A parody of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, described as a ‘disaster,’ reportedly left the couple in “panic mode.”
Last year, Family Guy mocked the couple in a scene showing them lounging by a pool as a butler delivers their “millions from Netflix for… no one knows what”.
A cartoon version of Harry replies: “Put it with the rest of them,” while ‘Meghan’ adds: “Babe, time to do our daily $250,000 sponsored Instagram post for Del Taco”.
Sources at the time suggested the episode had “cut the pair deep,” leaving them feeling “desperate” to make things right, reports the Mirror.
An insider claimed: “What’s hit them hardest and cuts the deepest of all is that it plays up the whole notion they’re self-entitled grifters or spoilt brats. Meghan said she won’t be humiliated like this and is desperate for a solution. They’re in full panic mode.”
The sources also alleged that the couple were aware of their popularity dropping with the US fans, asserting that “the tides have turned against them in America.”
They claimed that while Meghan wouldn’t be “begging for anything” from the royals “after everything that’s happened,” she had hoped Harry could reconcile with his father, King Charles, and his older brother, Prince William. The source told Closer: “Meghan has distanced herself from the furore for months, but now she’s giving Harry an ultimatum and demanding that he do whatever it takes to fix things.”
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex spent Christmas at their home in Montecito, California, with their two children, Archie and Lilibet, alongside Meghan’s mum Daria Ragland.
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In a recent interview with Marie Claire, Meghan revealed what their family Christmases have been like since moving across the pond.
Sharing that she “loves the holidays,” Meghan said: “Every year it gets better” as her kids reach an age where they understand what’s happening. Meghan reflected: “At first, I think as a mum with children, you’re just enjoying having them there, but they’re not understanding everything that’s happening yet. But now we’re at the age where I just can’t wait to see it through their lens every year.”
Speaking about their Thanksgiving traditions, Meghan shared: “We’re always making sure we have something fun to do. Like any other family, you spend time having a great meal, and then what do you do? Play games, all the same stuff, someone brings a guitar—fun.”
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