and 45% had very negative views of her.
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"Only 4% of Brits expressed very positive feelings toward her while her overall net approval rating dropped to minus 43 to minus 38 at the beginning of April."
She then revealed: "I believe Meghan will take the survey data with a pinch of salt. I'm not sure how interested she is anymore in getting the British public back on her side.
"She is American and that is were her family life is now, so she will be more concerned in raising her popularity in her own country and focusing on building her brand American Rivera Orchard and making it a huge success."
Lynn continued: "Harry, of course, will be as it's his birthplace, and he wants his children to be connected to the British heritage. But we only need to look at their visit to Nigeria last week to know that would have given the couple much confidence because they are celebrated in that country and in their eyes the tour would have been a great success and they do have more visits to other countries lined-up.
"They did face some criticism from Royal supporters as their trip had all the hallmarks of an official Royal tour. As Harry and Meghan are no longer working Royals, if their foreign visits continue like this, it is likely to cause some friction with King Charles."
Harry and Meghan's African trip appears to have caused upset amongst his family. They famously stepped down as working royals in 2020, but commentators have noted their visit to Nigeria had all the hallmarks of a royal tour.
And it seems they have more visits in the pipeline; in a message thanking the people of Nigeria following their return home, they described it as "the first of many trips".
Royal author Tom Quinn told The Mirror: "William is absolutely furious and determined to find a way to stop this happening in future. Charles is said to be angrier than anyone has ever seen him.
"What's really upset the applecart is the fact that the Nigerians treated Meghan and Harry as if they too thought this was an official tour - all the signs were there as the couple were greeted with dances, receptions, visits to schools and charities."
Reflecting on Meghan and Harry's trip, Mr Quinn argued that it's "easy to see why the senior royals are worried" and said it could be that the Nigeria visit was designed to give the impression Harry and Meghan were still working royals.
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"Everything you might expect from an official Royal visit was there - the receptions, the visits to schools and charities, to wounded soldiers and the disabled. Meghan and Harry's speeches and their whole attitude has been designed to give the impression that they are still fully paid-up royals and William and his father King Charles don't like it one bit," he concluded.
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