Meghan McCain has said "I really don't like" Prince Harry and added that she does not "want him to be an American," during a passage of her podcast that went viral on TikTok.
The Duke of Sussex told Good Morning America in February he has considered U.S. citizenship, adding that it was not a priority currently.
However, he also changed his country of residence from Britain to the U.S. on official company filings connected to U.K.-based eco-tourism non-profit Travalyst.
McCain, daughter of late Republican Senator John McCain, addressed the issue during an episode of her Podcast Meghan McCain Has Entered The Chat.
"Apparently, Prince Harry is now taking official residency here," she said. "I don't want them here. I don't want them to be American.
"I mean, she's American, so, like, she has a right to be here, but, like, I don't want him to be an American, I don't want their drama here."
The clip was viewed 233,000 times and liked 7,400 times after McCain posted it on TikTok.
@citizen.mccain Meghan Markles is... *checks notes*...making jam? Yep. #meghanmccain #meghanmarkle #royalfamily ♬ original sound - Citizen McCain | Meghan McCain
During their four years living together in California, Harry and Meghan Markle have generally been less popular among conservatives than liberals.
Conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation has filed a Freedom of Information Act case against the Department for Homeland Security over whether Harry lied on visa records about his past drug use.
In court filings seen by Newsweek, they have hinted that this U.S. visa could be at risk if he did, and Donald Trump has previously implied that if he were president again action might be taken.
McCain was joined by commentators Mary Katherine Ham and Guy Benson, with whom she also discussed Meghan Markle's American Riviera Orchid lifestyle brand, through which she has been sending out samples of her jam to celebrity friends.
"I really don't like her, and I really don't like him, and I really don't wanna eat her jam," McCain said.
"And I don't know why she keeps trying to.... like, go away and be quiet for a little while."
Ham said: "You know what she is? She's your friend who bugs you about a multi-level marketing scheme in your Facebook from high school, except, like, she's elevated herself to duchess."
McCain also took aim at Harry's upcoming Netflix series about polo, a sport with a long tradition in the royal family but that is also usually the preserve of the rich due to the costs involved.
"Why do you think they keep trying?" she said. "Apparently he's coming out with a show on Netflix that is about polo, a sport Americans love and embrace. As you don't know. I don't know anything about polo. No one gives a s**t. But, like, why do they keep trying?
"And they keep getting so much money, like, hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars. Millions. Use me to do this crap. I can make jam. I don't think I can talk about polo, but if you really wanted me to, I could make jam. Like, is this a job?"
Jack Royston is Newsweek's chief royal correspondent based in London. You can find him on X, formerly Twitter, at @jack_royston and read his stories on Newsweek's The Royals Facebook page.
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