Palaces refuse to comment on Harry and Meghan’s Netflix claims

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King Charles and Prince William have both refused to comment on the extraordinary claims made by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in the explosive finale to their Netflix mini-series released today.

Senior members of the Royal Family are heading to Westminster Abbey to support the Princess of Wales‘ Together at Christmas carol concert this evening as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex ramped up their war with them and the British media.

Before heading to the London church were he will be crowned next year, it was business as usual for the King who met an ambassador from Kazakhstan at Buckingham Palace this morning amid claims he will never watch the six-part series.

The Sussexes have used their latest Netflix shows to wound Prince William and King Charles and claim that dark forces blocked the Queen from seeing them before Megxit. Harry also said his family were upset and jealous of Meghan’s popularity so pursued a vendetta against her because she was ‘doing the job better’ and ‘stealing the limelight’ from ‘those born to do it’.

But today, despite the slew of incendiary claims in three hours of new interviews and footage, Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace declined to comment on anything in the series. 

Palaces refuse to comment on Harry and Meghan’s Netflix claims

The Duke of Sussex has accused his brother, pictured together on Harry’s wedding day, of screaming at him while discussing Megxit. Harry also spoke about their heartbreaking rift

King Charles III receives Magzhan Ilyassov, Ambassador from the Republic of Kazakhstan today. Both Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace have refused to comment on the Netflix series

King Charles III receives Magzhan Ilyassov, Ambassador from the Republic of Kazakhstan today. Both Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace have refused to comment on the Netflix series

Harry and Meghan's final Netflix episodes cover their wedding, leaving the UK and building a new life in the US

Harry and Meghan’s final Netflix episodes cover their wedding, leaving the UK and building a new life in the US

The key claims made in Harry and Meghan’s final three Netflix episodes 

Here are the key points and revelations from Harry & Meghan:

Episode four

– Meghan said it was ‘really important’ for the King to walk her down the aisle at her wedding to Harry. 

– Duchess recalled thinking about taking her own life, saying: ‘It was like ‘All of this will stop if I am not here’.’

– Harry said it was ‘heartbreaking’ to see his brother’s communications office ‘copy’ the behaviour of their father’s by ‘trading’ stories with the press.

Episode five

– Meghan broke down in tears as she described receiving death threats online.

– Harry said it was his decision to step back as a working royal, not his wife’s.

– Harry claimed the timing of a meeting with senior royals at Sandringham about the couple’s future was deliberately arranged so Meghan could not attend. Harry said his brother began to ‘scream and shout’ at him during their meeting about moving abroad.

– Harry said he wrote to his father in January 2020 to say that he and his wife would be willing to relinquish their titles if the couple’s plan to move to Canada as working royals did not work out.

– The Duke and Duchess of Sussex claimed the institution ‘blocked’ Harry from seeing his grandmother, the Queen, after they decided to step back as senior royals. 

Episode six

– Home video footage appeared to show the couple watching their bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey before kissing. 

– They claim they saw the interview differently to the world. Tyler Perry claimed they could have said much more. 

– Other footage showed Harry holding up his phone to Meghan to show her a text from his brother William and her reaction is to say ‘wow’ as she looks at its screen.

Harry told of the ‘heartbreaking’ rift with his brother who he claimed had scared him in January 2020 while he ‘screamed and shouted’ at him in front of his father and grandmother when he tried to thrash out a deal to leave the UK.

The Duke of Sussex said: ‘They were happy to lie to protect my brother and yet they were never willing to tell the truth to protect us’. 

The Duke of Sussex said William and Charles refused to bless the couple’s request for a ‘half in half out’ Megxit that would allow them to earn a fortune while picking and choosing royal duties and keeping all their titles.

He alleged his older brother, now heir to the throne, scared him in January 2020 while he ‘screamed and shouted’ at him in front of his father and grandmother when he tried to thrash out a deal to leave the UK.

Harry also accused Charles of telling untruths to his face and Her Majesty of saying nothing at the now infamous ‘Sandringham Summit’.

He said: ‘It was terrifying to have my brother scream and shout at me and my father say things that just simply weren’t true. And my grandmother, you know, quietly sit there and take it all in’.

The Duke of Sussex claimed: ‘I went in with the same proposal that we’d already made publicly, but once I got there I was given five options – one being all in, no change, five being all out. I chose option three in the meeting – half in, half out. Have our own jobs but also work in support of the Queen. It became very clear very quickly that goal was not up for discussion or debate’.

Harry then claimed the Palace did not seek his permission to put out a joint statement denying claims William ‘bullied’ the Sussexes out of the Royal Family. Viewers said that Harry was implying that William did. He said: ‘I couldn’t believe it. No one had asked me permission to put my name to a statement like that… [Meghan] burst into floods of tears, because within four hours they were happy to lie to protect my brother… and yet they were never willing to tell the truth to protect us.’ 

He also denied it was Meghan’s decision to walk away and move to LA. ‘In fact, it was my decision. She never asked to leave. I was the one that had to see it for myself. But it’s misogyny at its best,’ he said.

Today’s final three episodes of the docu-series will particularly infuriate and upset William, who was accused of leaving his younger brother ‘terrified’ after allegedly yelling at him in front of the Queen and Charles during final Megxit talks at Sandringham in 2020. 

