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Incendiary claims by Prince Harry of “a war against Meghan” has sparked a furious backlash.
In a trailer for their new documentary, he alleged the couple had suffered from leaks and planted stories that backed up the royal family ‘hierarchy’.
Allies told the six-hour series on Netflix there was “a war against Meghan to suit other people’s agendas”, with one claiming “it’s about hatred, it’s about race”.
In clips for the show, Harry, 38, took aim at royal aides, smirking as he commented: “It’s a dirty game”.
But royal sources insisted it was “absolutely wrong” to suggest Harry and Meghan had been briefed against and “unprecedented steps” had been taken to support them.
The new trailer gave the clearest signal yet that the California-based pair will reopen old wounds as they seek to justify why they quit as working royals and left Britain.
It contained footage of Princess Diana, Meghan and the new Princess of Wales all surrounded by photographers, as Harry spoke of “the pain and suffering of women marrying into this institution”.
He appeared to reference the death of his mother as he added: “I was terrified. I didn’t want history to repeat itself”.
But the accuracy of the Netflix series was immediately called into question as it emerged that footage which supposedly showed media harassment of the couple was actually filmed under vastly different circumstances.
Footage of cameramen included in the trailer was actually filmed as former glamour model Katie Price arrived for a drink driving court appearance, while a photograph showing banks of waiting photographers was taken at a Harry Potter premiere with no royal attendance.
In the trailer, footage shows photographers swarming around a car, as Meghan says: “I realised they (the royal household) are never gonna protect you.”
The trailer then cuts to an image of Meghan wiping her eyes, apparently in tears.
But the car footage was filmed outside the home of Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen, as he left to start a prison sentence in 2019.
Another photograph showed Harry and Meghan walking away with their baby son Archie while a cameraman appeared to loom over them from a hidden vantage point.
Journalist Robert Jobson said it was taken when the couple met Archbishop Desmond Tutu in Cape Town, and that Harry and Meghan had agreed where three accredited photographers and journalists could stand.
He said it was a ‘complete travesty’ to use the photograph as an example of intrusion. Journalist and pundit Piers Morgan, whose voice from a news report was used in the trailer, said: “These two wouldn’t know the truth if it slapped them round their latte-encrusted tiaras.”
The former Good Morning Britain host branded Harry “a deluded spoiled manipulated brat” who was “waging a relentless vicious public war against his own family”.
The couple’s claims sparked incredulity amongst royal insiders, some of whom were keen to make clear they are only speaking out because of the nature of the allegations from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
One said: “The truth is that the Palace took unprecedented steps to support the couple. They were given their own dedicated household, office, press office, home and staff.
“That is unheard of for a member of the Royal Family in their position (not a direct heir to the throne). The Queen even sent her most trusted personal staff to support Meghan, not that she wanted any of their advice.
“Both the duke and duchess always thought they knew best.”
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The source pointed out that not only were the Queen’s ladies-in-waiting asked to personally advise Meghan, but Harry’s grandmother persuaded her deputy private secretary, Sam Cohen, to stay on for six months to guide the couple.
Mrs Cohen remained with them for more than a year, even though, she later told friends, the experience was one of the worst of her career due to the couple’s allegedly unreasonable behaviour.
Another source adds: “Yes, this was a very new situation for the royal household but they were excited about Harry and Meghan’s potential and what they could achieve as a couple for the monarchy and the country.
“They were keen to put in the framework for them to succeed. It’s why Her late Majesty handed them plum jobs within the Commonwealth.
“Could the Palace have done more? Very possibly. Can it be quite slow and unwieldy sometimes? Definitely.
“Certainly too slow for the likes of Harry and Meghan, who were very impatient. The Palace’s starting point always is “but what is our precedent?”
And of course there was none here. But it is absolutely wrong to suggest that they were unsupported or, worse, that people were briefing against them.
“It would actually be laughable, if it wasn’t so serious. The Harry and Meghan show was a very different beast from the one they (the Palace) were used to. But they tried, they really did.”
One royal source added that far from leaking or placing negative stories about the couple in the media, Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace actively tried to quash rumours that all was not well behind closed doors.
On the issue of the “family hierarchy” a well-placed insider said: “Is there a hierarchy in the family? Of course there is. It’s like any other company or public institution. There’s a CEO, chief executives, department heads … That’s how big organisations work. They would be ungovernable otherwise. There’s a structure and it’s there for a reason.
“But they (the Sussexes) could not and would not accept that. They wanted to be the stars and, some may argue, had no interest whatsoever in working for the greater good. At the end of the day, everyone pulls together for the sake of the monarch. They didn’t want to do that.”
The Netflix trailer recorded 2.4 million views within six hours of going on Twitter.
The first three episodes will be available on Thursday and the rest from December 15.
Buckingham Palace declined to comment last night. Sources said the Royal Family would focus on the “job in hand”.
