Row over whether Royal Family were approached for series after Netflix say they were contacted | Ents & Arts News

A row has emerged over whether or not the Royal Household had been approached for remark concerning the Harry and Meghan Netflix sequence, after a palace supply mentioned they weren’t, however the streaming big mentioned in any other case.

Episode one of many six-part documentary begins with a press release from Netflix, saying: “It is a first-hand account of Harry and Meghan’s story, informed with never-before-seen private archive.

“All interviews had been accomplished by August 2022 (the month earlier than the Queen died).

“Members of the royal household declined to touch upon the content material inside this sequence.”

Sky Information understands, nonetheless, that neither Buckingham Palace nor Kensington Palace nor any member of the Royal Household had been approached for touch upon the content material of the sequence.

The PA information company, quoting a “senior palace supply”, reported the identical data.

Nonetheless, a Netflix supply insisted the communications workplaces of each the King and the Prince of Wales had been contacted upfront and given the prospect to react to Harry and Meghan’s claims.

Kensington Palace confirmed it did obtain an e-mail purporting to be from a third-party manufacturing firm.

It added that it tried to confirm its authenticity with Archewell Productions (the couple’s agency) and Netflix, however by no means acquired a response.

“Within the absence of this verification, we had been unable to supply any response. The substance of the e-mail we acquired additionally didn’t tackle the complete sequence,” a supply mentioned.

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Within the documentary, Harry alleges the Royal Household has “unconscious bias”.

He says: “On this household, generally you’re a part of the issue reasonably than a part of the answer. There’s a enormous degree of unconscious bias.

“The factor with unconscious bias, it’s really nobody’s fault. However as soon as it has been identified, or recognized inside your self, you then have to make it proper.”

The sequence additionally makes use of footage from Princess Diana’s BBC Panorama interview, which Prince William has mentioned ought to never be broadcast again.

The Duke of Sussex seems to criticise the parenting he acquired from King Charles, speaking about making an attempt to deal with the lack of his mom, who died in a automotive crash in 1997, “with out a lot help or assist or steering”.

He added that he was “actually introduced up” by a “second household” of buddies in Africa.

The Duke and Duchess signed profitable offers with Netflix and Spotify – regarded as value greater than £100m – after deciding to quit the monarchy in early 2020.