The new Netflix documentary on Harry and Meghan launched on Thursday, December 8 to a huge global audience. The six-part series has been split into two three-part drops with the second due later this month.
Demand was so high for the first three episodes that Netflix's servers crashed due to so many people logging on. There has been a lot of analysis on the series which shows the intimate moments of Harry and Meghan's romance from the early days to marriage, children and life through the media lens.
There has been a huge focus on the accusations and terrible treatment that the couple has had to endure as a result of being part of the Royal Family by the British Media. In one episode, Harry made comparisons between his mother, Princess Diana being chased by paparazzi in the 90s to his wife experiencing the same treatment. Meghan mentioned she felt unsupportive by the Royal Family when it came to dealing with the stress and pressure associated with her newfound fame in the UK reports Yorkshire Live.
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Royal commentators were afraid that the documentary would contain 'utterly explosive' revelations about the Royals. However, the show hasn't revealed anything other than criticisms already speculated on in the media. This includes those allegations that were made by Harry and Meghan in their interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Harry and Meghan stepped away from Royal duties before moving to America. Royal Correspondent Jennie Bond remarked that she felt Meghan was unprepared for Royal life.
She spoke to Ben Shephard and Kate Garraway on Good Morning Britain (GMB) on Friday, December 09 where she said: "William was right all the time when he suggested, we are told, that Harry should take his time and just think whether Meghan...wasn't the right woman for him but whether she was cut out for this role.
"Because the level of unpreparedness for life within the Royal family is astonishing. She didn't understand the formality, she didn't understand it was a hierarchy and she wasn't going to be the chief executive, she didn't understand our manners, our culture, the hugging..."
She added: "All of this suggests, to me, that she needed more time to assess whether she, an independent, forthright woman of mature years, should want to go into the structure of the Royal Family, I think she needed more time and William was right."
Journalist Iain Dale also appeared on the show and said that the documentary had failed to show the Queen's efforts to make Meghan feel welcome. He said, "One thing that probably doesn't come through in this is how the Queen tried to make her welcome in the Royal Family."
"I had Gyles Brandreth on my show last night, who's written this new book about the Queen and he went into quite a lot of detail about what she personally did to try and make Meghan feel welcome. And yet, we're given the impression - I think, from what they've been saying - that there was nothing like that at the beginning at all and right from the start she felt a complete outsider."
Social Activist Nimco Ali said that people should be sensitive to both when the discussion turned to allegations of racism which were made towards the Royal Family by Meghan.
She said: "I think two things can be true at the same time, Meghan did experience racism and the media did racially abuse her but, also, at the same time we don't have to make an enemy of William and Kate who are both people who are doing their duty as part of the monarchy.
"So, there has to be some kind of reality check of a lot of us who are trying to take sides and we have to understand as much as this is a Royal Family, this is still a family issue and they're just airing their grievances publicly so I wish we were all a little bit more sensitive to both brothers."
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