US journalist savages Harry and pinpoints 'irony' in new Netflix show

Prince Harry will release the documentary on the sport which is close to his heart as part of a $100m deal the Sussexes have with the streaming giant.

By Casey Cooper-Fiske, News Reporter

Prince Harry is to launch a Netflix polo documentary

Prince Harry is to launch a Netflix polo documentary (Image: Getty)

Netflix is "pumping money" into Prince Harry and Meghan Markle according to one expert as the prince prepares to launch his polo documentary.

Harry will release the documentary on the sport which is close to his heart as part of a $100m deal the Sussexes have with the streaming giant.

But US journalist Lee Cohen says there is "irony" in a Netflix documentary on the "sport of kings".

He told GB News America: "Well, what I have to say about that is polo is the sport of Kings.

"Harry and his wife withdrew from the Royal Family and savaged its members made damaging allegations against them.

Prince Harry is a keen polo player

Prince Harry is a keen polo player (Image: Getty)

"So Harry and the sport of Kings? Harry who doesn't seem to terribly respect the tradition of his birthright and the sport of kings?

"There is miraculous irony in this only made possible by the world-beating hypocrisy of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex."

Mr Cohen also discussed the Duke of Sussex's change of address in official business records to say he resides in the US rather than the UK.

He added: "Harry is free to live wherever he wants, but it's really staggering.

"It's staggering that a prince of the blood has declared residence in another country, my country, and has no domicile in the land of his birth, and even has considered taking citizenship in a foreign country.

"Which is family, which is a part of a beloved thousand-year pillar of British society. It's not any family.

"For financial gain, he launched unforgivable public attacks on them, published in his memoirs and accompanying interviews.

"That kind of behaviour isn't appreciated on this side of the Atlantic anymore than it is on your side."

"I have to make the caveat that not everyone, not all of my countrymen and women, feel this way.

"But those of us who don't read the tabloid, supermarket press are a bit more discerning in this.

"On the one hand, Harry claims to still love his family dearly, as he said in interviews, etc. But in his autobiography, he savages them mercilessly, so it's really not appreciated. The hypocrisy is not appreciated some of us just find it intolerable."

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