Harry and Meghan 'royally laughed at' in South Park: the harshest criticisms of 'Spare'

The "dumb prince and his stupid wife" moved into the South Park neighbourhood, as introduced by Kenny from the show. Many watched as the cartoon made scathing comments about the Duke and Duchess. In a column for Fox News, royal expert Neil Sean wrote that the couple were 'royally laughed at' by the satirical show.

"It shows how far they have really fallen", the royal expert said. Then, focusing on their status in the states, he wrote, "Harry and Meghan should and will be very concerned about their celebrity status in America."

"It is seriously driving me crazy," the character, Kyle, says in the cartoon. "I'm sick of hearing about them, but I can't get away from them." Neither can a list of critics who also didn't speak too kindly about the couple. We give you the harshest criticisms of Harry and Meghan since their tell-all media campaign began.

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Harry and Meghan have opened up to the world via books, series and interviews to explain their side of the story.

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There are some shocking revelations within Harry’s memoir, 'Spare' that the public and press didn't take too kindly to. In fact, Gaby Hinsliff, writer for The Guardian, scathingly said that the book moved beyond issues of "awkward public interest" into the "washing of dirty linen” in public.

Prince Harry's memoir, Spare, was colourfully described by the BBC: it is "part confession, part rant, and part love letter. In places, it feels like the longest angry drunk text ever sent." Criticism has come in far and wide from the public, the palace, and the papers.

Before its release, the Mirror created a poll, asking its readers to vote. The question was ‘Will you be reading Prince Harry’s memoir?’ The results were, without doubt, clear - No.

The poll at the time showed that only 9% of the public would be reading Prince Harry’s memoir, ‘Spare’; whilst 91% were outright refusing. Perhaps it’s not a true representation of the British public in general but the statistics here left a clear message.

The book was already on half-price sale pre-release. Not a good sign for the future of the sales for this memoir. Perhaps this was why the book swiftly became the biggest selling memoir in the first week of sales in the UK.

An exceptionally blistering critique came from Jan Moir, writer for the Daily Mail. Adding together the many interview, books, and TV shows, finally called the book the "sour cherry on the rancid cake."

The Daily Mail also published a column written by A.N. Wilson who called the book "calculated and despicable" and a work of "malice."

Wilson wrote in the Daily Mail, "Having made the idiotic decision to 'go public' about his rift with the royal family, Harry was no doubt under enormous pressure... to spew out as much poison as possible… But it has cast him in an appalling light. And whatever he intended, it makes us sympathise not with him, but the Royal Family."

The public themselves were no too happy, either. The hashtag #ShutUpHarry began trending on Twitter after the memoir’s revelations were leaked.

Even Harry’s friends are struggling to come to terms with the outspoken, reveal-all strategy of the Sussexes. Royal expert Nick Bullen spoke to US Weekly and explained that Harry hadn’t told his friends much about the content of the book before its release. But they had an opinion all the same.

Bullen continued to say that Harry may have lost the support of his old pals. He said, "those who were very close to him in the U.K. in the past are slightly concerned about how far he’s going." The comment was made about the extent of the exposure of a family as well as the number of books, tv shows, and interviews to make his point.

The Sun newspaper also reports that Harry’s friends have urged him to "stop for his own good."

Harry’s comments in the memoir about killing 25 people in Afghanistan got a lot of criticism as well. He likened his targets to removing ‘chess pieces’ from a board. Readers from both the military and the general public aren’t happy about it. These casualties were people with families, they say; not chess pieces.

The Guardian also wrote a scathing review of Harry's memoir, giving ideas as to Harry's true aim: "His great big dreams revealed how small he was: one can't help but feel it's this that he really wants an apology for," the review ends.

According to Vanity Fair, the palace is reacting - but, for the time being, informally. The publication writes that friends of Prince William have said he will not forgive his younger brother for revealing family matters to the public.

That is precisely the same reaction The Sun had over the whole book release. The paper writes that, although many can sympathise with Harry (due to his drama at the loss of his mother), he cannot "justify the destructive, vengeful path he has chosen, throwing his own family under a bus for millions of dollars."

Tensions must surely be high in the palace. A source told ET that "no one in the family trusts Harry anymore." In fact, the interview hints Harry himself knows "these types of personal revelations have crossed a line."

The source also made an interesting point about how they believe the royal family would react if Harry had approached them directly: "If Harry genuinely wanted to work things out, of course people would listen."