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Live Updates Prince Harry and Meghan Markle documentary is due to drop on Netflix after weeks of speculation over its contents. Trailers for Harry and Meghan landed on December 1 and December 5 and suggested the couple will tell an emotionally charged story about their experiences of the palace, family and media during royal life. Meghan could be seeing crying in several shots and photographers featured prominently. So too did Kate Middleton, who appeared in both teasers including alongside a headline from Life & Style magazine, which appeared to relate to a 2010 edition that described her as a "Princess in Crisis." In the first teaser, the shot cut from Meghan seemingly crying to Kate and Prince William staring at the camera as the sound of glass breaking was superimposed in the background. The show has already triggered a tidal wave of debate in Britain, where the front page of The Daily Express this morning read: "Stop this betrayal of our beloved … [Read more...] about Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Netflix live updates: ‘They are destroying us’

From the time of Meghan Markle 's engagement to Prince Harry in November 2017 to the 2022 Netflix docu-series detailing the couple's exit from the royal family, members of the press and public have been fascinated by the relationship between the Duchess of Sussex and her sister-in-law, Kate Middleton . Speculation over tensions between the two began to circulate in November 2018, just six months after the royal wedding, with reports that Meghan had made Kate cry in an argument over bridesmaids dresses. In March 2021, Meghan finally took the opportunity to settle the rumors in her own voice, telling Oprah Winfrey in her landmark TV interview that Kate had been the one to make her cry, and that an apology had been made that she accepted. Meghan closed the discussion about her sister-in-law by appealing to fans of both royals, saying: "If you love me, you don't have to hate her. And if you love her, you don't need to hate me." Here, Newsweek looks at what Kate has … [Read more...] about What Kate Middleton has said about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle 's Netflix documentary has sparked a backlash before it has aired—this time over the portrayal of the British media in trailers, in an echo of their Oprah Winfrey interview in 2021. Docu-series Harry & Meghan will drop its first three episodes on December 8 and teasers have suggested they will tell a story of palace leaks , media intrusion, and family hierarchy, though it has already come under fire over accuracy. Newsweek has contacted representatives of the royal couple as well as Netflix for comment. First, the streaming giant was accused of using stock images of packs of photographers to create a narrative about the couple being hounded by the media when in reality the photos had nothing to do with the royals. Then, royal biographer Robert Jobson pointed out that a third image, which appears to show a photographer looming over the couple from a balcony as they go about their day, was in fact taken from an official "pool … [Read more...] about Meghan Markle, Prince Harry trailer scandal echoes Oprah Winfrey backlash

Prince Harry said Princess Diana "spoke the truth of her experience" during a controversial 1995 interview which Prince William has described as a "false narrative." Netflix documentary Harry & Meghan was released on Thursday, December 8, after a week of frenzied speculation about whether it would be critical of the monarchy. The first episode was full of candid behind the scenes footage of the couple with their young children Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor. However, Harry also discussed difficult aspects of his childhood, as he watched his mother being hounded by the media and faced shouted questions as a young boy from the media. The prince also gave his own take on Diana's famous 1995 interview with BBC Panorama , obtained by journalist Martin Bashir after he used falsified financial documents to make it look like her staff were against her. Harry said: "She felt compelled to talk about it. Especially in that Panorama interview. I think we all now … [Read more...] about Prince Harry says Diana spoke “truth” in tell-all Prince William slammed

Prince Harry has described his family's reaction to Meghan Markle 's media treatment as a "rite of passage" faced by royal brides, in his new Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan which premiered on Thursday. Discussing the media harassment faced by Meghan in the weeks and months following the actress' relationship with the prince becoming public, Harry said that the royal family's reaction was one of ambivalence because a number of them had gone through something similar. "What people need to understand is that as far as a lot of my family were concerned, everything that she was being put through, they had been put through as well," he told interviewers. "So it was almost like a rite of passage, and some of the members of the family [were] like 'right, but my wife had to go through that, so why should your girlfriend be treated any differently? Why should you get special treatment? Why should she get protected?' To this, Harry raised a crucial difference which no … [Read more...] about Meghan Markle media abuse dismissed by other royals, Prince Harry Says

