'Sex Pistols' frontman John Lydon wants Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to ‘shut up’ over whiny royal exit
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: 'Sex Pistols' frontman John Lydon has called out Prince Harry and Meghan Markle over their infamous royal exit. In a recent interview, the London-born singer dubbed the Sussexes "messy" for not parting with the royal family silently. He also admitted that he relates to the royal couple for stepping out of the spotlight as he claimed to have done the same in 1978 when he left his band 'Sex Pistols.'
"If you want to be normal and outside of [the Royal Family], then f*** off. Just f*** off and shut up," Lydon suggested in an interview with The Telegraph on Wednesday, April 12. Although the musician, who lives 60 miles away from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's home in California, had sympathy for them, he could not help but point out how the couple cannot stop whining about their royal woes.
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'They’re very spiteful to families and friends'
"I’ve had to make decisions like this in the past. I had to leave the Pistols, I had to break up PiL a couple of times because the situation was unsustainable," Lydon continued, referring to him leaving the 'Sex Pistols' in 1978 and later disbanding Public Image Ltd in 1993. However, while the punk star accepted his decision, the Sussexes cannot seem to move on. "And if that was their dilemma then please go away, alright? And we’ll love you for it. But they won’t… I’ve never been one for kiss-and-tell books. They’re very, very spiteful to families and friends," he said of Prince Harry for revealing intimate secrets about his family in his explosive memoir 'Spare'.
Lydon previously defended the Sussexes
Lydon, who is an outspoken critic of the monarchy, may have changed his narrative about the Sussexxes as he has defended them in the past. Speaking about Harry marrying Meghan in 2018, he told the New York Post: "It seems as if they like each other. Leave them happy. I love [the royals] as human beings." Lydon added, “I just hate the tax fraudulence we have to endure,” pointing out that taxpayers fund much of the royal family’s annual income.
Ex-pal of Meghan criticized her for not attending King Charles' coronation
It is not just the celebrity neighbor, who is talking down on the Sussexes, as a former pal of Markle also slammed her for not attending King Charles III’s coronation on May 6. “I think Meghan is not coming to the coronation because she knows she’s going to get booed but she’s putting her own feelings and worries about being booed before her children,” Cundy, 54, told the Daily Mirror. “I think it’s a travesty that Lilibet and Archie are not going to be at their grandfather’s coronation,” she added.