South Park savages Harry and Meghan in latest episode ‘The Worldwide Privacy Tour
The Sussexes were the clear target in the latest episode of popular US cartoon, South Park, which depicted a particular limelight-seeking couple who also demand their privacy.
Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle have been mercilessly savaged by one of America’s most popular cartoons, South Park, which has depicted the pair on a World Privacy Tour, infuriating locals with their constant demands to be ignored.
The royal couple, whose profile in the US increased significantly since their stepping back from royal duties and moving to California, appeared to be the clear target of the latest episode of the satirical, long-running show, which aired Wednesday night (Thursday AEDT) and depicted the duo as vain, stupid and obnoxious.
The 22-minute episode begins on the set of Good Morning Canada, where the royal pair, cheekily dubbed the prince and princess of Canada, hold signs “Stop Looking At Us” and “We Want Privacy” as they are interviewed about the prince’s latest book “Waaagh”, a seeming reference to Harry’s memoir Spare.
“We just want to be normal people. All this attention is so hard!” Megan’s character says before the interview takes a turn for the worse.
“I just think some people might say that your Instagram-loving b*tch wife actually doesn’t want her privacy,” the fictitious host says to Harry.
Under further tough questioning the royal pair storm out and launch an around the world tour to France, Australia and India in a private jet, before settling in the remote town of South Park, Colorado, where they drape their home in signs extolling privacy while holding loud parties and setting off fireworks.
“If we moved here, people would think we’re really serious about wanting to be normal,” says Meghan, who repeatedly claims to be harassed because of her ‘ethnicity’, when they arrive.
South Park, which has won multiple awards since its 1997 launch, revolves around the lives of a group of schoolchildren, who in this episode don’t take well to their new royal neighbours.
“I totally was gonna play with you guys online, but the prince of Canada and his wife moved in across the street from me… and then they kept trying to get me to buy their stupid book,” Kyle, one of the regular characters, moans to his friends.
“I‘m sick of hearing about them. But I can’t get away from them, they’re everywhere”.
The unflattering episode came as speculation swirled about whether the royal couple, whose Netflix documentary Harry & Megan received mixed reviews in the US, would be invited to King Charles’s coronation scheduled for 6th May in London.
“I suspect this is how most Americans now feel about them,” said British journalist Piers Morgan on Twitter, describing the latest show as “lethally brilliant”.
Kyle complains about a dumb prince and his stupid wife in the all-new episode, titled “Worldwide Privacy Tour†premiering Wednesday at 10/9c on Comedy Central. pic.twitter.com/6Dpa5R5ZZ3
— South Park (@SouthPark) February 13, 2023
The episode, which includes a pointed parallel plot about school kids’ paying a sleazy businessman to improve their personal ‘brands’ (which always include ‘victim’ as a critical trait), ends on a slightly positive note, when the school kids discover the Sussexes having their own brand management consultation.
“Trying to make ourselves into a brand just turned us into products,” Harry declares in a seeming epiphany, before walking out. “No more magazines and Netflix shows, we can just live a normal life!”
Meghan, however, remains.
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