They had a mixed Valentine's Day.
If Prince Harry and Meghan Markle arrived all smiles in Whistler, a Canadian ski resort, on Wednesday February 14, the couple received a mixed reception from the public in attendance.
Coming to attend the One Year to Go event, intended to celebrate the upcoming return of the Invictus Games – a sporting competition for sick or injured soldiers and veterans – the Sussexes were initially booed by the crowd.
They also heard the latter chanting
God Save the King
, the British national anthem, as they passed, as revealed by the
Daily Mail
.
The initiative sparked hilarity among others in the group.
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A clearly hostile message, undoubtedly linked to the twists and turns surrounding the quarrel between the royal family and the Sussexes which have been making the headlines in the tabloids for years.
Prince Harry's recent visit to England to King Charles III, who is suffering from cancer, was particularly controversial because it only lasted half an hour.
This week, another controversy also emerged around Sussex.com, the new site unveiled by the couple.
Some media have thus accused them of capitalizing on their title of nobility.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle did not pay attention to the song sung during their visit to Whistler, contenting themselves with smiling, waving to the crowd and taking their place aboard a Jeep.