A royal commentator has blasted Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for “standing frozen” during the British national anthem.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited Nigeria to promote the Invictus Games and during the trip, they met with injured servicemen and took part in fundraising events.
At a reception to honour military families, the British national anthem was played out and the pair stood up to pay their respects but did not appear to sing along.
Speaking about the moment on GB News with Nana Akua, royal commentator Angela Levin said: “Harry was stood there absolutely frozen. He hated it.
Meghan and Harry stood up for the national anthem
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“They didn’t move their mouths one tiny bit to sing along.” Nana said: “It’s genius of the Nigerian to put that in there. Genius.”
Levin claimed: “Well, they didn’t want to make The King feel out of it. They wanted to show respect.”
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Speaking about the trip, Levin said she thought it was a “very dangerous” move, claiming the pair wanted to “take over” from King Charles.
She said: “He [Harry] says that it’s important for us to meet directly with people supporting our causes and listen to bring about solutions, support and positive change.
“There’s a lot wrong with that because it’s not his job. He is not a [working] member of the Royal Family. He’s not working for them and he is going to start repairing things and handling things and making it all right.
“And I think this is the implication, that they want to go to other places around and take it over from the King and the family because it’s difficult for them at the moment.
Angela Levin said that Harry wants to “take over” from the King
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“They can’t go abroad because of the cancer issue. So they’re trying to take it away.” She added: “I think it’s very, very dangerous.”
Nana Akua said: “The Nigerians didn’t buy into it though.”
The couple were invited to the country by Nigeria’s chief of defence staff – marking their first overseas tour since stepping down as senior royals in 2020.
However, royal author Tom Quinn reported Charles is quite angry about how Harry refuses to see the damage he has done.
Quinn told The Mirror: “King Charles is still absolutely furious at his younger son’s refusal to see how much damage he has done to the family.
Harry and Meghan finished up their tour this week GETTY
“Harry knows that no one is fooled by his father’s flimsy excuses for not seeing him.”
Harry and Meghan have hinted that their trip to Nigeria was not a one-off event, signalling more such tours could be being planned.
The Duke of Sussex told People: “It is hugely important for us to meet directly with people, supporting our causes and listening, in order to bring about solutions, support and positive change. There’s only so much one can do from home and over Zoom, so we look forward to travelling more because the work matters.
“Whether it’s the Archewell Foundation, Invictus, or any of our other causes, there will always be reasons to meet the people at the heart of our work.”