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Royal commentator Kinsey Schofield accused Prince Harry and Meghan Markle of using a children's hospital to try and "salvage" their brand. The couple touched down in Melbourne on Tuesday (April 14) morning and headed straight to Royal Children's Hospital where they posed for photographs with patients and engaged with the youngsters. During an appearance on TalkTV with Kevin O'Sullivan, Kinsey claimed the couple deliberately chose that hospital because of its association with the late Queen Elizabeth II, adding that there is something "very sinister" about their actions.

She fumed: "These two are not working royals and yet they pursued an appearance at a venue that has history with Queen Elizabeth II. That was intentional, that royal hospital. I think there is something very sinister about using dying children and the homeless as props to try to salvage what's left of your brand."

Kinsey continued: "It's truly vile and shame on some of these organisations that said, 'Sure. Come disrupt our space and our patients for their photo op.' We didn't see a prince and princess today, we saw two people desperately clawing their way out of the unemployment line."

She accused Meghan of staging the scene at the hospital, suggesting vulnerable people were being used to make her look better.

The royal commentator added: "What we have here is a pretty skilled PR person that is choreographing these rows of ill children and these people that are willing to say something nice to Meghan in front of the camera as she's dripping in gold while serving the homeless frittata.

"Let them eat cake. This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen and I am so repulsed by the media that is pandering to it."

Kevin argued that royal tours are familiar territory for Prince Harry, but questioned why Meghan, as a former actress, would be visiting sick children.

Kinsey responded: "I think we have to give more credibility to the British Royal Family because I see Harry and Megahn, Meghan specifically, trying to hijack Prince William's legacy with the homeless initiative.

"This is a man that's created multiple venues to try and literally house the homeless and there's Meghan serving a frittata as if she's Mother Theresa."

She went on: "It's all Harry knows and at some point, this was inevitable that he was going to fall back on it, but for Meghan Markle, she's just desperate for positive headlines."