Harry claims Meghan ‘burst into tears’ in Canada when he recounted the row over the phone afterwards before saying that without his permission, his name was added to a joint statement with William ‘squashing’ claims the now Prince of Wales was bullying Harry out of The Firm. 

The couple then said they were ‘blocked’ by royal figures from speaking to the Queen alone to discuss emigrating, with Harry claiming he was forced to write to his father to say that he and his wife were willing to relinquish their titles if the couple’s plan to move to Canada as working royals did not work out.

Meghan said: ‘I tried so hard and that’s the piece that’s so triggering, because you go ‘and it still wasn’t good enough… and you still don’t fit in’.

Harry then suggested that William had chosen the Royal Family’s future over his brother.

Harry said: ‘The saddest part of it was this wedge created between myself and my brother so that he’s now on the institution’s side. Part of that, I get. That’s his inheritance. So to some extent it’s already ingrained in him that part of his responsibility is the survivability and the continuation of this institution.’

Harry and Meghan said that the royals were upset they were ‘better’ at the job, accusing the palace of briefing against them

Meghan Markle hinted that the royals initially baulked at her because she was different to them and then became jealous of her popularity

Meghan Markle hinted that the royals initially baulked at her because she was different to them and then became jealous of her popularity 

Meghan said she asked Charles to walk her down the aisle after she told him she had lost a father, a nod to her estrangement from Thomas Markle

Meghan said she asked Charles to walk her down the aisle after she told him she had lost a father, a nod to her estrangement from Thomas Markle

Sussexes insist they were ‘blocked’ from seeing the Queen who told them: ‘I’ve been told I’m busy all week’

The Queen on Harry and Meghan's wedding day

The Queen on Harry and Meghan’s wedding day

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have claimed the institution ‘blocked’ Harry from seeing his grandmother, the Queen, after they decided to step back as senior royals.

The duke tells in episode five that they were planning to fly back to the UK from Canada for a visit in early 2020 and the Queen told him she had no plans all week so they could go for tea and stay the night.

Meghan said: ‘We’re flying back from Vancouver straight to Heathrow and right as we’re getting on the plane this urgent message comes through to H, saying: ‘You are not allowed to go and see Her Majesty.

‘Make sure that your principal is aware he cannot go and see her. She’s busy. She has plans all week.”

Harry told the camera: ‘I was like ‘Well, that’s certainly the opposite to what she had told me’.’

‘Once we were back in the UK, I rang her and said ‘We’re now told that you’re busy’.

‘And she said ‘Yes. I didn’t know that I was busy. I’ve now been told I’m busy all week. I’ve actually been told I’m busy all week’. I was like ‘Wow’.’

Meghan added: ‘I remember looking at H and thinking ‘My gosh. This is when a family and a family business are in direct conflict because they’re blocking you from seeing the Queen, but what they’re really doing is blocking a grandson from seeing his grandmother.’

Harry said going back for Philip’s funeral was ‘hard’ in 2021. 

He added: ‘Especially spending time having chats with my brother and father who were just very much focused on the same misinterpretation of the whole situation.

‘None of us really wanted to talk about it at my grandfather’s funeral, but we did. And I have had to make peace with the fact that I am probably never going to get genuine accountability or a genuine apology.

‘My wife and I were focused on what’s coming next.’

Today the Sussexes’ Netflix docu-series reached a crescendo today as they launched more salvoes at the Royal Family over Megxit and claims William, Kate and Charles were jealous of their popularity and hated them ‘stealing the limelight’.

The couple said they were ‘better’ at royal duties than others and that stuck in the craw of Harry’s family, who didn’t Meghan being treated like a ‘royal rock star’ after they married in 2018.

Harry said palace officials began ‘leaking and planting’ negative stories about them. 

The Duke of Sussex also drew more comparisons between his wife and his mother, claiming Princess Diana was forced out for the same reason because she outshone those who were ‘born to do this’, like his father and brother. 

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Episode 4 said that their first tour of Australia in October 2018, where Meghan’s pregnancy was revealed, went so well that ‘the palace were incredibly threatened by that’.

Harry said: ‘The issue is when someone who’s marrying in should be a supporting act is then stealing the limelight or is doing the job better than the person who was born to do this. That upsets people. It shifts the balance’.

Today it also emerged:

In the fifth episode of the Netflix documentary Harry & Meghan, the Duke of Sussex said it was ‘terrifying’ for his brother, now the Prince of Wales, to ‘scream and shout’ at him during a meeting on January 13 at Sandringham about plans for Harry and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, to move abroad.

Meghan said she was not protected by the royals when she suffered mental health problems. The docu-series then cut to her mother Doria Ragland, who said: ‘I remember her telling me that she wanted to take her own life’. 

Meghan at her New York baby shower thrown by Serena Williams

Meghan at her New York baby shower thrown by Serena Williams

The new episodes are full of candid snaps, including when they were expecting their first child

Meghan and Harry said their tours were so successful that it became a problem for their royals

Meghan and Harry said their tours were so successful that it became a problem for their royals

Meghan was compared to a 'rock star' after she entered the family

Meghan was compared to a ‘rock star’ after she entered the family

Meghan said that the Royal Family refused to help her when she said she felt suicidal because it looked bad for them. 

