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Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine has again aroused outrage after showing Queen Elizabeth of England kneeling on Meghan Markle’s neck.
The depiction is eerily similar to what happened to George Floyd, a black man who died after Derek Chauvin, a police officer knelt on his neck. His last words, “I can’t breathe” have become synonymous with the Black Lives Matter movement that has erupted over the past year.
Recently, the Duchess of Sussex and her husband Prince Harry told Oprah Winfrey that she is a victim of racism within the Royal Family. Markle also said she was refused permission to leave Kensington Palace and only left twice in four months, which made her suicidal.
The cartoon was released on Saturday and is titled ‘Why Meghan Quit’. In the cartoon, Markle is shown as saying – “I couldn’t breathe”.
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The performance angered people around the world. Many have accused the satirist of not only downplaying Meghan Markle’s struggles, but of vilifying the movement against systemic racism in the United States, which was largely stimulated after Floyd’s death.
Prince William, Prince Harry’s older brother, recently broke his silence on accusations of racism. “We are really not a racist family,” the prince said. The Queen was also not spared in the cartoon. She was doomed to have red eyes and hairy legs – a portrayal that angered many royal loyalists.
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Charlie Hebdo has been at the center of debates over freedom of expression and secularism in France, after two brothers attacked the magazine’s headquarters for controversial cartoons. The attack killed 11 people in 2015, including the main editor and some of his main cartoonists.
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