Why Bethenny Frankel is ‘obsessed’ with Prince Harry, Meghan

Bethenny Frankel, an outspoken critic of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, explained why she is “obsessed” with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

“Because of the greater meaning. It’s not necessarily what we say or what we do, but it’s how we do it,” the “Real Housewives of New York City” alum said in a video posted to Instagram Sunday night.

Frankel explained that she feels Harry’s bombshell memoir, “Spare,” in which he drags his royal family members, did more harm than good for him and his wife.

“To scorch the Earth and to burn bridges and to handle a situation in such a reckless, salacious manner doesn’t achieve the result,” she said. “The royal family is more popular than they were before you started this circus.”

The former Bravolebrity, 52, opined that even if Harry, 38, was trying to highlight greater issues like racism and mental health struggles, he failed to make real change because the public is too focused on the drama of it all.

“The focus is on this whole massive charade versus the actual issues, versus anyone talking about the actual racism in society as it pertains to this matter, or the mental health of it, or the sibling rivalry, or the relentlessness about paparazzi,” she said. “And in life and in business, I’ve learned that you don’t take every single opportunity to scorch and torch the joint.”

While slamming the prince’s strategy, Frankel offered up some sound advice.

“You might be able to get further by playing chess and not checkers,” she advised. “While I’ve worked with many different people in my career, there have been issues that I would like to change. Instead of scorching the Earth because I was scorned, I handled them professionally, and this is so much more important because this is about someone’s family.”

The Skinnygirl founder used her own life as an example, explaining that even throughout her nasty eight-year divorce from Jason Hoppy, she refrained from speaking badly about her ex-husband for the sake of their now-12-year-old daughter, Bryn.

“While people have said I’m a reality star that has written books and been on reality television and shared certain aspects of my personal life, I have spared most aspects of my personal life, specifically because I have a daughter,” she noted.

“As it pertains to my wretched divorce, court documents released some things, but I have spoken very little about the specifics of that matter because I do have a daughter, so I don’t believe in just torching the joint.”

Frankel said that she instead…