Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Spark Backlash After Awkward Public Moment

Harry and Meghan are loud again, making the rounds of gossip with a virality-causing video of their entrance to an engagement. The tweet read ‘No one is interested in seeing these two clowns,’ by HarrysGreySuit, and then blew up the reactions, usually those taking on the absurdity that the two are.

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One part of the clip shows Meghan walking ahead, while Harry moves to put his hands out toward her only for her to ignore the gesture and continue. This moment wasn’t missed, though- the replies made way for the ridicule that followed the interaction. Tam, with Israel, summarized much of the sentiment, writing: ‘She completely ignores him. How can he bare this treatment?’ Cass joined; others found Rachael saying, ‘Bloody hell…Harry really is the spare!’-a rather non subtle insult towards his royal position.

The comments kept flooding in. For Joyce Taylor, it was clear cut: ‘She totally ignored him so embarrassing. It’s over,’ while Jean Newlove went a step further, raising the question of how respect was to be measured by Meghan, both in public and behind closed doors. Sarcasm was strong, even with BadgePolice joking that the couple had an exhausting schedule, referring to an imaginary press release that would miss the Pope’s funeral.

But not just that embarrassing split second was enough. Most replies had to offer an obvious-and heart-wrenching-related fact: the welcoming crowd is lukewarm toward that public outing. ‘Not a soul there that’s not paid to be,’ Lauren Young tweeted. To that another user sarcastically asked, ‘Oh my kord…. how did security hold back the crowds??..’ The implication? That star power isn’t quite what this couple thinks it is.

Some of the comments more or less condemned Meghan’s attitude, Ann Maria Jasper wrote, ‘She’s just so rude full of self importance; while others like Suzi-Ann Ryan traced the problem to Harry’s lack of assertiveness, ‘I wish he’d grow a pair.’

Of course, not everyone was on the hate train. There were a few who pushed back, like Susanne Scholze telling the original poster to stop releasing content about the couple if they disliked it so much. But these were exceptions in a sea of snark.

The entire hullabaloo tries to make loud sounds to underscore that, highly polarizing, even after years out of royal duties, are Harry and Meghan. Each public appearance seems to bring with it guaranteed public scrutiny, and this time, that scrutiny happened to be due to their body language-or lack thereof. Whether true distaste exists or this was merely another awkward moment caught in the act, however, the internet had a field day dissecting it.

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In keeping with their style of making even fainter applause sound as if a huge crowd throngs around them, Harry and Meghan will make the headlines. Love ’em or hate ’em, they’ve mastered the art of staying relevant-even when, it must be said, it’s a kind of attention that’s less than flattering.