‘Don’t demean Queen’: Aussie monarchists’ plea to Harry, Meghan
Australian Monarchists say Prince Harry and Meghan Markle should not use their status to insult the royal household, just hours before their bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey.
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Aussie monarchists have taken a swipe at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle just hours before their bombshell Oprah interview.
The highly-publicised interview between the couple and Oprah Winfrey will air tonight across Australia.
Australian Monarchist League National Chair Philip Benwell said the couple should not use their status to insult the royal household.
“The Duke of Sussex was born a prince is the grandson of the Queen and, until the birth of the children of the Duke of Cambridge, was third in line to the Throne. As such he and his wife, the Duchess enjoy a privileged status,” he said.
“In no way should they use that status to disparage the Royal Household and in so doing demean the Queen. At 95 years of age with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh in hospital, the last thing she needs is public discontent amongst her family. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex should at all times consider the position of Her Majesty before they give any public interviews.
“In Australia, and elsewhere, our focus should instead be on Commonwealth Day which falls on Monday the 8th of March 2021 during which the Queen will be paying tribute to all those courageous hospital, quarantine and other workers on the front line tackling Covid throughout the Commonwealth and the World.”
It comes as it was revealed the couple’s Australian tour will be the centre of a Buckingham Palace bullying probe into the couple. There were claims that the Duchess of Sussex lost her temper with staff during the 16-day tour, and at one point, a hot drink was knocked over.
Up to a dozen staffers were expected to take part in the bullying claims probe, which was launched last week.
Meghan has denied bullying, saying that she herself was a victim, and her lawyers have argued the probe, and the story that sparked it, was part of a “smear campaign” ahead of her interview with Oprah Winfrey.
CBS has paid Winfrey’s company $11 million for the interview which has also been sold to 68 countries, including Australia, Canada and Israel.
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