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Incendiary claims by Prince Harry of “a war against Meghan” has sparked a furious backlash.
In a trailer for their new documentary, he alleged the couple had suffered from leaks and planted stories that backed up the royal family ‘hierarchy’.
Allies told the six-hour series on Netflix there was “a war against Meghan to suit other people’s agendas”, with one claiming “it’s about hatred, it’s about race”.
In clips for the show, Harry, 38, took aim at royal aides, smirking as he commented: “It’s a dirty game”.
But royal sources insisted it was “absolutely wrong” to suggest Harry and Meghan had been briefed against and “unprecedented steps” had been taken to support them.
The new trailer gave the clearest signal yet that the California-based pair will reopen old wounds as they seek to justify why they quit as working royals and left Britain.
It contained footage of Princess Diana, Meghan and the new Princess of Wales all surrounded by photographers, as Harry spoke of “the pain and suffering of women marrying into this institution”.
He appeared to reference the death of his mother as he added: “I was terrified. I didn’t want history to repeat itself”.
But the accuracy of the Netflix series was immediately called into question as it emerged that footage which supposedly showed media harassment of the couple was actually filmed under vastly different circumstances.
Footage of cameramen included in the trailer was actually filmed as former glamour model Katie Price arrived for a drink driving court appearance, while a photograph showing banks of waiting photographers was taken at a Harry Potter premiere with no royal attendance.
In the trailer, footage shows photographers swarming around a car, as Meghan says: “I realised they (the royal household) are never gonna protect you.”
The trailer then cuts to an image of Meghan wiping her eyes, apparently in tears.
But the car footage was filmed outside the home of Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen, as he left to start a prison sentence in 2019.
Another photograph showed Harry and Meghan walking away with their baby son Archie while a cameraman appeared to loom over them from a hidden vantage point.
Journalist Robert Jobson said it was taken when the couple met Archbishop Desmond Tutu in Cape Town, and that Harry and Meghan had agreed where three accredited photographers and journalists could stand.
He said it was a ‘complete travesty’ to use the photograph as an example of intrusion. Journalist and pundit Piers Morgan, whose voice from a news report was used in the trailer, said: “These two wouldn’t know the truth if it slapped them round their latte-encrusted tiaras.”
The former Good Morning Britain host branded Harry “a deluded spoiled manipulated brat” who was “waging a relentless vicious public war against his own family”.
The couple’s claims sparked incredulity amongst royal insiders, some of whom were keen to make clear they are only speaking out because of the nature of the allegations from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
One said: “The truth is that the Palace took unprecedented steps to support the couple. They were given their own dedicated household, office, press office, home and staff.
“That is unheard of for a member of the Royal Family in their position (not a direct heir to the throne). The Queen even sent her most trusted personal staff to support Meghan, not that she wanted any of their advice.
“Both the duke and duchess always thought they knew best.”
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The source pointed out that not only were the Queen’s ladies-in-waiting asked to personally advise Meghan, but Harry’s grandmother persuaded her deputy private secretary, Sam Cohen, to stay on for six months to guide the couple.
Mrs Cohen remained with them for more than a year, even though, she later told friends, the experience was one of the worst of her career due to the couple’s allegedly unreasonable behaviour.
Another source adds: “Yes, this was a very new situation for the royal household but they were excited about Harry and Meghan’s potential and what they could achieve as a couple for the monarchy and the country.
“They were keen to put in the framework for them to succeed. It’s why Her late Majesty handed them plum jobs within the Commonwealth.
“Could the Palace have done more? Very possibly. Can it be quite slow and unwieldy sometimes? Definitely.
“Certainly too slow for the likes of Harry and Meghan, who were very impatient. The Palace’s starting point always is “but what is our precedent?”
And of course there was none here. But it is absolutely wrong to suggest that they were unsupported or, worse, that people were briefing against them.
“It would actually be laughable, if it wasn’t so serious. The Harry and Meghan show was a very different beast from the one they (the Palace) were used to. But they tried, they really did.”
One royal source added that far from leaking or placing negative stories about the couple in the media, Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace actively tried to quash rumours that all was not well behind closed doors.
On the issue of the “family hierarchy” a well-placed insider said: “Is there a hierarchy in the family? Of course there is. It’s like any other company or public institution. There’s a CEO, chief executives, department heads … That’s how big organisations work. They would be ungovernable otherwise. There’s a structure and it’s there for a reason.
“But they (the Sussexes) could not and would not accept that. They wanted to be the stars and, some may argue, had no interest whatsoever in working for the greater good. At the end of the day, everyone pulls together for the sake of the monarch. They didn’t want to do that.”
The Netflix trailer recorded 2.4 million views within six hours of going on Twitter.
The first three episodes will be available on Thursday and the rest from December 15.
Buckingham Palace declined to comment last night. Sources said the Royal Family would focus on the “job in hand”.
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