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An “extremely offensive” card game mocking the late Queen and Prince Philip has been seen in Prince Harry’s bedroom in a clip from the Sussexes’ Netflix documentary.
In a photo featured in the six-part series, Cards Against Humanity can be seen on the flat next to the duke as he poses in his military uniform inside Nottingham Cottage.
The object of the game is to choose an answer to a ‘fill in the blanks’ card. The winner of each round is the person who has chosen the most shocking and offensive response card.
Billing itself as a “board game for horrible people,” the game references everything from the Madeleine McCann case and the Holocaust to the Princess of Wales and Michael Jackson.
In the Netflix series, Harry can be seen standing in his military uniform in Nottingham Cottage, with what appears to be a box of Cards Against Humanity on the floor next to a dresser.
An “extremely offensive” card game mocking the late Queen and Prince Philip has been seen in Prince Harry’s bedroom in a clip from the Sussexes’ Netflix documentary. (Pictured: Harry with the Queen in 2018)
There is no suggestion that the game in the image belongs to Harry or Meghan or that they played it. MailOnline has contacted representatives for the Sussexes for comment.
Ingrid Seward, editor of Majesty Magazine, told the Sun: ‘This game is sick. It is ridiculous and in very bad taste whether you are a monarchist or not.
One viewer said they “couldn’t believe it” when they saw the game’s black box packaging, because it “makes fun of the Queen and other members of the Royal Family.”
Pictured: The Cards Against Humanity card game, seen in Harry’s bedroom in the Harry & Meghan Netflix documentary
They added: “I appreciate that it may not be his game, but it’s an incredible irony when you consider that he appears on a show where they talk about being offended… I was disgusted to see him included on his show.”
The game was in full view in the episode.
Since its creation in 2011, Cards Against Humanity has been criticized by many groups for its “sick” content.
A former spokesman for Madeleine McCann’s parents called the game “deeply disturbing” for referencing the case of the missing girl, who disappeared from Portugal in 2007.
One viewer said they “couldn’t believe it” when they saw the game’s black box packaging, because it “makes fun of the Queen and other members of the Royal Family.” (Pictured: One of the answer cards from the game)
The game also makes fun of the Hillsborough disaster, which claimed 97 lives, and a family support group accuses its creators of having “twisted minds.”
In the game, one player asks a question with a black card, and everyone else answers with their “funniest” white card. It is the question-and-answer nature of the cards that makes the game so controversial.
Each black card is a question or a sentence where the keywords have been left blank. At first they may seem innocuous, like: ‘What’s that smell?’ Yet another card reads: “In Michael Jackson’s final moments, he thought of…”
Players then answer from the selection of answers from the white cards in their hand. These include ‘Madeleine McCann’, ‘The Cancerous Remains of Jade Goody’ and ‘Hillsborough’.
One card reads “Queen Elizabeth’s Immaculate Butt” and another reads, “Leaked Images of Kate Middleton’s Colonoscopy.”
Other cards include ‘Auschwitz’, ‘Butt Cancer Kids’ and ‘Dead Hooker Bits’. The person who creates the most “funny” or offensive answer wins a point.
However, the creators have not apologized over the years.
In 2014, Eli Halpern, 27 at the time and project leader for the UK version, said: “A card is ‘Queen Elizabeth’s immaculate behind’.” That was our mission statement, to take what is most sacred about the UK and tarnish it.
‘The British have a different humor than the Americans. We sent out a survey online listing US cards and asked people to cross out the ones they didn’t understand. Then I had meetings in pubs to discuss which cards we should include in the UK version.
‘Hillsborough seemed fair game because it was historic. When we were testing that card, it never hit a nerve with us or received any complaints.’
Cards Against Humanity was invented by eight childhood friends from Chicago in 2009. Fellow inventor Ben Hantoot said: ‘We had no idea how it would take off. This was a game we made up on New Year’s Eve for entertainment.