Based on the coverage surrounding it by royal reporters and the British tabloids, you’d think that Prince Harry and wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, were waging a full-scale war against the royal institution (or “The Firm”) with their forthcoming Netflix documentary series. Whether or not that’s actually the case remains to be seen. But what we do know is the “unprecedented” six-part event will offer revelations in spades.
“At its core, their relationship looks like many others: They met, had a whirlwind romance, fell in love, got married, had children, and built a life based on shared values and mutual support of each other’s work and ambitions,” reads Netflix’s official description.
“But the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are no ordinary couple. Theirs is one of the most high-profile love stories in history, and even the most plugged-in fans and followers of their story have never heard it told like this before.”
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Featuring interviews with family and friends who’ve never previously spoken publicly – in addition to historians and journalists who dissect the media’s impact on Harry and Meghan’s relationship with both the royal family and the Commonwealth as a whole – the documentary series tracks the couple from their early days of courtship to the challenges and controversies that eventually prompted them to step away from the royal family.
“There’s a hierarchy of the family. There is a leaking but also a planting of stories. It’s a dirty game,” Prince Harry says in the trailer, which draws direct parallels between the treatment of himself and his wife with the treatment of his late mother Princess Diana.
Over the years, Harry has been critical of the press for their culpability in his mother’s untimely death; the car crash in question occurred due to the driver attempting to avoid paparazzi harassment.
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“The pain and suffering of women marrying into this institution, this feeding frenzy. I was terrified. I didn’t want history repeating itself.”
“No one knows the full truth. We know the full truth.”
Netflix’s Harry & Meghan has been directed by two-time Academy Award–nominated and Emmy-winning director Liz Garbus (Love, Marilyn, I’ll Be Gone In The Dark, The Handmaid’s Tale); with Erica Sashin, Mark Monroe, Dan Cogan, Ben Browning, Chanel Pysnik, Jon Bardin, Mala Chapple, and Angus Wall serving as executive producers.
Harry & Meghan hits Netflix on two separate release dates: December 8th for Volume I and December 15th for Volume II (check out the trailer above).
