Meg is plastering Harry's most intimate moments with kids online – he won't be happy… but she won't care, expert slams
The heartwarming footage of Archie and Lilibet was posted on Instagram with Jason Mraz's hit 'Have It All' playing in the background.
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"The best," she captioned her post. "Happy Father's Day to our favorite guy."
The compilation showed photos and videos of Harry laughing, dancing and spending quality time with his children through the years.
The Duchess has been more open with posting her children this year, amid her new business ventures.
Royal expert Ingrid Seward told The Sun that although the videos are "charming", sharing them on social media is "hypocritical" of the couple who claimed to want privacy.
She said: "I think the problem with the video that Megan's put out, which is actually charming, is it's really very hypocritical, because they begged for privacy. They refused to let their children's faces be seen.
"In fact, at the beginning, there was just like one or two photographs of their children.
"And now suddenly Meghan is flooding the market with photographs of their children, and this goes absolutely against everything they wanted.
"Meghan is doing all these things in her anxiety to get publicity for herself, so that she can improve her money-making powers.
"I think their whole lives online is a publicity stunt. Everything that they do online is aimed at them being able to make more money.
"Otherwise why on earth would they do it? Because, remember, they've spoken about social media and how damaging it can be, especially for young kids, and how worried they are about it.
"And then the next thing you know is Megan is posting quite personal, very charming pictures of her husband and the children all over everywhere, through her Instagram account. So it just doesn't make sense."
Ingrid added: "I would love to know what Harry thought, but I suspect he might be a little uncomfortable, because Harry isn't really a great self promoter. Unlike his wife, who is."
She suggested that the protection of Harry's "royal persona" before he left the Firm suited him because he could "hide behind" it.
"I think he would prefer to be a little more circumspect about who saw photographs of him and his family, but I can't imagine that Meghan would have done it without without his knowledge."
It comes after Prince William's children wished him a Happy Father's Day in a heartwarming post on social media.
The sweet message was posted on the official Instagram account of the Prince and Princess of Wales on behalf of young royals George, Charlotte and Louis.
One is a portrait shot showing Wills standing with his arms around Prince George, 11,and Princess Charlotte, 10, while seven-year-old Prince Louis stands in front of him.
Another black and white picture shared showed the four lying on the grass laughing in an embrace.
The post was captioned: "Happy Father's Day, Papa (before and after!). We love you! G, C & L," accompanied by a love heart.
The heartwarming photographs were taken by Josh Shinner earlier this year in Norfolk.
Ingrid explained the difference between the two heartwarming posts: "The the Waleses are the future of the monarchy, and they're very aware of that, and I think everything that they do is very carefully thought through.
"Because they're deeply concerned about their children and how they bring them up, and I think that these gorgeous photographs, which look very informal, are actually quite staged in a very, very nice way.
"It's 'We'll give the public a bit of our children, because they need to see the future of the monarchy. They need to see it, but we're not going to give them too much'."
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