The final three parts of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex‘s docuseries have gone live and take in their 2018 Windsor Castle wedding, the decision to quit royal duties and emigrate and their new life in their £11million Montecito mega-mansion.

Meghan then said the situation turned against them, blaming the media and his family. She said that on a walkabout in Liverpool one woman: ‘What you are doing to your father is not right’ – a nod to her estranged relationship with Thomas Markle. 

The Duke of Sussex spoke about the moment when ‘the penny dropped’ for Meghan in the fourth episode of their Netflix documentary series Harry & Meghan – and said the situation spiraled from there.

He said: ‘The first time that the penny dropped for her, M (Meghan) and I spent the night in a room at Buckingham Palace after an event where every member of the family, senior members of the family had been, including the Queen.

‘And on the front page of the Telegraph, Meghan. She was like ‘but it’s not my fault’ – and my mum felt the same way.’

They also claim there is a conspiracy against them between Buckingham Palace and the British press to ‘scapegoat’ them to ensure negative press about other royals would ‘go away’.

Meghan suggested that the royals had been revolted by her because she wasn’t like them, hinting that it was to do with her being mixed race.

In a bizarre and convoluted analogy, Meghan said one of the Queen’s aides compared her to a foreign organism. She said: ‘It is like a fish that is swimming perfectly. It is powerful, it is on the right current. Then one day this little organism comes in’.

But Meghan suggested the royal household immediately thought: ‘What is that? What is it doing here? It doesn’t look like us. It doesn’t move like us. We don’t like it. Get it off us’. 

Royal officials will be watching the denouement of the series with interest, but King Charles III and Prince William are not expected to comment personally unless the claims are so incendiary they require a rebuttal.

Episode 4 begins with preparations for the royal wedding in May 2018. 

She said: ‘Harry’s dad is very charming and I said to him like ‘I’ve lost my dad in this’, so him as my father-in-law was really important to me, so I asked him to walk me down the aisle and he said yes.’

Meghan later added: ‘H and I are really, really good at finding each other in the chaos.

‘When we find each other, reconnect, it’s like, ‘It’s you, it’s you’.

‘It’s not that the rest of it doesn’t matter, but the rest of it feels temporary’.

Speaking about the Kingdom Choir gospel group which performed at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s wedding, friend and tennis star Serena Williams said: ‘To have her culture represented at that wedding. Amazing, I loved it. I thought it was really courageous breaking boundaries but not trying to.’

The Duchess of Sussex then spoke of her first engagement with the Queen.

Meghan said: ‘I treated her as my husband’s grandma, and knowing that of course there has to be a completely different sense of propriety in public, when you’re sitting and having breakfast to just be able to talk.

The final episode of Harry and Meghan's Netflix series opens with a gleeful video selfie in which the Duke of Sussex says: 'We are on the freedom flight'. Episode six of the bombshell series begins with the couple on their flight from Canada to Los Angeles in March 2020, after they split from the royal family

The final episode of Harry and Meghan’s Netflix series opens with a gleeful video selfie in which the Duke of Sussex says: ‘We are on the freedom flight’. Episode six of the bombshell series begins with the couple on their flight from Canada to Los Angeles in March 2020, after they split from the royal family

Another clip also shows Meghan with their son Archie on the private plane

Another clip also shows Meghan with their son Archie on the private plane

Meghan and Harry laughed about cutting their wedding cake with a sword

Meghan and Harry laughed about cutting their wedding cake with a sword

Meghan said she couldn't believe that Sir Elton John was performing at their wedding, and said her mother Doria rushed to be close to the stage

Meghan said she couldn't believe that Sir Elton John was performing at their wedding, and said her mother Doria rushed to be close to the stage

Meghan said she couldn’t believe that Sir Elton John was performing at their wedding, and said her mother Doria rushed to be close to the stage

The couple kiss in front of well-wishers at their wedding reception in 2018

The couple kiss in front of well-wishers at their wedding reception in 2018

Harry toasts his wife after they walked down the aisle

Harry toasts his wife after they walked down the aisle

‘When we got into the car in between engagements she had a blanket and she put it over my knees and we were sitting in this car with this blanket and I thought ‘I recognise and respect and see that you’re the Queen, but in this moment I’m so grateful that there is a grandmother figure because that feels like family’.

‘And because I was so so close with my grandmother,’ Meghan said, adding she had taken care of her grandmother ‘in her final years’.

The Duchess of Sussex added of her engagement with the Queen that it was ‘such a good day, we laughed’.

The Duchess of Sussex said she was being ‘fed to the wolves’ during the opening of episode 5 of the Harry & Meghan Netflix documentary.

Speaking about wanting her son Archie to have a big family in the way she had not, Meghan says: ‘I was just so excited that we were going to be able to create for him that thing that I had always wanted.

‘So I just did everything I could to make them proud and to really be a part of the family.’

‘And then the bubble burst,’ she says while the voices of news presenters can be heard saying: ‘Duchess difficult’ and ‘American’.

The Duke of Sussex then says: ‘It was already clear to the media that the Palace was not going to protect her. Once that happens then the flood gates open.’

Meghan then says: ‘I realised that I wasn’t just being thrown to the wolves, I was being fed to the wolves.’

Meghan’s privacy lawyer Jenny Afia has alleged she had seen evidence of briefing from the Palace against the couple to suit other people’s agenda.

