A brand new German documentary, The Lost Prince by award-winning filmmaker Ulrike Grunewald, has sparked criticism of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, elevating questions in regards to the distinction between their advocacy work and their prosperous way of life.
The movie delves into the couple’s life in Montecito, California, following their exit from the Royal Family, and examines Harry’s evolving position in relation to the monarchy.
A notable level of rivalry highlighted within the documentary is Meghan’s option to put on high-end designer outfits throughout visits to underprivileged nations, which some argue undermines the message of solidarity with struggling communities.
As the Mirror’s Russell Myers notes on the documentary: “If you are going to locations like Nigeria, like Colombia, which have big socio-economic issues, among the world’s poorest communities in these international locations, and also you’re turning up carrying tens of 1000’s of kilos price of designer garments – it actually would not ship the correct message.”
Meanwhile, Dai Davies, a former Head of Royal Protection and a Divisional Commander within the Metropolitan Police, accuses Harry of failing to combine a lot with strange individuals on what he describes as their ‘fastidiously orchestrated’ worldwide journeys. “In Colombia, though there are very wealthy individuals there, the overwhelming majority, 85 per cent or 90 per cent, are very poor,” Dai stated.
“And what I’ve seen of those excursions, he mixes with the higher lessons. He would not actually, other than carefree orchestrated areas the place he mixes with so-called the ‘regular individuals’ – nicely they are not.
“These are fastidiously orchestrated campaigns so far as I can see… I look fairly dispassionately on the proof and the proof I’ve seen is, it is all about Harry and Meghan. It’s little or no to do with an precise alleged rationale for going there.”
The documentary additionally critiques Harry and Meghan for leveraging their previous royal connections to fund their opulent way of life.
It alleges that the couple dedicates solely about an hour every week to their Archewell Foundation, which reportedly noticed a pointy decline in donations—from $13 million (£10.2m) in 2021 to simply $2 million (£1.5m) in 2022.
