Prince Harry’s behavior following his marriage to Meghan Markle has prompted an expert to come forward with the message ‘I just wish he didn’t blame everyone else for it. It wasn’t the press, it wasn’t the public, they all wanted it to succeed’.

The expert in question is royal expert and author, Phil Dampier and he’s offered a no holds barred take on the royal couple, from the days of their very first Invictus Games appearance, in Toronto after their wedding.

He spoke about everything with Royal editor Matt Wilkinson on The Sun’s Royal Exclusive show, and the conversation saw the expert get specific about the media paranoia that erupted right after their marriage.

“We were completely and utterly shocked by that. I just couldn’t believe it when he did that,” the expert said in regards to Prince Harry’s statement about his wife’s media coverage.

“Looking back I think there were one or two remarks in a couple of columns that made some rather unpleasant remarks about her background. But generally speaking,” Mr Dampier admitted, “99 per cent of the coverage was overwhelmingly positive and welcoming.”

Later in the interview the expert also called it a “very bad beginning” where “Harry’s paranoia” was out on full display, even though at the start of her wedding “she seemed like a breath of fresh air.”

That is why “I just couldn’t believe it when he started complaining to the press that she was being mistreated because, generally speaking, I don’t think she was,” he said.

Before concluding he also noted, “We know from Spare and everything that has happened subsequently that obviously he bottled up a lot of angst and bitterness. But William had to go through the same and he has managed to cope with it.”

While “it’s obviously really affected him but I just wish he didn’t blame everyone else for it. It wasn’t the press, it wasn’t the public, they all wanted it to succeed.”

• Takaichi set to become Japan’s first female prime minister.
• Takaichi’s election marks a shift to the right in Japan.
• Equity markets optimistic about Takaichi’s economic policies.

Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was set to become Japan’s first female prime minister on Tuesday after winning a critical vote in parliament’s lower house.

An acolyte of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and an admirer of Britain’s Margaret Thatcher, Takaichi received 237 votes in the lower house election to choose the next premier, topping the majority of the 465-seat chamber. 

Her victory shatters the glass ceiling in a country where men still hold overwhelming sway and puts Japan, a close US ally, on a forceful shift to the right.

Her victory comes after her Liberal Democratic Party, which has governed Japan for most of its postwar history, agreed to a coalition deal with the right-wing Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin.

Takaichi will likely be approved by the less-powerful upper house and sworn in as Japan’s 104th prime minister this evening to succeed the incumbent Shigeru Ishiba, who last month announced his resignation to take responsibility for election losses.

But her elevation is unlikely to be feted as a sign of progressive change, marking instead a turn to the right on immigration and social issues. After years of deflation, Japan is now grappling with rising prices, something that has sparked public anger and fuelled support for oppositions groups including the far-right Sanseito party.

Meghan Markle is reportedly hoping for a wedding invite from Taylor Swift after the launch of her second season of With Love, Meghan was shadowed by the pop star’s engagement announcement.

Sources claimed that the Duchess of Sussex was “furious” over Swift’s fairytale engagement news as the “biggest celebrity news of the year” “eclipsed” Meghan’s Netflix show after both things occurred the same day, on August 26, via Radaronline.com.

“She had been working for months to relaunch herself as the queen of lifestyle and empowerment, and then Taylor casually drops the biggest celebrity news of the year,” a source told the outlet.

“Meghan was raging behind closed doors that her headlines were ‘stolen’ by the singer – but she still liked Taylor’s post to look gracious. It was through gritted teeth, no question.”

Moreover Meghan is “desperate” to be at Swift’s wedding as “this is the kind of event that cements your place in the A-list hierarchy.”

However, “If she’s snubbed, she’ll take it as a personal insult. She’s already saying it would be ‘a shame’ if certain people tried to keep her out, which is Meghan-speak for she’s gearing up to be angry.”