South Park: Teaser for ‘The Worldwide Privacy Tour’
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle faced a pop-culture grilling from South Park’s creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone in a special episode on Wednesday night titled “The Worldwide Privacy Tour”. The comedy show mocked the Duke and Duchess of Sussexes’ bombshell interviews, Harry’s memoir Spare and the couple’s use of private jets.
Centred around a character and his wife who relocate to South Park, Colorado, the “Prince of Canada” is seen promoting his book around the world.
While Harry and Meghan were not clearly named, the characters bore a physical resemblance to them and were even given similar clothes.
Writing in her latest column for The Sun, Jane Moore addressed the South Park episode.
The 60-year-old suggested that the “best counter argument” to the Sussexes’ claims is “utter ridicule”.
She began: “US cartoon South Park’s superb takedown of Harry and Meghan on their ‘worldwide privacy tour’ proves beyond doubt that in the face of such hypocrisy and delusional self-importance, rational and evidential alternative viewpoints are largely futile.
“The best counter-argument is complete and utter ridicule.”
An official spokesperson for Harry and Meghan has now confirmed that they are not intending to take legal action against Comedy Central’s South Park.
The couple’s spokesperson told People: “It’s all frankly nonsense. Totally baseless, boring reports.”
It comes after sources claimed Meghan has reportedly been left “upset and overwhelmed” over her depiction as a “sorority girl, actress, influencer, victim” in an episode of South Park broadcast last week.
The source told The Spectator that the Duchess of Sussex “is annoyed by South Park but refuses to watch it all”.
A royal commentator added this week that Harry and Meghan’s lawyers are “casting an eye” over the TV show – which the couple have since denied.
South Park creators Trey and Matt have previously parodied other members of the Royal Family, including the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Meanwhile, it is not yet known whether Harry and Meghan will be attending the King’s Coronation.
Reports have since rejected claims the Duchess is feeling excluded from the proceedings.
A source dismissed this allegation as “ridiculous” and also rejected a number of claims about the Duchess of Sussex’s feelings over the reaction to Prince Harry’s book, Spare.
The source, described as close to Meghan, told the Mirror these allegations are “nothing but lies”.
It comes after sources also described as close to the Duchess claimed to the Spectator that, while she and Harry are considering whether they will attend the Coronation or not, she “feels excluded” from it.
The publication also reported Meghan is said to be “embarrassed by” the negative reactions that stemmed after the publication of Harry’s bestselling memoir Spare and is “seeking support from mentors”.
Harry’s memoir became the fastest-selling non-fiction book in the UK since records began in 1998.
It sold 467,183 copies in its first week, according to official figures from Nielsen BookData.
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