The final episode of Harry and Meghan’s Netflix series reveals the moment Prince Harry shared a text from his brother Prince William with his wife amid the fallout from their ‘truth bomb’ interview with Oprah Winfrey.
In footage filmed in the days after the bombshell discussion with Winfrey in March last year, Harry is seen showing his wife his phone, before Meghan says: ‘Wow, H just got a text from his brother.’
Earlier in the episode, Harry accuses the palace of ‘institutional gaslighting’.
The episode had opened with a gleeful video selfie in which the Duke of Sussex says: ‘We are on the freedom flight’ as they flew from Canada to Los Angeles in March 2020, after they split from the royal family.
In a video monologue filmed on the plane, he says: ‘We are on our freedom flight’.
The final episode of Harry and Meghan’s Netflix series opens with a gleeful video selfie in which the Duke of Sussex says: ‘We are on the freedom flight’. Episode six of the bombshell series begins with the couple on their flight from Canada to Los Angeles in March 2020, after they split from the royal family
Harry and Meghan have released the final three episodes of their Netflix series, after a trailer claimed the Duchess of Sussex was made a ‘scapegoat’ for the firm
The three new episodes come after last week’s initial releases, which were largely focused on Harry and Meghan’s personal lives and their complaints about the media.
In the aftermath of the racism claims made in their interview with Oprah, Buckingham Palace released a statement on behalf of the Queen which said ‘some recollections may vary’ but insisted the couple remained much loved members of the family.
Meghan is seen in the episode reading out the statement whilst on the phone to their friend Tyler Perry, before Harry shows her his phone as it displays a message from his brother.
Meghan says: ‘What am I looking at? Wow. H just got a text from his brother.’
After Meghan ends the call with Perry, Harry puts his arms above his head and says: ‘I wish I knew what to do,’ before his wife comes and hugs him.
The episode also footage from days before, when William was asked by reporters if he had spoken to his brother following the Oprah interview, and he said: ‘I haven’t spoken to him yet, but I will do.’
William also insisted: ‘We are very much not a racist family.’
Harry says at the beginning of the sixth episode: ‘I wonder what would have happened to us, had we not got out when we did.’
Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland is seen on the plane to Los Angeles, as are their dogs.
Meghan says: ‘Our location was exposed, we knew our security was being pulled. Everyone in the world knew where we were.’
Another clip also shows Meghan with their son Archie on the private plane.
Doria says: ‘I just knew the stress they were under. It felt like they were running.’
Actor and comedian Perry, the owner of the Beverly Hills mansion where Harry and Meghan lived for a few months before they bought their $14.65million home in Montecito, California, tells how he ‘immediately empathised’ with Meghan, despite never having met her.
Meghan says Perry sent her a message saying he was praying for her and if she ever needed anything, he would be there.
‘One day when we were in Canada, I called him, finally after years at that point. The first time we ever spoke. And I was just a wreck, I was just crying and crying,’ she says.
‘Sometimes it is easier just to open up to someone who knows nothing at all, and that was that moment with me and Tyler.
Another clip also shows Meghan with their son Archie on the private plane
Perry then says: ‘I said to her, every one of your fears are valid.’
He then says that everything he knew about the Royal Family was surrounding Princess Diana’s death in 1997.
The show then reveals footage of Harry’s mother Princess Diana walking through and airport and holding a tennis racket in front of her face to stop photographers from taking pictures of her.
Perry says: ‘I realised after her marriage ended, she was thrown to the wolves.’
He adds: ‘To tell Meghan that I felt her feelings were valid, hurt. I didn’t want to have to say that to her. I didn’t want her to feel that, but I didn’t want to lie to her.’
‘She is afraid of them destroying her, or going crazy, or making her think she was crazy.’
‘This woman was abused, and so was he,’ he continues.
He goes on to compare the Palace to the behaviour of a wife beater, saying: ‘To use the institution to try and do all the things that a batterer would do.
‘Like “here’s what we are gonna do, we are gonna cut off the money, we are gonna not leave you security, we are gonna do all those things to make you comply and come back.”
The show reveals footage from the garden of Tyler Perry’s home, when Perry says he had to build a fence to stop the Paparazzi from taking images. And Harry is seen filming a helicopter flying overhead
‘And for the both of them to have the wherewithal to say ‘I don’t give a damn if it’s the palace, I’m out of here, I applauded that.’
Meghan’s lawyer Jenny Afia, in a trailer released on Wednesday for the final episodes, alleged she had seen evidence of briefing from the Palace against the couple to suit other people’s agenda.
The duchess herself was seen saying: ‘You would just see it play out, like a story about someone in the family would pop up for a minute and they’d go “We’ve got to make that go away”.’