Meghan Markle has described the time around her engagement to Prince Harry as an "orchestrated reality show”. The third episode of the Sussexes' new Netflix show, Harry & Meghan, which dropped this morning, opens with archive footage of the pair being interviewed about their engagement. Reflecting on the 2018 interview, Meghan describes it as an "orchestrated reality show", before adding: 'It was rehearsed,' and elaborates on how the couple were prepped and told what they had to do. It then cuts to footage of various royals, including Kate and Camilla, talking about how happy they were at the engagement, and Harry and Meghan describing William and Kate as 'wonderful' and helpful. It then cuts to the couple being interviewed now, and Meghan adds: 'My point is, we weren’t allowed to tell our story because they didn’t want…’ and Harry adds: 'We’ve never been allowed to tell our story,’ to which Meghan replies 'That’s true….until now.’ The couple announced their … [Read more...] about Meghan Markle says engagement to Prince Harry was ‘orchestrated reality show’

A German prince was among those arrested this week by security police and is believed to be a leader of a group suspected of wanting to violently overthrow the German government. Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss was arrested by police Wednesday and is suspected to a leader in the “Reichsburger” (Citizens of the Reich) movement and is alleged to have been plotting to violently overthrow the German government, as the movement’s adherents do not recognize the validity of the current German constitution. The aristocrat, whose family once ruled part of Thuringia, was one of the 22 alleged members of the group and three supporters arrested Wednesday, according to the German Federal Prosecutor. Another arrested was a former member of the German armed forces special forces unit, the KSK, the newspaper Die Welt reports . Federal Prosecutor General Peter Frank stated that Wednesday’s action, which saw 150 different properties raided across Germany, was aimed specifically at a group within … [Read more...] about German Prince Among Those Suspected Plotting Armed Coup

Piers Morgan on Monday lashed out at Meghan Markle and Prince Harry during an appearance on Fox & Friends . Morgan, a well-known broadcaster who hosts Piers Morgan Uncensored on Fox Nation, spoke with host Ainsley Earhardt about a report that an image in the trailer for the upcoming Netflix documentary Harry & Meghan allegedly uses a stock picture taken from a Harry Potter movie premiere. The image, which shows a group of photographers, was allegedly taken before the couple met. "This Harry Potter thing actually goes to the heart of where I think the problem lies with these two—emphasis on the word 'lies.' They just made this up," Morgan said. Morgan became more heated when he turned the discussion to Harry's mother, the late Princess Diana . "They use a lot of imagery of Princess Diana on what she had to go through and paparazzi. Let me tell you, I knew Diana well. I used to speak to her regularly, used to have lunch with her. She had 10 times the … [Read more...] about Piers Morgan calls Meghan Markle comparison to Princess Diana “disgraceful”

Meghan Markle's mother, Doria Ragland, has spoken out for the first time since her daughter started dating Prince Harry in 2016 as part of the royal couple's new Netflix docuseries, released on Thursday. Ragland, 66, appears in a sit-down interview as part of the series' second episode, telling interviewers that she is "ready to have my voice heard." When asked to introduce herself, Ragland told viewers: "My name is Doria and I am Meghan's mom, and the last five years has been challenging, yeah. I'm ready to have my voice heard that's for sure. A little bit of my experience you know, as her mom." As part of the episode, Ragland recounts the first time she heard about her daughter's relationship with Britain's Prince Harry following the couple's meeting in 2016. "When she told me, we were on the phone and she says, 'Mommy, I'm going out with Prince Harry,'" she said. "And I started whispering, 'Oh my god.' She says, 'You can't tell [anyone].'" On her first meeting with … [Read more...] about Meghan Markle’s mom says “I’m ready to have my voice heard” in docuseries

Meghan Markle has recounted her first meeting with Kate Middleton and Prince William while she was dating Prince Harry , in an interview shown in her new Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan . As a TV actress who began dating the royal in 2016, Meghan discusses the challenges of press intrusion and fitting in with the royals during the second installment of the six-episode season, released as part of a multi-million-dollar content creation deal with Netflix . Discussing her early relationship with Harry in hindsight, Meghan told series viewers: "It's so funny if I look back at it now, because now I know so much and I'm so glad I didn't then. Because I could just authentically be myself without so much preparedness." On this theme, the duchess offered her first meeting with future brother- and sister-in-law, Prince William and Kate Middleton, as an example. "Even when Will and Kate came over and I met her for the first time, they came over for dinner and I was in … [Read more...] about Meghan Markle recounts first meeting with Kate Middleton while “barefoot”