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Aug 16, 2026

“Strangest Thing I’ve Ever Seen”: Body Language Expert on Harry and Meghan

“Strangest Thing I’ve Ever Seen”: Body Language Expert on Harry and Meghan

A body language expert appearing on Sunrise has described the on-camera behaviour of Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, as the “strangest thing I’ve ever seen” — a line engineered for a headline and aimed at a couple whose every public gesture is now treated as evidence.

The segment sits in the same run of Australian breakfast-television analysis that has already dissected the couple’s Netflix series, their red-carpet timing, and the way they occupy a frame together. This time the verdict is not merely “performed” or “frosty.” It is strangeness: the claim that Harry and Meghan do not move, glance, or touch like a pair at ease, and that the oddness is visible enough to be diagnosed from a sofa in a Sydney studio.

### What “Strange” Is Being Used to Mean

Body language commentary lives on implication. It rarely says “they lied.” It says the shoulders are wrong. The smile arrives early. One partner looks at the camera when the other is speaking. Hands clasp too tightly, or not at all. The Sunrise expert’s “strangest thing” is a way of bundling those tells into a single gasp.

In this school of reading, Harry often appears as the man who has learned a new script and has not yet found a natural place to put his arms. Meghan appears as the more practiced performer — angled to the lens, ready for the still photograph that will outlive the interview. Together, the expert suggests, they produce a duet that looks intimate and does not feel unconscious.

That is a subjective judgment. It is also the judgment Sunrise exists to broadcast. Royal coverage on breakfast television does not wait for archives. It freezes a clip, points at a chin, and invites the audience to feel clever.

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