Senior Commonwealth figures lambast Harry and Meghan’s Netflix series as ‘tarnishing Queen’s legacy’

Senior Commonwealth figures have criticized Harry and Meghan’s Netflix series as misleading and patronizing as it criticizes Britain’s role in the organisation.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been accused of tarnishing Queen Elizabeth’s legacy after the series showed the late monarch at a Commonwealth summit in 2018 and was broadcast to the British Empire in 1947.

It was interspersed with criticism of the organization. Writer Afua Hirsch described the Commonwealth as ‘Empire 2.0’ and Professor Kehinde Andrews said: ‘It hasn’t changed, they just have better PR’.

Senior Commonwealth figures have criticized Harry and Meghan’s Netflix series as misleading and patronizing as it criticizes Britain’s role in the organisation.

A senior source at the organization’s London headquarters said: ‘This is a historical insight.

‘The new Commonwealth is led by equal members who direct our work, decide our priorities and benefit from our successes.’

The sources also highlighted how the show failed to mention that African countries with no historical ties to Britain have joined in recent years: Gabon and Togo in June and Rwanda in 2009.

Aichatou Sanni Aoudou, Gabon’s high commissioner to the UK, told the Express: “Many in Gabon would feel patronized by these clumsy comments.”

Steve Brine MP, from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, told the MoS: ‘This is insulting and out of date.’

Another member, Bob Blackman MP, said Netflix’s representation of the Commonwealth was ‘cod’.

On her wedding day in 2018, Meghan wore a veil embroidered with exclusive flowers from all the Commonwealth countries.

On her wedding day in 2018, Meghan wore a veil embroidered with exclusive flowers from all the Commonwealth countries.