The duchess herself says: ‘You would just see it play out, like a story about someone in the family would pop up for a minute and they’d go ‘We’ve got to make that go away’.’

Her friend Lucy Fraser, Meghan’s PR guru, added: ‘Meg became this scapegoat for the Palace. And so they would feed stories on her whether they were true or not to avoid other less favourable stories being printed.’

Ms Afia said: ‘There was a real kind of war against Meghan and I’ve certainly seen evidence that there was negative briefing from the Palace against Harry and Meghan to suit other people’s agendas.’

Harry says royals were ‘upset’ when his wife ‘stole the limelight’ and Meghan refers to herself as a ‘little organism’ royals couldn’t ‘adjust to’

Prince Harry today suggested he and Meghan were ‘better’ at royal engagements than other senior royals and people were ‘upset’ at how his wife ‘stole the limelight’ – as Meghan claimed she was described as a ‘foreign organism’. 

Episode four of Harry & Meghan, which aired this morning, sees the Sussexes’ friend Lucy Fraser say that their tour of Australia in October 2018, where Meghan’s pregnancy was revealed, went so well that ‘the palace were incredibly threatened’.

Harry then says: ‘The issue is when someone who’s marrying in should be a supporting act is then stealing the limelight or is doing the job better than the person who was born to do this. 

‘That upsets people. It shifts the balance. Because you’ve been led to believe that the only way your charities can succeed and the only way that your reputation can be grown or improved is if you’re on the front page of those newspapers.’ 

Harry shared text from William with Meghan after Oprah interview

The final episode of Harry and Meghan’s Netflix series reveals the moment Prince Harry shared a text from his brother Prince William with his wife amid the fallout from their ‘truth bomb’ interview with Oprah Winfrey. 

In footage filmed in the days after the bombshell discussion with Winfrey in March last year, Harry is seen showing his wife his phone, before Meghan says: ‘Wow, H just got a text from his brother.’ 

Earlier in the episode, Harry accuses the Palace of ‘institutional gaslighting’.  

The episode had opens with a gleeful video selfie in which the Duke of Sussex says ‘We are on the freedom flight’ as they flew from Canada to Los Angeles in March 2020, after they split from the royal family. 

The final episode of Harry and Meghan’s Netflix series reveals the moment Prince Harry shared a text from his brother Prince William with his wife amid the fallout from their ‘truth bomb’ interview with Oprah Winfrey

In footage filmed in the days after the bombshell discussion with Winfrey in March last year, Harry is seen showing his wife his phone, before Meghan says: ‘Wow, H just got a text from his brother’

Harry claims he told Charles couple ‘would be willing to give up their Sussex titles’ if Megxit ‘didn’t work out’

Prince Harry has claimed he and Meghan told King Charles they would give up their Royal titles if Megxit failed.

The fifth episode of the incendiary Netflix series – part of a £100million deal – featured their account of trying to leave the UK to live abroad. 

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They claimed they had tried to move to New Zealand in 2018 and then South Africa.

Harry said that by the time he spoke to Charles from Canada in Christmas 2019, the family knew they wanted to leave.

He adds: ‘My father said ‘Can you put it in writing?’ I said I would rather not because what had happened last time. He said he couldn’t do anything unless it was put in writing. I put it in emails.’

Over footage of Meghan sighing, Harry said he sent messages on January 1,2 and 3.

The Duke adds: ‘In one of those I said that if it didn’t work out we would be willing to relinquish our Sussex titles if need be. That was the plan.’

Prince Harry has revealed he and Meghan tried to move to New Zealand in 2018 in the show

Prince Harry has revealed he and Meghan tried to move to New Zealand in 2018 in the show

Home footage of the pair showed Harry jumping into the waters in Vancouver over Christmas

Home footage of the pair showed Harry jumping into the waters in Vancouver over Christmas

Prince Harry speaks of Prince Philip’s death

Prince Harry said beloved grandfather Prince Philip died ‘peacefully and happily’.

In a touching moment of grief, the Duke of Sussex spoke lovingly of his late ‘grandpa’.  The Duke of Edinburgh died on April 9, 2021, during the coronavirus pandemic, aged 99. His death rocked the Royal Family.

Speaking of Prince Philip’s death during the fifth episode of the six-part Harry & Meghan docuseries, the Prince Harry said: ‘I was actually really happy for my grandfather. He went quietly. He went peacefully. He went happily.’

Prince Philip died in April 2021. He is pictured in London in March 2017

Prince Philip died in April 2021. He is pictured in London in March 2017

Prince Harry walks with his brother, Prince William during the funeral of their grandfather in April 2021

Prince Harry walks with his brother, Prince William during the funeral of their grandfather in April 2021

‘We didn’t see it until the world saw it’: Moment Prince Harry and Meghan watch their infamous Oprah interview for the first time

Behind the scenes footage shows Prince Harry and Meghan Markle watching their Oprah interview at home in new Netflix episodes. 

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex‘s new docu-series episodes were released today and the pair can be seen cuddling on the couch with their dog Pula.

A heavily pregnant Meghan is seen stroking Harry’s face affectionately throughout and the pair shared a sweet kiss at the end of the interview. 

Harry shielded his wife’s eyes during parts of the interview when headlines about Meghan would appear on screen.  

