Speaking on Meghan and Harry’s Netflix documentary, the Duchess’ friend Lucy Fraser said the couple’s visit to Australia was the turning point in their lives.
She said Meghan and Harry are so popular with the public. “The palace internals were incredibly threatened by this,” she said, referring to Meghan’s work and speeches.
In the fourth installment of the documentary, Prince Harry says: The problem is when marrying someone who’s supposed to be a supporting actor then steals the limelight or does the job better than the person born to it. It upsets people, it shifts the balance. because you have been led to believe that the only way your charities can be successful and the only way your reputation can grow or be improved is by appearing on the front pages of these newspapers.”
As a result, Harry and Meghan say they were invited to breakfast at Buckingham Palace and Meghan was on the front page of The Telegraph that morning. “She said, ‘It wasn’t my fault,’ and I said, ‘My mom felt the same way.
A clip of Diana’s interview then plays, asking if she’s flattered by the media attention.
Diana replies, “No. Not particularly, with the media attention came a lot of jealousy. There were a lot of complications from that.”