HBO Max's New Sitcom Criticized for Depiction of Royal Family
The royal tea is piping hot. ☕️
Prince George spills all about life inside Buckingham Palace in #ThePrince, streaming tomorrow on HBO Max. pic.twitter.com/sx9d1LXjP5
— HBO Max (@hbomax) July 28, 2021
"This is the first time I see SussexSquad and Kensington fans agreeing on something," tweeted one person. "Children are off limits and based on this guy insta he shouldn't be offered a show. Shame on u [HBO Max]."
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This looks super uncomfortable simply because it is based on the real-life family. They could have easily solved the issue by creating fictional royal family and country. This is going to be huge dumpster fire
— Tio Nio (@nio_tio) July 28, 2021
"Royals have been parodied on dozens of shows over the years (Spitting Image, The Windsors, SNL etc) but this is the first time I can recall children being targeted," royal correspondent Omid Scobie tweeted. "It may be 'comedy' but it comes across as creepy and borderline-bullying."
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A reminder of how and why he got this HBO series. Shame on you @hbomax pic.twitter.com/vDj8UM41vh
— SussexDetective 🇫🇷 (@SussexDetectiv1) July 28, 2021
"With [The Prince] debuting today, we'd like to remind you these are innocent children who don't deserve to be caricatured &mocked. They as every other child deserves privacy. These are lives:not 'tea,'" one royal fan wrote alongside an image of the three young Cambridge children, adding that it is "especially sad to see Sophie Turner and Orlando Bloom who have publicly discussed issues of privacy surrounding their own children partake in this series."
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In honor of @hbomax greenlighting and soon premiering Gary Janetti's discount Family Guy dumpster fire, #ThePrince, here's a reminder of his inspiration, aka weaponizing a child and disparaging Meghan Markle for engagement. Shout out as always to @Ceilidhann for posting. https://t.co/kqJ5gv5ieT
— Ijeoma (@pajamagirl) July 29, 2021
"This is inappropriate. And disrespectful," somebody else said of the series. "The children are all innocent and should be off limits! This should be pulled and never viewed. How can you in good conscious, let this happen?"
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How funny that the creator of #ThePrince has been mocking meghan,calling her trashy and ugly yet you were quite. Now he does a show where he mocks prince George including Prince Harry but you find a way to blame Prince Harry for the show 🤦♂️ https://t.co/nfZXuCeylX
— LORD DURMZY 🇳🇬 🇳🇬🇬🇧🇬🇧 (@fender_lord) July 30, 2021
"The basic concept of this is sick, cruel & exceptionally creepy... bordering on pathologically stalkerish," tweeted another. "Those are real living children. With real feelings. Regardless of their position in the world their parents must be terrified of how this will affect them."
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How funny that the creator of #ThePrince has been mocking meghan,calling her trashy and ugly yet you were quite. Now he does a show where he mocks prince George including Prince Harry but you find a way to blame Prince Harry for the show 🤦♂️ https://t.co/nfZXuCeylX
— LORD DURMZY 🇳🇬 🇳🇬🇬🇧🇬🇧 (@fender_lord) July 30, 2021
"Does America have an official broadcasting authority where to can make complaints to about shows that are offensive & inappropriate?" another person asked. "This is beyond bad on so many levels!"
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This is disgusting but I can't say I'm surprised... the sad part is that a lot of prominent people were rejoicing over this because he was using it to bully Meghan and Archie. pic.twitter.com/CmgE3OvuOc
— Dee (@Dee09371086) July 28, 2021
"Not appropriate to target a real child, no matter who they are. The adults of the family are fair game but not minors. The Instagram was one thing but now making a tv show to make money out of a young child - totally inappropriate," commented somebody else. "Surprised at Sophie Turner who was rightly angry at Page Six for publishing a photo of her daughters face unblurred. But she is ok to voice Princess Charlotte - a child whose parents didn't consent for her to be made into a cartoon. So is it ok to make a cartoon on Willa Jonas?"
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