Brian Cox has weighed in on the royal row as he claims Meghan Markle 'knew what she was getting into' when she married Prince Harry.
The Dundee-born actor, who stars as media mogul Logan Roy in HBO’s hit drama Succession, criticised the Duchess of Sussex while repeating his claim the Monarchy should be abolished. Cox, 76, said the Duchess had “the childhood dreams of marrying Prince Charming and all that s**t we see as fantasy that could be our lives in our dreams.”
“You can’t go into a system where somebody’s already been trained to behave in a certain kind of way and then just expect them to cut themselves off,” he told Haute Living New York.
“I mean, she knew what she was getting into,” he added.
“In my opinion, we shouldn’t have a monarchy,” Cox told the publication. “It’s not viable; it doesn’t make any sense. F**k it.”
These recent claims come after the Golden Globe winner defended Harry and Meghan in the past, and said they had gone through "something clearly traumatic" before quitting as senior royals. During an appearance on Good Morning Britain in December, Cox said: “I don’t think they made it up, I don’t think it’s false, I think it’s true and should’ve been rectified, and it hasn’t.”
This isn't the only times the Scots actor has spoke out against the British royal family, as he claimed in 2020 it should be abolished after the Queen's death. Speaking to ES Magazine, Cox said the Monarchy should be abolished after the Queen’s passes away to rid its “feudal hold on our culture”.
Speaking two years before the death of Queen Elizabeth II, he said: “I think the Queen is an amazing woman, and what she has done is incredible.
"But when she’s gone, the whole bloody shooting match should go, I really think so. We won’t end this feudal hold on our culture and system until then.”
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