The first trailer for the upcoming docuseries starring Meghan Markle and Prince Harry was made available by Netflix earlier this week.
The initiative offers an in-depth examination of the successes and struggles faced by one of the most well-known couples on earth.
The response from the general public has been overwhelmingly positive, with fans anxiously expecting this exceptional chance to have such a close-up look into the lives of two incredibly powerful people.
But Harry & Meghan, a series with an undoubtedly grandiose title. There has also been a lot of disapproval of a Netflix Global Event.
Like just about everything the Sussexes do, the film has been slammed as further evidence of the couple’s self-pitying narcissism.
“Right on cue, Harry and Meghan drop the trailer for their victimhood fest on Netflix,” journalist (and noted Meghan hater) Dan Wootton tweeted, according toThe New York Post.
“Shameless. Meghan has already destroyed the Markles. Now Harry is trying to destroy the Windsors. Small mercy that the late Queen doesn’t have to live through this.”
“If an Academy Award was given for hubris, vanity, and narcissism, Meghan and Harry would be top contenders,” former Margaret Thatcher aide Nile Gardiner echoed.
“Imagine bleating about privacy then doing a kiss-and-tell reality series about your private lives?” Piers Morgan griped.
“Then imagine preaching compassion as you trash your family again?”
Morgan went on to whine that the trailer was released during Prince William and Kate Middleton’s trip to Boston, a coincidence over which the Sussexes almost certainly had no control.
“Then imagine releasing 1st trailer deliberately to ruin your brother’s big trip to America? Repulsive hypocrites,” he added.
“Oh, the Prince and Princess of Wales must be delighted the release of this trial coincides with their trip to the US. You’d almost think [sic] it was a deliberate attempt to upstage them…” podcast host Jon Sopel chimed in.
The trailer features voice-overs in which Harry and Meghan explain why they participated in this project.
“No one sees what’s behind closed doors,” Harry explained.
“When the stakes are this high. Doesn’t it make more sense to hear our story from us?” Meghan added.
But some critics feel that Harry and Meghan have already told their story sufficiently well.
“H&M need a new mantra besides ‘we want to tell our own story — they’ve done so many times!” Business of Fashion editor Diane Pearl tweeted.
“They should look ahead and give [people] reasons to care and be interested in them beyond their past + royalties,” Pearl continued.
“It’s the only way they can move forward + find success.”
Others argued that the project is vital, and the timing is perfect, as Lady Susan Hussey just stepped down on Wednesday after making “unacceptable and deeply regrettable *” to a black domestic abuse campaigner.
Hussey was a member of the royal household since 1960 and godmother to Prince William.
Many believe that the scandal surrounding Hussey’s racial insensitivity serves to verify the claims of bigotry made by Harry and Meghan before they stepped down from their roles as senior royals.
And while their critics might not like it, the Netflix doc will certainly provide these two with an opportunity to explain their position further.
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