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Jacob Jarvis

Leave.EU prompts backlash with 'horrendous' Harry and Meghan post calling the Prince 'p****-whipped'

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will return to their royal duties tomorrow (Picture: REUTERS)

Leave.EU has been criticised for sharing a "horrendous" mocked-up image of Meghan and Harry branding the Prince "p****-whipped".

The doctored photo shows a woman, with Meghan's face edited onto the body, holding a whip around the neck of a man on his hands and knees, which has Harry's face imposed onto it.

The pro-Brexit campaign group, posting on Twitter, told its followers to share the post "if you're terribly sad to see the demise of Meghan Markle's husband, Harry".

After this they wrote: "P****-whipped?"

That was followed by a "thinking face emoji".

Leave.EU shared the post this afternoon (Twitter)

The post, shared earlier this afternoon on the day after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced they would step down as "senior" royals, swiftly faced a backlash as it was branded "very bad taste".

"Lost all respect for this account after this tweet. Very bad taste," wrote one.

Another said: "Seriously?! Take five minutes. Sit down and have a serious word with yourselves."

It was also described as "offensive" and "disgusting".

Some questioned what the post had to do with the group's eurosceptic agenda.

On said: "I voted leave, and I'm absolutely disgusted by this, gives leave voters a bad name."

The Standard has contacted Leave.EU for comment.

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