A Republican congressman asks Britain not to interfere in the US elections

An angry Republican congressman wrote to Queen Elizabeth, asking her to put an end to the "interference" of Prince Harry and his wife Megan Markle in the US presidential election.

The message was sent by Congressman Jason Smith, who represents the Eighth District of the House of Representatives in Missouri.

He said that both Harry and Meghan were still members of the British royal family, and that their political comments amounted to an "improper act of interfering in domestic affairs" by the United Kingdom.

"By allowing the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to retain their titles, while continuing to make political commentary, the British government is effectively condoning attempts to interfere in the 2020 US presidential election by officials at the highest level in the British establishment," Smith wrote.

In September, Harry urged Americans to "reject hate speech, disinformation and negative information online" during the upcoming elections.

Meanwhile, Megan described the November elections as "the most important election in our life" and urged Americans to register to vote.

In his message to the Queen through the British ambassador, Karen Pierce, Smith said: "I am writing to express my concern about their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their continued interference in the US presidential elections."

And as you know, the British royal family has always pursued a policy of strict neutrality with regard to political matters, so I am concerned about the recent comments of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex regarding the United States presidential election, especially given the talks regarding foreign interference in our elections and the Duke's status as the guest of the United States.

"These actions represent a grave breach of the policy of political neutrality of the British royal family and an inappropriate act of domestic interference by one of our closest allies," he goes on to write.

He cited Harry's talk of "hate speech" and Meghan's comment that the vote was "the most important election in our life" as examples of interference.

The Duke and Duchess had stepped down as members of the royal family earlier this year, but they remain members of the royal family.

They are still entitled to use royal titles even though both have agreed not to do so.

During a White House press conference last month, a reporter asked the President, Donald Trump, for his response to Harry and Meghan about "basically encouraging people to vote for Joe Biden."

He replied, "I am not a fan of her, and I would like to tell her this. Perhaps she is hearing it now, but I wish Harry a lot of luck, because he will need him."

In response to Harry and Meghan's comments, British royal officials insist that they do so in their personal capacity and do not represent the views of the wider royal family.

However, Smith rejected this saying: "Because the titles and privileges they retain are issued with the permission of Her Majesty the Queen, and which are granted with the advice and consent of her government, which prevents the Duke and Duchess from separating the comments they make in their personal capacity from their official positions within the British royal family."

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