The newest member of the Commonwealth has accused Harry and Meghan of tainting the late Queen’s legacy. The organization was Queen Elizabeth’s greatest accomplishment, and Gabon called the couple’s use of their Netflix series to criticize it “surprising and patronizing.” The nation’s ambassador to the UK criticized the “clumsy” remarks made regarding “the Empire 2.0.”
“To believe we would sign up mindlessly to be vassals to another empire is to suggest we are foolish,” Aichatou Sanni Aoudou stated. This is why many people in Gabon would perceive these awkward remarks as patronizing. “We entered the Commonwealth last year with our eyes wide open and hearts full of excitement.”
Royal Family Supporters Upset Over Queen Elizabeth’s Legacy Being Trashed In Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Netflix show
The Royal Household and the Commonwealth headquarters in London were shocked that the Sussexes exploited the film of the Queen to criticize Britain’s participation in the Commonwealth. A video of the late monarch’s broadcast to the British Empire in 1947 was shown alongside footage of her at a Commonwealth conference in 2018.
Afua Hirsch, a writer, and Kehinde Andrews, a professor of black studies at Birmingham City University, both criticized the organization in their comments. Ms. Hirsch stated “: “I sometimes call the Commonwealth ‘Empire 2.0’ because that is what it is.” Professor Andrews, who has initially indicated that the Royal Family was firmly ingrained in racial prejudice, insisted the Commonwealth had not improved from the days of the Empire, adding: “If you look at the black people in the Commonwealth, well, their conditions are almost just as bad as they were 50 or 100 years ago.”
According to one critic, Harry was “trashing the Queen’s life work” by utilizing criticism of the Commonwealth in his TV series, which infuriated royal sources. Someone remarked, “That was incredible. It did strike at her legacy.”
Staff at the Commonwealth headquarters in London questioned Harry and Meghan’s decision to cast the series with well-known British critics of the group and the monarchy rather than asking member countries why they joined. A Commonwealth source refuted the notion that it was maintaining the Empire. “This is extremely strange, a historical perspective that seems to reject the reasons why our different member nations freely joined the Commonwealth based on their common values and what they get from membership,” he said.
“The new Commonwealth is led by our equal members, and it is them that direct our work, decide on our priorities, and benefit from our successes.” Harry and Meghan were honored to serve as the president and vice president of the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, but the organization has now cut ties with them.
