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Topics: King Charles III, Royal Family, Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, UK News, US News, Celebrity, Made In Chelsea, Reality TV
Rhianna Benson
Topics: King Charles III, Royal Family, Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, UK News, US News, Celebrity, Made In Chelsea, Reality TV
King Charles III's official charity looks to have shown support to a social media video understood to be poking fun at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
The clip in question was shared by British reality television couple and parents-to-be Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo on Wednesday (25 Jun), and shows them twerking to the notorious 'Baby Mama' song during a visit to Buckingham Palace.
The pair, made famous on the much-loved E4 drama series Made In Chelsea, had been invited to the royal residence due to 36-year-old Laing's role as a King's Trust Awards ambassador.
In the video, he and wife Habboo, 30 - who announced their first pregnancy earlier in June - could be seen thrusting on the building's Grand Staircase, before gyrating on the lavish red-carpet.
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It is widely understood that the clip was purposed to poke fun at Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, who shared an identical video on Instagram on 4 June, to commemorate the fourth birthday of their daughter, Princess Lilibet.
In the Duchess' clip - which dates back to 2021 - the royal couple pop, locked and dropped in a hospital ward.
"Four years ago today, this also happened," 43-year-old Meghan captioned the post. "Both of our children were a week past their due dates…so when spicy food, all that walking, and acupuncture didn’t work - there was only one thing left to do!"
The royal video sparked a varied reaction at the time, with some critics branding the couple 'cringe' and encouraging them to 'keep some private moments… private!'.
Naturally, therefore, some social media users were surprised when King Charles' (Prince Harry's father) official charity commented on the clip of Laing and Habboo mocking the couple.
The King's Trust's certified account lightheartedly wrote on the clip, 'All of our attendees are very well behaved' with a side-eye emoji, which was followed by a laughing face.
The Royal Family's Instagram account as a whole also shared an unexpected comment, writing, 'We see you', alongside a side-eye emoji and a wink in response to Laing's caption: "They said we couldn't film in Buckingham Palace."
Following complaints that the monarchy seemed to firing digs at their own members, a Palace aid removed any doubt that the remarks was made in jest.
They told press: "I'm sure it was done in a spirit of fun, and of course aligned to Jamie's wonderful support for The King's Trust Awards - even if it's not something we would greatly encourage every guest to attempt."
Mother-of-two Meghan previously stood by her's and Harry's dancing clip, despite the criticism is garnered - telling Aspire podcast host Emma Grede earlier this month (17 Jun) that she's 'grateful' to be able to share her content 'on [her] own terms'.