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MPs are attempting to bring in a new law that would allow the King to strip rogue royals like Harry and Meghan of their titles.
Amid growing fury at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's Netflix documentary, a new bill in parliament today would, if passed, grant Charles III and politicians greater powers to remove ranks of nobility.
Labour MP Rachael Maskell tabled the Removal of Titles Bill to target a different royal, the Duke of York, over his association with late American paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
But the Private Members Bill could also be used to remove the Sussex dukedom from Harry and Meghan.
It came as a Tory MP for Sussex demanded the couple finally lose their titles due to their 'lack of respect' for the Royal Family and the UK.
There are growing calls for Harry and Meghan to be stripped of their royal titles in the wake of their extraordinary Netflix drama
Tim Loughton says Prince Charles should cut off the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, declaring: 'I am ashamed that this deeply embarrassing couple bear the title of our great county'
East Worthing and Shoreham's Tim Loughton joined the clamour for Prince Charles to cut off the Duke and Duchess, declaring: 'I am ashamed that this deeply embarrassing couple bear the title of our great county'.
After the first three episodes began streaming yesterday, and three more to come next Thursday, Mr Loughton said: 'As a Member of Parliament for a Sussex constituency and having been born in Sussex and lived most of my life here.. it is time to take the title back from someone so clearly lacking any respect'.
Meanwhile a minister today branded the couple 'utterly irrelevant' to Britain and urged the country to boycott Netflix.
Employment Minister Guy Opperman said the 'very troubled couple' are a 'sad state of affairs' and said he will refuse to watch their docu-series, which will reputedly earn them $100million.
Appearing on BBC Question Time last night, he said: 'They are utterly irrelevant to this country and the progress of this country and the royal family that we all, I believe, support.'
He added: 'I don't think it has a fundamental impact on the Royal Family. I certainly won't be watching it. I would urge everyone to boycott Netflix and make sure that we actually focus on the things that matter.'
However No10 said today that Rishi Sunak did not support Ms Maskell's bill and would not support it. On the call for a boycott, the spokesman said 'it's a matter for the public what channels they want to watch'.
Asked if Rishi Sunak still has his Netflix account, the official replied: 'I honestly don't know.'
Ms Maskell's bill is highly unlikely to pass without government support, even if it gets time on the floor of the Commons today.
Yesterday fellow Conservative MP Bob Seely told MailOnline he is tabling a separate Private Members' Bill that would give the Privy Council power to downgrade their status by adapting the 1917 Titles Deprivation Act, which was used against aristocrats who sided with the Germans during the First and Second World War.
The Isle of Wight MP said the couple were 'monetising' their titles with 'aggressive' and 'unbelievable' attacks on the Royal Family and Britain. Backbench Bills rarely become law, but Mr Seely said presenting the proposals to the House will be 'a start'.
Meghan and Harry have been accused of trying to 'bring down the monarchy' with their Netflix docu-series, which attacks the Royal Family, trashes the Queen's Commonwealth legacy and dubs the UK racist.
The former Suits star was also accused of showing disrespect to the Queen when she thought Harry was 'joking' when he asked her to curtsey for his grandmother before doing an exaggerated bow on screen that also left her husband looking less than impressed.
Conservative MP for Workington, Mark Jenkinson, tweeted after seeing the clip: 'The ultimate betrayal. And he just sits and watches'.
It comes as the couple's bombshell Netflix documentary has been accused of attacking the late Queen's legacy after branding the Commonwealth 'Empire 2.0'.
The association of nations, much-loved by Her Majesty, is given the label by academic Afua Hirsch, while author Kehinde Andrews claims 'nothing has changed' from the UK's colonial past, apart from the Royal Family's 'better PR'.
The commentators suggest this racist legacy made it difficult for Meghan to be both assimilated into the firm and widely accepted and loved by the British public.
But the comments have been described as 'deeply offensive' by some viewers.
They also discuss Princess Michael of Kent a Blackamoor-style brooch to a pre-Christmas event the Duchess of Sussex attended in 2017. She was forced to apologise.
Harry said: 'In this family sometimes your part of the problem rather than part of the solution. And there is a huge level of unconscious bias. The thing with unconscious bias is actually no one's fault.'
Meghan adds: 'Obviously now everyone is aware of my race because they made it such an issue when I went to the UK. Before then. I wasn't really treated like a black woman'.
MailOnline can also reveal:
Labour MP Rachael Maskell (top) tabled the Removal of Titles Bill to target a different royal, the Duke of York (above), over his association with late American paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. But the Private Members Bill could also be used to remove the Sussex dukedom from Harry and Meghan.
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