Backlash Begins Over HBO Max's Royal Family Parody "The Prince"

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‘Children Are Off Limits’: HBO’s ‘The Prince’ Slammed For Parodying 8-Year-Old Prince George https://t.co/CRDMjd3p62 pic.twitter.com/n8vhd8P23i
- Forbes (@Forbes) July 30, 2021
After HBO Max quietly and quickly dropped the entire season of The Prince, which parodies the royal family through the eyes of Prince William's son George, backlash quickly

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[fauxkaren]

I hope that this isn't really making waves in the UK and that George's parents can shield him from it. And that like... kids at his school are unaware of it too. Idk. I'm just trying to imagine what it's like being an 8 year old and knowing how cruel kids can be... idk. I just hope George doesn't have to deal with this stuff irl.

[sestiere]

how many people in the US even have HBO Max? Gonna take that number and divide by 3 and assume that’s the UK equivalent.

[sashwizzled]

We don't have HBO Max in the UK at all, afaik - so the only people watching this are the ones torrenting it. It might get a trash tabloid article about Americans mocking the royal family, but no one's going to actually see it.

[diablo_dancer]

Haven’t seen any coverage of this at all in the UK yet (but would assume the Mail and other rags will pick up on it due to the US coverage).

[syvlie0o0]

Of all the things fellow kids can roast him over, this would be very very very very very very far down the list.

[elevatorshaker]

I'm sure none of the kids George interacts with are the sort to be in any way critical of anything his family does.

[mad_devilry]

Hasn't it been reported extensively that a good chunk of the RBF were bullied as kids? Pretty sure that's one of the many reasons Prince Charles is a dick, at least according to The Crown. 😆

[syvlie0o0]

There are plenty of aristocratic families in the UK who consider themselves “above” the Windsors.

[drblind]

really?? i would like to hear more

[syvlie0o0]

I’m not a ~royal historian~ or whatever but the windsors are basically a German family, while others like the Spencers (Diana’s family) can trace their history back in England like 500-600 years.

[sarahbear1]

Spill!

[blahblahcakes64]

This is fascinating, do go on!

[rollthizzbeef]

A south park-ish cartoon making fun of him sounds about right for kids his age.

What, you think a bunch of eight year olds are giving him grief over his grandfather profiting off land inheritances?

[syvlie0o0]

You think a bunch of 8 year olds in England know about an animated show on HBO Max?

[rollthizzbeef]

Yeah? Kids watch stuff on streaming platforms all the time. And ~edgy cartoons are a big hit with that age range. When I was 8 in the UK South Park was huge with kids in my class.

Edit: not to mention it’s literally a cartoon made specifically about a kid in their class/ a kid they interact with.

[elevatorshaker]

He's the Prince of England Thrice Removed. He's not going to get bullied over this by anyone in his cohort who is close to him. If he's on social media he would need to be protected, but if a kid at school gives him shit about it, that kid will be dealt with (lol the autosuggest for this was "death wish" which is probably not far off from the truth) in some kind of way.