Disgruntled royal fans camped outside Buckingham Palace ahead of King Charles III’s Saturday coronation slammed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for betraying cherished traditions of the monarchy and their family.
“If Harry were to be in the olden days…they would tell him he’s a traitor,” one woman told Times Radio on Wednesday.
“You can’t betray your own people, you can’t betray your family.”
Harry, 38, has been estranged from his father and the rest of the royal family since 2020, when he and Meghan stepped down as senior royals and moved to California.
The couple subsequently aired their own grievances with Harry’s royal relatives in a bombshell Oprah interview, followed by a multi-part Netflix documentary and Harry’s shocking memoir, “Spare,” which debuted earlier this year.
The flame-haired Duke of Sussex’s decision to attend his father’s coronation in the wake of the controversy – which included several accusations against his stepmother, Queen Camilla – has drawn mixed reactions from loyal monarchists.
“I hope [Harry] doesn’t come,” the outraged woman outside Buckingham Palace, who was draped in a Union Jack blanket, told the Times Radio.
Another woman awaiting the coronation, however, said she was “sad” Meghan, 41, was staying in California with the couple’s two children.
“She should be here,” the watcher reasoned.
“Because she was there for [Queen Elizabeths’s] funeral, and [King Charles] walked her down the aisle when she got married…so I think she should be here.”
A handful of commentators chimed in with their own complaints about Meghan, accusing her of disrespecting the monarchy and manipulating her husband.
“Harry isn’t the same as what he used to be,” one man told the outlet.
“This is one thing that people in Britain don’t like, how he’s changed.”
The same man also accused Harry of “writing a porn book,” referring to his memoir’s more revealing confessions about his struggle with frostbitten genitals after a trip to Antarctica.
“He’s degraded himself,” the man insisted.
The same royal fan was notably unperturbed by accusations against Prince Andrew, who was stripped of his royal and military honors last year due to his ties to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
“The only person who can judge him is God,” he said.
Another woman insisted the British public’s chilly reception of Meghan wasn’t about race.
“No, we’re not bloody racist – we don’t like her attitude,” she said.
When asked to elaborate on the former “Suits” star’s alleged “bad behavior,” the woman listed her offenses as “going against the monarchy, taking Harry away, dividing the family.”
“She doesn’t understand the tradition, the role of the royal family. I think she just wanted it her way,” she continued.
The Times Radio interviews came as royal biographer Tom Bower warned that Harry and Meghan could pull a last-minute “stunt” to derail the coronation.
“I suspect [Harry will] look for an excuse until the very last moment not to come,” Bower told GB News.
