I am enjoying the Guardian report TBH. Not everybody has the time or the appetite to see the documentary so that way we can get an idea what is going on.
An interesting comment from the Duchess about her engagement: "Orchestrated reality show. It was rehearsed" considering where she says it.
Apparently the DM has a live report as well. A headline talks about unseen photos of their dogs, which I suppose must mean that the bombshells that were expected did not arrive in this part of the documentary (yet). From the Guardian report I gather that - if anything- the couple mostly rehashed & put more nuance and context to the claims in the Oprah-interview.
To me it seems that they perhaps are trying to rebrand their public persona. From the bitterness in the Oprah interview to something less negative. All considering that would be a good thing. If this is all the palace must breathe a sigh of relief.
I just went through the entire article and I'm exhausted. I'll be watching the episodes one per day because listening to this two all at once will be irritating.
What I agree with the article:
The tabloids need scandalous news and Harry's own lifestyle provided it with no effort. Had this been Chelsy instead of Meghan it would have been the same.
Re racism - in the USA racism is now back and loud thanks to a certain ex-head of state that made offensive comments so often people became numb. It's a tragedy for others that are victims of it and a big business for others that use it to get rich quick, like the scandal with BLM non-profit. In that context Meghan became a lightning rod both in the UK and the USA.
Re Doria and family - I believe her on the disputes with her ex-husband's children. I remember reading about it when H&M relationship became public. Her ex-husband's mother said in an article her daughter used racist remarks when her dad married Doria.
Re Kate and William, if I recall they all lived together condo-style in the same complex, like a door away. When H&M moved out Will and Kate took over their apartment's area to expand their now family of five surroundings. I have the suspicion Kate witnessed a tantrum out of frustration with the staff and, if she confronted Meghan about it, we will never know. Since the docu-series is only allowing one victim to tell her story with no counter claims
Harry complains on Kate's formality. Can't he see she's no longer the party girl from years back? She's married to a future head of state and now with small kids trying to stay off the tabloids. While Harry was partying on a Nazi outfit or being photographed in a strip party. At what point he gets that Kate's seriousness means you tone down your act and act as an adult as you age? As I mentioned before, his lifestyle flooded and drowned Meghan's own life from the start.
The article also mentions the story is one sided, I'll check when I watch episode one today. But on that do remember is a TV product that needs to sell to justify the TV money given to the Sussex duo. They need to produce drama, an antagonist or more to them, a good story with plot holes to embellish for the sake of ratings.
Harry probably has the final say in decisions since their lives run on his titles. He now has turned his family into a live version of the heavily embellished Netflix series The Crown. Meghan is stringing along and doing deals on her own, but now I don't see her as the one driving this car on the right side of the road. I do see Harry using this tell all docu-drama to express years of built-in anger.
In a lab we can say Meghan is Harry's catalytic enzyme that accelerated the effects we discuss here. But the ingredients were all there and all I see is a man-child with a lot of anger lashing out at the world around him, and unfortunately dragging the people that seem to care the most for him down this path, too.