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Lauren Gordon

Prince Harry 'commercially lost' as he steps away from limelight to 'follow in Diana's footsteps'

Prince Harry is "commercially lost" as he steps away from the limelight to continue his work in campaigning.

According to crisis communications specialist Andy Barr, as the Duke takes some "much needed time away from the limelight," he could be planning his next move that's closer to home.

"Could he do a job for the likes of META, maybe causing Nick Clegg to look over his shoulder, around something in global affairs? Or can he find a way to monetise the humanitarian aid work that he loves, to try and follow in the footsteps of his mother?" Andy suggested.

Princess Diana, Harry's mother, left the Royal Family for a "peaceful life" - much like her son has done - following her separation from King Charles in 1992 and the finalisation of their divorce in 1996.

Harry could follow in his mother's footsteps (Zuma Press/PA Images)
Diana worked closely with charities even after leaving the Royal Family (Getty Images)

She continued her work with a select few of charities and was said to be dedicated to the ones she kept on, including National AIDS Trust, Centrepoint homeless charity and the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.. "If I’m going to talk on behalf of any cause, I want to go see the problem for myself and learn about it,” Diana once said.

"Harry looks a bit commercially lost right now. His wife has hired the best in the entertainment industry to get her career back on track and yet Harry seems to be going the other way and taking some, much needed, time away from the limelight," he told us.

"He is never going to want to be the poster boy for a global fashion brand or anything else that would be viewed as ‘crude' by the global royal elite. He is most likely going to appeal to a global brand looking to enhance its philanthropic or humanitarian status on the world scene.

Harry is "commercially lost" (ITV)

"No matter what he chooses to do, he is now in the situation where he needs to earn serious money in order pay for his life away from the British Royal Family, and that won’t come cheap," Harry concluded.

The suggestions for Harry's next steps come after Daily Mail columnist Alison Boshoff claimed that Harry is said to be "gravitating back to charity and campaigning work."

"He's planning a return to Africa to film a documentary following in the footsteps of his mother — a venture that will see him travelling to the continent alone. Their ambition to become a global humanitarian power couple seems, for the moment at least, to be on ice," she wrote.

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