In January 2019, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced their plans to step back from their senior roles in the royal family. However, after the couple moved to the US to start their next chapter, a body language expert claims the Duke of Sussex is happier with his life.

Since the couple left the royal family, they have more freedom in their personal and public lives compared to if they had remained in their positions as full-time working royals.

During an episode of “Pod Save the Queen,” Judi James claimed that Prince Harry has shown a noticeable change since he left the royal family.

“I love watching Harry because we’ve all seen him change. I think we’re probably not seeing the metamorphosis quite as much as we would have done had we not had lockdown. Because obviously he can’t hit all the places one has to visit to be famous in Hollywood,” she said.

“But, even now, I’ve noticed - because he is clearly losing his hair, and it’s suddenly started to be a bit whooshed upwards and things like that. His body language - he’s always quite animated, but he’s suddenly become quite teenager-ish with his body language.”

James noted that Harry appeared to be unhappy while he was in the UK and claimed that his alleged feud with Prince William most likely contributed to his move.

“I think we saw Harry change so much. “I could always see the rift between him and William anyway, going back right to the first days of Harry’s marriage, and meeting Meghan,” she said.

“He went from being this jack-the-lad character – and we used to see him all the time with William, looking like a couple of jokers!”

However, now that Prince Harry has left his life in the UK, he is not able to contain his happiness with his new life.

“The hands are quite high, he rolls his eyes when he’s speaking. I think he’s getting that enthusiastic, American, teenager vibe that we maybe weren’t seeing when he was being royal in the UK,” she said.

Prince Harry attended his last duties in London on Monday
Prince Harry attended his last duties in London on Monday AFP / Ben STANSALL