{"id":142406,"date":"2023-10-03T15:39:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T15:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=142406"},"modified":"2023-10-03T15:39:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T15:39:59","slug":"royal-fans-outraged-by-romance-book-about-a-fictional-prince-archie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/lifestyle\/royal-fans-outraged-by-romance-book-about-a-fictional-prince-archie\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal fans outraged by romance book about a fictional Prince &apos;Archie&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Author apologises after being accused of portraying Mehgan Markle as a white woman in self-published fiction book about a Prince called Archie who falls in love with a US commoner<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>US author A.J. Arnault first shared Her Royal Highness on fan fiction site Wattpad<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Prince Harry and Meghan Markle&#8217;s photographer friend shares arty black and white images of the couple<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Royal fans have slammed a new fiction book apparently inspired by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, accusing the author of portraying the Duchess as a white woman.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her Royal Highness, by American author A.J. Arnault, follows the story of\u00a0British royal named Prince Archie who falls in love with a violinist named Lucy, who he meets in New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A.J. first shared the story on fanfiction site Wattpad,\u00a0before deciding to release it on Amazon in December this year, and the cover image features a red-headed man with a white heroine wearing a red dress reminiscent of Meghan Markle&#8217;s scarlet gown at the 2021 Salute To Freedom Gala in New York City<\/p>\n<p>One poster on X &#8211; formerly known as Twitter &#8211; wrote: &#8216;The audacity of a writer to use Prince&#8217;s Harry likeness on the cover of her book &amp; then to have the female lead be a white woman WEARING a copy of Meghan Markle&#8217;s dress.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That&#8217;s the COVER! And to add insult you name the main character Archie? How did you think this was OK?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0SoapSpoiler, A.J. has issued an apology for any hurt caused, saying:\u00a0&#8216;As someone who has never indie published before, I made the decision to release Her Royal Highness on Netgalley to garner such feedback.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/11\/76104371-12587735-Royal_fans_have_slammed_a_new_book_about_a_fictional_Prince_Arch-a-39_1696328278141.jpg\" height=\"1014\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Royal fans have slammed a new book about a fictional Prince &#8216;Archie&#8217; &#8211; a British royal who becomes embroiled in a romance with an American woman\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It became clear to me, however, that there were some themes and elements to the story that were problematic to say the least, and I immediately began work to correct those issues, including scheduling another round of edits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;As I received more negative criticism and realized that I had caused harm to those in all communities, but especially the black community, I was deeply saddened, embarrassed and ashamed.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere one reviewer on Goodreads even dubbed the book &#8216;blatant fanfiction about a real married man and the woman who thinks she should be the Princess&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>A synopsis on the site, where the book has 2.41 stars out of five (with 29 ratings and 22 reviews) summarises the plot: &#8216;When a heartbroken violist is photographed with the Prince of Wales the night before his brother abdicates the throne, their wild one night stand becomes a royal engagement.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The story starts when Prince Arthur &#8211; later dubbed &#8216;Archie&#8217; &#8211; travels to New York City to make an appearance at a charity gala alongside a Lucy Almont, &#8216;who owns a failing charity and was recently dumped by her fianc\u00e9&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>But after spending &#8216;a steamy night&#8217; with her, the royal learns that his brother, the current King of England, has abdicated the throne.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now &#8211; with photos showing the prince out and about with a woman sporting an engagement ring &#8211; Archie is pressured into marrying his one night stand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Will Archie and Lucy be able to convince the public that their love is real, or will their farce come to light and ruin them both?&#8217; the plot summary ends.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/11\/76104777-12587735-image-a-6_1696327463602.jpg\" height=\"808\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Her Royal Highness, by A.J. Arnault, also features an illustration with a woman wearing a red dress reminiscent of Meghan Markle&#8217;s scarlet gown at the 2021 Salute To Freedom Gala<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/11\/76105157-12587735-image-a-29_1696327904421.jpg\" height=\"240\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/15\/76105151-12587735-image-a-2_1696344623462.jpg\" height=\"139\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/11\/76105159-12587735-image-a-32_1696327939768.jpg\" height=\"79\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/11\/76105159-12587735-image-a-33_1696327948469.jpg\" height=\"73\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/11\/76105159-12587735-image-a-34_1696327961497.jpg\" height=\"70\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/11\/76105155-12587735-image-a-35_1696327973491.jpg\" height=\"69\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/11\/76105155-12587735-image-a-36_1696327982780.jpg\" height=\"77\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/11\/76105155-12587735-image-a-37_1696328001393.jpg\" height=\"71\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/11\/76105155-12587735-Social_media_users_have_expressed_their_horror_at_the_writer_s_a-a-38_1696328013624.jpg\" height=\"96\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Social media users have expressed their horror at the writer&#8217;s &#8216;audacity&#8217; while one reviewer even dubbed the book &#8216;blatant fanfiction about a real married man and the woman who thinks she should be the Princess&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>However, not everyone found the book so bad, with Goodreads harbouring a few positive reviews.<\/p>\n<p>Others on social media felt that the author was trying to get &#8216;free publicity&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You are giving her far too much airtime&#8230; which was her intention,&#8217; one poster said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Without the controversial look to Harry&#8217;s likeness, Meghan&#8217;s CH dress on a white woman and the prince&#8217;s name being Archie, she wouldn&#8217;t have received any notice, now EVERYONE&#8217;S talking about her&#8230;&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Absolutely LOVED this! The writer&#8217;s style is my favorite to read&#8230;funny and fun, with a lot of wit and heart,&#8217; one said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Loved Lucy and Archie, their meet cute, everything about their romance. Can&#8217;t wait to read the next book!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;To be perfectly honest- I was a little shocked at how good this book was,&#8217; another admitted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m a sucker for a royal romance and the second I saw the cover with the cartoon prince who is the spitting image of Prince Harry I said sign me up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;However, because it was so obviously inspired by a real life prince I was prepared for the possibility that this could be a really poorly written fan fiction.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/11\/76106087-12587735-image-a-40_1696328323092.jpg\" height=\"446\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Social media users were outraged, with some going as far as to call A.J. &#8216;racist&#8217; as she paired the seemingly Prince Harry-inspired character with a white woman, while the Duchess of Sussex is mixed race. The couple pictured last month\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Within only a few pages I knew I had greatly misjudged this book and was in for a good time.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>According to Goodreads, Her Royal Highness is expected to be available on December 1 of this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that A.J. &#8211; a known author on fanfiction site Wattpad &#8211; first had the story up on her profile before deciding to publish it.<\/p>\n<p>A post from her on the popular writing site, from earlier this year, says: &#8216;Hi everyone! Just a little reminder that today is the last day to read Her Royal Highness before it comes down!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Thank you to everyone who has read Archie and Lucy&#8217;s story! This will be my very first published book, and I can&#8217;t wait to hold a copy in my hands!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Thank you for all of your support.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>MailOnline has reached out to A.J. for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12587735\/Author-apologises-accused-portraying-Mehgan-Markle-white-woman-self-published-fiction-book-Prince-called-Archie-falls-love-commoner.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author apologises after being accused of portraying Mehgan Markle as a white woman in self-published fiction book about a Prince&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Royal fans outraged by romance book about a fictional Prince &amp;apos;Archie&amp;apos; 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