The royals are just celebrities to Americans. We follow them in whatever way the media portrays them. If the media show William and Kate Harry as the responsible and beloved stewards of the family, and Harry and Meghan as weirdos on the outside, then that's how Americans will see them.

So like you say it doesn't play at all to most of us but if influencers collectively started pushing for Megan then there's plenty of Americans ignorant enough to eat up that narrative.