Her friend Lucy Fraser added: ‘Meg became this scapegoat for the Palace. And so they would feed stories on her whether they were true or not to avoid other less favourable stories being printed.’
Ms Afia said: ‘There was a real kind of war against Meghan and I’ve certainly seen evidence that there was negative briefing from the Palace against Harry and Meghan to suit other people’s agendas.’
Harry, in another trailer, said ‘They were happy to lie to protect my brother (William). They were never willing to tell the truth to protect us’, while Meghan said she was ‘fed to the wolves’.
The three new episodes come after last week’s initial releases, which were largely focused on Harry and Meghan’s personal lives and their complaints about the media
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Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace have declined to comment.
Claims made in the documentary will face intense scrutiny, with questions raised ahead of the streaming over whether the evidence Ms Afia referred to will be produced in full, which stories they were talking about, and exactly which royals were allegedly being protected.
As Meghan spoke, footage was played of newspaper front pages featuring the headlines ‘Meghan Made Kate Cry’ and ‘Heir Heads’ – about Kate and Meghan’s flower dress dispute and the Sussexes’ use of private planes.
In her Oprah Winfrey interview, Meghan said Kate, now the Princess of Wales, made her cry ahead of her wedding at a flower girl dress fitting – not the other way round as had been reported – and that ‘everyone in the institution knew that wasn’t true’ but it was not corrected.
The looming attack on The Firm by the Sussexes – expected to be unprecedented in nature – will be laid out in full from 8am today, when the second half of their six-part docuseries is finally released
Meanwhile, the royal family, including Harry’s father and brother, will be out in force together on Thursday, putting on a united front as the King, the Queen Consort and the Prince of Wales join Kate for her Christmas carol concert in Westminster Abbey.
More than 1,800 people will gather in the Abbey for some festive cheer, staged to recognised the ‘selfless efforts of individuals, families and communities across the UK, and celebrate and showcase the joy that human connection and togetherness can bring’.
Kensington Palace said the second carol service Kate has held was dedicated to the late Queen Elizabeth II and the values she demonstrated throughout her life, including ‘duty, empathy, faith, service, kindness, compassion and support for others’.
A trailer released by Netflix showed the couple making claims that the Palace briefed against the Sussexes to deflect attention from less favourable coverage of other royals
The Sussexes’ six-part show – which forms part of their multimillion-pound deal with Netflix – has become the streaming giant’s most-watched documentary in a premier week, debuting with 81.55 million hours viewed.
The last three episodes look set to explore the Megxit crisis, when Harry and Meghan stepped down from royal life to move to the US, with the duke heard saying: ‘There was no other option at this point…I said ‘we need to get outta here’.’
In the first instalment on December 8, Harry accused the royals of having a ‘huge level of unconscious bias’ and Meghan said the media wanted to ‘destroy’ her.
The duke also said members of his family questioned why Meghan needed more protection from the media than their wives had been given, but that they failed to grasp the ‘race element’.
Meghan also alleged she was given guidance not to invite her niece Ashleigh Hale to her royal wedding.
In a teaser clip, Meghan’s lawyer Jenny Afia said: ‘There was a real kind of war against Meghan and I’ve certainly seen evidence that there was negative briefing from the Palace against Harry and Meghan to suit other people’s agendas’
Yet sources told The Sunday Times it was Meghan’s choice not to include her niece and she was not told who she should invite.
Former Suits actress Meghan insisted she was not prepped on royal matters or conduct, but the newspaper said she was given a 30-point dossier on royal life with information and details of experts she could approach for help.
One matter not yet explored is the accusation Meghan bullied Palace staff, with the story published in March 2021 just days before the Oprah interview was aired.
Buckingham Palace said it was ‘very concerned’ and began an investigation into claims in The Times that the duchess drove out two personal assistants and ‘humiliated’ staff, leaving them in tears, which she denies.
The investigation into the handling of the claims has never been published.
Highlighting the personal footage and photos that featured in the episodes last week, ITV’s royal editor Chris Ship said the couple ‘basically video diaried their way out of the royal family’, despite having complained about media intrusion in their lives.
Harry also admitted that he felt ‘so ashamed’ for a 2005 gaffe in which he went to a fancy dress party wearing a mock uniform that featured the Nazis’ infamous swastika on his arm and the badge of the German Wehrmacht on his collar.
The story made global headlines after an image of then 20-year-old Harry in the uniform featured on the front page of The Sun newspaper.
Speaking in the third episode of his and his wife Meghan Markle‘s new Netflix show, Harry expressed his regret and said ‘all I wanted to do was make it right.’