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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Nicole Vassell

Mary Beard says Harry and Meghan are ‘going too far’

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Mary Beard has said she thinks Harry and Meghan Markle’s recent interviews about the royal family displays behaviour that is “going too far”.

The author and classicist mentioned the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as part of a recent discussion about celebrities being “modern-day tragic heroes”, in place to make others think about how they should and shouldn’t behave.

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