Harry and Meghan invaded their own child’s privacy – what hypocrites | Royal | News
Harry and Meghan accused of hypocrisy (Image: Getty Images)
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle dramatically left Britain to protect their family’s privacy; But it seems that privacy goes to waste when it suits them. And Meghan’s decision to post a photo of Harry holding Princess Lilibet for all to see was criticized as hypocrisy by some on social media.
Meghan Markle is navigating the grounds of irrelevancy as Netflix’s shameful ‘With Love, Meghan’ Christmas special is criticized for not commissioning a third series. In the past, Harry, 41, and Meghan, 44, have not only traveled the world advocating for the protection of social media, but Harry has also fought Supreme Court cases over his privacy and family safety.
So you can imagine it seemed a little odd that on Valentine’s Day, Meghan finally posted a photo of Lilibet’s face for everyone to gawk at.
Don’t get me wrong, the endless pictures of Archie and Lilibet’s heads were a little weird at first.
If I were obsessed with protecting my children’s privacy, I would never feature them on any social media or PR posts. Why include the back of their head?
It was clear that they wanted to project the image of a happy and perfect family, but for what reason? Why should they care?
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No UK media attempted to publish images of Archie and Lilibet’s faces; they never actively violate a child’s privacy.
Archie is only six years old, and Lilibet is even younger at four years old. We all assumed it would protect them from the world — and social media is that world — until they were 18 and adulthood.
So Meghan’s decision to share a photo of Lilibet with the world on Instagram on Saturday, February 14, is frankly odd.
Just two days earlier, Harry had tearfully thanked grieving families for “telling your stories over and over” as they launched a legal challenge against two of the world’s biggest tech companies.
Prince Harry spoke to parents gathered after the launch of a landmark trial in California that will examine whether Instagram and YouTube are harming young people’s mental health.
Families claim online platforms are addictive by design. Lawyers of YouTube and Meta, which owns Instagram, deny the allegations.
The remarks come after the prince launched a campaign last year to strengthen stronger protection for children from the dangers of social media.
So it’s such surprising timing to consciously use Instagram to let the world see your daughter’s face for the first time, just 48 hours later.
I bet the US parents Harry had just praised for their legal battle against Meta, which owns Instagram, on behalf of the world’s young children, were pretty confused about the post and its timing.
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Meghan Markle’s Valentine’s Day message to Prince Harry with Lilibet (Image: Meghan Markle/Instagram)
I’ve included Meghan’s photo here, which has been seen by millions of people around the world, and it’s still on her Instagram page.
In the photo, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, can be seen holding the couple’s four-year-old daughter. Lilibet is wearing a pink dress and matching tights and holding a bouquet of balloons as Harry looks at her with a wide smile.
The vomit-inducing caption reads: “These two + Archie = my forever Valentines.” Patient bucket in aisle seven, please!
One social media user posted: “Well, it didn’t take too long, did it? Now it’s showing the children’s faces. After Prince Harry and Meghan Markle kept saying they wanted to leave the Royal Family for ‘privacy’ and give their children freedom.”
Another follower parodied the evil Darth Vader’s language in the original 1977 Star Wars movie: “The hypocrisy is so strong in this movie.”
Another post reads: “Haz was fake crying about the dangers of social media and children and a day later they posted it! This proves what a lying hypocrite they are.”
Some might brand this as hypocrisy, others might say it’s just plain weird. I think this is a deliberate marketing ‘Sussex Brand’ pivot. Doing this on Valentine’s Day was no coincidence.
A royal insider said Megxit Harry was “committed to secrecy” with a “no face, no display, no brand strategy around children” rule.
This has now turned into the classic marketing strategy of ‘investing’ in the public’s family as a brand by using their children.
Frankly, when it comes to ‘Brand Sussex’, some moral attitudes can be thrown straight out the window.