Behind the scenes footage shows Prince Harry and Meghan Markle watching their Oprah interview at home in new Netflix episodes

Meghan revealed they saw the interview at the same time as the rest of the world but she was shocked that the ‘take away’ was the race scandal as opposed to her mental health revelations

Meghan revealed they saw the interview at the same time as the rest of the world but she was shocked that the ‘take away’ was the race scandal as opposed to her mental health revelations. 

She said: ‘We didn’t see it until the world saw it. It was interesting. 

‘I thought me being very open about the depression I experienced and just how extreme that became, I thought that would be the biggest take away but it was entirely eclipsed by the conversation surrounding race.’

‘Beyonce just texted. I still can’t believe she knows who I am’: Moment singer congratulates Meghan Markle on Oprah interview

Meghan Markle received a text from Beyonce saying she ‘admires and respects her bravery’ after the Oprah interview.

The Duchess of Sussex read out a text message that she received from the pop star in behind the scenes clips from new episodes of the bombshell Netflix docu-series.  

Queen Bey wrote that she believes Meghan was ‘selected to break generational curses’.

Meghan said: ‘Beyonce just texted. I still cant believe she knows who I am.’

Meghan Markle received a text from Beyonce saying she 'admires and respects her bravery' after the Oprah interview which was shown in their Netflix docu-series

Meghan Markle received a text from Beyonce saying she ‘admires and respects her bravery’ after the Oprah interview which was shown in their Netflix docu-series 

Harry quipped: ‘Just checking in just casual. Go call her.’ 

Meghan replied: ‘No it’s ok, she said that she wants me to feel safe and protected, she admires and respects my bravery and she thinks I was selected to break generational curses that need to be healed.’

Harry replied: ‘That’s well said.’ 

‘It was the first time someone saw the sacrifice’: Meghan Markle claims plane crew thanked her for service to the UK on flight back to Canada

Meghan Markle has revealed that a member of the plane crew on board her flight back to Canada from the UK thanked her for her royal service.

In March 2020, the Duchess of Sussex, 41, completed her final engagement as a senior working royal when she attended the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey.

Shortly afterwards, the mother-of-two boarded a flight back to Canada to be reunited with her son Archie while Prince Harry remained in the UK to finalise the details of Megxit with the Royal Family.

In the fifth episode of the couple’s new Netflix series, the Duchess claims a member of the airport cabin crew took the opportunity to thank her for her work as a royal.

Meghan Markle appeared visibly emotional as she recalled her last engagement as a royal

Meghan Markle appeared visibly emotional as she recalled her last engagement as a royal

Duchess seen waving from her car following the Commonwealth Day service in March 2020

Duchess seen waving from her car following the Commonwealth Day service in March 2020

After settling into her seat, Meghan claims the head of the plane crew knelt down next to her and gave her some encouraging words.

She explained: ‘He took his hat off and I just remember looking at him.

‘And he goes, ‘we appreciate everything you did for our country.”

Meghan Markle ‘breaks down in tears’ when in her Canadian home 

Meghan appeared to break down in tears when in her Canadian home with Prince Harry in an intimate picture shared in the couple’s explosive Netflix documentary.

The Duchess of Sussex, 41, is photographed seemingly overwhelmed, surrounded by clothes and a suitcase, while thought to be in the house her family called home during her stay in Vancouver Island, Canada, in 2020.

‘So this was like a week before COVID, and we’d be stuck at this house, where everyone in the world knew where we were. Unprotected, no security,’ Harry is heard saying before the image of his wife is shown.

The final episode, released today, then shows actor, comedian and producer, Tyler Perry, who helped the couple as they left their lives in the UK. 

Meghan Markle appeared to break down in tears when in her Canadian home with Prince Harry in an intimate picture shared in the couple's explosive Netflix documentary

Meghan Markle appeared to break down in tears when in her Canadian home with Prince Harry in an intimate picture shared in the couple’s explosive Netflix documentary

Among Harry and Meghan's friends appearing in the documentary is comedian and producer, Tyler Perry, who helped the couple as they left their lives in the UK, and royal duties, behind

Among Harry and Meghan’s friends appearing in the documentary is comedian and producer, Tyler Perry, who helped the couple as they left their lives in the UK, and royal duties, behind

He says: ‘They just wanted to be free. They wanted to be free to love and be happy. They didn’t… They did not have a plan. Everyone’s like, ‘Oh, there’s this…’ There was no plan.’

Doria Ragland cries over Meghan’s suicidal thoughts

The mother of Meghan Markle broke down in tears as she said she felt she ‘couldn’t protect her’ when the Duchess of Sussex experienced suicidal thoughts. 

Doria Ragland, who lives close to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in California, wiped up tears as she said it had been hard for her to tear that her daughter was suffering from low mental health while she lived in the UK. 

She made the heartfelt revelations in the fourth episode of the couple’s explosive Netflix docuseries, which was released today. 

Doria Ragland, who lives close to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in California, wiped up tears as she said it had been hard for her to tear that her daughter was suffering from low mental health while she lived in the UK

Doria Ragland, who lives close to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in California, wiped up tears as she said it had been hard for her to tear that her daughter was suffering from low mental health while she lived in the UK

Doria said: ‘That she would actually think of not wanting to be here, that… that;’s not an easy one for a mum to hear.. You know,’ Doria said, fighting tears. 

