The Royal Family are sure to be breathing a "huge sigh of relief" following Meghan Markle and Prince Harry 's explosive Netflix docuseries today, an expert has claimed.
The Duke and Duchess's first instalment of 'Harry & Meghan' was released on the streaming giant on Thursday morning, with new episodes set to hit the screen next week.
Following the release, Go Up chief executive Edward Coram-James has said that the Firm will be relived to have seen that the promotional material that was used perviously now "appears to have been misleading".
The reputation and crisis management expert explained that from the trailers, which came out just days ago, it was expected that the royal couple would be blasting the Royals, and not the media.
He went on to say that he is more concerned with the criticism of the media and press being highlighted throughout the episodes, rather than overt critique of the Royal Family.
Mr Coram-James told The Express : "Pictures of a furious Princess of Wales, plastered across Netflix’s advertising outlets, promised audiences a high level, inside job hit piece with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex attacking the Royal Family.
"This intentional piece of smoke and mirrors advertising, promising one thing but delivering another, has been successful, generating huge international publicity and driving up numbers for a streaming platform that has had a very bad year defined by declining subscriber numbers, revenue and value.
"But, in reality, this series appears to be more of a hit piece against the media than against the Royal Family."
The expert went on to suggest that the documentary is designed to "create a clear distinction" between the "cold and distant" institution and a "light and relatable Harry and Meghan".
Through looking at the series in the perspective of a reputation management expert, Mr Coram-James called the docuseries a "masterstroke from the Sussexes".
He said: "Individuals rarely get to dictate and oversee the biopic of their own lives.
"In normal circumstances, journalists and filmmakers try to be as objective as possible, giving a rounded overview, interviewing multiple sources on either side of a debate and asking the subject hard-hitting questions.
"However, this series sees an informative but also very two-dimensional view of the world purely through the eyes of the Sussexes.
"I would be delighted if one of my clients was able to have a many-hour Netflix series about their lives, which promised to take their words at face value and with zero scrutiny."
However, he has admitted that the Netflix series is unlikely to "change impressions" that the public have about the couple, saying: "The world already knows a lot about Meghan and Harry and most people have already developed their opinions. From a reputational point of view, it is important to get in quick and get in early.
"After an impression has been formed, it is very hard to change that impression.
"So, as reputation management experts, we need to be able to set the storyline and define options from the very outset."
He went on to add that opinions many people have about the pair are already 'cemented'.
Mr Coram-James continued: "The world has watched this argument slowly build over a number of years, and opinions are now baked in.
"Those that love the Royal Family will find many reasons in this docuseries to further dislike The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, being cynical about their claims of innocence in all of this and suspicious that the real intention may be financial.
"Those that are fans of The Duke and Duchess will walk away even more entrenched in their view that the Royal Family is an out of touch, formal, colonial relic that has to go and that Meghan and Harry are victims of an ongoing harassment campaign."
