‘It’s nearly always the non-royal running for the hills to get away’
get away from the whole thing. horrible, it’s anachronistic.”
Harry, 33, and Meghan, 36, are due to wed at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, on May 19.
Greer will not be among those celebrating.
“I’m not actually in favour of marriage. I’m sorry to have to admit it. I think it’s a hopeless system,” the author said.
Challenging Meghan’s claim to be a feminist, she said marrying a prince would raise the Suits actress’s status for all the wrong reasons.
“She will be seen as an adjunct to him,” she said.
“Why would a girl born in poverty marry a man with 53 million quid? I can’t think of a single reason,” she said. “Well, because she expects to have a good time. She probably is in love with him. He’s glamorous despite having red hair.”
Yesterday Prince Harry revealed Meghan is “hugely excited” to be joining him in a new Commonwealth role.
On his first day in his new position as the Queen’s Commonwealth Youth Ambassador, Harry was greeted with cheers and whoops by his audience when he mentioned his American fiancee, who plans to join him travelling across the Commonwealth’s 53 nations in the coming years.
Harry, who was opening the Commonwealth Youth Forum, one of a number of events surrounding the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in London this week, will accompany Meghan to a reception for It’s young delegates tomorrow. In a speech, he said: “In my new role, I will work to support the Queen, my father the Prince of Wales, and my brother William, all of whom know that young people are the answer to the challenges of today.
“I’m also incredibly grateful that the woman I am about to marry, Meghan, will be joining me in this work. She too is hugely excited to be taking part.”
The role of youth ambassador is considered particularly important, with 60 per cent of the 2.4 billion population of the Commonwealth’s 53 member nations being under 30.
Harry, 33, opened his speech with a tribute to his grandmother, saying: “When I was reflecting on how to make the biggest impact with this new role, I turned to the ultimate source of guidance on all things Commonwealth: the Queen herself.
“Her Majesty’s commitment has meant the Commonwealth is a thriving family of nations, a common link between nearly two and a half billion people, and a defender of democracy, justice, and peace.”
Speaking at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in Westminster, Harry praised the young generation: “You care. You want your nations to be cleaner, your planet to be greener, your friends and neighbours to be treated fairly and with respect, no matter their ethnicity, their religion, or their status.”
Earlier, Harry and Prime Minister Theresa May met members of the Commonwealth Youth Council and Youth Taskforce, with the Prince telling them: “You guys have the answers,” before he and Mrs May briefly joined their roundtable discussion.
Prince Charles may be in line for a future promotion, too.
Commonwealth leaders are expected to decide on Friday whether Charles, 69, should succeed his mother as head of the Commonwealth after her death.
There is nothing to say that the British monarch should automatically be head of the organisation.
But Downing Street said the leaders of the Commonwealth’s governments would discuss a succession plan at a retreat at Windsor Castle.
The Commonwealth Secretariat had previously insisted a decision would only be made when there was a vacancy. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called for the honorary role to be rotated.