‘And I can’t protect her. H can’t protect her, she’s.. sniffing,’ she added. 

Speaking in a later episode, Doria also revealed she knew ‘the stress they were under. It felt like they were running.’ 

Meghan Markle tells Netflix docuseries how she became ‘close’ with women who survived Grenfell fire after watching news coverage of disaster from Kensington Palace cottage

Meghan Markle told the Netflix docuseries how she became close with a community of women who survived the Grenfell fire after watching news coverage of the tragedy. 

She regularly visited a group of women in a community hub for nine months, helping to feed families and even worked alongside them to launch a cookbook called ‘Together’.

In episode four of Harry & Meghan, the Duchess says: ‘I just loved these women so much.’ 

The day of Meghan’s first public engagement with the Queen in Chester, also ‘happened to also be the one year anniversary of the Grenfell fire,’ she recalls in the documentary. They took part of a 72 seconds of silence – one for every life lost. 

Meghan helping the community of Grenfell survivors as they cooked to feed families

Meghan helping the community of Grenfell survivors as they cooked to feed families

She rolled her sleeves up and got stuck in after going to the community kitchen

She rolled her sleeves up and got stuck in after going to the community kitchen

‘It was really important to me because I had become so close to with so many of the women who had survived that, even though no one knew that at the time,’ Meghan told.

munity twice a week – ‘up until the Duchess came’ she says. 

Meghan Markle breaks down in tears as she has guided meditation session with Prince Harry

Meghan Markle broke down in tears as she had a guided meditation session with Prince Harry in the couple’s new bombshell Netflix documentary.

The clip, which appears to have been filmed shortly after the Duke and Duchess quit the Royal Family in January 2020, opens with the couple sitting in a unknown friend’s New York apartment.

The voice of Prince Harry and Meghan’s guided meditation instructor is heard telling the couple to inhale and exhale as they sat on a sofa with their palms facing up at the ceiling.

She tells the couple: ‘Remember that what is transpiring in the media, what’s being created is an illusion.

Duchess of Sussex had tears streaming down her face during the guided meditation session

Duchess of Sussex had tears streaming down her face during the guided meditation session

Meghan places a hand on Harry's thigh while her husband has his palms facing the ceiling

Meghan places a hand on Harry’s thigh while her husband has his palms facing the ceiling

Meghan is visibly emotional as the instructor reminds them that they 'both know who they are'

Meghan is visibly emotional as the instructor reminds them that they ‘both know who they are’

‘When you try to prove that you’re good and that you’re not the person they say you are, you’re taking the bait, you’re feeding the beast. It is an illusion.  

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‘Your work is not to prove your goodness. You know who you are, both of you.’

Meghan reveals how she ‘ate croissants and drank mimosas’ while listening to Chapel of Love on her wedding day

Meghan Markle has revealed how she ‘ate croissants and drank mimosas’ on the morning of her wedding to Prince Harry in the latest instalment of their Netflix documentary.   

The first three episodes – part of the Sussexes’ multi-million-dollar deal with Netflix – were streamed last week, with the final three hour-long episodes available from today.

In the fourth show, the Duchess of Sussex, 41, spoke about how she went ‘into a state of calm’ on the morning of her wedding.

She said: ‘All I wanted was a mimosa and a croissant and play the song ‘going to the chapel’ and that’s what I did. It was so great.’ ‘I went into this really calm space, I don’t know how I was so calm. I look back and I think, how was I so calm.’

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have shared a number of unseen pictures from their wedding album, including snaps of the late Queen at the event

Meghan Markle, 41, has revealed how she ‘ate croissants and drank mimosas’ on the morning of her wedding to Prince Harry in her new Netflix documentary

Prince Harry and Meghan can be seen cutting their lavish wedding cake in another photograph from the event in 2018

Prince Harry and Meghan can be seen cutting their lavish wedding cake in another photograph from the event in 2018

In the latest instalment of the documentary the Duchess sings the 60s soul hit Land of a Thousand Dances, first recorded by Chris Kenner in 1962 which later became a bigger hit by Wilson Pickett and Cannibal & the Headhunters

In the latest instalment of the documentary the Duchess sings the 60s soul hit Land of a Thousand Dances, first recorded by Chris Kenner in 1962 which later became a bigger hit by Wilson Pickett and Cannibal & the Headhunters

Archie’s baby diaries! Unseen pictures in Harry and Meghan’s Netlfix show reveal their son’s early days – and he took his first steps at Tyler Perry’s house

Sweet unseen home videos of Meghan reading the Gruffalo to Archie and doting on him and Lilibet have emerged in the new instalment of the Sussexes’ documentary.

New pictures document the little boy growing up from a tiny baby in his parent’s arms to the cheeky three-year old he is today.

Prince Harry and Meghan’s first child, born in May 2019, took his first steps at their friend Tyler Perry’s home in California shortly after they moved to the US.

