Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have "ultimately hurt themselves" by "relentlessly" playing the victim card in their medi...
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have "ultimately hurt themselves" by "relentlessly" playing the victim card in their media endeavour.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have "ultimately hurt themselves" by trying to depict themselves as "martyrs", a critic has claimed.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have come under fire for repeatedly slamming their royal relatives in their creative endeavours, including the hit Netflix documentary Harry & Meghan, Harry's memoir, Spare, and their bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey.
But while the couple may have enjoyed short-term success, the pair will suffer in the long run for "relentlessly" playing the victim card, according to royal expert Daniela Elser.
"The twist here is that Harry and Meghan, in relentlessly casting themselves as martyrs, have actually only ultimately hurt themselves,"
"Imagine if, in their Netflix 'documentary', they had admitted to some mistakes – for example, if they had said, 'Maybe we should not have taken four private jet flights in 11 days if we want to be hailed as heroes of the climate crisis movement. Our bad'.
"It would have made them much more compelling, trustworthy narrators.
"For years now, Megxit has been relentlessly read through an overly simplistic lens: Villains or victims; goodies or baddies."
The biggest successes of Harry and Meghan's post-royal life so far have centred around their criticisms of the Firm.
Harry's memoir saw the Duke accuse his older brother, Prince William, of getting physical during a row over his relationship with Meghan, dubbing the future king his "arch-nemesis".
Meanwhile Harry & Meghan, the couple's only Netflix offering to date, saw the pair criticise the Royal Family for leaking stories about them to the press in a bid to protect themselves.
PR expert Edward Coram-James of Go Up previously told the Daily Star the couple's "scandal-led" approach would eventually lead them to a dead end.
"The only undisputed major media successes that the Sussexes have seen in the past few years have been scandal-led," he said.
"The problem is that many only tuned into these out of voyeurism, in the same way that many watch Celebrity Big Brother.
"They love to see the inner workings of celebrity, especially when scandal is involved. But the Sussexes have probably run out of road in the scandal space."
