Prince Harry and Meghan Markle depicted on Family Guy.Photo:FOX
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Family Guy’s cartoon cameo ofMeghan MarkleandPrince Harryinspired an unexpected response.
Two days after Seth MacFarlane’s animated sitcomimaginedthe Duke and Duchess of Sussex having a poolside chat, Del Taco had something to say onX.
As seen in the show on Sunday, Meghan’s character told Harry, “Babe, time to do our daily $250,000 sponsored Instagram post for Del Taco." The quip was an apparent rib at the business deals the couplehas signedsince relocating to the U.S. following their step back from their royal roles in 2020.
“Harry & Meghan we are still waiting for your post to go up today plz,” Del Taco posted, where a top comment was a laughing GIF ofQueen Elizabeth.
The joke may be on the California-based chain, as Meghan and Harry do not currently maintain a public social media presence. While the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s Archewell Foundation shares updates on their philanthropic work on its website, the couple shuttered their@SussexRoyal Instagram pageshortly after announcing their intentions to step back from their royal roles.
Although Meghan, 42, and Harry, 39, no longer use the page or the websiteSussexRoyal.com, “both the Instagram account and website will remain in existence online for the foreseeable future,” a spokesperson for the couple previously said.
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As seen on screen inFamily Guy, a butler approached the couple and said, “Sir, your millions from Netflix for…no one knows what.”
“Put it with the rest of them,” Harry’s character replied.
A phone notification rang prompted Meghan to remind Harry of their sponsored Instagram post.
“I shouldn’t have left the made-up nonsense,” Harry’s parody said.
It wasn’t the first time that a snarky cartoon portrayed a plotline about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. In February,South Parkreleased an episode titled “Worldwide Privacy Tour” about a “prince of Canada” and his wife who settled in a fictional town in Colorado. The caricature’s similarities to the Sussexes were unmissable, from the prince’s ginger hair and beard to the wife’s pink outfit and hat, a lookalike to Meghan’s Trooping the Colour look in 2018. The show followed the pair picketing “We want our privacy” and “Stop looking at us” signs around the world.
When reports surfaced that Harry and Meghan were going to take legal action againstSouth Park, a spokesperson for the coupledebunked the speculationand told PEOPLE, “It’s all frankly nonsense. Totally baseless, boring reports.”
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Although they’re not on Instagram yet, the Duchess of Sussex teased a return to social media in a wide-ranginginterviewwithNew Yorkmagazine’sThe Cutlast year.
“Do you want to know a secret?” Meghan said in the fall fashion issue, which she covered. “I’m getting back…on Instagram.”
Although Meghan “would relay she was no longer sure she would actually return to Instagram” later in the conversation, she appeared to be considering the move “especially now, withArchetypescoming out,” referring to herpodcast.
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The Duchess of Sussex’s show probed the tropes that hold women back anddebuted as the number-one podcastin the U.S., United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada on Spotify’sinternational chartsupon its release last August. She welcomed guests including Serena William, Mariah Carey, Mindy Kaling and Paris Hilton across 12 episodes, and it wasannounced in Junethat Archewell Audio and Spotify were parting ways.
“Spotify and Archewell Audio have mutually agreed to part ways and are proud of the series we made together,” a joint statement from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s production company and Spotify said.
A representative from WME, the talent agency that the Duchess of Sussexsigned with earlier this year, alluded thatArchetypesmight go on — in a new way.
“The team behindArchetypesremain proud of the podcast they created at Spotify. Meghan is continuing to develop more content for the Archetypes audience on another platform,” a rep toldThe Wall Street Journalin June.
Spotify and Netflix were the much-discussedbanner dealsthat Harry and Meghan signed after their U.S. move, and the programming they’ve produced for the streamer includes docuseriesHarry and MeghanandHeart of Invictus.
source: people.com
