Monday 28 November 2022 03:50 PM William and Kate's US trip is a 'good opportunity' to boost monarchy's image trends now

The Prince and Princess of Wales' trip to the US this week will help 'redress the balance' for the Royal Family in the wake of Harry and Meghan's transatlantic potshots and inaccuracies in The Crown, experts claimed today.

William and Kate will fly to Boston on Wednesday for the start of a three-day trip to the US, the highlight of which will be the glitzy Earthshot awards event on Friday, described by one insider as the prince's 'Super Bowl' moment.

Experts have said that it is hugely significant that the couple's first foreign trip since the Queen's death is to America. They have no plans to see Harry and Meghan despite both heading to the east coast of the US in the coming week.

Historian and biographer Amanda Lucy Foreman said the Wales' US visit is a 'royal smackdown of sorts' to the Sussexes.

Calling William and Kate the 'working Windsors', and Meghan and Harry the 'working-it Windsors', she claimed Harry's older brother and his wife are landing in the US just as the 'working-it Windsors' are 'wearing out their welcome'.

Royal commentator and biographer Phil Dampier said: 'I’m sure they don’t see it as a rival trip to Harry and Meghan but it’s inevitable that’s how it will be portrayed. 

'The main point is that William’s Earthshot prize is an important award which recognises practical solutions to climate change and he cares deeply about it trying to make a difference'.

The Netflix series 'The Crown' has also resurrected some of the more troubled times of the House of Windsor just as the royal family tries to show that it remains relevant in modern, multicultural Britain following the death of the Queen.

'You could say that the royal family, particularly as far as America is concerned, have had a bit of a bumpy ride of late´, said Joe Little, the managing editor of Majesty Magazine.

'They´ve come in for huge amounts of criticism on the back of `The Crown´ and also the Oprah Winfrey interview, which has not particularly reflected well on the House of Windsor, so I think it´s a good opportunity whilst they´re in the US. ... to sort of redress the balance if at all possible'.

The Wales' head to Boston on Wednesday, And just 200 miles away, in New York, William's estranged brother and his wife will also be in the limelight, accepting the Ripple of Hope award in New York organised by another branch of the Kennedy family, Robert F Kennedy's daughter, Kerry, on Tuesday.

Controversially Kerry Kennedy has said that the Ripple of Hope award in part recognises the Sussexes' stance in standing up against institutionalised racism in the Royal Family - allegations that have been strongly rejected by the royal household. The Queen appeared to deny it in a rare statement before she died.

With speculation building about Harry and Meghan's forthcoming Netflix 'docuseries', sources insisted the Wales' 'won't be distracted by other things'.

And according to the Telegraph, citing a foreign office source, while the palace team is 'highly cognizant' of Meghan, 41, and Harry, 38, they  are 'not scared of their shadows on this'. 

Despite being in the same part of the world - just days apart - multiple sources have said they have 'no plans' to see each other. Royal experts have said repeatedly that the brothers are no closer despite the death of their grandmother in September.

They stayed just yards apart from each other in Windsor before and after Her Majesty's funeral but are not believed to have spent time together apart from at formal occasions.

But as much as the royals try to focus on Earthshot, William is likely to face questions about Harry and Meghan, who have repeatedly criticised the Royal Family.

They accused senior royals of racism and ignoring Meghan when she was suicidal and pregnant, in interviews with Oprah Winfrey and other US media.