Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's son Archie is heard speaking for the first time in their bombshell Netflix docuseries. After stepping back from their role as senior royals in 2020, it was revealed that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex would be making a number of films and series, including documentaries and children's shows with the streaming giant.
And on Thursday (December 8), after the release of two, one-minute-long teasers, the first three episodes of the six-part docuseries, entitled Harry & Meghan, wad finally released. While 'Volume 1' was released today, viewers will have to wait a week, until Thursday, December 15, to watch 'Volume 2' featuring the second, and last, lot of episodes.
In the opening scenes, Harry is shown at Heathrow airport in footage he filmed himself in March 2020 at the culmination of the Megxit crisis and as he prepared to leave the UK for the last time as a senior royal. "This is about duty and service and I feel as though, being part of this family, it is my duty to uncover this exploitation and bribery that happens within our media," he is heard saying.
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Meghan is seen separately, filming herself in Vancouver, Canada, wearing a towel on her head and is heard saying: "Unfortunately, in us standing for something, they are destroying us." The series actual began with a written statement on a black background saying it is a first hand account of Harry & Meghan's story told with never before seen personal archive.
It said "all interviews were finished in August 2022 and members of the Royal Family declined to comment on the content within this series". Harry then said: "We've just finished two weeks, our final push, our last stint of royal engagements. It's really hard to look back on it now and go, 'What on Earth happened?'"
He added: "This isn't just about our story. This has always been so much bigger than us. No one knows the full truth. We know the full truth. The institution knows the full truth. And the media know the full truth because they've been in on it. And I think anybody else in my situation would have done exactly the same thing."
Meanwhile, Meghan is seen saying: "I just really want to get to the other side of all of this." There is then a silent pause before she appears emotional and admitted: "I don't know what to say anymore."
But with many bombshells, there was also some sweet family moments as the couple's first-born Archie was seen with his parents and heard speaking for the first time. Alongside a spectacular photo of the sunset in Montecito, the now-three-year-old can be heard saying: "Well it's all done, beautiful."
Meghan responds to her son: "It's so beautiful." Later, viewers see a shot of Archie from behind as he walked in front of his parents, with Meghan filming as Harry pushes a pram. Meghan said: "Archie are you having fun?" A photo of Archie's first birthday was also shown with Harry, Meghan and Meghan's mother Doria Ragland celebrating the milestone.
There is also a poignant moment Archie is shown a photo of his late grandmother, Princess Diana. In the moment, Meghan is seen holding up a then-baby Archie to an image of Diana from her famous Patrick Demarchelier photoshoot. As he makes noises, Meghan is heard saying: "Hey grandma!", before adding: "Yeah...that's your grandma Diana." Archie then reaches out to the photo and touches it with his hand.
Speaking about his childr en, Harry tells the camera: "As a dad, and as parents, I think consent is a really key piece to this. That if you have children, it should be your consent to what you share." Meghan later adds: "We've been really conscious of protecting our kids as best we can and also understanding the role they play in this really historical family."
In part two of the couple's tell-all Nextflix documentary series, Harry and Meghan spoke about how the breakdown of their parents marriages had affected their approach to raising son Archie and daughter Lilibet, one. 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. Being pulled from once place to another or maybe your parents are competitive, or you'e in one place longer than you want to be or in another place less than you want to be. There's all sorts of pieces to that."
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