{"id":2389822,"date":"2025-01-13T17:34:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T22:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-slammed-for-being-wildfire-disaster-tourists\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T17:35:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T22:35:25","slug":"prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-slammed-for-being-wildfire-disaster-tourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-slammed-for-being-wildfire-disaster-tourists\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle slammed for being wildfire &#8216;disaster tourists&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprince-harry-and-meghan-markle-slammed-for-being-wildfire-disaster-tourists%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2389822&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Actress \u2063Justine Bateman criticized Prince Harry and\u200c Meghan Markle for their actions during \u200bteh Los angeles wildfires,\u2064 labeling them as\u200b &#8220;disaster\u200d tourists.&#8221; She likened\u2064 their visit to an evacuation center, which she perceived as a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">mere\u2062 photo opportunity<\/a>, to that\u2064 of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elder-why-hasnt-jussie-smollett-been-charged-with-perjury\/\" title=\"ELDER: Why Hasn\u2019t Jussie Smollett Been Charged With Perjury?\">ambulance chasers<\/a>.&#8221; Bateman expressed her disdain for what she viewed \u200cas\u2064 a self-serving\u200c display rather than genuine support for the victims \u200dof the \u2062disaster.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Family Ties star rips Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for being wildfire &lsquo;disaster tourists&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1933979\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Actress Justine Bateman slammed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/prince-harry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Prince Harry\">Prince Harry<\/a> and his wife, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/meghan-markle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Meghan Markle\">Meghan Markle<\/a>, in the aftermath of the disastrous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Los Angeles\">Los Angeles<\/a> wildfires for being &ldquo;no better than ambulance chasers&rdquo; by having a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-chairwoman-blames-dems-for-peoples-lack-of-trust-in-covid-19-vaccine\/\" title=\"GOP chairwoman blames Dems for peoples\u2019 lack of trust in COVID-19 vaccine\">photo op<\/a>&rdquo; at an evacuation center for victims.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Meghan Markle and Harry are no better than ambulance chasers,&rdquo; Bateman <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JustineBateman\/status\/1878277401404141859\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said on X\">said on X<\/a>, formerly Twitter, on Saturday evening. &ldquo;What a repulsive &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harry-and-meghan-accused-of-being-grief-grifters-over-their-response-to-la-fires\/\" title=\"Harry and Meghan Accused of Being &#039;Grief Grifters&#039; Over Their Response to LA Fires\">photo op&#038;rsquo<\/a>; they achieved.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Meghan Markle and Harry are no better than ambulance chasers. What a repulsive &#8220;photo op&#8221; they achieved. They are &#8220;touring the damage&#8221;? Are they politicians now? They don&#8217;t live here; they are tourists. <br \/>Disaster Tourists. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PalisadesFire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PalisadesFire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Kv6v6jSX4y\">https:\/\/t.co\/Kv6v6jSX4y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Justine Bateman (@JustineBateman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustineBateman\/status\/1878277401404141859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They are &lsquo;touring the damage&rsquo;? Are they politicians now? They don&rsquo;t live here; they are tourists. Disaster Tourists,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Video from the local Fox 11 Los Angeles TV affiliate went viral, showing Markle with her husband talking to first responders and victims. They met with the World Central Kitchen in Pasadena, where food and relief resources were being given to victims of the Eaton Fire. The couple have donated through their Archewell Foundation to help relief efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The satire outlet the Babylon Bee <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheBabylonBee\/status\/1878579802120081525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"mocked\">mocked<\/a> the royals with the headline &ldquo;Los Angeles Saved After Meghan Markle Arrives To Stand Around Wearing Baseball Cap.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are not the first that Bateman has ripped over the Southern California fires. She has also been openly laying blame on state and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/late-night-restaurant-owners-want-to-play-fair-so-far-they-say-newsom-hasnt\/\" title=\"Late-night restaurant owners want to play fair. So far, they say, Newsom hasn&#039;t\">local officials<\/a> for their management of the fires and water management.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you can&rsquo;t cover the basics, get out,&rdquo; the actress said on Fox News. &ldquo;You are useless to us, you are a liability, and you have destroyed people&rsquo;s lives because you didn&rsquo;t do your job. You didn&rsquo;t do what we hired you for. You should resign out of shame.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Filmmaker and author <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustineBateman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JustineBateman<\/a> has a message for the leaders of California: If you can&rsquo;t cover the basics, get out. You are useless to us, you are a liability and you have destroyed people&rsquo;s lives, because you didn&rsquo;t do your job. You should resign out of shame. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tb1Pu3ahg1\">pic.twitter.com\/Tb1Pu3ahg1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseBWatters\/status\/1877528141951840593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think when you&rsquo;re this incompetent, you don&rsquo;t understand you&rsquo;re incompetent,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week, she <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JustineBateman\/status\/1877916106943504395\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"predicted\">predicted<\/a> that Los Angeles &ldquo;is not and will not be ready to host the Olympics in 2028.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bateman called on the mayor to resign over the week and has been encouraging her X followers to sign a petition.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1933979\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1933979\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justine Bateman criticizes Harry and Meghan as &#8216;disaster tourists&#8217; after wildfires<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2389823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Meghan-and-Harry.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36238,48443,34254,33095,22644],"class_list":["post-2389822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-celebrity-news","tag-disaster-tourism","tag-meghan-markle","tag-prince-harry","tag-wildfire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Meghan-and-Harry.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2389822"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389828,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389822\/revisions\/2389828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2389823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2389822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2389822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2389822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}