Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's explosive new Netflix docuseries is set to feature friends and family who have "never spoken publicly before about what they witnessed".
The first official teaser for Harry & Meghan, the Sussexes’ behind-the-scenes Netflix docuseries dropped yesterday - on the second day of the Prince and Princess of Wales' high-profile visit to Boston.
During the one-minute clip, Meghan appears to be wiping away tears with both hands as they stream down her face, while Harry sits and tilts his head right back, seemingly in distress.
Harry says: "No one sees what’s happening behind closed doors… I had to do everything I could to protect my family", while Meghan adds: "When the stakes were this high, doesn’t it make more sense to hear our story from us?"
The series is set to be split into six episodes and according to Netflix "explores the clandestine days of their early courtship and the challenges that led to them feeling forced to step back from their full-time roles in the institution".
And the streaming service adds that it will also feature "friends and family, most of whom have never spoken publicly before about what they witnessed".
Netflix says in a statement: "In an unprecedented and in-depth documentary series, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex share the other side of their high-profile love story.
"Across six episodes, the series explores the clandestine days of their early courtship and the challenges that led to them feeling forced to step back from their full-time roles in the institution.
"With commentary from friends and family, most of whom have never spoken publicly before about what they witnessed, and historians who discuss the state of the British Commonwealth today and the royal family’s relationship with the press, the series does more than illuminate one couple’s love story, it paints a picture of our world and how we treat each other."
Images of William and Kate with Harry and Meghan at the Commonwealth Day service in 2019 – the year before the Sussexes final public royal engagement at the same event – feature among the photographs.
Also, there are happy snapshots of the Sussexes kissing while Meghan sits on a kitchen island, as newlyweds dancing with joy at their evening wedding reception, cuddling in a photo booth and Meghan cradling her bump while pregnant.
But the duchess is also pictured with her hand over her face as she sits cross-legged on a chair holding a phone but it is not clear in this image whether she is crying.
The trailer's release came on the second day of the Prince and Princess of Wales' high-profile visit to Boston.
It has led to the Sussexes of being accused of hijacking William and Kate’s US climate fight tour.
And one source told the Daily Mail: "I don't see how anyone could view it as anything other than a declaration of war."
While another added: "None of this is a surprise", and that the timing of the trailer's release had not gone unnoticed by palace staff.
William and Kate rose above the apparent bid to overshadow their visit to Boston, which was a huge success yesterday as crowds lined streets to greet them.
The couple enjoyed a rapturous welcome in the US ahead of tonight’s Earthshot Prize to celebrate environmental projects.
