Prince Harry and Meghan Markle dismiss South Park lawsuit rumour

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex person reportedly dismissed claims they were readying to writer the creators of cartoon drama South Park.

An occurrence titled "The Worldwide Privacy Tour" features 2 characters who bare a resemblance to Harry and Meghan, embarking connected a circuit crossed the satellite demanding their privacy.

The couple's spokesperson told People: "It's each frankly nonsense. Totally baseless, boring reports."

The 22-minute occurrence aired past month.

Centred astir a red-headed prince quality and his woman who relocate to South Park, Colorado, the "Prince of Canada" is seen promoting his publication astir the world.

Stan Marsh, 1 of the show's main characters, refers to the fictional mates arsenic the "dumb prince and his anserine wife".

Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park archetypal premiered connected Comedy Central successful 1997 and has often featured characters who carnivore a resemblance to celebrated faces.

The animated bid begins each occurrence with a disclaimer saying that each its characters are fictional.

However, portion Harry and Meghan's names are ne'er mentioned successful the episode, the fictional Prince of Canada's publication appears to beryllium a notation to Prince Harry's memoir, Spare, which was released astatine the opening of the year.

Spare became the fastest-selling non-fiction publication successful the UK since records began successful 1998. It sold 467,183 copies successful its archetypal week, according to authoritative figures from Nielsen BookData.

The publication outlines highly idiosyncratic grievances and bitterness successful the Royal Family, specified arsenic a assertion helium and Prince William urged their begetter not to wed Camilla.

It besides provides behind-the-scenes details of the struggle helium had with his brother, Prince William, the heir to the throne.

Harry sat down with UK and US broadcasters to beforehand the book, with CBS describing their interview with the royal arsenic "explosive".