Meghan Markle appeared unfazed by the latest drama involving her still using her HRH title, five years after quitting the Royal Family, as she uploaded a new video on her social media. The Duchess of Sussex uploaded a series of stories on her official Instagram account showing her day in sunny Montecito.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have settled in Montecito, California, with their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, five years after stepping down as senior working royals and moving to the US. The latest footage showed the duchess being carefree, carrying flowers and fruit from her garden, and some members of her family making an appearance.

In one of the four new clips, Meghan can be seen carrying a large basket of white roses towards a camera that was presumably placed on the ground, with the message: "End of day harvest".

In the next clip, the duchess is seen giggling with her husband, Prince Harry, who is presumably recording the video, as she juggles to hold two large baskets of white roses and some oranges.

In the last two clips, the Sussexes' dogs make an appearance - Pula, their black Labrador, is seen playing in the background, while their beagle, Mamma Mia, is seen sniffing Meghan's baskets.

Meghan captioned her closing video: "A beautiful end to the day."

It comes just a day after the duchess raised eyebrows after she appeared to be still using her HRH title, five years after quitting the Firm.

The controversy sparked after it emerged she sent a gift basket to make-up entrepreneur Jamie Kern Lima last year, with a monogrammed card reading: "With Compliments of HRH The Duchess of Sussex".

Sources close to Meghan said she used her HRH style privately but not for commercial purposes, describing the basket as a "personal gift".

As part of their Megxit negotiations with the Palace, Meghan and the Duke of Sussex agreed to stop using "Her Royal Highness" and "His Royal Highness" at the end of March 2020.

They still retain the styles, with Harry having had his since birth, but they are essentially held in abeyance, as is the case for the Duke of York, who also no longer uses his HRH style.

The duchess's representative denied on Monday that the couple used them, but a source said on Tuesday that the Sussexes did not use HRH publicly but retained the style, and did not use it for commercial purposes.

In January 2020, the late Queen issued a statement after Harry and Meghan announced they wanted to step down as senior royals, saying that "together we have found a constructive and supportive way forward for my grandson and his family".

Buckingham Palace outlined "the new arrangement" for the "next chapter" in Harry and Meghan's lives. It included the statement: "The Sussexes will not use their HRH titles as they are no longer working members of the royal family."

No documents were signed or laws passed, but the decision was seen as a blanket ban, with no suggestion that Harry and Meghan were permitted to use the style privately.