After Harry lashed out against being a member of the Royal Family in a recent podcast interview, Republic CEO Graham Smith encouraged the Duke of Sussex to campaign for the monarchy to be abolished. The Duke’s “sentiments are democratic and republican at heart”, according to Mr Smith.
Mr Smith said that Harry, who left his royal duties with Meghan Markle last year and now resides in the United States, is “clearly not interested in the royal life”
“When he quotes Meghan saying ‘You don’t need to be a princess, you can create the life that will be better than any princess’, that’s a democratic, republican sentiment,” the Republic CEO said.
“That’s a call to bring the monarchy to a close.
“It’s time we all moved on.
“For the sake of Harry and William’s children, and for the sake of British democracy.
“To most people, the Queen is the monarchy, the monarchy is the Queen.
“The Queen is the true believer, the princes are just acting out a role.
“Now is the time to decide to bring the curtain down on the whole show when the Queen’s reign comes to an end.
“He may not have reached that conclusion yet, but Harry’s sentiments are democratic and republican at heart.
“No doubt influenced by his American wife.
“His privilege colours his judgement, but he is showing a way out for the royals and for the country.
“An amicable end to the monarchy is possible.”
Prince Harry has thrown his father, Queen Elizabeth II, and Prince Philip under the bus
A royal expert has accused Prince Harry of throwing his whole family under the bus, calling his new interview “embarrassing” and “shameless”
The Duke, 36, slammed Charles’ parenting and said he moved to California to help Meghan and their children “break the cycle” of suffering.
On the Armchair Expert podcast, the Duke of Sussex spoke with Dax Shepard about the challenges he faced growing up as a member of the royal family.
He compared royal life to a cross between The Truman Show and being in a zoo.
He also said that his father, 72, “suffered” as a result of the Queen and Philip’s upbringing, and that he “treated me the way he was treated.”
“There is no blame,” Harry said.
“I don’t think we should be pointing the finger or blaming anybody, but certainly when it comes to parenting, if I’ve experienced some form of pain or suffering because of the pain or suffering that perhaps my father or my parents had suffered, I’m going to make sure I break that cycle so that I don’t pass it on, basically.
“It’s a lot of genetic pain and suffering that gets passed on anyway so we as parents should be doing the most we can to try and say ‘you know what, that happened to me, I’m going to make sure that doesn’t happen to you’.”
“It’s hard to do but for me it comes down to awareness. I never saw it, I never knew about it, and then suddenly I started to piece it together and go ‘OK, so this is where he went to school, this is what happened, I know this about his life, I also know that is connected to his parents so that means he’s treated me the way he was treated, so how can I change that for my own kids?'”
“He believes this himself, and mental health is a big, big issue out there,” royal analyst Robert Jobson said on Sunrise, an Australian morning show, “but come on – to keep harping on like this is getting embarrassing.”
“To criticise his father for his parenting skills, but also the Queen and Prince Philip, who only just had his funeral – he’s only just lost his grandfather. I think it smacks of pretty shameless behaviour.”
“I know for a fact that people around them have heard it and seen reports online and it’s going to be all over the papers.” he said, adding that other royals may have listened to the damning podcast.
“So Prince Haz has not only thrown his dad under the bus, but the Queen and late grandpa too for their parenting style.,” the specialist continued on Twitter.
“Forgive me, but he’s been a dad for how long?
“Perhaps he should pen a book on how to parent properly drawing on his wealth of experience? For “charity” of course.”
