Whatever Meghan Markle and Prince Harry do never fails to raise the public’s suspicions, even when it involves a seemingly innocent endeavor, the latest offender being Harry’s ‘deal’ with BBC and its charity, Children in Need. Let’s not beat around the bush here; we all knew that the Duke of Sussex was using this or any charity as a means to either get positive PR or strike a deal behind closed doors. However, what no one expected was the Prince to come out and announce that his million-dollar donation was nothing more than an “investment.”
In a clip analyzed by YouTuber POV, Prince Harry is giving a speech and blatantly claims he made the hefty donation to BBC‘s Children in Need. But there are two bizarre points of the video: First, Harry says he made the financial contribution in December of last year, which POV claims doesn’t make sense, seeing how the Sussexes have never been about private charity, but heavily publicized and spotlighted acts of service. The second peculiar point in the clip is Prince Harry referring to his million-pound offering as an “investment,” not a donation, clearly indicating that he intends to get something out of it.
So if it wasn’t obvious before, now no one is convinced Harry’s giving away millions of pounds out of the kindness of his heart. Besides using a charity focused on children as a means to gain positive PR, fans also strongly believe he wants to buy BBC‘s ‘good side’ to somehow recover his and Meghan Markle’s tarnished reputation. “He’s just like his wife: transactional in all regards!” remarks one commenter, and they aren’t wrong. Harry has reportedly tried to get King Charles to give back royal rights to Meghan in exchange for his forgiveness of the Royal Family.
Others suspect that his wife had a hand in writing what he said during his briefing. “No doubt Meghan Markle wrote Harry’s speech. I doubt Harry knows what an investment even is,” joked a commenter. “Harry paid the BBC for press coverage. His ‘donation’ is just pr to make him look good to Americans who don’t know Children in Need is the BBC,” added another, pointing out how the charity has a shady history in terms of how it’s exploited children for money, using the funds for marketing instead of actually helping the kids involved.
Whatever the case, whether an intentional comment for his ‘investors’ or a slip of the tongue, Prince Harry’s remark on “investing” millions into allegedly saving his reputation is quite telling.
