King Charles pictured for the first time since son Harry’s jibe over his upbringing in explosive Netflix documentary
KING Charles has been pictured for the first time since the Duke and Duchess of Sussex released their bombshell Netflix documentary.
His Majesty was meeting volunteers at King's House, a community hub in King's Cross, North London, and later attended an advent service at the nearby Ethiopian Christian Fellowship Church.
During his visit he was offered a cup of tea to which he cheerfully responded: "Oh why not! Hopefully I won’t spill it!".
Lead Pastor of the King’s Cross Church, The Reverend Pete Hughes, thanked the King for attending before Charles then unveiled a plaque officially opening King’s House.
Before leaving, he said: "Can I wish everybody as blessed a Christmas as possible for you all. I am so impressed by all the wonderful things that have happened here in every corner of the building.
"I find it wonderful that you take such trouble and make such a difference to so many people’s lives so I can only thank you rather inadequately for that. Bless you."
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The trip out came just hours after his son Prince Harry seemingly took a savage dig at him in the new show.
In an apparent jibe at his father, Harry claimed he was "brought up" by friends in Africa.
He said: "I've got a second family out there. A group of friends that literally brought me up."
The couple released the controversial new series at 8am this morning.
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It included never-before-seen pictures and footage of their children, Archie and Lilibet.
The docuseries, titled Harry and Meghan, dives into the pair's "love story" as well as their feud with the Royal Family.
However, fans have spotted that some of their stories have changed.
For example, the Duke of Sussex said he met the Duchess on Instagram, despite previously claiming that they met on a blind date.
Back in 2017 Harry told the BBC: "It was definitely a set-up — it was a blind date. It was a blind date for sure.”
But in episode one released today, Harry claimed that "Meghan and I met over Instagram."
The Netflix documentary revealed...
- Meghan Markle's first meeting with Princess Kate - with the duchess describing it as 'jarring'
- Meghan and Harry's first meeting - but fans spotted they had changed their story
- Sweet new photos of Archie and Lilibet with proud dad Harry seen kissing his daughter
- The couple shared their proposal story - which appears to have changed
- Meanwhile, Piers Morgan has blasted Meghan and Harry’s Netflix doc as ‘worse than the Kardashians’
He added: "I was scrolling through my feed and someone who was a friend had this video of the two of them."
And the Prince revealed the first time he saw a picture of Meghan was a snap of her with a dog filter on.
"Oh gosh, isn't that whole thing, it's got like doggy ears," Meghan said, laughing.
"That was the first thing, "I was like who is that?"," Harry said, with Meghan adding: "That's ridiculous."
It comes as TV presenter Piers Morgan has blasted the series as "worse than the Kardashians" and said that the couple are "boring".
TalkTV's Piers tweeted: "This is worse than Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Something I didn’t think was humanly possible.
"Disgusting how they’re repeatedly trying to brand Britain a racist country. Most tolerant place in Europe, as all the coverage of their engagement/wedding showed."
As viewers eagerly tuned in to the doc, the King sat alongside Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at the advent service, and appeared to be enjoying himself as he sang along, his foot tapping to the beat.
He watched the short service which was introduced by the Pastor of the Ethiopian Christian Fellowship Church, Reverend Dr Getachew Zergaw, who asked everyone to "clap and welcome our King".
After the applause rang round, he added: "We are very privileged to have his Majesty here."
The service included readings and prayers, as well as a wonderfully upbeat version of the popular carol O Come All Ye Faithful by the church’s choir.
While His Majesty was enjoying the service, it was revealed that neither Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace nor any member of the family were approached for comment on the content of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s Netflix series.
Episode one of the documentary opened with words written in white on a black background which said: "This is a first-hand account of Harry & Meghan's story, told with never before seen personal archive.
"All interviews were completed by August 2022.
"Members of the royal family declined to comment on the content within this series."
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It is understood no royals or palace households were approached about the documentary.
However, that claim was disputed by a Netflix source, who said that "communications offices for King Charles and the Prince of Wales were contacted in advance and given the right to reply to claims within the series".
