DAN WOOTTON: Why is Meghan Markle keeping silent since Harry's phone hacking trial? From the courtroom catastrophe to the horror of Spare, all these are destroying any credibility they had left

Partners can play a crucial role in supporting and guiding each other through challenging times. However, it's important to remember that individuals have their own agency and responsibility for their choices and actions. While it may seem that Prince Harry has distanced himself from some of his blood relatives and pre-Meghan friends, it's difficult to fully understand the dynamics and reasons behind these decisions.

As for Harry's wife, Meghan, it's challenging to speculate on the specific dynamics of their relationship and the extent of her influence on Prince Harry's decisions. The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has chosen to step back from her husband's public business.

Barring their seriously misjudged joint statement on the 'near catastrophic' New York car chase that wasn't, the Duchess of Sussex has chosen to completely withdraw from her husband's public business

Prince Harry's autobiography, "Spare," and the criticism it has received for revealing private conversations with the late Queen has potentially damaged his credibility. Additionally, there are potential repercussions related to his American citizenship and allegations of illegal drug use.

The horrific consequences of his autobiography Spare continue to stack up, from being shamed for revealing private conversations with the late Queen to having his American citizenship questioned in a US court, with the threat of deportation even a possibility because of his revelations of extensive illegal drug use

It's been reported that Prince Harry admitted in court that he had no evidence of phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers. This development may be seen as an "indignity" and a result that was inevitable.

Now Harry has the indignity of having to admit under oath in court that he has no evidence of phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers

Meghan should have intervened and advised against pursuing certain actions, as they are perceived as detrimental to their lives and credibility. She could have said, 'none of this is worth the toll it's taking on our lives. You even have no proof to win this court case look at the damage it has caused on our business interests and making it almost impossible to create the happy moments we envisioned in California.' Instead, she left him in the hands of a ghostwriter who has helped him destroy every family relationship Harry had left.

During his trial in high court, the Duke became aware with the world watching that the vast majority of articles he had been assured just must have come from phone hacking were already in the public domain. While no one belittles the pain of losing his mother as a youngster, we're all just exhausted by now of a man born with every imaginable privilege in the world constantly moaning about his lot in life.

It's hard to pick the most ludicrous moment of Harry's evidence, but I think it's his claim that he became a prolific drug user and playboy prince was because the media reported on his activities. He whinged: 'I ended up feeling as though I was playing up to a lot of the headlines and stereotypes that they wanted to pin on me mainly because I thought that, if they are printing this rubbish about me and people were believing it, I may as well 'do the crime'.' I think the inclusion of that statement in his witness statement proves Harry doesn't have the right people looking after his best interests. I fear that, in Meghan's strategic mind, the worse things get for Harry the better positioned she becomes to take the lead in their relationship.

If Meghan were a responsible wife, she would have spoken to him about the reality of the media. Just like Harry's mother Diana, before Meghan entered the Royal Family she was one of the many celebrities who used journalists and photographers on a regular basis to promote her image, meeting with showbiz columnists to ask them to print stories about her private life and arranging paparazzi to be available to shoot her when arriving at certain locations. But Harry should also work harder to protect his marriage, which has come under increasing pressure in recent months.

Prince Harry should also work harder to protect his marriage, which has come under increasing pressure in recent months, writes DAN WOOTTON

And, because Harry believes he lives a blameless existence, it will never be his own immature behavior, including those visits to strip clubs, that precipitated the split, but rather the media coverage Chelsy had to endure. So, as a result, Chelsy was named in his witness statement 118 times, while Meghan received just five mentions. Now, of course, Harry would say that's because the Mirror's apparent bad deeds were going on during his relationship with Chelsy and not Meghan. There's a real toxicity in Harry's constant desire to rewrite history and right wrongs that often didn't exist in the first place that might make Meghan reluctant to step in. Meghan might think Harry's campaigning against a free Press will burnish her political ambitions and keep him busy, but these consequences will end up being more destructive to him as a person and their marriage.

It also puts King Charles and Prince William in an awful position hence William increasingly encouraging his father to take a harder line against Harry, perhaps finally stripping him of his formal titles. Meghan needs to stage an intervention and assist her husband in focusing his energies on a positive cause.