Disney's The Little Mermaid is understood to include a scene where Aerial shows her disdain for the name "Catherine." Photo / Disney
Disney's The Little Mermaid is understood to include a scene where Aerial shows her disdain for the name "Catherine." Photo / Disney
Meghan Markle has described Disney’s The Little Mermaid as having parallels with her time in the royal family. Now, as the beloved film becomes a live-action remake, it’s being suggested the new version includes some digs at her sister-in-law, Catherine, the Princess of Wales.
According to the DailyMail, a critic who saw an early screening of the film has noted there is a scene that makes an obvious dig at Catherine, and a mention of her predecessor, Diana.
Speaking to Page Six, the reviewer pointed to the scene where Ariel and Prince Eric meet on the beach. Ariel’s given up her voice to get to the surface and Eric is trying to guess her name.
“His first guess is Diana. His second guess is Catherine, but after [Ariel gives a disgusted] reaction, he [concludes] ‘OK, definitely not Catherine.’”
According to the reviewer, “Disney would be disingenuous to imply those name choices were coincidental.”
Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle at Wimbledon. Photo / Getty Images
Diana is of course the name of Prince Harry’s mother, the former Princess of Wales, and Catherine is the name of the new Princess of Wales, who has been long-known as Kate - and is Meghan Markle’s sister-in-law.
Markle revealed she’d made a comparison of her own struggle as she became a royal to The Little Mermaid during her interview with Oprah.
“I was sitting in Nottingham cottage and The Little Mermaid came on,” said Markle.
