A royal commentator slammed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Netflix docuseries as inauthentic.
The first trailer for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s docuseries, “Harry & Meghan,” which was released Thursday, coincided with Prince William and Kate Middleton’s visit to the United States.
The teaser included never-before-seen photos of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s life together over the years. Toward the end of the one-minute trailer, Markle said:
“When the stakes are this high, doesn’t it make more sense to hear our story from us?”
Akua appeared to mock Markle’s remark and accused the Sussexes of attempting to destabilize the British monarchy.
The TV host said on GB News:
“They talk about the high stakes, what stakes? They’ve got nothing left to lose. Dignity went out with the Oprah Winfrey interview. How I get it, the stakes that they’re driving is through the heart of the monarchy in the hope of destroying the institution. The only thing is, their very commercial existence relies on it to succeed.”
She also reacted to docuseries director Liz Garbus’s opening question to the royal couple:
“Why did you want to make this documentary?”
According to Akua, Prince Harry and Markle’s motivation for releasing a docuseries was “money,” just like “everything” they’ve done since leaving royal duties.
Based on the trailer, the TV host also speculated that the project would portray the California-based couple as victims.
Akua claimed:
“Meghan’s not going to let anything go out that doesn’t portray them all as victims. It’s apparently not even filmed in their home, [which was] the reason why their first director quit. It’s hardly authentic, and if it’s anything like [Markle’s] ‘Archetypes’ podcast, it may well crash and burn.”
Several anonymous sources told Page Six last month that Prince Harry and Markle initially hired Oscar nominee Garrett Bradley, who directed the critically acclaimed Netflix series “Naomi Osaka” about the tennis sensation, to direct their docuseries.
However, Bradley reportedly left the project after a disagreement over the show’s vision and tone. The director wanted to film Markle and Prince Harry at their Montecito, California, mansion, but the couple “were not comfortable doing that,” according to the outlet’s sources.
Garbus was then hired by the Sussexes. However, even after changing directors, Prince Harry and Markle reportedly did not have a smooth working relationship with Netflix executives and Garbus. According to Page Six, they fought over the series’ content because Prince Harry and Markle wanted it heavily edited.
The information could not be independently verified by International Business Times.
Markle told Variety for an October cover story that the docuseries was not made “the way we would have told it,” but she and Harry trusted Garbus with their story.
The duchess said:
“It’s nice to be able to trust someone with our story — a seasoned director whose work I’ve long admired — even if it means it may not be the way we would have told it. But that’s not why we’re telling it. We’re trusting our story to someone else, and that means it will go through their lens.”
“Harry & Meghan” is expected to debut on Netflix on Thursday.
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