Harry and Meghan just can’t stop copying Wills and Kate

This week, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been on a quasi-royal dash around the Middle East - sorry, a two-day humanitarian visit to Jordan at the behest of the World Health Organisation.

- CHARLOTTE CRIPPS

And their timing was, as always, deliciously perfect. Meghan, looking like she’d just rolled out of bed in creased, clownishly oversized beige linen trousers, had a kickabout with a group of young girls at the Za’atari refugee camp, before Prince Harry, wearing his now signature scowl, joined her for shooting practice.

Their first international tour as a couple for 18 months came just two weeks after Prince William’s three-day tour of neighbouring Saudi Arabia, where, in his capacity as president of the Football Association, he took part in - wait for it - a football training session with young female players in Riyadh to promote women’s sports. Snap!

During their stay in Jordan, Harry and Meghan also visited the National Centre for Rehabilitation of Addicts in Amman, inviting comparisons with Kate’s work as patron of the Forward Trust, a UK charity that supports recovering addicts. This time, Meghan opted for high-street style over haute couture, wearing a £109 jacket from Zara - the very same store that Kate has long made the cornerstone of her professional wardrobe.

At the clinic, Harry left an inspiring handwritten note on a wall for patients: “It’s OK to not be OK.” The duke may have had in mind something that Prince William had said days earlier, at the Bafta Awards, when discussing the tear-jerking Outstanding British Film winner Hamnet. Opening up a little about his own mental condition, he admitted he was “not in a calm state”.

In the royal sibling rivalry stakes, even more significant is the destination for Harry and Meghan’s power trip: Jordan, which has a special, personal place in the hearts of William and Kate.