In a beautiful never-before-seen still, Archie is pictured as a baby being bathed by his adoring parents

In a beautiful never-before-seen still, Archie is pictured as a baby being bathed by his adoring parents

In another emotional shot, Meghan cradles him as a tiny baby as she sits on a window sill, pressing her forehead against her son's

In another emotional shot, Meghan cradles him as a tiny baby as she sits on a window sill, pressing her forehead against her son’s

Garden party: Meghan and Harry celebrating their daughter Lilibet's first birthday in June

Garden party: Meghan and Harry celebrating their daughter Lilibet’s first birthday in June

The young family can be seen in a short clip celebrating Lillibet's birthday, with cheeky Archie clambering onto the table to help his little sister blow out the candles on a huge cake

The young family can be seen in a short clip celebrating Lillibet’s birthday, with cheeky Archie clambering onto the table to help his little sister blow out the candles on a huge cake

In the final episode of the series, Harry reveals that California feels like 'home' for his kids, pointing out that Archie only spent the first five months of his life in the UK

In the final episode of the series, Harry reveals that California feels like ‘home’ for his kids, pointing out that Archie only spent the first five months of his life in the UK

A sweet video in the fifth episode of the docuseries shows Meghan playing with Archie during their holiday in Vancouver in 2019

A sweet video in the fifth episode of the docuseries shows Meghan playing with Archie during their holiday in Vancouver in 2019

Archie looks gleeful as Meghan's mother, Doria Ragland, pushes her grandson around in a plastic toy car

Archie looks gleeful as Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, pushes her grandson around in a plastic toy car

Episode five opens with Archie running around a maze as his father runs behind him, before the tot takes a little tumble and is scooped up by his mother

Episode five opens with Archie running around a maze as his father runs behind him, before the tot takes a little tumble and is scooped up by his mother

Doting father: Prince Harry can be seen feeding baby Archie in one of the many unseen moments revealed in the final episodes of the docuseries today

Doting father: Prince Harry can be seen feeding baby Archie in one of the many unseen moments revealed in the final episodes of the docuseries today

Lorren Khumalo, who is Meghan and Harry's former nanny, asked the couple is she could wrap Archie in a mud cloth like they do in Zimbabwe, the Duchess enthusiastically agreed

Lorren Khumalo, who is Meghan and Harry’s former nanny, asked the couple is she could wrap Archie in a mud cloth like they do in Zimbabwe, the Duchess enthusiastically agreed  

In episode six, Princess Eugenie visits her cousin Harry in the US, joining him and Archie on a beach for some bonding time

In episode six, Princess Eugenie visits her cousin Harry in the US, joining him and Archie on a beach for some bonding time

Archie is filmed chasing seagulls around the beach during a trip there with his father's cousin, Princess Eugenie

Archie is filmed chasing seagulls around the beach during a trip there with his father’s cousin, Princess Eugenie

More clips show the young royal showing off his musical talent, smiling as he plays a tiny piano

More clips show the young royal showing off his musical talent, smiling as he plays a tiny piano

Smiles from Archie! Adorable footage shows the youngster playing at home with his parents

Smiles from Archie! Adorable footage shows the youngster playing at home with his parents 

Adorable footage shows Archie's birthday party - which viewers first caught a glimpse of in the first three instalments of the documentary series

Adorable footage shows Archie’s birthday party – which viewers first caught a glimpse of in the first three instalments of the documentary series

Happy tot: Archie laughs as his adoring mum lifts him up in the air. The behind the scenes insights into the family's life have delighted royal fans

Happy tot: Archie laughs as his adoring mum lifts him up in the air. The behind the scenes insights into the family’s life have delighted royal fans

In the final episode, a little Archie could be seen playing around with his father Prince Harry

In the final episode, a little Archie could be seen playing around with his father Prince Harry

Elsewhere, the little one could also be seen placing oranges in a basket while playing outside

Elsewhere, the little one could also be seen placing oranges in a basket while playing outside

Elsewhere, the little one could also be seen placing oranges in a basket while playing outside

Grandmother Doria plays a game outside with her son-in-law Harry and her grandson Archie

Grandmother Doria plays a game outside with her son-in-law Harry and her grandson Archie

The Duchess herself also suggested she was made a scapegoat, adding: ‘You would see it play out. A story about someone in the family would pop up for a minute, and they’d go: ‘We’ve got to make that go away’.’ 

Meghan’s pregnancy diary: Duchess shares stylish unseen black and white snaps from when she was expecting Archie

Meghan Markle shared a glimpse of the last months her first pregnancy with her son Archie in early 2019.

Two previously unseen black and white pictures show the Duchess of Sussex heavily pregnant in the couple’s Frogmore Cottage in Windsor. 

In one snap, Meghan looks out her window, a hand propped her on impressive baby bump. In the other, she is walking in the garden of her and Prince Harry‘s Sussex estate.  

The first three episodes of Harry & Meghan – part of the Sussexes’ multi-million-dollar deal with Netflix – were streamed last week, with the final three hour-long episodes streaming from today.

Meghan Markle shared a glimpse of the last months her first pregnancy with her son Archie in early 2019

Meghan Markle shared a glimpse of the last months her first pregnancy with her son Archie in early 2019

A second picture shows her walking in her garden, dressed in a dotted dress and a coat, her hair tied up in a loose ponytail

A second picture shows her walking in her garden, dressed in a dotted dress and a coat, her hair tied up in a loose ponytail

The snaps were seemingly taken during her first pregnancy’s last semester and show Meghan enjoying the moment, away from the spotlight. 

The first snap shows Meghan in one of the cottage rooms, looking at the window in a body-hugging pregnant dress. 

