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Rob Rinder criticises Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for accepting human rights award

Sam Moore
Updated ·2 min read

Watch: Rob Rinder asks Harry and Meghan to show some 'humility'

Rob Rinder has criticised Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for accepting a human rights award ahead of the release of their Netflix documentary later this week.

Co-hosting Good Morning Britain with Susanna Reid, Rinder attacked the couple for lacking 'humility' by accepting the Ripple of Hope award for making a stand against racism in the royal family.

"The thing that strikes me is... just have a little bit of humility," the presenter began.

Rinder compared the couple to human rights campaigners around the world: "I'm certainly no Dalia Lama, but you think of people who have spent their lives campaigning for human rights — Baroness Doreen Laurence, Kwajo [Tweneboa] who works in housing, the women of Iran who are fighting for freedom at the moment, ordinary citizens in China."

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He added: "The idea that you... would go and collect a human rights award for taking lots of money to gripe at your family and — in my view — not really do anything meaningful to expose structural racism, but rather instead damage an institution."

Rob Rinder criticised Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for accepting human rights award. (Getty/Shutterstock)
Rob Rinder criticised Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for accepting human rights award. (Getty/Shutterstock)

Susanna Reid did defend the pair, commenting: "Of course there's justification. I see your argument, Rob. But what I am trying to say, the point I am trying to make, is that if you're involved in a news story, press photographers will be outside your house. I understand they are royals, but it can be a pretty horrible experience."

She reiterated: "I think a lot of people watching don't realise it can be a pretty horrible experience."

Harry and Meghan (Netflix)
Harry and Meghan in their new documentary. (Netflix)

Harry and Meghan's Netflix documentary is set to air in two parts. The first will premiere on the streaming service on 8 December while the follow up installment will air a week later on 15 December.

The documentary is set to deal with the couple's controversial relationship with the media and accusations that there was a 'war on Meghan' in the press.

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