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The second part of the Harry & Meghan documentary came to Netflix last week with three final episodes were controversial. The latter half of the six-part series was different from the first three instalments, which chronicled Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s whirlwind romance. The final part of the show concentrated on the media’s treatment of the couple and their decision to break away from the Royal Family.
Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliam said about the documentary: “Well, it’s Harry and Meghan feeling like they’re victims, so they are putting their story out there and obviously that is a form of revenge. The institution can’t easily fight back.”
The royal expert continued: “Well, as far as they’re concerned, they conflate the different forms of media – the royal commentators or correspondents, the paparazzi photographers who are there officially there to cover things, social media and that aspect of that.
“What you get from the Sussexes is a point of view and they manufacture the point of view, in my opinion, to suit themselves.
“Of course, there are very serious issues dealing with mental health and stress but that’s a totally different thing.
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Harry and Meghan’s documentary has been explosive (Image: GETTY • NETFLIX)
Harry and Meghan in their documentary (Image: NETFLIX)
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“What they do so far as the press is concerned is, as I say, is they conflate.”
Fitzwilliam said all the different aspects of media from royal correspondents, commentators to paparazzi and official photographers and social media were essentially all lumped together under “media” by the couple rather than separating them.
He added: “They see the media as an enemy and they see the palace colluding with it.”
Harry & Meghan has already been a huge hit for Netflix after the show saw 2.4million people tuning in to watch the show on the day of its release on December 8.
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Prince Harry speaks out on his Netflix documentary (Image: NETFLIX)
Meghan Markle speaks out on the Netflix series (Image: NETFLIX)
This figure surpasses the success of Netflix’s Royal Family drama The Crown, which only managed to attract 1.1million people on the day of release after it landed on November 9.
Since the show has now dropped in its entirety, this number is likely to have gone up again even further.
Reflecting on the impact of the series, Fitzwilliam said it was a “rather strong attack on the Royal Family”.
“It’s damaging. To what extent it’s going to be damaging in the long-term depends on the relationship between the Royal Family and the Sussexes, it’s not good at the moment,” he explained.
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Fitzwilliam also spoke out on some of the inconsistencies in the documentary, namely the Sandringham Summit in which Prince Harry said his father King Charles III and brother Prince William “screamed and shouted” about Meghan.
Prince Harry said in the documentary: “It became very clear very quickly that that goal wasn’t up for discussion or debate.
“It was terrifying to have my brother scream and shout at me and my father say things that simply weren’t true.
“And my grandmother, you know, quietly sit there and sort of take it all in.”
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However, Fitzwilliam said the suggestion the late Queen would have stayed silent on the matter didn’t hold water with him.
Fitzwilliam said he wasn’t convinced by “the idea that the Queen would just sit there and take things” and said this silence would mean “by implication not have her own views on how to solve it, I wouldn’t buy that.”
The documentary has spawned widespread global reaction but the Royal Family has yet to officially comment on the series and many think it’s unlikely they will do so.
Following on from the Netflix documentary, Prince Harry will be releasing his tell-all memoir Spare which is expected to cause further ructions when it’s published next year.
Harry & Meghan is streaming on Netflix now
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