In just two minutes the Duke of Sussex broke with decades of royal tradition and committed what some view as a “diplomatic incident”.
While Meghan has regularly appeared at online events over the last few months encouraging women to vote in the upcoming White House race, Harry’s comments are the first time the Brit has strayed into distinctly political, and thus treacherous, waters, in a move the UK media has variously described as “crossing the line”, a “diplomatic incident” and “a problem.
On some level, there is a certain inevitability to this turn of events. Harry and Meghan have regularly shown a disregard for convention when it comes to charting their own course. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s comments in the Time100 video have broken with the Queen’s golden rule not to publicly talk politics. Picture: John Stillwell/AFP.That, however, is probably cold comfort for those left behind in London to deal with the fallout. In January, Buckingham Palace put out a statement saying “the Sussexes have made clear that everything they do will continue to uphold the values of Her Majesty”.
“Courtiers would be concerned that we have not even got into the heat of the election campaign. If they have made these comments now, what might happen between now and election day? However, Harry is not some Hollywood A-lister who has just gotten a taste for part-time activism. The Sussexes might technically no longer represent the Queen, freed from the confines of palace life to churn out worthy docos for Netflix by the bucketful, but it would be wilfully naive to think they are perceived private citizens.
Friday this week marked 200-days exactly since the couple strode out of Westminster Abbey after the Commonwealth Day service on March 9 to start their new lives. If anyone had thought they would be quietly waltzing off into the sunset to make green smoothies à deux and add to their collection of rescue dogs would be sorely mistaken.
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