The BBC has defended its 'excessive' coverage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Netflix series following its release earlier this week - and ahead of the second instalment. The first three episodes of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's highly-anticipated docuseries dropped on the streaming service on Thursday (December 8) with three more episodes set to follow next Thursday (December 15).
Harry and Meghan opened their lives to the cameras with filming for the controversial show starting in 2020 after they stepped back as senior royals. In September 2020, it was revealed that Meghan and Harry would be making a number of films and series, including documentaries and children's shows as part of a deal the couple signed with Netflix in the months after their bombshell royal family announcement.
And after a tense build-up, the streaming giant released the first volume of the series, entitled Harry & Meghan, on December 8, three months after Harry's grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II died. However, it was immediately confirmed at the start of the series that all interviews had been completed by August 2022, a couple of months before the monarch's death.
