American blogger and columnist Perez Hilton has hit out at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, after they were mocked on US TV show Family Guy.
In the hit American animated sitcom, a cartoon version of Harry and Meghan are seen at a pool with a butler, who gives an envelope to the Prince, saying "your millions from Netflix for, no one knows what".
Prince Harry then says "put it with the rest of them" as Meghan tells the Duke: “Babe, time to do our daily $250,000 sponsored Instagram post for Del Taco."
Harry's animated character then appears to take a swipe at the Royal Family, jibing "I shouldn’t have left the made-up nonsense."
Perez Hilton said the Sussexes 'are not royals to Americans'
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Speaking to Stephen Dixon and Ellie Costello, Perez Hilton said Harry and Meghan are "not Royals to us, and they need to cultivate their celebrity".
Hilton detailed the state of the Sussex couple's popularity with Americans and how they should respond to the Family Guy cartoon: "I think the best response for them is to say nothing, obviously, don't be upset. You know, Megan was talking recently about how she's concerned for her children and social media."
Hilton added: "You know, in a way, the Sussexes are kind of like the Kardashians here. They're famous because of their names, but they haven't really done much of note yet.
"And they need to play the fame game because at the end of the day, it's all about money. The more famous they are, the more money they can make."
The conversation of the latest cartoon to mock the royal couple then turned to the GB News Breakfast panel, including Deputy Editor of The Spectator and former Labour Advisor Scarlett MccGwire.
Gray stated: "It is funny to me that they're so widely mocked. I mean, do you remember the South Park episode? I'm not sure they've ever recovered from that.
"I think that marked the point where everybody sort of finally out loud was willing to say, yes, they are ridiculous. Yes, we like laughing at them, and this sort of pretence that they were actually just a couple who were really struggling with something very real went away.
"So I think it's good that they're being mocked because they are absurd."
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been mocked in US TV show Family Guy.
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Ellie then asked MccGwire about Hilton's comparison of Harry and Meghan to the Kardashian family, as Scarlett argued: "Both lots are famous for just being famous, right? The Kardashians are rather better at making money than them.
"In a way they're much more street smart than Harry and Meghan, they really get it.
MccGwire continued: "I am not a fan, but I did have a lodger who made me watch watch Keeping Up with the Kardashians and I watched one episode, but it was all about how to do an Instagram post, it was about selling them themselves and they do it well.
"You know the the problem with Harry and Meghan is they don't know what they are, the the Kardashians are very clear about what they are."
