An eager but ambivalent public and media will be studying the Sussexes closely for signs of rift or rapport with the royal family
The final images of Meghan and Harry together on British soil before they left the UK to start new lives in Los Angeles painted two very contrasting pictures.
One, of the Sussexes standing tensely at Westminster Cathedral behind Kate and William – formerly known collectively as the fab four, was a portrait of family disfunction. The other, beaming arm in arm under an umbrella through driving rain outside Mansion House, a vision of freedom. And, for their fans at least, a reminder of what the royal family was losing.