"Indeed, Harry received a standing ovation when he suddenly appeared on stage with Colbert, who is well known for his criticism of Trump. And the boos that erupted in the audience, when Harry joked about Americans being so obsessed with royalty that they elected a king, may not have been directed at Harry, as the New York Post and the Daily Mail reported. It's possible that this highly partisan crowd agreed with Harry's view of Trump's dictator pretensions."
"Given that British royals are supposed to remain publicly apolitical, it's likely that he gave his family, especially his older brother, Prince William, even more reason to consider stripping him of his royal titles, according to Tom Sykes, the Daily Beast's European editor and author of The Royalist Substack I believe Harry thought he was being funny, but this was hardly the venue to be plunging headlong into America's defining fear of the moment: creeping authoritarianism, Sykes said on his Substack."
"Even though Harry is no longer a working member of the British royal family, he arguably isn't free to speak his mind on politics, Sykes said. He is fifth in line to the British throne, carries the aura of a royal family member and is seen by the U.S. public as a representative of the monarchy, Sykes wrote. And here a royal prince is, on American national television, mocking a sitting U.S. president, Sykes said. That leaves Charles in a diplomatic chokehold"
Prince Harry made a surprise appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and criticized President Donald Trump and CBS for settling Trump's lawsuit. He received a standing ovation, and the audience booed when he joked that Americans elected a king. The boos may have signaled agreement with criticism of Trump's authoritarian tendencies. The appearance raised concerns that Harry breached expected royal political neutrality and could increase pressure to remove his royal titles. Harry remains fifth in line to the throne, retains the aura of a royal representative, and his remarks created diplomatic difficulty for King Charles III.
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