Air New Zealand lashes out at Harry after the airline debunked claims he made in his explosive memoir that “Megs” had booked a first class flight for her father to travel to the UK
- Air New Zealand has taken a swipe at Prince Harry over the airline’s claim
- The Duke of Sussex said Meghan bought a first-class ticket for father Thomas Markle
- The airline immediately dropped the claim that it does not offer first-class tickets
Air New Zealand has lashed out at Prince Harry after claiming Meghan booked a flight the airline says never existed.
The Duke of Sussex had claimed Meghan bought a first-class ticket from Mexico to the UK for her father Thomas Markle over concerns about media harassment.
On Thursday, Air New Zealand denied claims it has never operated flights between Mexico and the United Kingdom and does not offer first class service.
The airline followed up on its response by giving the Sussexes a cheeky look on Friday.
Air New Zealand has taken a swipe at Prince Harry after refuting one of his claims he made about the airline in his memoir Spare.
The Duke of Sussex had claimed Meghan bought a first-class ticket from Mexico to the UK for her father Thomas Markle over concerns about media harassment
“Introducing #SussexClass. Seems to be coming soon,” the airline wrote on Twitter.
The blow has drawn mixed reactions online, with some social media users unimpressed.
“Bad form from Air NZ. Someone on the social media team is clearly not a Harry fan and although the entire customer base would find that funny,” one wrote.
A second added: “Note to you Air NZ, backing and side picking is not a smart idea.
“Especially when most of the argument is about racism and the treatment of people of color.
“I’m not sure who runs your Twitter account, but I highly recommend getting them replaced.”
Other social media users applauded the dig, which Air New Zealand is supporting.
“Any vacancies?” one wrote.
In his memoir, Harry wrote that Meghan bought the first-class ticket to take her estranged father to the UK.
“We told him leave Mexico immediately: a whole new level of harassment is about to rain down on you, so come to the UK. Now,” revealed an excerpt from Spare.
“Air New Zealand, first class, booked and paid for by Meg.”
Air New Zealand denied the claim on Thursday, saying it has never operated flights between Mexico and the United Kingdom – and it does not offer first class service
The airline followed up on its response by giving the Sussexes a cheeky look on Friday
Air New Zealand promptly shut down the claim, saying it was not providing first class service.
“We have never had flights between Mexico and the UK. And we only have Business Premier,” an Air NZ spokesman told the New Zealand Herald.
The book reveals that the Sussexes rejected the late Queen’s suggestion that Meghan should fly to Mexico and try to salvage her relationship with her father.
Other questions about the accuracy of the bomb memoirs were raised after observant readers found other inaccuracies on social media.
In Spare, the Duke writes of his “great-great-great-great-great-grandfather,” King Henry VI, who founded Eton College and died in 1471 – despite the fact that Henry VI’s direct lineage after his son Edward of Westminster died a childless teenager at the Battle of Tewkesbury.
Prince Harry’s actual great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was King George III, who reigned from 1760 to 1811, more than three centuries after the death of Henry VI.
Historians were quick to take to social media to question the accuracy of Harry’s connection to Henry VI, the last of the Lancastrian dynasty.
Royal correspondent Patricia Treble pointed out the genealogical error and the fact that Henry VI. After the death of his son in 1471 he had no descendants.
Others blamed the memoir’s ghostwriter, award-winning American journalist and author JR Moehringer, for Henry VI’s error.