GB News presenter Nana Akua launched a blistering attack on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, accusing them of using their children as "bargaining chips" and describing their treatment of King Charles as "cruel." The comments came after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex finally brought their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, to meet their grandfather on Friday, July 10.
Accusations of Manipulation
Speaking on GB News Mums alongside fellow presenters Emily Carver, Michelle Dewberry, and Olivia Utley, Akua did not hold back. "I think they're just totally selfish... They're unkind. I think they're quite cruel as well, if I'm totally honest," she said. "It's very cruel to do that because all it does is affect the child. If you want the best for the child, then you should think about what's in the child's best interest. Not using the children as a way of sort of manipulating a situation or punishing someone."
Akua had previously accused the couple of withholding the children to get their way. "I'm glad they've finally done it. But what I hate is when people use their children as bargaining chips, and in my view, that's what they've done. Maybe they don't think they have, but... they have used [the children] to try and get the security detail that Harry so much so continues to demand," she argued.
Denying Grandparent Relationships
The presenter described their actions as an "ugly, ugly tool to manipulate" and suggested they were "slightly unkind to the grandparents." She added: "They're really lucky that they have grandparents... It was wrong of them to deny the children that opportunity because if I were their child and I got older, I'd be like, 'Why didn't you take me to meet them?' That's what I'd be really angry about."
Akua also expressed concern for the children's relationship with Meghan's side of the family. "I feel for Meghan's children as well that they aren't going to get a chance to meet their side of the family. What's going on with her and Thomas Markle?" she questioned.
Questioning Their Empathy
Akua contrasted the couple's public advocacy with their private actions. "They have so much so-called empathy for veterans and anybody else supposedly who's sick, but they have no empathy for their own family, which I find a little bit unbelievable. I don't believe their empathy is genuine for anybody other than themselves," she concluded.
