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Prince Harry: Reject hate speech this November...

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- BY CHRISTOPHE­R BUCKTIN US Editor chris.bucktin@mirror.co.uk @DailyMirro­r

PRINCE Harry has urged people preparing to vote in the US election to “reject hate speech”.

It has been seen as a call to get rid of Donald Trump, despite the Royal Family’s strict political neutrality.

Buckingham Palace has taken the unusual step of distancing the monarchy from Harry’s interventi­on.

President Trump, who takes on Joe Biden at the election in November, has been accused for years of stirring up racial hatred.

Speaking from his home in California, Harry said: “As we approach this November, it’s vital that we reject hate speech, misinforma­tion and online negativity…

“When the bad outweighs the good, for many… it erodes our ability to have compassion.”

The Palace said: “The Duke is not a working member of the Royal Family… any comments he makes 40 DAYS TO GO

are in a personal capacity.” Harry’s wife Meghan, 39, called the election the “most important of our lifetime”.

Corey Lewandowsk­i, who advises Trump’s election campaign manager, reacted by slamming the couple. He said: “They made Britain great again by leaving, I hope they do the same for us.”

While speaking in the Time 100 video, Harry, 36, also said he is not eligible to vote in the election and has never voted in the UK.

In 2016, Meghan called Trump “misogynist­ic” and “divisive”. The President has often been rebuked by Twitter for misinforma­tion. Meanwhile, bishop Michael Curry, who gave a sermon when Harry and Meghan wed in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, has said it was “like I could feel slaves around the place”.

He told People magazine: “It was like their voice was somehow heard that day.”

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