Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s latest appearance in Jamaica was a “deliberate ploy” to prove the Royal Family wrong, a royal expert has claimed.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex on Tuesday night attended the premiere of Bob Marley: One Love at the Carib 5 theatre in Cross Roads, St. Andrew, ahead of the film’s release on February 14.

Their visit was dubbed “controversial” by many as the couple were pictured with Jamaican prime minister Andrew Holness, who’s been very vocal about severing ties with the British monarchy.

Now veteran royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams claimed their attendance was “no accident” and posed as a ‘subtle’ move by them to prove how valuable they could have been for the Firm.

He told Express.co.uk: “This appearance by the Sussexes was no accident. It will reinforce the royal family’s views that they are not to be trusted and it seems a deliberate ploy by the couple to remind the wider world of the pull their brand could have had in the Commonwealth.

“Their terms of half in, half out as senior working royals, which could have involved them endorsing products for commercial gain, were obviously not acceptable.”

Yesterday, Mr Fitzwilliams blasted the couple for their “staged” appearance during what’s been dubbed a difficult week for the Royal Family.

King Charles is due for an enlarged prostate operation any day now, whilst Kate, the Princess of Wales is still recovering from her successful abdominal surgery last week.

The royal expert lash out at the royal couple saying the Sussexes “knew” their appearance would get a “huge amount of publicity” following the health bombshells that sent shockwaves around the world.

He explained: “Harry and Meghan clearly staged this appearance in Jamaica because they knew it would get a huge amount of publicity during a difficult week for the royal family, with the King due to enter hospital and Catherine in hospital after an operation and due to take some weeks to recover.”