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Prince Harry Compared to an Unlikely Celeb as Royal Fans Go Wild With Memes

When it rains, it pours, but this time it is someone else’s family drama that has dragged Prince Harry back into the headlines — arguably the second most well-known family in Britain after the royals, the Beckhams.

The ongoing Beckham family saga on Tuesday pulled the Duke of Sussex into the conversation, prompting a wave of online memes. For years, netizens had speculated that all was not well between Brooklyn Beckham and his parents, Victoria and David Beckham, with Nicola Peltz widely dubbed as the reason for the falling out. But putting those rumors to rest, the 26-year-old took to his Instagram Stories to defend his wife while also bashing his parents for spreading a false narrative in the press. With that, he also dropped a few bombshell revelations, a phrase royal watchers are familiar with, thanks to Harry.

From branding his parents as controlling to his revelation that Victoria once called him ‘evil,’ Brooklyn shocked folks on both sides of the Atlantic with his allegations. He started by stating that he has no desire to ‘reconcile’ with his family, who, in his words, tried ‘endlessly to ruin’ his relationship with Peltz. He further claimed that his mother pulled out of making his wife’s wedding gown at the ‘eleventh hour’ and later danced ‘inappropriately’ on him in front of hundreds of people. He did not just air grievances; he opened the windows and let everything out. But for royal fans, it was the kind of confession that felt oddly familiar. Almost on cue, comparisons to Harry followed. Since stepping back as a senior working royal in 2020, the Duke has shared his own fair share of bombshells, whether through interviews or his tell-all memoir, Spare. But the main question remains: Is Brooklyn Beckham the new Prince Harry?

Writing for the Express, royal writer Alicia Liberty disagreed with the comparison, laying out exactly why the interpretation does not hold up. She suggested that Brooklyn’s situation is vastly different from Harry's. “There is no Crown, no constitutional role, and no state-backed structure shaping his choices. Unlike Harry, his life was not defined by an obligation to an institution larger than himself.” As per Liberty, the 26-year-old's decision to speak out was a result of years of silence and not estrangement. “There was no book launch, no televised interview, and no commercial rollout… He has not cashed in on the fallout, nor attempted to build an empire out of a family rift, choosing distance over exploitation,” she argued.

While she offered a measured assessment of the situation, on X, netizens felt otherwise, sharing their own humorous takes. One netizen posted an image quoting, “Please, sir, can we have our inheritance,” suggesting that Harry and Brooklyn have a lot in common. Another quipped, “Brooklyn Beckham has just hijacked the media cycle from Prince Harry and his court case.” A third user posted an AI image of the two partying with the caption “Brooklyn Beckham and Prince Harry with the Netflix documentary money.” While Victoria and David Beckham are yet to comment on the matter, social media is surely having its fun.