AMANDA PLATELL: Harry and Meghan's latest act was nauseating - I can't recall anything more miscalculated

Who is Harry to lecture anyone on ‘weak moral character’?

The Duke of Sussex’s apparent swipe at Donald Trump was utterly tin-eared, even for a man of the prince’s stupidity and arrogance.

During the opening of the Invictus Games in front of 40,000 spectators, he subtly criticized the notion of ‘weak moral character’, following the President’s negative comments about Meghan, labeling her as ‘terrible’.

Instead of focusing on honoring the veterans and celebrating their resilience at the launch of the 2025 Games in Canada, Harry used the opportunity to respond to the criticism aimed at Meghan. This move diverted attention from the deserving sporting heroes who were the main focus of the event.

Various insiders at the Games expressed dissatisfaction with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for seemingly seeking attention and constantly making themselves the center of attention during the Games.

That’s hardly a surprise. For this is the kind of behaviour we have come to expect from Harry. Behaviour, ironically, that has consistently shown he’s the one with weak moral character.

After all, the late Queen’s grandson abandoned the Royal Family in a fit of pique, causing his adoring grandmother Elizabeth II in her final years to be plagued by pain and controversy. He and Megs even accused some of Granny’s family of being racist. How despicably low can you get?

But it didn’t end there. Led on by Meghan, he betrayed not just his grandparents but William and Kate, as well as his father and Camilla, with his hateful memoir Spare and that venegeful Oprah interview.

No photo op was missed by the pair at the Invictus Games, when Meghan cradled her husband's face for a kiss

No photo op was missed by the pair at the Invictus Games, when Meghan cradled her husband’s face for a kiss

The repercussions of Harry’s attacks on his kin and the Crown were so devastating that there was a time when many thought it could herald the end of the monarchy.

What kind of character indulges in such spiteful, self-pitying, loathsome behaviour – except one with weak morals?

Indeed what kind of moral character has Harry actually shown at all in recent years as he trashed the family name? 

I’m sure it took great moral strength to run off with Meghan to the States to strike an £80million deal with Netflix – not forgetting the £22 million Harry got for Spare – and monetise the royal status he claims to despise! All so that he could and Megs could live in splendour in a mansion in Montecito valued at £23.5 million.

He should have resisted the urge to sermonise at the Games. Because all he has done by talking of ‘low moral character’ is draw attention to his and Megs’ egregious failings.

Clearly the Sussexes did not take any media or reputational advice from anyone before Harry’s whack at the President. It’s pathetic – like a prawn taking on a great white shark.

But then, as Vanity Fair magazine said recently in a devastating article which labelled them American Hustlers, this couple won’t take advice from anyone. They believe so utterly in their own self-righteousness that those who dare to offer a different opinion are shown the door.

Any fool could have told Harry that taking on the American president on a stage beamed to millions worldwide was unwise to say the least. Any sensible person would have warned the couple not to make it all about themselves.

The ‘nauseating’ attempt to be lovey dovey and steal the limelight from veterans at the Games has not made Harry and Meghan many fans

After Donald Trump said of Meghan 'she's terrible', the prince made a thinly veiled jibe at the president about 'weak moral character'

After Donald Trump said of Meghan ‘she’s terrible’, the prince made a thinly veiled jibe at the president about ‘weak moral character’

Yet from the moment a gushing Duchess of Sussex introduced Harry, it was clear they had decided to do just this. 

We had a fawning Meghan making doe eyes while looking up at him, clutching his arm and grabbing his face for a very public kiss. No photo-op went unmissed.

Megs was determined that she and their love affair would take centre-stage, whatever we thought about the heroic men and woman this event was actually celebrating. In all my many years as a journalist and former political spin doctor, I cannot recall a more miscalculated and nauseating public display of affection.

Only a man with low moral character would think the launch of the Invictus Games an appropriate platform to seize the agenda for himself and his voraciously ambitious wife.

A senior Invictus Games volunteer told the Mail that Harry’s speech was a ‘woke’ distraction that would not be welcomed by wounded, injured, and sick military personnel at the event.

Another source emphasised that veterans rejected the couple’s stance, stating: ‘Unlike them, veterans and their families do not see themselves as victims.’

The volunteer added that they were ‘overshadowing the veterans who should be at the centre of it all. This event should be about the veterans, not a royal spectacle…there is a growing frustration over how Harry and Meghan have dominated the narrative.’

How appalling it is that Harry seems to have to hijacked the ceremony in this way.

If he and Meghan can’t see how deeply inappropriate it was, it is their problem. And one which brings into question not just Harry’s own character – but whether the couple have a moral compass at all.

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