Harry and Meghan are ‘going out of their way’ to stay out of the US elections as America prepares to vote in a new president.

The 2024 United States elections are scheduled to be held on November 5, 2024, With Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump battling for the White House.

Oprah Winfrey, who hosted Harry and Meghan’s controversial interview following their departure from the Royal family, recently held a star-studded election event in support of candidate Harris.

However, despite their close relationship with TV megastar Oprah, Harry and Meghan did not attend the campaign event. And The Telegraph claims this is because the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are “keeping well out of the political fray.”

The paper reports: “Their only foray in this election cycle was to issue a statement via their charity the Archewell Foundation, encouraging unregistered voters to make sure they were not disenfranchised.”

The statement issued on national voter registration day declared: “At the Archewell Foundation, we recognise that civic engagement, no matter one’s political party, is at the heart of a more just and equitable world.”

This is a different approach to the one taken by the couple during the last US Presidential election cycle, when Trump was going toe-to-toe with Joe Biden. At that time, , the Duke and Duchess appeared on camera with a personal appeal to voters to register in order to “reject hate speech, misinformation and online negativity”.

The video also caused outrage in the UK because the Royal family is not supposed to dabble in politics.

The star-studded virtual event hosted by Oprah earlier this week sought to build enthusiasm for Kamala Harris’ campaign. The event was marked by teary moments and celebrity endorsements, drawing hundreds of thousands of viewers across social media.

Winfrey hosted the “Unite for America” event with activist group Win with Black Women, that aimed to register people to vote and bolster Harris in states such as Pennsylvania, Georgia and Michigan that are set to decide the election.

Celebrities including comedians Chris Rock and Ben Stiller along with actors Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep and Bryan Cranston joined the event and offered their reasons for backing Harris or peppered her with questions.

“I want to bring my daughters to the White House to meet this Black woman president,” Rock said.