One of my favorite stories I wrote this month was that terrifically stupid post about the live-action Little Mermaid, and how there’s some “mockery” of the Princess of Wales, aka Kate. Ariel makes a disgusted expression when Prince Eric tries to guess that her name is “Catherine.” That’s it. That’s the whole “mockery.” The British media tried to make it sound like it was some kind of huge conspiracy involving the Duchess of Sussex’s many “Disney connections,” which is weird because I thought the British media believed that Harry and Meghan are deeply unpopular and powerless in LA? Regardless, it looks like The Little Mermaid isn’t the only affront to Keen Kate’s regal jazz hands. There’s also some kind of “crude and sexual jibe” about Kate in Amazon Prime’s Citadel. You know, the Prime series starring Meghan’s friend Priyanka Chopra.
A big budget thriller starring one of the Duchess of Sussex’s best friends makes a crude and sexual jibe about the Princess of Wales. Citadel, which is being screened on streaming giant Amazon Prime, stars Indian actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas who has repeatedly backed Meghan publicly. Ms Chopra Jonas, 41, plays the leading lady, an elite espionage agent Nadia Sinh in the five-part spy action series. And in the third episode, she is involved in a scene with a crime boss named Balduino Basto, portrayed by Sen Monro.
Richard Madden’s character Mason Kane goes to see Basto in Morocco under Nadia’s instructions and she is speaking to him in his ear. Basto is then asked for help to break into the armed forces chief’s office. It prompts him to say: ‘The chief of armed forces? You might as well have asked me how to get between the legs of the Duchess of Cambridge!’
Ms Chopra Jonas and the Duchess of Sussex, 41, became friends when they met at an Elle magazine event in 2016 and soon after the Duchess of Sussex interviewed for her blog The Tig, which is no longer in existence. They were also seen at the theatre together on New York’s Broadway where they were watching musical Hamilton shortly after.
In July 2021, Ms Chopra Jonas appeared to ‘ignore’ Kate and her husband, Prince William, as they were clapped into the Royal Box at Wimbledon. In a clip which emerged at the time, the Bollywood actress opted to fiddle with her scarf as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge took their seats to rapturous applause from the crowd ahead of the Women’s Singles Final.
*adjusts pie chart* Ah yes, remember when Priyanka made a point of ignoring Kate at Wimbledon, therefore Meghan clearly ordered Priyanka to order Prime to hire anti-Kate writers and look what happened! A very weird joke using a title Kate doesn’t even use anymore. The Mail also says that this happened in Citadel’s third episode… which apparently was released on May 5th. It took the Mail two weeks to watch the episode, is what I’m saying. While I like Priyanka, it’s not like people are watching or talking about Citadel, so she’s got bigger problems than this. And no, this wasn’t a conspiracy, although I bet Priyanka doesn’t give a crap about Kate in general. But Priyanka didn’t write the script! And I don’t even think Priyanka and Meghan are all that close, but whatever. This might be dumber than the Little Mermaid thing.
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Duchesse Kate Middleton and Prince Harry,Image: 620801755, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Antoine Couvercelle / Panoramic / Panoramic / Avalon 
London United Kingdom 10/07/2021 DESCRIPTION HRH Kate, Duchess of Cambridge seen in the Royal box at the ladies final at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club, London, United Kingdom,,Image: 620818060, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: World Rights, Model Release: no, Credit line: Peter van den Berg / Avalon 
London United Kingdom 10/07/2021 DESCRIPTION HRH Kate, Duchess of Cambridge seen at the ladies final at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club, London, United Kingdom,,Image: 620818168, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: World Rights, Model Release: no, Credit line: Peter van den Berg / Avalon
London United Kingdom 10/07/2021 DESCRIPTION The Duke of Kent and the Kate the Duchess of Cambridge seen at the ladies final at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club, London, United Kingdom,,Image: 620818194, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: World Rights, Model Release: no, Credit line: Peter van den Berg / Avalon 
Priyanka Chopra at the Citadel Global Premiere at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom on 18 April 2023.,Image: 770237149, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: To licence this image, email info@sidetrack.london for more information., Model Release: no, Credit line: Cat Morley / Avalon 
Priyanka Chopra and Richard Madden at the Citadel Global Premiere at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom on 18 April 2023.,Image: 770238129, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: To licence this image, email info@sidetrack.london for more information., Model Release: no, Credit line: Cat Morley / Avalon
CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 25: (L-R) Stanley Tucci, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden attend the Los Angeles red carpet and fan screening for Prime Video’s “Citadel” at the Culver Theater on April 25, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.,Image: 771985427, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Stanley Tucci, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Richard Madden, Credit line: Jeffrey Mayer / Avalon 
CULVER CITY, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA – APRIL 25: Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden arrive at the Los Angeles Red Carpet And Fan Screening For Amazon Prime Video’s ‘Citadel’ Season 1 held at The Culver Theater on April 25, 2023 in Culver City, Los Angeles, California, United States.,Image: 772012959, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Richard Madden, Credit line: Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / Avalon 
CULVER CITY, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA – APRIL 25: Indian actress and producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas arrives at the Los Angeles Red Carpet And Fan Screening For Amazon Prime Video’s ‘Citadel’ Season 1 held at The Culver Theater on April 25, 2023 in Culver City, Los Angeles, California, United States.,Image: 772013510, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Credit line: Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / AvalonncG1vNJzZmivp6x7pLHLnpmirJOdxm%2BvzqZmcWloaIR3e8%2BroLKZnqCuoK%2FHqKermaOUvbO1zJ6WrJ2inrK0q8Kiq5qclaGsrq3KnqqYmY%2BYv7awxJihqKOVlK6ju9StlqmqmaOwpr%2FSmKKarJVk