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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle hire former The Crown executive to help boost their public image

In yet another move that will add fuel to the fiery feud between King Charles, Prince William and his brother Prince Harry, the Sussex’s have hired a former TV producer from The Crown to boost their image.
Matt ShrivellBy Matt Shrivell
Prince Harry and Meghan have hired a new publicity expert to help polish up their image Credit: AAP

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle hire former The Crown executive to help boost their public image

In yet another move that will add fuel to the fiery feud between King Charles, Prince William and his brother Prince Harry, the Sussex’s have hired a former TV producer from The Crown to boost their image.
Matt ShrivellBy Matt Shrivell

In yet another move that will throw fuel on the fiery feud between King Charles, Prince William and his brother Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan Markle have hired a former TV producer from The Crown to help boost their image.

The woman responsible for the publicity of the hugely popular Netflix series during seasons three through six, Emily Robinson, has ironically been parachuted in by the Sussexes to try and help turn around their disastrous public persona.

Netflix had been accused of taking creative licence too far when addressing some story lines in The Crown, which reportedly enraged members of the royal family.

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Ms Robinson was responsible for depicting the episodes as based on actual events, even though there were large chunks of the overall series that had clearly been left to script writers and producers to use their creative licence.

Prince Harry’s notorious Nazi costume scandal and the most sensitive Princess Diana moments in the program were all content that Ms Robinson was employed to promote.

Royal commentators have likened the decision to hire Ms Robinson with “sticking in the knife”.

The Netflix series touched on all the controversial moments for the King and his sons over the years.

“In the circumstances, it’s almost beyond belief that Harry and Meghan would hire someone straight from The Crown,” the Daily Mail quoted a royal insider as saying.

Prince Harry has previously spoken about The Crown and said the show had not concerned him at all.

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“They don’t pretend to be news. It’s fiction. But it’s loosely based on the truth. Of course, it’s not strictly accurate,” he told James Cordern in 2021.

“I’m way more comfortable with The Crown than I am seeing the stories written about my family, or my wife, or myself.”

When asked by Stephen Colbert on his talk show in the US in 2023 if he had watched the show and if he did any fact checking, the Prince responded “Yes, I have actually watched The Crown”.

“Yes, I do, actually (fact check). Which, by the way, is another reason why it’s so important that history has it right.”

The Netflix brand is one the Sussexes are particularly aligned with after the streaming service paid them a staggering $US100 million to produce a range of programs over a five year period including a Harry & Meghan documentary series.

The infamous docu-series included Prince Harry’s claim that his family suffered from “unconscious racial bias”, and that they were conspiring against him and his wife.

Although the decision will undoubtedly push the royal brothers further apart, Prince Harry and Meghan have pushed on and hired the former Netflix exec who has also held a number of senior publicity roles around the world.

Ms Robinson has worked in various roles at the A&E Networks, Discovery/TLC, VH1, and Bravo and is expected to only increase the couple’s profile and build on Meghan Markle’s recent foray’s into podcasting and lifestyle programming including her with her show - With Love, Meghan.

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