In the other, she is walking in her garden, dressed in a dotted dress and a coat, her hair tied up in a loose ponytail. 

Her dog Guy can be seen roaming next to her with one of the couple’s other pups, and the expectant mother is holding a leash in her hand.  

 

Life at Nottingham Cottage: Meghan dances in the doorway at Kensington Palace love nest

Meghan and Harry cut homely figures as they lift the lid on domestic life at their UK home, in the latest instalment of their Netflix show. 

Footage of Meghan playfully dancing in the doorway of the couple’s farmhouse style love nest was shown in episode four of the docuseries.

Prince Harry watches his wife from afar and gushes: ‘Oh My god. It’s my favourite video, Thursday afternoon, someone’s happy.’ 

Footage of Meghan Markle playfully dancing in the doorway of Nottingham Cottage was shown in episode four of the docuseries

Footage of Meghan Markle playfully dancing in the doorway of the couple’s love nest was shown in episode four of the docuseries

Harry eats chicken outside the cottage as Meghan's dog Guy begs for at treat

Harry eats chicken outside the cottage as Meghan’s dog Guy begs for at treat 

Meghan takes a selfie while Harry gets on with some outdoor varnishing in the background

Meghan takes a selfie while Harrygets on with some outdoor varnishing in the background

The pair go on to talk about their time in Nottingham Cottage, which is part of Kensington Palace.

Despite being at the heart of a royal estate the cottage has a countryside feel to it, with cobbled walkways and shrubs sprouting in the borders. A lemon tree can be seen near one of the doorways as Meghan – wearing a Barbour gilet, casual leggings and walking boots – throws some shapes for her husband. 

Describing their home, Meghan said: ‘People thought we lived in a palace and we did, well a cottage in a palace.’ 

Harry said: ‘It had really low ceilings I don’t know who was there before, must have been short.’ 

Meghan laughed, revealing Harry would ‘hit his head constantly because he is so tall’. 

Harry and dog guy share a cuddle on the sofa, staying true to his roots, a union jack placemat can be seen on the table with a candle on top

Harry and dog guy share a cuddle on the sofa, staying true to his roots, a union jack placemat can be seen on the table with a candle on top 

Date night! Meghan shows off a burgundy midi dress with a lace peephole detail at the top and a pleated skirt, she opts for lace-up black shoes and a small black clutch to finish the look

Date night! Meghan shows off a burgundy midi dress with a lace peephole detail at the top and a pleated skirt, she opts for lace-up black shoes and a small black clutch to finish the look

The couple's other dog Pula, a black Labrador, watches the rainfall at Nottingham Cottage in Kensington Palace

The couple’s other dog Pula, a black Labrador, watches the rainfall at Nottingham Cottage in Kensington Palace

The Duchess of Sussex shows off her gardening skills as she brandishes a hoe, wearing a casual button down shirt and a straw hat

The Duchess of Sussex shows off her gardening skills as she brandishes a hoe, wearing a casual button down shirt and a straw hat

Harry clowns around in his dress uniform at Nottingham Cottage, his suits and shoes can be seen in the background of the dressing room

Harry clowns around in his dress uniform at Nottingham Cottage, his suits and shoes can be seen in the background of the dressing room 

Inside Meghan’s baby shower! Duchess poses with BFFs including Serena Williams in lavish New York hotel

Meghan Markle has opened up how her friends ‘surprised’ her with a ‘beautiful’ baby shower in New York when she was expecting her son Archie in her new Netflix docu-series.

The Duchess of Sussex, 41,   celebrated the impending birth of her firstborn son with Prince Harry, by flying to the Big Apple by private jet in 2019, provoking outcry with the five-day baby shower celebration. Around 20 friends attended, including Serena Williams.

In the fourth episode of the docu-series, which was released today, the royal mother shared a number of pictures from the event, which took place in one of the most expensive suits at The Mark Hotel in Manhatten.

In the snaps, she can be seen beaming with friends in a suite, while in another they could be seen arranging flowers. 

Meghan said: ‘My friends surprised me with a really beautiful baby shower in New York. 

‘They were like, ‘We’re going to shower her with love, and shower her baby, and she’s going to survive this and we’re going to get through it with her.’

Meghan Markle has opened up how her friends 'surprised' her with a 'beautiful' baby shower in New York when she was expecting her son Archie in her new Netflix docu-series (pictured, Meghan posing for a photograph with friends including Abigail Spencer, Daniel Martin, Misha Nonoo, Serena Williams and Lindsay Roth)

Meghan Markle has opened up how her friends ‘surprised’ her with a ‘beautiful’ baby shower in New York when she was expecting her son Archie in her new Netflix docu-series (pictured, Meghan posing for a photograph with friends including Abigail Spencer, Daniel Martin, Misha Nonoo, Serena Williams and Lindsay Roth)

In the snaps, she can be seen beaming with friends in a suite, while in another they could be seen arranging flowers

In the snaps, she can be seen beaming with friends in a suite, while in another they could be seen arranging flowers 

Meanwhile in another photograph, the group can be seen taking part in a flower arranging class at the hotel

Meanwhile in another photograph, the group can be seen taking part in a flower arranging class at the hotel 

Another snap from the event shows the group of friends all reaching out to Meghan's blossoming baby bump

Another snap from the event shows the group of friends all reaching out to Meghan’s blossoming baby bump 

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