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A London pub’s decision to brand a beer as “Harry’s Bitter” with an image of the Prince’s face could take on a whole new meaning for some drinkers after the release of the Sussexes’ Netflix docu-series. 

The Duke of Sussex in Chiswick, London, has been selling the house ale since December but brewery chain Greene King said the idea to rebrand it using an image of Harry was down to the venue’s own iniative. 

On it’s website the Duke of Sussex describes itself as a pub and dining room: “situated on the edge of Acton Green Common”. It’s food is advertised as “serving a modern menu with a Spanish influence, prepared fresh on the premises daily”.

A member of staff said tonight Harry’s Bitter was still the house ale and was “very popular” with punters. The ale badge features a red, white and blue colour scheme with an image of a bearded Prince Harry at its centre. 

Harry’s Bitter is listed at 3.9 percent alcohol and has the strapline “a royally good tipple”. A spokesperson for Greene King confirmed the beer was on sale. 

The spokesperson said: “It was a decsion by the Duke of Sussex pub to create that name and label for the beer, so that decision wasn’t something Greene King brewery was involved in, so this is the only pub you’ll find it in.”

Harry and Meghan’s “global event’ Netflix series hit screens this week with the first three hour-long episodes being released. In it the couple discuss their decisions to leave the UK and life as working royals.

The reception to the broadcast has been varied with some commentators accusing the Sussexes of being “bitter” for releasing teasers to the show just as Prince William and Kate began their tour of the US for William’s Earthshot Prize last week. 

Royal expert Richard Eden said at the time: “Here it is, the day before Prince William and Catherine’s big royal event in the USA. Bitter Prince Harry and Meghan.”

Netflix said the show “explores the clandestine days of their early courtship and the challenges that led to them feeling forced to step back from their full-time roles in the institution”.

Harry and Meghan signed lucrative deals, thought to be worth more than £100 million, with Netflix and Spotify after quitting as senior working royals.

The first three episodes of a six-part Netflix series are available to stream, with the rest coming on Thursday.

So far, Harry has accused the royals of having a “huge level of unconscious bias” and Meghan alleged that the media wanted to “destroy” her.

The third episode of the documentary referred to an event in 2017 when Princess Michael of Kent wore a blackamoor-style brooch that is deemed to be racist.

Harry said: “In this family, sometimes you are part of the problem rather than part of the solution. There is a huge level of unconscious bias.”

After the documentary aired, a row broke out over whether the royal family and the palaces were given the right to reply to the couple’s controversial show.

A senior palace source said Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace and members of the family were not approached for comment on content in the series.

However, a Netflix source said the communications offices for the King and the Prince of Wales were contacted in advance and given the chance to react to Harry and Meghan’s claims.

Both Kensington Palace and Buckingham Palace confirmed they did receive an email purporting to be from a third-party production company from an unknown organisation’s address and attempted to verify its authenticity with Archewell Productions and Netflix, but never received a response.

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