The day after the broadcast of the first part of the documentary series harry and meghan on Netflix, British newspapers are on fire.
While the first three episodes posted online on Thursday revealed little information about the couple, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s criticism of the British press unsurprisingly drew strong fan reactions from the country’s tabloids.
This is demonstrated by the headlines of the UK newspapers this Friday, dedicated mainly to the series of the princely couple. the daily mail talks about “Buckingham Palace’s anger over an attack on the Queen’s legacy”, showing two unflattering photos of Meghan and Harry on the cover.
the tabloid Sun it also headlines “Harry the Wicked,” in reference to its “Harry the Nazi” cover in 2005. In his article, the paper’s royal correspondent suggests the Netflix documentary tarnishes the image of Elizabeth II, citing sources close to the family real that he would be in a “state of sadness”.
“Stop this real circus”, also assures the daily mirror in his one while the daily express mentions the pain of the royal “deeply upset by Harry’s insults” in the series.
12 Daily Mail articles in 2 hours
Throughout the first three episodes of the series, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan pound the British press, which they accuse of regularly exaggerating, distorting and fabricating false rumors against them. The Sussexes also recount repeated invasions of their privacy by the media and harassment by paparazzi.
“Most of my memories are invaded by paparazzi,” Harry says in the documentary.
The various testimonies present in these first episodes abound in this sense and underline the lack of scruples of the press – capable of “rummaging through the bins or trying to hack accounts”, as a friend of the couple says – and the lack of freedom of the members of the royal family.
On their websites, the tabloids Sun Y The Daily MailTwo newspapers that Prince Harry has sued in the past over their reporting also criticized the Meghan and Harry docu-series.
According to the journalist from guardian, Jim Waterson, Within two hours of the first episodes airing, the first twelve MailOnline articles were all about the couple, complete with photos, gifs and screenshots. The Sun, for its part, published seven articles about the couple in the first two hours.
Source: BFM TV
