As of this morning, the documentary is available to stream on Netflix: live blog and spasmodic media attention. From the first meeting (he was all sweaty) to remembering his mother and Elizabeth, Meghan had no idea what to expect
LONDON — Newspapers, websites and TV with live updates, royal viewers with sharp pencils ready to take the field. And the first verdicts for Harry and Meghan. The Dukes of Sussex have stripped naked in a documentary on Netflix, an operation that has garnered huge media and public interest.
The of Sussex is a script that takes you back in time to the days of Diana and Carlo’s divorce and the extensive interviews afforded by the two princes. There are no revelations. While it seems that it is more about the relationship between the two protagonists and intimate moments in their history, the documentary makes a harsh indictment of the press and the impossibility of living a normal life within the Windsors. “Most of my childhood memories – Harry points out – are connected to the paparazzi. There has never been a holiday without a photographer jumping out of the bushes. The prince remembers that even as a child he felt scrutinized and observed. My mother did an amazing job of protecting us, she insists, because she knew the reality of the ongoing press interest. And the Panorama interview? We now know that my mother was framed, but at the same time we have to acknowledge that she revealed her experience. My mother – he added – was followed, annoyed and harassed by photographers during her marriage, after the separation the situation worsened. Women who enter this family through marriage suffer, she said.
I didn’t want history to repeat itself. My first responsibility – he underlined – is to protect my family, because the dynamic that is created is that of hunters versus prey.
According to the prince, Meghan is very similar to Diana: she has the same compassion, the same warmth. Our story is a love story. First she left her world to join mine, then I left mine to enter hers.
The first meeting (Harry was late, I was very excited, says the prince, he was red, sweaty, Meghan specified), an hour together, for a drink, the day after the invitation to dinner, the first joint photo was taken a small restaurant in Soho, an actually normal couple, the trip to Africa, five days together in a tent and so on. Harry, says Meghan, knew what he was looking for. He had a list of requirements that are needed in a respected company.
The behavior of the two in Britain, the decision to break away from royalty and move to the United States, as well as telling their own story, are aspects that are deeply connected to Diana’s death in the Dukes’ interpretation of the division between public and private so difficult for the Princess of Wales. When my mother died, as if William and I had two hats, one of very grieving children, the other of kings, we carry on despite the difficulties. The country gathered us as if we were its children, the expectation of seeing us in public was hard to cope with.
The documentary draws on testimonies from friends and former schoolmates, as well as Meghan’s mother, Doria, who is happy to finally be able to make her voice heard. The Dukes, Harry points out, did everything they could to adjust to life at the Windsors, but the situation was unbearable. At first, everything seemed possible: My grandmother was the first relative that Meghan met, Harry recalled, emphasizing the queen’s naturalness and her warmth. I think it came as a bit of a shock to Meghan. She had no idea what to expect.
December 8, 2022 (change December 8, 2022 | 11:58 am)
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