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Your support makes all the difference.The Duke of Sussex has described how “terrifying” it was to have his brother, the Prince of Wales, shout and scream at him at the Sandringham summit in front of the Queen during the Megxit crisis.
The duke’s claim is one of many revelations outlined in the final episodes of the couple’s Netflix docuseries, which also saw the pair condemn the treatment of Meghan at the hands of the media, and speak openly about her mental health struggles during their time as senior royals.
The final episodes also included lighter moments, such as when the couple mock the size of Nottingham Cottage, the residence on the grounds of Kensington Palace where they lived temporarily after their royal wedding.
Both Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace declined to comment on the latest episodes. However, the royal family put on a united front when they attended the Princess of Wales’ second annual Christmas carol concert Thursday evening (15 December), just hours after the final episodes of the Sussexes’ bombshell Netflix series aired.
On Friday (16 December), the Palace also reiterated its dedication to “inclusion and diversity” while revealing that the Queen’s former lady-in-waiting, Lady Susan Hussey, apologised in person to Black charity founder Ngozi Fulani over comments she’d made two weeks prior.
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The couple also spoke candidly about their legal battles with the media, with Prince Harry revealing that he blames Meghan’s miscarriage on the stress of the couple’s lawsuit against Associated Newspapers Limited.
“I believe my wife suffered a miscarriage because of what The Mail did,” Harry says in the Netflix series.
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According to the couple, they have found happiness in the US, with Prince Harry noting how California has become home to their children, son Archie and daughter Lilibet.
“Just seeing Archie running across the lawn with this big smile, this is the world that he knows. He spent his first five months in Windsor. That was it. This is home to him. This is home to Lili. And this is our home,” the duke said during episode six of the series. “I get to do things with our kids I never would be able to do in the UK.”
Prince Harry appears to feel especially close to California because, as he noted, his mother once considered living in the state.
As he reflected on the changes he’s gone through, he said: “I came here because I was changed. I changed to the point that I’d outgrown my environment, therefore this was the most obvious places to come.”
“This is one of the places my mum was going to end up living, potentially, you know,” he added.
As for whether the couple sees the rift between themselves and the royal family closing, Prince Harry said at one point that he’s had to “make peace” with the idea that they may never get an apology.
“I’ve had to make peace with the fact that we’re probably never going to get genuine accountability or a genuine apology,” he said, adding: “You know, my wife and I, we’re moving on. We’re focused on what’s coming next.”
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Despite some notable moments, some viewers felt the docuseries failed to reveal anything new about the couple’s decision to step back from the royal family.
In a two-star review, Jessie Thompson described volume two of the series as an “almost unendurable three addtional hours of grudge-rehashing”.
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One of the ironies, according to Jessie Thompson, is that “since their departure, Meghan and Harry’s relevance rests on their shrinking proximity to the royal family”.
“Having left so sensationally, they can now only maintain the public’s interest by taking carefully calculated chunks out of the firm – something they’ve doubled down on here, with Harry’s memoir, Spare, still to come in January. They’re trapped in a royal soap opera of their own creation – feeding the exact beast they so longed to escape from,” she writes.
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