Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have finally broken their silence on an episode of South Park in which they were mercilessly mocked and ridiculed, slamming claims that they are planning to sue the show – while failing to address reports that the Duchess was left ‘upset and overwhelmed’ by their unflattering depiction.
The satirical cartoon launched a series of attacks against the couple in an episode of the show, which was entitled The Worldwide Privacy Tour and depicted the couple embarking on a publicity blitz to promote the Prince’s new book, Waaagh.
After the show aired, reports surfaced suggesting that 41-year-old Meghan had been left ‘upset and overwhelmed’ by the couple’s less-than-flattering portrayal – while one royal commentator claimed that the Sussexes’ lawyers were ‘casting an eye’ over the animated series.
However, a spokesperson for Harry, 38, and his wife has now slammed speculation that they are planning to sue South Park over the satirical episode, blasting the rumors as ‘boring and baseless’ in a statement given to Newsweek.
The terse statement did not address claims that the couple’s lawyers will be monitoring the show in order to see whether South Park’s creators launch any fresh attacks on the pair in the future. Similarly, no comment was made in response to claims that Meghan has been left ‘upset and overwhelmed’ by the couple’s depiction in the episode.
‘We want privacy!’ South Park ROASTS Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have finally broken their silence on a now-infamous episode of South Park in which they were mercilessly ridiculed
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A spokesperson for the couple has now spoken out to slam speculation that they are planning to sue the satirical cartoon, blasting the rumors as ‘boring and baseless’
It comes just one day after royal commentator Neil Sean told Fox News that representatives for the pair were watching the series closely for any more attacks.
He said: ‘According to sources close to the ex-Royals, it appears that, like so many things with Meghan and Harry, this may have legal ramifications attached.
‘Their legal team are casting an eye over the episode to see what is wrong, and what could be turned into something more sinister.’
Sean added that the makers of South Park have, as yet, received no legal correspondence.
Last week’s episode depicted the ‘Prince and Princess of Canada’ – a young royal couple who loudly beg for privacy while drawing attention to themselves.
The red-headed prince and his wife, who wears the same pink outfit that Meghan wore for Trooping the Colour in 2018, are seen promoting the prince’s book – Waaagh – the cover of which strongly resembles Harry’s memoir Spare.
The episode is filled with swipes at the Sussexes, with main character Stan branding their cartoon equivalents the ‘dumb prince and his stupid wife’, while Kyle complains about the private jet parked outside their home.
Meghan is cuttingly referred to in the show as a ‘sorority girl, actress, influencer, and victim’ – and it was claimed this week by a source familiar with the couple that she had been left ‘upset and overwhelmed’ by the couple’s depiction in the animated series.
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Meghan and Harry’s spokesperson did not address reports that the Sussexes’ lawyers will be monitoring future South Park episodes for any further attacks on the pair
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Last week’s episode depicted the ‘Prince and Princess of Canada’ – a young royal couple who loudly beg for privacy while drawing attention to themselves
According to a source in California, Meghan has spent the last few days ‘upset and overwhelmed’ over how she was portrayed. The source added to The Spectator that the Duchess of Sussex ‘is annoyed by South Park but refuses to watch it all.’
The now-infamous episode opens with Kyle’s younger brother Ike, adopted from Canada, inconsolable at the news that the Queen of Canada – who resembles the late Queen Elizabeth II – is dead.
The Prince and Princess of Canada are seen at a large state funeral, where they are booed by the rest of the royal family, accused of bashing the Canadian monarchy.
Against the backlash, the couple appear on breakfast television to demand their privacy.
Arriving on the set of Good Morning Canada with a book to promote, the prince holds aloft a placard reading, ‘we want privacy’, while the princess’s banner reads: ‘Stop looking at us.’
The host asks whether, in reporting on the royal family for his new book, ‘Waaagh’, he has now become a journalist himself, despite hating them.
‘We just want to be normal people – all this attention is so hard,’ the prince replies.
The couple are challenged by the host who questions how sincerely they want privacy, and the royals storm off the set.
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The episode takes aim at Prince Harry’s memoir, Spare, by showing the Prince of Canada promoting his own near-identical tome, which is entitled Waaagh
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Having stormed off a morning show appearance, the couple then embark upon a ‘Worldwide Privacy Tour’ in which they travel the globe parroting their demands for privacy
They then board their private jet and embark on a worldwide ‘we want privacy’ tour – complete with dancing rainbows and a catchy theme tune.
They visit France and India where they chant their pro-privacy slogans to bemused locals – and even a field of kangaroos during a pit stop in Australia.
Eventually they settle in the quiet town of South Park, Colorado, in an attempt to appear more ‘normal’.
‘If we moved here, people would think we’re really serious about wanting to be normal,’ the characters insist.
However, their arrival in the small town is met with uproar from locals after they begin loudly parroting their demands for privacy once again, brandishing their ‘we want privacy’ signs as they exit their private aircraft, before posting banners outside their home that read: ‘Leave us alone,’ and ‘Respect our privacy’.
Kyle wakes one morning and finds that his house has been covered with magazines featuring the princess – many of which strongly resemble real-life cover shoots that Meghan and Harry have done in the past, including the Duchess’s interview with The Cut and one that saw them featured on the front of Time magazine.
When Kyle confronts the royals, the princess yells: ‘He victimized me!’
The prince then quickly springs to his wife’s defense.
‘This is an outrage!’ he cries. ‘We’ll see how he deals with my blue penis!’
It depicted Meghan as a ‘sorority girl, actress, influencer and victim’ and also described her as a ‘First Lady botherer’, seemingly taking aim at her relationship with Michelle Obama
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The joke, which was only spotted by eagle-eyed viewers days after the show had aired, appeared to suggest that Meghan’s friendship with Michelle is cooling
This appears to refer to a case of frostbite detailed in Harry’s autobiography, Spare.
The prince and princess turn to a crudely-named marketing agency for help protecting their privacy.
‘There’s this horrible spy who lives across the street from us,’ the prince explains.
The branding manager says he already has a file on the princess, which she created several years ago.
‘I have your brand already: Sorority girl, actress, influencer and victim,’ he tells her.
The prince’s brand is decided as: ‘Royal prince, millionaire, world traveler, victim.’
The prince, inside the agency, suddenly has a lightbulb moment and realises that he doesn’t want to be a brand.
‘Trying to make ourselves into a brand just turned us into products,’ the Canadian prince declares.
‘No more magazines and Netflix shows, we can just live a normal life!’
He stands to leave, and walks towards the door – but his wife remains inside the branding company.
‘Come on honey, we don’t need this place!’ he says. ‘Honey?’
The prince leaves alone. Kyle rejoins his friends, who invite him out to play. The prince then arrives, and asks if he can play too, before bringing out his drum kit.
