Amazon Prime’s Citadel starring one of Meghan Markle’s best friends makes sexual insult against Kate

A big budget thriller starring one of the Duchess of Sussex’s best friends makes a crude and sexual jibe about the Princess of Wales.

Citadel, which is being screened on streaming giant Amazon Prime, stars Indian actress Priyanka Chopra Jones who has repeatedly backed Meghan publicly.

Ms Chopra Jones, 41, plays the leading lady, an elite espionage agent Nadia Sinh in the five-part spy action series.

And in the third episode, she is involved in a scene with a crime boss named Balduino Basto, portrayed by by Sen Monro.

Richard Madden’s character Mason Kane goes to see Basto in Morocco under Nadia’s instructions and she is speaking to him in his ear.

Meghan Markle (left) has often been publicly supported by Priyanka (right)

Basto is then asked for help to break into the armed forces chief’s office.

It prompts him to say: ‘The chief of armed forces? You might as well have asked me how to get between the legs of the Duchess of Cambridge!’

Last week it was claimed that the new live action remake of Disney movie The Little Mermaid, which is one of the Duchess of Sussex’s favourites, contains a dig at her sister-in-law.

A critic who saw an early screening of the film noted the apparent jibe against the Princess of Wales, in the script for the movie.

The reviewer pointed to the scene where Ariel and Prince Eric meet, after she’s given up her voice to get to the surface and he has to try to guess her name.

He said: ‘His first guess is Diana. His second guess is Catherine, but after [Ariel gives a disgusted] reaction, he [concludes] ‘OK, definitely not Catherine.’

‘Disney would be disingenuous to imply those name choices were coincidental.’

Ms Chopra Jonas and the Duchess of Sussex, 41, became friends when they met at an Elle magazine event in 2016 and soon after the Duchess of Sussex interviewed for her blog The Tig, which is no longer in existence. They were also seen at the theatre together on New York’s Broadway where they were watching musical Hamilton shortly after.

Ms Chopra Jonas plays the leading lady, an elite espionage agent Nadia Sinh, in Amazon Prime’s Citadel

The third episode contains a crude sexual reference to the Princess of Wales, although refers to her by her previous title, the Duchess of Cambridge

Priyanka (right) attends the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018 (pictured with Abigail Spencer, left)

In 2018, Ms Chopra Jones wrote an open letter about her friend before the royal wedding in 2018, around the time Meghan made it onto the TIME 100 list.

She said: ‘More than anything else, Meghan is an important influencer in a world that needs strong public figures to respect and look up to.

‘People the world can be inspired by. Meghan, standing shoulder to shoulder with Harry, will be a princess for the people.’

Ms Chopra Jonas also staunchly defended the Duchess after the marriage, telling the Sunday Times in 2019: ‘If there’s anyone who can handle it, it’s her.’

She added that the criticism ‘has to do with racism’ and that Markle had ‘always been the girl wanting to move the needle.’

Citadel is one of the most expensive television shows, with a production budget of almost £300 million. It premiered on April 28 and a second season has recently been commisioned.