Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's new Netflix documentary is being seen as a "declaration of war", claim royal sources.
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?"
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, which also include many personal and private snaps that were previously unseen.
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.
It comes as 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.
Last night they toured Piers Park, in temperatures that felt well below freezing due to the windchill, to learn about the history of the area now threatened by rising sea levels.
But despite their success, the fallout from Ngozi Fulani's racism accusation against William's godmother Lady Susan Hussey – said to have taken place at Buckingham Palace – continued.
Lady Susan, who quit her royal role of more than 60 years after the claims, has offered to meet Ngozi to apologise in person, friends said yesterday.
And there are fears Harry and Meghan will reveal further damaging allegations of racism in their TV show.
Meghan last year accused an unnamed member of the family of racist comments about the complexion of her and Harry’s unborn child.
And the Palace is braced for more claims from the couple about their time in The Firm with the six-part Netflix series, which is due to drop next Thursday.
