MONEY MEGGER
‘Rude and spiteful’ Meghan Markle ‘is trying to commercialise Royal Family’, claims Prince Charles’ biographer
PRINCE Charles' biographer Tom Bower has accused Meghan Markle of trying to commercialise the royal family, branding the duchess "rude" and "spiteful".
The royal expert criticised Meghan and Harry 's extraordinary statement they released on Friday during a debate about their royal titles on Good Morning Britain.
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The couple said in their statement that neither the Queen nor the government owned the word "royal" across the world after agreeing to alter their trademark.
ROYAL BAIL OUT
Speaking this morning, Mr Bower said: "That statement was spiteful fury by Meghan. Meghan gets what Meghan wants.
"It was rude to the Queen. What is spiteful is, she married into the royal family not that long ago and she bailed out. But she wants to bail out on her terms."
He also added that Meghan would have "no status outside the royal family".
His comments came as he appeared on GMB alongside fellow journalist Afua Adom.
Hosts Bill Turnbull and Susanna Reid asked the pair whether Meghan and Harry should drop the word ‘Royal’ from their brand, Sussex Royal.
Ms Adom said: "Before Meghan Markle married Harry she was a successful actress in her own right.
"She was known for doing a heck of a lot of charity work. It's completely disingenuous to say without Harry she would have no status."
Hitting back, Mr Bower said: "What you've really got is this couple being led by Meghan that want to commercialise the royal family.
"She has a whole life, a whole career of commercial exploitation of herself. She has absolutely no status apart from being attached to the royal family."
'ATTACK ON MEGHAN'
At one point, Bill Turnbull interrupted Bower, saying the debate was “turning in to an attack on Meghan Markle”.
When Susanna asked: "Why is it always so negative? Everything talked about Meghan is so negative."
Mr Bower replied: "Because of the hypocrisy.
“There’s continuous demand for attention, she was continuously putting out her version of events which contradicted the actual facts."
Bill, who is filling in for Piers Morgan on the show this week, was quick to step in, saying: “Let’s just stop for a second and try and get back on what we are supposed to be talking about.
“This is just turning into an attack on Meghan herself."
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In their statement released on Friday, Meghan and Harry stated that neither the Queen nor the government owned the word "royal".
It read: "While there is not any jurisdiction by The Monarchy or Cabinet Office over the use of the word "Royal" overseas, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex do not intend to use "Sussex Royal" or any iteration of the word "Royal" in any territory (either within the UK or otherwise) when the transition occurs Spring 2020."
The next chapter of their lives will begin in Spring 2020, when they will become "financially independent" and stop using the word royal in their future work.
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