Harry and Meghan had an ex-palace aide who once played a stripper in a Hollyoaks spin-off at their Nottingham walkabout

Beth Herlihy, the Sussexes' $155,000-a-year programme coordinator, trailed a few paces behind Prince Harry and Meghan carrying flowers and balloons from the crowd. She helped plan the Nottingham engagements and was filmed ushering schoolchildren into position before the couple arrived. Before working at Kensington Palace, she acted under the stage name Bethan Coundley.

She played Honey in two episodes of Channel 4's 'Hollyoaks Later' in 2011.

A friend of the couple says 'there will be more days like this going forward'.