Royal family fans are interested as the first three episodes of the new docu-series, Harry & Megan, has finally landed on Netflix today (December 8). The new shows feature emotional moments, reality TV confessionals, unseen footage and behind the scene scoops from the couple's private lives.
The couple signed an exclusive deal with Netflix two years ago which is thought to be worth $112million. The series has been highly anticipated.
The 45-minute episodes will make for potentially uncomfortable viewing for the rest of the royal family. They are thought to have held crisis talks on how best to respond to the series.
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In the new episodes, Harry alleges that the royals asked why Meghan should be protected from media speculation. He claims that he was told all royal women are expected to go through this, including Kate, now Princess of Wales. In one episode, he claims that the Palace said he was to say nothing about stories that were printed about the couple - following the family motto of not complaining, reported The Mirror.
He also says that the royals said that the royal wives had to experience press intrusion from the early days of their relationships - so Meghan shouldn't expect special treatment. Harry said in episode two: "The direction from the Palace was don't say anything. But what people need to understand is, as far as a lot of the family were concerned, everything that she was being put through, they had been put through as well.
"So it was almost like a rite of passage, and some of the members of the family were like 'my wife had to go through that, so why should your girlfriend be treated any differently? Why should you get special treatment? Why should she be protected?'
"I said 'the difference here is the race element'." To this, Meghan added: "It was horrible, but I continued to hold the line and say nothing." Harry then added: "Eight days after the relationship became public I put out a statement calling out the racist undertones of articles and headlines that were written by the British press as well as outright racism from those articles across social media."
When it came to meeting Harry's family for the first time, there were additional awkward moments. Although he said family members were impressed with how intelligent and beautiful Meghan was.
"I remember my family first meeting her being incredibly impressed. Some of them didn't quite know what to do with themselves. So I think they were. They were surprised," he said.
"They were surprised that such a ginger could land such a beautiful woman. And such an intelligent woman. But the fact that I was dating an American actress was probably what clouded their judgement more than anything else. Oh, she's an American actress, this won't last long. "
To which Meghan said: "The actress thing was the biggest problem, funnily enough. There is a big idea of what that looks like from the UK standpoint - Hollywood - and it's just very easy for them to typecast that."
Those hoping for a glimpse of the royal children will be happy as Archie and Lilibet are featured throughout the first episodes of the show. The children are seen going for walks with their parents and celebrating Archie's first birthday with a party.
Harry said: "My son, my daughter, my children are mixed race, and I'm really proud of that. When my kids grow up, and they look back at this moment, and they turn to me and say 'what did you do in this moment?', I want to be able to give them an answer. I think it is such a responsibility as human beings that, if you bring a small person into this world, you should be doing everything you can to make the world a better place for them.
"But, equally, what's most important for the two of us is to make sure that we don't repeat the same mistakes that perhaps our parents made." Meghan also recalled meeting Prince William and Kate for the first time and that she didn't realise British people don't hug as much.
She explained: "When Will and Kate came over, and I met her for the first time, they came over for dinner, I remember I was in ripped jeans and I was barefoot. I was a hugger. I've always been a hugger, I didn't realise that that is really jarring for a lot of Brits.
"I guess I started to understand very quickly that the formality on the outside carried through on the inside. There is a forward-facing way of being, and then you close the door and go 'you can relax now', but that formality carries over on both sides. And that was surprising to me."
She also revealed that meeting the Queen for the first time and that she found curtseying "weird". She soon realised it was a big deal
Harry said: "My grandmother was the first senior member of the family that Meghan met. She had no idea what it all consisted of so it was a bit of a shock to the system for her." Meghan agreed: "There wasn't like some big moment of 'now you're going to meet my grandmother'. I didn't know I was going to meet her until moments before.
"We were in the car and we were going to Royal Lodge for lunch, and he's like 'oh, my grandmother's here, we're going to meet her after church'. And I remember we were in the car driving up and he's like 'you know how to curtsy, right?' And I just thought it was a joke."
Harry said: "How do you explain that to people? How do you explain that you bow to your grandmother? And that you will need to curtsy. Especially to an American. That's weird.
"Now I'm starting to realise 'this is a big deal'. I mean, Americans will understand this. We have medieval times, dinners and tournament. It was like that. It was so intense. When she left, Eugenie Jack and Fergie said 'you did great' and I said thanks. I didn't know what I was doing," she revealed.
The couple shared moments from their proposal which took place at Kensington Palace in 2017. Harry said: "I did pop a bottle of champagne while she was roasting a chicken, and that slightly gave the game away. I just said 'oh I had it lying around, whatever'."
He added: "Of course I got down on one knee. Of course I did." Meghan said: "He was down on one knee and I was like 'yes'. We were so joyful and excited. We thought 'we're doing this!'"
Meghan also had no idea what a walkabout was ahead of her appearance with Harry in Nottingham after the engagement. She quickly learned that it is where crowds turn out to see the royals when they visit a city.
Fans will have to make do with only three episodes for now as the second half is expected to be released later in December. There are six episodes in the series. However, the release date is rumoured to be the same date as the memorial Princess of Wales carol concert.
The couple stated that they are keen not to make the same mistakes as their parents when it comes to raising children. They both spoke openly about how the breakdown of their parent's marriages had affected them especially when it comes to raising Lilibet and Archie.
Meghan said: "There's so much from anyone's childhood that you bring with you into the present. Especially when you're the product of divorce."
Harry added: "What's most important to the two of us is to make sure that we don't repeat the same mistakes that perhaps our parents made. I think most kids who are the product of divorced parents have a lot in common, no matter what your background is.'
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