The question was innocuous and well-meant – but it drew an instinctively defensive response from Harry and Meghan’s top aide.

‘Hope everything goes well today,’ remarked a journalist casually.

‘What do you mean? What could go wrong?’ shot back the usually charming Miranda Barbot, seemingly affronted that anyone might suggest the event could be anything other than a roaring success.

Being on the road with the California-based Sussexes, you see, is all about positive vibes.

It was Saturday, midway through the duke and duchess’s tour of Nigeria, and we were waiting for the couple to arrive at an outdoor sports complex in Abuja for a volleyball match. Above, grey skies threatened.

‘Ah yes, rain,’ Miranda said, following our gaze upwards and realising what the journalist had meant.

She was right, though. Barring the heavens opening, the whip-smart PR guru, who helped get Barack Obama re-elected, really did have everything covered.

Whatever the true complexion of this fascinating tour – private, non-royal, quasi-royal, presidential – one thing was certain. It was controlled skilfully and with an iron hand.

Now back home in Montecito, Harry and Meghan will doubtless reflect on a job well done.

Yet it was success achieved without truly capturing the hearts of all Nigerians, many of whom were little interested in this faux-royal trip.

Others complained that access to the Sussexes was far beyond ordinary citizens. ‘It’s just for the dignitaries, the well-connected,’ came the familiar complaint.

The visit failed to excite much interest from the Nigerian media either, particularly the newspapers, which devoted notably few column inches to the couple.

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