Royals in open warfare after palaces say nobody contacted them about Netflix doc
No member of the Royal Family was allegedly approached for comment in response to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s explosive Netflix docuseries.
Neither Buckingham Palace nor Kensington Palace was given a chance to comment, a ‘senior source’ in the royal household has claimed.
It’s understood that neither the Royal Family nor the Royal Household was contacted.
This is despite the Netflix programme stating in its introduction: ‘Members of the Royal Family declined to comment on the content within this series.’
The first three episodes of the six-part Harry & Meghan: The Global Event dropped on Netflix at around 8am this morning.
King Charles and Prince William are reportedly ready to issue a ‘swift and robust’ response to any ‘unjust claims’ in the programme.
How the couple fell for one another is the main focus of the first episode, though both Harry and Meghan detail their fraught relationship with the British press.
Harry described how the paparazzi has long followed him even when he was a child.
These early memories of his mother, Princess Diana, are few and far between but one thing is clear: ‘The majority of my memories are of being swarmed by paparazzi.
‘Rarely did we have a holiday without someone with a camera jumping out of a bush, or something.’
He saw many of the lives of his ex-girlfriends ‘turned upside down’ by the constant press presence, something he feared would happen to Meghan, too.
‘I was terrified of her being driven away by the media – the same media who’d driven so many people away from me,’ Harry said.
Meghan claimed ‘salacious stories’ were ‘planted’ in the lead-up to their wedding, with journalists treating their relationship like a game of ‘whack-a-mole’.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s full relationship timeline
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are set up on a blind date by a mutual friend, rumoured to be fashion designer Mischa Nonoo. The Duke recently revealed that the pair met ‘incognito’ in a supermarket in London.
People reported that Meghan Markle has been introduced to Harry’s father, Prince Charles.
A source told the publisher, ‘Harry is pretty serious about her and she is pretty serious about him.’
Prince Harry confirms his relationship by releasing a rare statement that includes a plea to the media and social media trolls to stop the ‘wave of abuse and harassment.’
Meghan and Harry embark on their first official vacation together.
The couple jetted off to the Norwegian fjords to catch the Northern Lights, Us Weekly reported.
Harry and Meghan share their first public smooch following Harry’s participation in the annual Audi Polo Challenge in Ascot.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle get engaged in London in early November, after receiving a blessing from Meghan’s parents.
The news was announced by Prince Charles via his Twitter account on November 27.
According to People, Harry proposed with a three-stone diamond ring he designed with British jeweler Cleave and Company. The center stone is from Botswana, while the two side stones are from Princess Diana’s personal collection.
Queen Elizabeth gives her final, formal consent to Meghan and Harry’s wedding.
Meghan releases a statement via Kensington Palace on her dad: ‘sadly, my father will not be attending our wedding. I have always cared for my father and hope he can be given the space he needs to focus on his health.’
It is revealed the next day that Prince Charles will be the one to walk her down the aisle.
Meghan and Harry are married in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
They are now officially the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
On the very same day as the start of the couple’s first-ever royal tour, Kensington Palace officially confirms that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expecting their first child.
According to the Daily Mail, they first broke the news to their family at Eugenie’s wedding on October 12.
At this point, Meghan is 12 weeks into the pregnancy.
A royal source leaks news that Harry and Meghan are moving out of Kensington Palace and into Frogmore Cottage to make room for raising their little one.
Meghan gives both to her and Harry’s first baby, Archie.
The little one’s full name is Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.
Meghan and Harry officially announce they’re stepping back from their royal duties.
The couple move from their home on Vancouver Island to Los Angeles, where they can be closer to Meghan’s mum.
They sign out of the @SussexRoyal Instagram account forever.
Harry and Meghan sign a deal with Netflix to produce documentaries, films, and children’s programmes.
The Sussexes said: ‘Our focus will be on creating content that informs but also gives hope.
‘As new parents, making inspirational family programming is also important to us.’
They said that Netflix’s ‘unprecedented reach will help us share impactful content that unlocks action’.
Meghan opens up about having a miscarriage over the summer.
In her heart-wrenching essay for the New York Times, she writes: ‘I dropped to the floor with him in my arms, humming a lullaby to keep us both calm, the cheerful tune a stark contrast to my sense that something was not right.
‘I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second.’
Harry and Meghan reveal that they are to host and produce podcasts for Spotify after signing a major deal thought to be worth tens of millions.
Harry and Meghan share the exciting news that they are expecting a second child.
The Valentine’s Day announcement came with a black and white picture of the smiling couple and the Duchess showing off a slight bump.
Harry and Meghan confirm they will not be returning as working members of the Royal Family, after stepping down a year before.
The couple were stripped of a number of honorary military appointments and royal patronages, which will be ‘redistributed among working members of The Royal Family’.
Harry and Meghan took part in a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey, where they lifted the lid on life inside the royal family.
During their tell-all interview, Meghan revealed she had suicidal thoughts as she struggled with life in the spotlight.
She also alleged an unnamed member of the royal family raised ‘concerns and conversations’ about how dark her son Archie’s skin might be when he’s born.
Meghan announces that she is publishing a children’s book about a father and son relationship, inspired by Harry and their son.
The Bench, illustrated by Christian Robinson, will be published on June 8. Meghan will also complete an audiobook version, publisher Penguin Random House said.
Meghan said of the book: ‘The Bench started as a poem I wrote for my husband on Father’s Day, the month after Archie was born. That poem became this story.’
Members of the royal family, Harry claimed, often grapple with a ‘temptation’ to marry people who ‘fit the mould’.
‘I think, for so many people in the family, especially obviously the men, there can be a temptation or an urge to marry someone who would fit the mould,’ he said in the show, ‘as opposed to somebody who you perhaps are destined to be with.’
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