Prince Harry breaks silence on website backlash and tells critics to 'focus on King'

Prince Harry has lashed out at Sussex website critics, stating that they should be more “focussed on the King’s health”.

Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle launched their new website sussex.com on Monday, exactly one week after the King’s cancer diagnosis was confirmed.

The couple have since come under fire for a number of reasons, including referring to themselves as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on there. They also included a royal coat of arms on the homepage, another feature that has raised questions.

But Harry and Meghan appear to have brushed aside the criticism, but the Duke believes that critics should stop focussing on their new website and put their main focus on the King’s ailing health.

Speaking to The Times, a royal insider said: “It isn’t any sort of problem for the rest of the Royal Family. It hasn’t even been part of a conversation.

“Harry is more concerned about the health and well-being of the King and [Princess] Kate and thinks that that is where the focus should be.”

The insider also claimed that the use of the coat of arms hasn’t raised any concern in the royal household either – especially as it is is often used for “commercial reason” by around 800 companies.

Some critics believed that the couple should no longer be using their royal titles, especially with it being four years since they stepped down from royal duty.

The new website replaces their former one – sussexroyal.com – which was banned by the late Queen just weeks after it launched in 2020 due to its inclusion of ‘royal’.

It also overrides their Archewell site, which was created shortly after their move to the US in 2020.