UK TREND : Supporters and opponents take on Harry and Meghan’s use of Diana

9 December 2022

Harry and Meghan Markle’s new show includes a clip from Princess Diana’s controversial “Panorama” interview – despite his brother’s suggestion that it should not be shown again. Twitter has been flooded with over seventy-five thousand tweets from people who support Harry and Meghan and understand the relevance of his late mother’s interview clip. As well as other members of the public who have expressed outrage over the clip being included in Harry and Meghan’s Netflix series.

From “Harry and Meghan”: Meghan Markle shows son Archie a photo of Princess Diana on the wall of their home and says, “That’s grandma Diana”. pic.twitter.com/n1i63tnT9P

— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) December 8, 2022

The British public was critical of the inclusion of the clip. They argued that Prince William wanted the footage to never be aired again for his mother’s sake since she was deceived into doing the interview. Therefore, by using this footage in their new series, Harry and Meghan are exploiting their deceased mother for fame and profit.

OMG! The interview of Diana that she was deceived to get, that William said should never be aired again. They’ve used it. #floggingyourdeadmumforcash

— Ginger Jones (@DDenouncement) December 8, 2022

Several indivuals were also particularly critical of Meghan calling her a ‘ fraud who will never be as classy, as misunderstood, as genuine, as harmed or as generous as Princess Diana’.

Others commented that if Princess Diana were alive today, she would not approve of what Harry is doing. They stated she was a ‘loyal monarchist and seeing the royal family being mocked by her son Harry, would have made her ashamed of him’.

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The supporters quickly shut them down, stating that ‘Princess Diana was blunt regarding William’s favouritism from the institution and that she wanted to shield Harry from it’. Accordingly, they believed that if Princess Diana were alive, she would worry about Harry and would support him in keeping his family safe in any way possible.

Princess Diana was blunt about the favoritism William received from the institution and her desire to shield Harry from its effects.

If you think Harry is the son she would have a problem with today, you should go back and listen to her own words.

— Henry VIII (@SussexHenryVIII) December 7, 2022

There were also many supporters of Harry and Meghan’s new series who were pleased with the clip they included of his late mother. A number of these people expressed their support for Harry’s actions and stated that he was the husband Charles was never able to be for Diana. ‘ He protected his family from the people who ate away at his mother’ and caused her paranoia.

High profile individuals such as Tamzin Outhwaite and Ashley James tweeted their support for Harry and Meghan, stating that ‘Diana would be proud of them’ and ‘They deserve to speak the truth’ particularly following the awful treatment Meghan received which should have not been repeated following Diana’s negative experiences.

I think Diana would be proud of them #HarryandMeghanNetflix

— tamzin outhwaite (@mouthwaite) December 8, 2022

They deserve to speak their truth.

I can't believe how awfully Meghan's been treated. You'd think we'd have learnt from Diana.

Harry did what anyone would do to protect his family.

The fact they are more hated than alleged pedophiles and our currupt politicians speaks volumes! https://t.co/dq0RIPkd4i

— Ashley James (@ashleyljames) December 5, 2022

Rachel Richardson also tweeted about Harry and Meghan telling their story is ‘super sweet’ and especially ‘ Harry saying that Meghan reminds him of his mother’.

The telling of their love story is super sweet, with Harry saying that Meghan reminds him of his mother, Diana #MeghanandHarry #HarryandMeghanonNetflix pic.twitter.com/6Jc059Jca3

— Rachel Richardson (@RachelARich) December 8, 2022