Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Trying To Buy 'Public's Respect' And 'Good PR' By Collecting Trophies, Royal Expert Claims
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are trying to gain the public's respect with the awards and recognitions they receive, according to a royal expert.
Kinsey Schofield, entertainment correspondent and host of the royal podcast "To Di For Daily," recently joined Mike Graham on TalkTV. They talked about Prince Harry's controversial Pat Tillman Award and the petition urging ESPN to reconsider its decision to give the award to the Duke of Sussex after many raised concerns about it, including Tillman's mom, Mary.
"I completely agree with that individual. I honestly see Prince Harry and Meghan Markle accepting more trophies for awards that I don't understand what they're for than this life of service that they promised us. You know how many awards did Meghan accept for a podcast that was canceled and slammed by her own network," Schofield said.
"This is all a game for them. I guess they're trying to buy the public's respect, they're trying to buy a good PR through, you know, networking and creating these opportunities to collect trophies for their mantle. But I think the public sees through these individuals."
Graham claimed that the Susexes are not A-list anymore, and Schofield agreed. She also shared a story about Markle allegedly trying to reconnect with her former "Suits" co-stars and called the move "desperate."
"I don't believe so," Schofield said about the Sussexes being A-list. "And you're even seeing reports over the last few days that Meghan is going to have to resort to asking her 'Suits' castmates to appear on her new Lemonada podcast, talk about a fall from grace. Meghan Markle didn't give these people her new phone number when she ran off with Prince Harry, so to have to call some of them and say, 'Would you mind appearing on my podcast,' that's an act of desperation."
Tillman's mom said she was shocked when she learned that Prince Harry was the recipient of this year's Pat Tillman Award. According to Mary, there are "recipients that are far more fitting" than Prince Harry, whom she considers "controversial and divisive."
Nile Gardiner, the director of The Heritage Foundation and a royal commentator, spoke about the intense backlash Prince Harry received after the announcement of his recent award. Gardiner said the public's response proved he and Markle were no longer popular.
"Harry and Meghan, I would say, [are] increasingly unpopular in the United States. In fact, I describe [them] as two of the most unpopular figures in the US today actually," Gardiner said.
