Did Prince Harry and Meghan Markle miscalculate the result of their recently-released Netflix docuseries?
08.12.2022 - 19:29 / usmagazine.com
Not on her side? Prince Harry and Meghan Markle pulled back the curtain on how the intense U.K. media attention created a rift between them and the royal family.
In the second episode of Harry, 38, and Meghan’s Netflix docuseries, which started streaming on Thursday, December 8, the actress’ mother Doria Ragland made her first appearance. The social worker addressed her experience with racism — and how she wished she discussed the topic with her daughter, 41, sooner.
The Suits alum, for her part, noted she wasn’t treated like a Black woman until her time overseas with Harry.
“It’s very different to be a minority but not be treated as a minority right off the bat,” she explained to the cameras. “I’d say now, people are very aware of my race because they made it such an issue when I went to the U.K. But before that, most people didn’t treat me like a ‘Black woman.’ So that talk didn’t happen for me.”
According to Meghan, she initially didn’t think the press scrutiny was linked to her race. “I genuinely didn’t think about it,” she admitted. “At that time, I wasn’t thinking about how race played a part in any of this.”
The California native also slammed the “Straight Out of Compton” headline digs made by the U.K. press, adding, “Firstly, I’m not from Compton, I’ve never lived in Compton, so it’s factually incorrect. But why do you have to make a dig at Compton?”
During the docuseries, the BetterUp CIO recalled the royal family’s response to how the U.K. press was treating his now-wife.
“The direction from the palace was: don’t say anything. But what people need to understand is, as far as a lot of the family were concerned, everything that she was being put through, they had been put through as well,” he detailed on Thursday. “So,
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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 responded: “That's well said.”The final episode of the docuseries also features a dramatic moment in which Prince Harry is seen visibly upset after receiving a text message from Prince William following the chat with Oprah.Harry simply admitted: "I wish I knew what to do."In the scene, Meghan is seen talking with her friend Tyler Perry on her mobile phone.She then reads out the statement issued by Buckingham Palace following the couple's interview with Oprah Winfrey.As Meghan is reading that out, Harry is shown deep in thought as he stares at his mobile phone screen.But then Meghan says: "What am I looking at?", as a snivelling Harry shows her his mobile phone screen, to which Meghan simply replies: “Wow."Meghan then goes back to speaking to Tyler, and says: "H just got a text from his brother," before she ends the call with her friend.She stands up in front of Harry, who is visibly upset and has both hands behind his head and tells her: "I wish I knew what to do." Meghan embraces her husband as she says: "I know. Let's take a breather.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's new Netflix docuseries, Harry and Meghan.The outspoken radio personality called the couple "whiny b*****s" as he was made to watch the show by his wife.Stern spoke about the royal couple on his radio show yesterday morning, with the series having been released days prior.He said on SiriusXM radio show: "It's been painful. I wouldn’t stay with it, but my wife wants to watch it, so we have shows we watch, but they come off like such whiny b*****s."I gotta tell you, man, I just don’t get it."The radio presenter then tried to justify his comments by explaining his thoughts on the Prince's reasoning for leaving the royal family.He continued: "I get Prince Harry being p****d off at the monarchy for his mother.They treated her like s**t."That Prince Charles was such a f***ing c**t to Lady Diana."Stern said that while he felt empathy for Prince Harry over the passing of his mother, he felt the royal did still come across as "whiny".He said: "Jesus Christ, when those two start whining about ‘Wah, wah, wah, and they don’t like me’ and she wants to be beloved in this country, but man, oh man, you know."It's just very weird to watch two people who keep screaming, 'We wanted our privacy, we wanted the press to leave us alone.'"And then what is special that they put out on Netflix — showing you them and their kids and their life.
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