'This is PR stunt': Prince Harry and Meghan Markle slammed for sending well-wishes amid Kate Middleton and King Charles' health issues

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle faced criticism for expressing well-wishes during the health challenges of Kate Middleton and King Charles
PUBLISHED FEB 1, 2024
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been blasted as Kate Middleton and King Charles face health issues (Stephen Pond/Getty Images, Karwai Tang/WireImage)
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been blasted as Kate Middleton and King Charles face health issues (Stephen Pond/Getty Images, Karwai Tang/WireImage)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have once again attracted negative attention as their royal family members — King Charles and Kate Middleton — continue to battle health issues while they seem to be in their zone.

The King of England underwent surgery for an enlarged prostate while Catherine, Princess of Wales, had an abdominal operation. She was at the London Clinic for nearly two weeks.

Catherine, Princess of Wales attends The
Catherine, Princess of Wales, had an abdominal operation (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wished well to Kate Middleton and King Charles

As per Kensington Palace, “The Princess of Wales has returned home to Windsor to continue her recovery from surgery. She is making good progress.”

Amid this, an insider has claimed, as per The Mirror, “The King and the Princess of Wales have received support from Prince Harry and Meghan regarding their health. The Duke and Duchess contacted both parties in different ways to pass on their concern and best wishes.”

Queen’s ex-worker praised the Sussexes

Dickie Arbiter, a former press secretary to the Queen, praised the parents of two for their move.

He said: “It’s good they’ve recognized his sister-in-law has gone in for what is serious surgery and his father is going in to have surgery at 75. It’s the right thing to do to acknowledge it.”

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attend the closing ceremony of the Invictus Games Düsseldorf 2023 at Merkur Spiel-Arena on September 16, 2023, in Duesseldorf, Germany. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation)
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have once again attracted negative attention (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

“I’m pleased for Catherine and the King. It’s unusual and unprecedented to have two senior royals in hospital at the same time. January is usually quiet on the royal front and it makes sense that both operations are done now, sooner rather than later,” he noted.

Arbiter added, “The Queen would always have wanted the relationship rebuilt but she wasn’t going to see it in her lifetime. There were too many other things going on.”

Internet reacts

But the pair’s critics are unconvinced as a user on X tweeted, “They did not this is a PR stunt.”



 

Another one wrote, “Lol really? I don’t think so.”



 

A third user shared, “Do they really think we believe their lies, these so called journalists are beneath contempt.”



 

Some even called out the former senior royals for appearing in public while their relatives were in pain. They were recently snapped at the ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ premiere.

 (L-R) Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Andrew Holness, Juliet Holness and Olivia Grange attend the Premiere of “Bob Marley: One Love” at the Carib 5 Theatre on January 23, 2024, in Kingston, Jamaica. (Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)
Meghan and Prince Harry recently snapped at the ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ premiere (Jason Koerner/Getty Images)

An Instagram user commented, “This was such a calculated move by the two Montecito grifters. Anything to gain a few column inches to take away the attention from Charles and Catherine.”

Another one added, “Ridiculous - instead of being working royals and try to better society with charity work they go to premieres …… do they understand their current senseless place in life now?”

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