International media exaggerate effect of earthquake on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

The earthquake that hit the North Island on Tuesday shook media in the UK who were concerned it had affected the Royal tour.  

Europe correspondent Lloyd Burr told The AM Show some headlines from the other side of the world were about Harry and Meghan's New Zealand earthquake experience.

The earthquake wasn't felt in Auckland where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were.

"Did Meghan and Harry feel the powerful 6.2 magnitude quake?" said one of the headlines.

"Meghan and Harry survived major earthquake in New Zealand," was another.

The Express said more than 15,000 people felt the quake but there was no indication the Royal tour was affected at all.

The Sun reported on tsunami warnings for the quake-affected areas, and reassured international followers of the tour that the Royal tour had not been disrupted.

And the Daily Mirror held nothing back, their headline beginning with "BREAKING" in capitals.

They mentioned that Parliament had been suspended and "some flights aborted landings."

Australia's Daily Mail also reported the quake, saying it was one of the largest tremors felt since the Kaikoura quake in 2016.

They reassured Australian royalists that the Duke and Duchess were safe, around 280km from where the earthquake centred.

The article said the royal couple had earlier been in Redvale, on the North Shore, participating in a "welly wanging", or gumboot throwing, competition and helping to plant native trees.

"I'm not too sure they even felt it where they were, on the North Shore," Burr said.

Duncan Garner joked that "the gumboot made more of a thump than the earthquake", referring to the gumboot throw the Duke and Duchess did yesterday.

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