In a video, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry call on Americans to vote and criticize Donald Trump, without naming him.
An attitude that shocks the British conservative press, which regrets that the couple violates the rule of neutrality to which the monarchy is subject.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are once again targeted in the British press.
This time, it is the couple's statements on the US presidential election that provoke strong reactions, especially in the conservative media.
At issue: a video in which the couple calls on Americans to vote in the presidential elections and to reject hate speech.
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In the video, Donald Trump is not mentioned but it is he who is targeted.
However, by getting involved in politics, Harry breaks the sacrosanct rule of neutrality to which the monarchy across the Channel is subject and in the process embarrasses the queen, his grandmother.
"Meghan and Harry's take on Trump, nobody cares"
The conservative newspapers close to royalty are the most severe.
The
Daily Telegraph is
concerned, for example, about the blow to the reputation of the monarchical institution and to the diplomatic relationship between the United States and the kingdom.
For its part, the weekly
The Spectator
headlines: "Meghan and Harry's opinion on Trump, nobody cares!"
In the editorial of the
Daily Mail
tabloid
, the influential English presenter Piers Morgan demands that the queen withdraw all their titles.