Look back on 2020: Prince Harry gets political for the first time in his life

This year has brought about a number of big changes for Prince Harry.

From moving countries to buying a new home, changing jobs and even the "unbearable grief" of losing an unborn child.

But one big change that hasn't gone un-noticed in 2020 is the Duke of Sussex flexing his political muscle for the first time in his life.

Harry, as a member of the British Royal Family, has never aired his political views or beliefs before and even pointed this out to viewers during the Time100 broadcast ahead of the US election.

"This election, I'm not going to be able to vote here in the US. But many of you may not know that I haven't been able to vote in the UK my entire life," he said in his first televised appearance since leaving the royal family.

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It was a big moment for the Prince but one that royal commentator Katie Nicholl tells 9Honey earned him "a slap on the wrists".

However, the biographer notes that after being forced to stay quiet his whole life, the royal is relishing his chance to chat politics.

"Leaving the Royal Family has given him a greater freedom, more latitude and I think he's flexing that muscle," Nicholl says.

"He's going to push at those parametres, he's going to test the waters and see how far he can go.

"He had his wrists slapped over comments made ahead of the US election but I think we're going to see them pushing the boundaries and doing things outside of the scope of what they would have done had they still been members of the royal family - that's why they left!"

And Nicholl expects it's something we'll see more of from Harry, as well as Meghan – who has always been known to share her political views publicly.

"They left to have greater freedom, they left to have the ability to use their voices, they left to use the platform they have in a different way. If that means speaking about something deemed political, like when they got involved in the Black Lives Matter campaign.

"Now, they can embark on those sorts of things without the restrictions of being working royals."

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The couple have championed discussions on race, with Prince Harry opening up about his learnings around unconscious bias only after he'd met Meghan in a powerful essay.

The pair have also continued their work promoting positive mental health with Prince Harry reportedly working with Oprah on a TV series on the issue.