Prince Harry and Meghan Markle accused of 'exploiting the Queen' to boost credibility with Netflix
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been accused of exploiting Queen Elizabeth to boost their credibility with Netflix during their latest visit to the UK. Experts claim that the couples' top-secret trip to the UK on Thursday, April 14, in an attempt to clear the air with the monarch and Prince Charles at Windsor was just an act to please American producers of their upcoming documentary with Netflix.
A royal expert has claimed that the duke and duchess of Sussex, who have not been in the UK together since they quit as senior working royals more than two years ago, made the secret visit for their Netflix documentary. In a conversation with MailOnline, Meghan's biographer Tom Bower branded the duke and duchess as "the Royal Family's worst traducers" and accused the couple of "exploiting an old, unwell woman to boost their credibility and coffers."
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Bower said, "I have no doubt it was all done for their Netflix documentary. The Queen's advisers failed to protect her from being exploited by the Royal Family's worst traducers, while the Sussexes exploited an old, unwell woman to boost their credibility and coffers."
Other experts suggested that the surprise face-to-face meeting with the Queen, who will be 96 next Thursday and has experienced a series of health problems recently, was an 'olive branch' after considerable tension between the Sussexes and the royal family.
Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty Magazine, said the visit would have made the Queen very happy, despite the couple's highly publicised criticism of the royals in their interview with Oprah Winfrey last year.
Seward told The Sun newspaper, "It is a wonderful opportunity to clear the air and offer an olive branch. After everything that has gone on, it must have taken a lot for Harry and Meghan to go to Windsor. Also, Maundy Thursday is a very special day for the Queen as it is about forgiveness. She is not one to hold grudges and I think she would have happily welcomed them with open arms."
Harry and his father have spoken only rarely over the past two years, and he also heavily criticized Charles in last year's interview for failing to support him and allegedly cutting the duke off financially.
The prince has also not seen his grandmother in person since Prince Philip's funeral last April.
Meghan last saw the Queen at an awkward Commonwealth Day service on March 8, 2020, but has claimed since to regularly speak with her on the phone and over video calls. Meanwhile, it is not clear whether Harry and Meghan met the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton, during their 24 hours on British soil.
According to reports, the couple left Windsor yesterday afternoon and will probably be in the Netherlands by now to attend the prince's Invictus Games, the Paralympic-style event he set up for wounded service personnel, which opens tomorrow in The Hague.