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\"We talk about this being a prank but actually its not particularly funny for Prince Harry,\" said ABC News royal contributor Victoria Murphy. \"This has been quite a difficult period in his life.\"

\"He thought he was talking to someone that he knows. He thought it was a private conversation. So for that to be put into the public domain, [it's] quite unkind,\" she said.

This is not the first time Kuznetsov and Stolyarovi have posed as Thunberg to dupe a prominent figure. Just last month, they claimed they called U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and offered Thunberg's support to his campaign, according to The Associated Press.

Harry and Meghan have been living on Vancouver Island for the past several months as they chart their new future.

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In their new roles as non-working royals, the Sussexes will no longer use their HRH titles and will also no longer represent Queen Elizabeth and no longer receive public funds for royal duties, freeing them to earn money on their own.

They also plan to spend the majority of their time in North America, though they are keeping their Frogmore Cottage home in the U.K.

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