Inside Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Netflix Series—and Palace Reaction.
14-12-2022
By Aarti Rawat
Meghan and Harry open up about their lives, love, and royal treatment in their Netflix documentary.
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A person close to them said, "These are two people who sincerely love each other and have given up everything in different moments to be together." "That's lovely."
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The documentary's lovely family moments—from their first date selfie to Harry's garden proposal—are simply part of what Harry calls the "dirty game" between the press and the palace.
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Harry believes there's a familial hierarchy. "There's leakage and story planting." Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Netflix Documentaries: 12 Big Reveals
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Harry's connection to his father, King Charles, and brother, Prince William, is tense, and a senior family member shared such charges with the world.
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"Brotherly peace will take a long time. "There is a lot of wraths," claims a royal source. A palace source says William and Kate, 40, ignore the series and have aides watch.
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According to the royal household insider, Charles "would surely save the situation if he could." He wants this stopped."
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Palace officials were still hurt by Harry and Meghan's 2020 move to California and their explosive Oprah Winfrey interview alleging racism in the royal family, which Charles and William rejected.
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The final three episodes, starting Dec. 15, will address Harry and Meghan's troubles with palace courtiers and the U.K. media, as shown in this week's promos.
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"They were happy to lie to save my brother," Harry adds. "They never protected us with the truth."
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Harry calls the palace's neglect of racist U.K. media stories and the couple's safety worries "institutional gaslighting."
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The documentary placed the pair "in the bigger [discussion] about racism and the culture wars that they've gotten inexorably tangled up with," says royal biographer Catherine Mayer, writer of Charles:
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The Heart of a King. "Young people and people of color will regard this as an institutional failure." That's potent."
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Another royal family insider says, "The fallout to the institution is not insignificant" over the past few years, adding, "It's an organization behind the times in terms of company ethics and structure."
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"If both sides desire it, reconciliation is possible," says royal biographer Ingrid Seward.
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"The King can't do more than play a long game," argues Seward, "and let it ride." Charles, as leader of the family and institution, must defend both.