Harry & Meghan Netflix series launches amid controversy

After a blaze of publicity and controversy, Netflix's Harry & Meghan bid is opening with 3 episodes connected Thursday morning.

It promises to uncover the wrong communicative of however the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped down from royal duties.

Trailers notation to a "war against Meghan", with Prince Harry speaking of the "leaking and... planting of stories" arsenic portion of a "dirty game".

Buckingham Palace has not responded to the Sussexes' claims.

There volition beryllium aggravated scrutiny of the series.

A "behind-closed-doors" presumption of Palace beingness has been promised, with Prince Harry speaking of the "pain and suffering of women marrying into this institution", successful an evident notation to his wife, Meghan, and mother, Diana, Princess of Wales.

The trailers suggest the TV documentary volition uncover the emotion communicative of however the "clandestine" narration betwixt Prince Harry and Meghan developed.

But it volition besides amusement their relationship of a changing narration with the media and the public.

This volition beryllium their mentation of events - and the remainder of the Royal Family mightiness beryllium watching to spot however acold the claims go, if determination is immoderate grounds and whether they should officially respond.

"We cognize the afloat truth," Prince Harry says, introducing a bid with a 15 standing and a informing it deals with "discrimination".

But questions person been raised astir immoderate of the images used.

A country of a property scrum is said to person been taken from an quality astatine Crawley Magistrates' Court by TV property Katie Price, alternatively than a royal engagement.

On Tuesday, astatine a New York lawsuit wherever the prince and Meghan received a human-rights award, the mates faced awkward questions from reporters: "Are you putting wealth earlier family?" and "Are you harming your family, Harry?".

But the melodramatic code of the trailers shows nary motion of offering immoderate olive branches, alternatively suggesting a collision people with the Royal Family.

And the caller twelvemonth volition bring the work of Prince Harry's "unflinching" memoir.

The bid is being released successful 2 sections of 3 episodes, connected 8 and 15 December, astatine 08:00 GMT.