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Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas

BBC Question Time: Tory MP calls for Netflix boycott over 'irrelevant' Harry and Meghan

A Tory MP has said people should "boycott" Netflix over the release of the new Prince Harry and Meghan Markle documentary.

Speaking on last night's edition of BBC Question Time, employment minister Guy Opperman branded the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as a "very troubled" couple whose attacks would have little impact on the Royal Family or Britain itself.

Responding to a statement from a member of the audience who described the conflict between the Sussexes and the Royal Family as "petty drama", he told BBC’s Question Time: “I think they are clearly a very troubled couple, which I think anybody looking at them can say is a sad state of affairs.

Tory MP Guy Opperman has said people should "boycott" Netflix (BBC)

“That having been said, I agree that they are utterly irrelevant to this country and the progress of this country and the royal family that we all, I believe, support.”

He then went on to urge people to avoid the show and even boycott the streaming platform altogether, saying: “I don’t think it has a fundamental impact on the royal family.

The employment minister was responding to a BBC Question Time audience member who said the ongoing royal conflict was "petty" (BBC)

"I certainly won’t be watching it. I would urge everyone to boycott Netflix and make sure that we actually focus on the things that matter.”

However, the minister did agree that the level to which the couple’s lives were “picked over” by the media when they were living in the UK was “unacceptable”.

Guy Opperman said Brits should avoid the show and "actually focus on the things that matter" (BBC)

The release of the new six-part docuseries received a cool reception from other members of Thursday night's Question Time panel, with former Sunday Time political editor Isabel Oakeshott describing it as part of the Sussexes' "r elentless campaign to bring the monarchy into disrepute".

Fashion designer Patrick Grant also said the Duchess "must have understood what she was getting into" when she joined The Firm, while conceding that she "could have been better looked after" as a working member.

Some support for the pair however did come from SNP MP Stewart Hosie , who said he understood why Harry and Meghan were "anxious" about how they have been treated and did not believe they were out to "destroy" the institution.

The Sussex couple also came in for criticism from other members of the Question Time panel (BBC)

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