PRINCE Harry should drop his Royal title if he won’t give up his £100million Netflix deal over The Crown’s portrayal of his mother, a royal expert has said.
The Duke of Sussex has been silent over the streaming giant’s controversial depiction of Princess Diana, despite his own big-money contract with them.
The Crown’s fifth series — screened in November next year — will focus on Diana’s final years before her death in a Paris car crash in 1997.
Her divorce from Prince Charles, relationships with heart surgeon Hasnat Khan and businessman Dodi Fayed, and her shock BBC interview with Martin Bashir will all feature.
But Diana’s friends have frequently raised concerns over how she will be portrayed in the new series — in which she is played by Australian actress Elizabeth Debicki, 31.
Now Prince Harry choice to remain silent has been slammed – with royal expert Robert Jobson telling him to either drop his title or give up the streaming service deal.
He told Good Morning Britain: “They need to become more honest with themselves.
“The reality is when it comes to Netflix, it’s the numbers, the multi-millions. He’s not going to turn that down.
“They’ve gotten a platform because of the royal family. Let’s be honest, Meghan Markle was a B-rated actress before she married.
“She’s now got a title and she’s using that title to campaign in America on political issues
“Harry, an army officer who served very well in afghanistan, but would he have this platform without the royal family.
“Drop the title, just get rid of the title.
“They’ve absolutely tarnished the image of the royal family in america
“That irritates me because I certainly don’t think the queen and the firm deserve the criticism they’ve had and I think that it’s slight ridiculous.”
Under the Megxit agreement that saw Harry and Meghan quit the UK and move to the US, it was agreed Harry would not use his HRH title, although he would retain it.
The palace confirmed he and Meghan would also lose their patronages, with Harry being stripped of his honorary military titles as part of the agreement.
It comes as Meghan Markle last night insisted she’s “standing up for what’s right” amid an “arduous” court fight over a private letter to her father.
The Duchess of Sussex discussed the legal wrangle during an interview with the New York Times.
And she vowed to fight to the bitter end as the case returns to court this week.
The mum-of-two is currently in the final throes of a three-year court battle with Mail on Sunday publisher Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL).
It comes after the newspaper published extracts of a five-page private letter she’d written to her dad begging him not to speak to the media about her.
Meghan won her battle at the High Court in February – but the publisher appealed.
A judge will hear the case in the coming days.
