Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter attacks Harry and Meghan: “They use my grandfather’s name to sell”

After Harry & Meghanthe Duke and Duchess of Sussex are busy producing another documentary, also for Netflixby title Live to lead which tells the life of some of the most important personalities and leaders of recent years. “In doing so, we were inspired by Nelson Mandela and his phrase “What matters in life is not the simple fact of having lived”», explains Harry in the presentation trailer. A quote which, however, Mandela’s niece, the activist and writer, did not like at all Ndileka Mandela who accused the couple of exploiting his grandfather’s legacy for their own personal gain. “I’m used to it,” underlined al The Australian“to people who use his name because they know he sells and Harry and Meghan are no exception”.

A declaration completely disagree with the foundation that bears the name of the South African leader who decided, instead, to support the project. “I know that the foundation has embraced the initiative, but I believe that the couple uses my grandfather’s words to sell and make millions, without the Mandela family deriving any benefit from it”, said the activist who, in a passage of his interview, he also highlighted how the couple continue, wrongly, to draw parallels between their personal history and that of Mandela. The clear reference is to the statements made by Meghan, a few months earlier, regarding what was told to her by a member of the South African cast of the Lion King, during the film’s London premiere. According to Prince Harry’s wife, her marriage would have been welcomed in South Africa with celebrations in the street, exactly as happened for the release from prison of Nelson Mandela. «We are talking about two different things and not in the least comparable. An event comes at the culmination of 350 years of struggle that cost the lives of many people,” Mandela explained.

The activist also addressed the couple advising them to be “more authentic and to focus on their own history, without giving importance to characters they have never known, like my grandfather”. In Mandela’s interview, however, there were not only criticisms: the writer admitted that she admires Harry for having had the courage to rebel against the strict rules of the English crown and that he stood up to his family, just as his grandfather did “when he turned down an arranged marriage to find his own way.” And this is the only admissible comparison between the two for Ndileka Mandela.

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