Senior figures within the Commonwealth have lambasted Harry and Meghan’s Netflix sequence as deceptive and patronising, because it criticised Britain’s position within the organisation.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been {accused} of tarnishing Queen Elizabeth’s legacy after the sequence confirmed the late Monarch at a Commonwealth summit in 2018 and broadcasting to the British Empire in 1947.
It was interspersed with criticism of the organisation. Author Afua Hirsch described the Commonwealth as ‘Empire 2.0’ and Professor Kehinde Andrews stated: ‘It’s not modified, they’ve simply received higher PR.’
Senior figures within the Commonwealth have lambasted Harry and Meghan’s Netflix sequence as deceptive and patronising, because it criticised Britain’s position within the organisation
A senior supply on the organisation’s London headquarters stated: ‘That is an a-historic view.
‘The brand new Commonwealth is led by equal members who direct our work, resolve on our priorities and profit from our successes.’
Sources additionally highlighted how the present failed to say that African nations with no historic ties to Britain have joined in recent times – Gabon and Togo in June and Rwanda in 2009.
Aichatou Sanni Aoudou, Gabon’s excessive commissioner to the UK, instructed the Categorical: ‘Many in Gabon would really feel patronised by these clumsy remarks.’
Steve Brine MP, of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Affiliation, instructed the MoS: ‘That is insulting and outdated.’
One other member, Bob Blackman MP, stated the Netflix depiction of the Commonwealth was ‘codswallop’.
On her wedding ceremony day in 2018, Meghan wore a veil embroidered with signature flowers from the entire Commonwealth nations.
On her wedding ceremony day in 2018, Meghan wore a veil embroidered with signature flowers from the entire Commonwealth nations
