All that work and no credit score…
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been fully faraway from the Queen’s Commonwealth Belief web site after a relaunch this week — proving how far the royal household is keen to go to rewrite historical past!
In case you didn’t know, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been really president and vice chairman of the Queen’s Commonwealth Belief (AKA QCT) earlier than they stepped down from their royal duties in 2020. Now, because the org appears to rebrand, they’ve fully erased any point out of the controversial royals from their website! Rattling!
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Asserting the launch of the brand new web site on Twitter on Wednesday, the group shared:
“Our newly re-designed web site is now stay. Because of the necessary work of younger leaders throughout the #Commonwealth, we’ve superb tales lined up for you. Please take a second to test it out and tell us what you assume.”
????????Our newly re-designed web site is now stay. Because of the necessary work of younger leaders throughout the #Commonwealth, we’ve superb tales lined up for you. Please take a second to test it out and tell us what you assume ????https://t.co/NlCu9VlSTH pic.twitter.com/dVsgLlNo4m
— The Queen’s Commonwealth Belief (@queenscomtrust) February 15, 2023
A fast take a look at the platform present’s there’s no point out of the Archewell founders, not even within the Staff QCT part. They’re additionally not talked about beneath “organizations we help.” On the one hand, that is sensible. They’re not concerned, so that they don’t have to be listed. However no recognition of their work by any means? It’s kinda harsh! Additionally, there’s an in depth rationalization of what the Commonwealth is — which appears extremely pointed contemplating Harry and Meghan selected to assault the British Commonwealth of their Netflix docuseries!
Whereas the TV present spent most of its time recounting the couple’s love story and slamming their estranged family members, there was a prolonged part in episode three that blasted the sophisticated historical past of the Commonwealth. At one level, author and broadcaster Afua Hirsch described the institutional racism that has been current within the UK for many years, saying:
“Britain calculated that it wanted to grant these nations independence in a approach that protected its industrial and capitalist curiosity. So it created this privileged membership referred to as the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth continues to be described as a membership of pals who share frequent values. I discover that language actually problematic. I generally name the Commonwealth ‘Empire 2.0’ as a result of that’s what it’s.”
Equally, Harry and Meghan have each been outspoken concerning the racism Meghan and their youngsters handled earlier than departing the establishment, each from their family members and the British media. So, it doesn’t look like a coincidence that after placing the Commonwealth on blast simply two months in the past, the very group meant to advertise the allegiance would erase the previous leaders from their historical past books as retaliation!
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However some royal consultants have additionally referred to as the couple’s assault on the Commonwealth into query. Throughout a December episode of Palace Confidential, Every day Mail‘s Diary Editor Richard Eden stated the couple was “fortunate” Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t round to listen to what they needed to say about their household’s legacy, arguing:
“It’s nearly fortunate that Queen Elizabeth isn’t alive to see this as a result of the Commonwealth was so central to her and bringing folks collectively. It’s a voluntary group whereas [in the documentary], it’s dismissed as this colonial physique used for Britain to extract cash and assets from the remainder of the world. She would have been horrified.”
The Mail on Sunday‘s Editor at Massive Charlotte Griffith added:
“They have been planning on doing all of this considering that The Queen can be alive to see it […] Thank God she didn’t.”
The larger subject, in Charlotte’s opinion, was the actual fact the Fits alum’s opinion on the Commonwealth “appears to have modified dramatically” now that she’s been within the royal household for a couple of years. When host Jo Elvin recalled how “excited” the previous actress was to go to the Commonwealth nations throughout her engagement interview in 2018, Charlotte clapped again:
“So she hadn’t executed any analysis [about the Commonwealth’s troublesome past] earlier than getting married? Is that what’s she saying? And now she’s executed her analysis? That’s inconsistent with who Meghan is as an individual, she’s clearly a really well-researched individual. I simply assume her complete stance on the Commonwealth has modified dramatically, perhaps she totally believes what Afua is saying. I don’t know but it surely’s a reasonably exhausting line [to take].”
Hmm. Charlotte appears to be suggesting Harry and Meghan have solely modified their tune now that they’re feuding with their household. Might that be true? Or did Meghan’s opinions truthfully change as soon as she was part of The Agency — and skilled some injustices herself?? Both approach, the actual fact there’s no point out of them on the location actually appears like a dig! Ideas?! What’s your tackle the revamped web site?? Tell us (under)!
[Image via Queen’s Commonwealth Trust & MEGA/WENN/Avalon]
