In December, the documentary “Harry & Meghan” was released on Netflix. But the Sussexes’ project is proving very controversial. Many Britons now want the two to be stripped of their titles.
Montecito – When Prince Harry (38) and Meghan Markle (41) turned their backs on the British royal family in 2021 and built a new life in the US state of California, it seemed as if the Sussexes simply wanted an existence away from the keen eyes of the public . However, that was not the case. As soon as they arrived in their adopted country, Harry and Meghan signed two multi-million dollar contracts with Netflix and the publisher Random House and made one thing their mission: to review their lives as full-time royals with a critical eye.
Response to Netflix documentary: Almost half of Britons want Harry and Meghan titles removed
Revealing stories about the British royals are nothing new, after all, Andrew Morton (70) published the biography “Diana: Her True Story – In Her Own Words” in 1992, which was based on interviews with Lady Di († 36). As publicly controversial as the Netflix documentary “Harry & Meghan”, which appeared in two parts on December 8th and 15th at the streaming giant, and Harry’s memoir “Spare” were no longer royal projects. Although the six-hour major TV event was less explosive than experts had feared in advance, Meghan Markle still expressed sharp criticism of her husband’s family.
Does public opinion waver about the son of King Charles III (74) and his wife for a long time, the publication of the Netflix series in particular seems to have irreparably damaged Harry and Meghan’s reputation. As the Daily Mail reported, led the British magazine TheTimes with the help of the company YouGov recently conducted a poll on the popularity of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex – with drastic results. For example, 44 percent of all respondents would like palace dropouts to have their titles revoked, while only 32 percent agree that they should be able to keep their royal titles.
Harry and Meghan wanted to change their Netflix documentary
In addition to their book deal with global publisher Random House, which will launch Harry’s autobiography “Spare” in January 2023, the collaboration with Netflix is Harry and Meghan’s second major project. Although filming began more than a year ago, the couple are said to have had doubts about the final product. how Page Six reported that since the death of Queen Elizabeth II († 96) they have tried to change the content of the show – while the streaming provider has insisted on broadcasting the format at the planned time and unchanged. “Harry and Meghan have concerns about their own history, about their own project,” a Netflix insider told the newspaper in early October.
“Lost Souls”: Royals expert with sharp judgment on Harry and Meghan
As the survey further reveals, after the release of the six episodes, 44 percent of all respondents have sympathy for Prince William (40) and Kate Middleton (40), but only 17 percent for Harry and Meghan, who are the central focus of the revealing project. In addition, 23 percent of all participants found that they thought worse about the two after the documentary than before.
“I’m just surprised the documentary hasn’t done more harm to the Sussexes,” Royals writer Tom Quinn told the Daily Mail“I found them painful to look at – they made it clear that the two are lost souls.” As the expert further explains, it is unlikely that King Charles will actually take the title from his youngest son: “Because it then looks like it , like he and Prince William do things like Harry and Meghan do.”
The January 10 release of Harry’s autobiography, Spare, which takes its title from the phrase “The Prince and the Spare,” should only widen the rift between the brothers. However, the meaningful results of the survey make it very clear on whose side the public is likely to be on in the coming months – even if it was certainly Harry and Meghan’s goal to rally the masses around them with their story of woe. Meanwhile, Meghan Markle’s father Thomas released secret text messages from his daughter. Sources used: thetimes.co.uk, dailymail.co.uk, pagesix.com
