{"id":65094,"date":"2025-12-09T01:44:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T01:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/65094\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T01:44:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T01:44:06","slug":"meghans-swipe-at-commonwealth-branding-it-empire-2-0-is-an-attack-on-the-queens-legacy-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/65094\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan’s swipe at Commonwealth branding it ‘Empire 2.0’ is an attack on the Queen’s legacy | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new series has been accused of attacking the late Queen’s legacy after the Commonwealth was described as “Empire 2.0”. The docu-series, which was launched on the three-month anniversary of the late Queen’s death, has been critised by many royal fans after Meghan<\/a> and Harry<\/a> seemingly leveled more attacks against the Royal Family<\/a>. The show has been accused of making a “direct hit” against the Queen’s 70 years on the throne, her dedication to the role of monarch and for leading the Commonwealth into the new era.<\/p>\n

Contributors to the couple’s Netflix series, which is part of their multi-million dollar deal that they signed in 2020, called the Commonwealth a “privileged club of formally colonized nations”.<\/p>\n

They also claimed that it was an economic block that kept countries “intergenerationally poor” with millions across Britain claiming to have “incredibly painful” memories of the Empire.<\/p>\n

Writer and broadcaster Afua Hirsch called the Commonwealth “Empire 2.0”, whilst academic and author Professor\u00a0Kehinde Andrews said that “it’s not changed a thing”.<\/p>\n

He added: “If you look at the black people in the Commonwealth, well their conditions are almost just as bad as they were 50 or 100 years ago”.<\/p>\n

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Their words were interspersed as footage of the late Queen broadcasting to the Empire in 1947 and her speech at the 2018 Commonwealth summit were shown.<\/p>\n

One former advisor referred to the comments as “shocking”, adding that it “goes to the root of attacking her legacy”.<\/p>\n

They added: “They have obviously held off from attacking her in any way.”<\/p>\n

Another former insider called the comments “unexpected”.<\/p>\n

They added: “This was a full-scale attack on not just the Commonwealth, but the Queen’s association with the Commonwealth. It’s an attack on her life’s work”.<\/p>\n

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Speaking of their decision to step down as senior royals, Harry claimed, in the first trailer, that “I had to do everything I could to protect my family”.<\/p>\n

The couple stepped back from their roles as senior working royals in 2020, less than two years after their royal wedding in Windsor.<\/p>\n

The couple now resides in California with their two children, who make cameo appearances in the new series.<\/p>\n

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