In this docuseries, the first three episodes of which have been broadcast since Thursday on Netflix, the couple intends to give their version of the truth, in particular to explain their departure from the royal family and the country.
Harry and Meghan begins like a fairy tale, with the meeting and then the birth of the love story between the prince and the artist, says our correspondent in London, Emily Wine. Harry explains that he met Meghan in July 2016: “ She sacrificed her freedom so much to join me in my world. Very quickly, I sacrificed everything I knew to join her in hers. »
The documentary interweaves archive footage, personal photos, a video diary and interviews with friends. The couple also settle accounts with the British tabloids, accused of ” destroy as they had done with Diana. And it is precisely the memory of Diana which hovers over the episodes. ” Everything Meghan is, her whole way of being, is like my mother. She has the same compassion, the same empathy, the same confidence. She is warm “says Harry.
Racist attacks singled out
Almost three years later their shattering break with the monarchy and three months to the day after the accession to the throne of King Charles III, Harry & Meghan, eagerly awaited in the United Kingdom, brings to the fore a crisis which has seen British royalty accused of never having accepted the American actress, mixed race and divorced. Meghan and Harry, nicknamed “H”, both recount the racist attacks suffered by Meghan, the passivity of the royal family, and especially the chases with the paparazzi.
The question now is whether and how Buckingham will react. And contrary to the banner claiming the Royal Family declined to comment on the documentary, Buckingham Palace said it was not ” approach to react.
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(And with AFP)