The Duke of Sussex has been slammed after he took a snap at an awards ceremony with Prince Mario-Max Schaumburg-Lippe.
The German 'Prince' has been accused of using his connections to flog a 'wealth elixir.'
However, his royal connections have been questioned by the head of the family, Prince Alexander of Schaumburg-Lippe, who accused him of "harvesting our name for personal gain" and warning Harry to "stay away from this man."
Speaking about the controversy on GB News, Daily Mail Editor at Large Charlotte Griffiths said: "It has not been great for Harry's reputation. A lot of people have been saying, that birds of a feather stick together.
"This Mario-Max guy, he is flogging stuff on QVC, he is going on Celeb Big Brother and Harry is in a different league to that. But people are saying are they so very different?
Prince Harry took a selfie with Prince Mario-Max Schaumburg-Lippe
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"Harry went on Oprah, which is a form of reality TV. He is flogging his private life in his book. He went around flogging his book and I think that this shows that it is only a hop, skip, and a jump from the top to the bottom.
"It's sort of it's the same thing, isn't it? Selling yourself, selling your royal connections. And it's just really unfortunate."
"His PR team must be holding their head in their hands today."
She added: "I think this event was a particularly bad one. I get the impression Harry started to get a sense that it wasn't exactly an A-list event because he didn't go on the red carpet to arrive and he sort of snuck out the back door afterward."
Charlotte Griffiths said his "PR will be holding their head in their hands"
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"It was pretty low rent. There was John Travolta, but it wasn't packed with a-listers and Megan didn't go.
"She was looking after her kids. And she may have thought I'm taking one for the team here, but I I'd say she was dodging a bullet in the end."
Griffiths went on to claim the photo would not have been taken had Harry not departed frontline royal duties.
She said: “There would have been a team of people vetting him.
Prince Harry attended the awards to receive the Living Legend of Aviation award
Getty“Royal Family members very rarely take selfie because of this exact thing. You get some lunatic who has now put the photo all over social media.
“He will dine out on it for the rest of his life, which is something we know Harry hates.”
The Duke of Sussex attended the event to receive the Living Legend of Aviation award.
The award, made at the recommendation of John Travolta, recognizes Prince Harry's role as an Apache helicopter pilot in two tours of Afghanistan in 2007 and 2012.
