new trailer for the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex Netflix docuseries appears to be using footage from the film’s press events unrelated to the couple to show how they were being hunted by the paparazzi.
Harry & Meganwhat is supposed to be an “unprecedented and in-depth documentary series” will be released on the streaming platform on Thursday.
Ahead of the series’ launch, the one-minute teaser was released on Monday and shows the pair public events and private behind-the-scenes moments.
In some of the footage, fragments of paparazzi parallel old footage of Harry’s mother, while Princess Diana is followed by the media, as Harry says in a voiceover: “The pain and suffering of women who marry in this institution, this nutritional madness.
“I was terrified. I didn’t want history to repeat itself.”
However, one of the clips illustrating his words appears to be of members of the press waiting for TV star Katie Price to arrive outside Crawley Magistrates Court.
One of the clips shown appears to be of members of the press waiting for TV star Katie Price to arrive outside Crawley Magistrates Court
/ NetflixAnother part of the trailer shows photographers huddled around a car, as Meghan says, referring to the royals: “I realized they will never protect you”.
Rather than showing the royal couple being hunted down, the clip appears to be of Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen being photographed.
At another point in the teaser, Harry says: “There’s a hierarchy of the family, you know, there’s leaks, but stories are also planted. It’s a dirty game” such as a photo of the royal family at the Trooping the Color in 2019, followed by photos from photographers.
This image released by Netflix shows Harry and Meghan in a scene from the upcoming documentary
/ APOne of the images used shows a photographer on a balcony taking a picture of the couple walking downstairs with their son Archie.
However, this photo appears to be from an accredited photographer at a royal grille event where Harry and Meghan met Desmond Tutu in Cape Town.
Netflix has confirmed that part one of the series will launch on December 8 – exactly three months after the death of Harry’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II – and that part two will be released on December 15.
Billed as a Netflix Global Event, the streaming giant has promised an “unprecedented and in-depth documentary series” over six episodes in which Harry and Meghan “share the other side of their high-profile love story.”
It added that it was a “never-before-seen look at one of the most talked about couples in history”.
Netflix said the show “explores the clandestine days of their early courtship and the challenges that led to them feeling forced to step away from their full-time roles at the institution.”
It features commentary from friends and family, most of whom have never spoken publicly before about what Netflix says they saw, and historians discussing the current state of the British Commonwealth and the royal family’s relationship with the press.
It adds: “The series does more than highlight a couple’s love story, it paints a picture of our world and how we interact with each other.”
The director is two-time Academy Award nominee and Emmy-winning director Liz Garbus.
Harry and Meghan signed lucrative deals – believed to be worth more than £100 million – with Netflix and Spotify after leaving the monarchy and moving to the US.
Netflix and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been approached for comment.