Prince Harry's ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy has documented her 'dream' life in Mauritius, juggling motherhood and building her jewellery brand on social media, days after a documentary suggested America has become disillusioned with Brand Sussex. 

Chelsy, 40, dated the Duke of Sussex on and off for seven years from 2004, before eventually finding love with her now-husband, hotelier Sam Cutmore-Scott.

Last December, Chelsy told The Standard that she and Sam were in the process of moving to Mauritius '(semi-)full time' after tying the knot on the island getaway in April 2022. 

On Sunday, the Zimbabwe-born entrepreneur took her Instagram followers behind the scenes of a tropical photoshoot for her fine jewellery label Aya, complete with a stunning orange sunset and adorable glimpses of her three children. 

The clip showed Chelsy, who epitomised beach chic in shorts and a white linen shirt, supervising the shoot while looking after Leo, Chloe, and newborn son Finn. 

The Instagram Reel also featured an adorable cameo from four-year-old Leo, whose voice could be heard as the toddler said: 'Come spend a day with my mum, while she runs her jewellery business from Mauritius.' 

Leo broke down his and sister Chloe's morning schedule after 'Finn and my mum get up quite early' for their morning walk before Chelsy gives them breakfast and sends them off to school.

Footage showed Chelsy supervising the shoot, with Finn strapped to her chest at one point, before coming back home for dinner and bedtime with the children. 

The jewellery designer's 'day in the life' post comes after royal experts claimed the 'tide has turned' for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after Netflix ended their multi-million dollar deal with the Sussexes in a Channel 5 documentary. 

Author Alexander Larman, author of Power and Glory: Elizabeth II and the Rebirth of Royalty, added: 'Netflix are not a stupid company. But they are beginning to look, very strongly, like they had gambled far too much money on a public appetite for a brand that doesn't exist.'

'In America, there is this great love and affection for the royal family, but there's also the sense that Harry and Meghan were not quite the people they thought they were going to be.'

Meghan split from Netflix in March and took complete control of her As Ever food and homeware brand - just months after the streaming giant dropped her lifestyle show.

Insiders claimed Meghan thought Netflix was being too 'cautious' and wants to 'go global', believing her brand can 'stand on its own'.

But the abrupt split came just two months after the streaming giant axed With Love, Meghan, which ran for two series.

The documentary, titled Harry & Meghan: Has America Had Enough, explained that another turning point in the couple's perception was the release of the February 2023 South Park episode, 'The World Wide Privacy Tour'.

The show ridiculed Meghan and Harry's demands for privacy while on a publicity blitz for the prince's autobiography 'Waaaagh' - a dig at Harry's memoir Spare.

The cartoon prince and princess carried banners emblazoned with the 'Respect Our Privacy' slogan, and they shouted at anyone who looked their way.

Journalist Emma Loffhagen explained: 'In America, that was perhaps the first time that that perception had been broadcast in that way. It's a sign that the tide was turning, and that scathing tone would become more popular.'

At the same time, the Sussexes' relations with Spotify also took a turn. The streaming giant and the Sussexes' audio production company Archewell Audio reportedly signed a £15million ($20million) deal in late 2020.

After the deal was signed, Dawn Ostroff, Spotify's chief content and advertising business officer, issued a gushing statement which read: 'The Duke and Duchess of Sussex may live in California, but the power of their voices rests in their status as citizens of the world.

'That they are embracing the extraordinary capacity of podcasts on Spotify while also seeking to elevate underrepresented voices is a testament to their appreciation for the potential of audio storytelling.'

But after one season of Meghan's podcast Archetypes, Spotify announced it was axing the deal in June 2023.

Insiders claimed at the time that the royal couple did not meet the productivity benchmark required to receive the full payout.

Sources have since claimed the couple 'wanted a big theme that would explain the world, but they had no ideas'.

It comes after Chelsy revealed that motherhood took her 'by surprise' while admitting she didn't think children would be 'a part of my future' in an interview with parenting platform Luminary Mothers last month. 

Chelsy said: 'It wasn't something I spent my teenage years or my twenties thinking was likely to be part of my future.

'My parents are delighted, I think they'd resigned themselves to never having grandkids!'

Chelsy worked as a lawyer in the City before making a career U-turn and setting up her African jewellery brand called Aya in 2016.

Marking a decade of her label, Chelsy spoke about juggling entrepreneurship with motherhood, adding: 'I see them as complementary'.

She added that she finds motivation in the fact that 'my kids will, at some point, form a view on what I've built', but Chelsy also admitted one of the challenges is 'finding time to be creative'.

Chelsy wed Oxford-graduate Sam, who was in the year above Harry at Eton, in a secret ceremony in 2022.

At the time, the Daily Mail's Richard Eden reported 'very few people knew about the wedding' and Chelsy had given birth to Leo earlier that year 'without virtually anyone knowing she was pregnant'.

Sam is the brother of Jack Cutmore-Scott, the dashing Hollywood actor best known for his role in Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-winning film Tenet and the drama series Deception.

He is the managing director at The Harper Hotel in Holt, the family business, and the couple relocated to Mauritius after previously splitting their time between Chiswick and Norfolk.

The tropical island has a special significance for Sam and Chelsy, who tied the knot at the Paradis Beachcomber hotel four years ago.

Photos from the ceremony showed Chelsy opted for a boho-chic white dress with cutouts that she bought at a hotel boutique 'the day before my wedding', Chelsy told the Standard.

Sam also kept things casual and said 'I do' in a navy linen shirt and a pair of white shorts.

The fiercely private entrepreneur announced the birth of her daughter Chloe in a similarly low-key fashion in September 2024, when Chelsy unveiled a jewellery collection named after 'my baby girl'.

Announcing Finn's birth on Mother's Day last month, Chelsy posted a series of adorable photos of her cradling him while his two older siblings look on lovingly.

Chelsy said in a heartfelt message that 'returning to those hazy newborn days has been a beautiful reminder of just how remarkable mothers are'.

She added that running her label Aya while raising three children is a 'jungle' but it's one that 'I've chosen'.

Chelsy also celebrated the 'freedom' women today have 'to shape our lives in the way that feels right' and wished her followers a 'happy Mother's Day'.

She found love with Sam after an 'on-again, off-again', relationship with Harry, who had told friends before they split in 2011 that she was 'the best thing that's ever happened to me'.

They had met in London when they were both at school but got together in 2004, during Harry's gap year travels in Zimbabwe, where Chelsy's millionaire father owns and runs a game reserve.

It became so serious palace officials remarked that he had started calling her 'wifey' and she in turn called him 'hubby'.

It was clearly serious when Chelsy would not only attend Harry's cousin Peter Phillips's wedding to Autumn Kelly - where she was introduced to the Queen - but she would also be invited to then Prince Charles's 60th birthday celebrations.

But the pressures of their conflicting careers and long periods apart as Harry served in Afghanistan took their toll yet again. They split in 2010 and Chelsy has remained largely out of the spotlight in the years since.