Apparently, legendary Sex Pistols lead singer Johnny Rotten (aka John Lydon) has some strong feelings about whining exiled members of the Royal Family.
In a shocking interview with the Daily Telegraph, the 67-year-old London native and punk pioneer called Prince Harry and Meghan Markle “spiteful” and he wishes they would just shut up.
Ironically, the couple doesn’t live far from Lydon’s Malibu redoubt.
The Prince and Princess of Canada are pictured in an episode of South Park.Photo by screen grab /Bang Showbiz
“If you want to be normal and outside of (the royal family), then f— off. Just f— off and shut up!” he told the Telegraph.
The pasting might come as a surprise given the Sex Pistols’ famously anti-monarchy bona fides, including their anthem God Save the Queen.
But Lydon told the British newspaper that he too had feuded with other public figures. He just didn’t air the dirty laundry publicly or moan about the unjust hand he had drawn in life.
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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan at the Invictus Games in 2022.Photo by Getty /Bang Showbiz
“I’ve had to make decisions like this in the past,” he said. “I had to leave the Pistols, I had to break up PiL (Public Image Limited) a couple of times because the situation was unsustainable. And if that was their dilemma, then please go away, alright? And we’ll love you for it.”
The punk legend also took a shot at Harry’s latest memoir, Spare. He slammed it as “very spiteful to family and friends.”
Meanwhile, he isn’t the only public figure to scream “ENOUGH” to Harry and Meghan’s seemingly endless parade of complaints.
A selection of British newspaper publications in response to the Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex’s interview with Oprah Winfrey on March 8, 2021 in London.Photo by Chris Jackson /Getty Images
“I think Meghan is not coming to the coronation because she knows she’s going to get booed, but she’s putting her own feelings and worries about being booed before her children,” Cundy told the Daily Mirror.
“I think it’s a travesty that Lilibet and Archie are not going to be at their grandfather’s coronation.”
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