{"id":51946,"date":"2022-12-17T11:38:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T11:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/?p=51946"},"modified":"2022-12-17T11:38:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T11:38:09","slug":"harry-meghan-public-reactions-after-documentary-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/harry-meghan-public-reactions-after-documentary-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry &amp; Meghan: Public reactions after documentary released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>As Harry and Meghan are trending on social media again, the Voice of London team asks what young people think of the Sussexes. &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last set of&nbsp;episodes of the documentary is out and as promised, they hold some scandalous bits, but is it possible that young people simply don\u2019t care?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2022\/12\/ARGIA-2.wav\"><\/audio><figcaption>Emily, 21, an international student<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2022\/12\/ash_02.wav\"><\/audio><figcaption>Mia, 21, a British university student<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you care or not, the information revealed in the series promises to make even stone-hearted people shed a tear. Meghan shares her anxiety and suicidal thoughts after suffering a miscarriage, while Harry explains the fallout with his brother. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scenes of the peaceful life the couple enjoy with their two kids feature in the latest episodes. However, the atmosphere changes when the couple recalls the unwanted attention they received from the British media, compared to the consistently positive narrative surrounding William and Kate. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The backbone of the Oprah interview doesn\u2019t seem to feature in the six episodes of the documentary&nbsp;and namely&nbsp;\u2013 who made the claim of racism against their firstborn son. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One fact that stands out is the revelation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/15\/arts\/television\/harry-meghan-netflix-documentary-part-two.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/15\/arts\/television\/harry-meghan-netflix-documentary-part-two.html\">Harry<\/a> deciding for the couple to step down as working Royals, not Meghan, as people have continuously blamed her for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first volume of the documentary series Harry &amp; Meghan received 81.55M <a href=\"https:\/\/about.netflix.com\/en\/news\/top-10-week-of-december-5-wednesday-crosses-1-billion-hours-viewed-harry-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/about.netflix.com\/en\/news\/top-10-week-of-december-5-wednesday-crosses-1-billion-hours-viewed-harry-and\">hours<\/a> of viewing in its first week, the most of any documentary title. As the title is Top 3 of most watched-on Netflix UK, we expect to see more commentary from the public and the Royal Family themselves. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meghan and Harry embark on this journey of being self-sufficient, healthy and happy, but negative commentary continues. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prince Harry publicly trashing his brother William, branding his father King Charles a liar, and attacking his grandmother the late Queen for doing nothing. This is such a grotesque and sickening betrayal of his family. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MeghanandHarryNetflix?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MeghanandHarryNetflix<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/piersmorgan\/status\/1603330631588630530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Amelia, 21, a British student, insists that the Sussexes should be allowed to live the life they want. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2022\/12\/Summer-2.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Needless to say, it has been an eventful year for the British Royal Family. Season five of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/the-new-season-of-the-crown-taking-us-back-to-the-royal-familys-recent-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/the-new-season-of-the-crown-taking-us-back-to-the-royal-familys-recent-history\/\">Crown<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/harry-and-meghan-their-side-of-the-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/harry-and-meghan-their-side-of-the-story\/\">scandal<\/a> regarding Lady Susan Hussey, Prince Andrew\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/prince-andrew-news-epstein-queen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/prince-andrew-news-epstein-queen.html\">association<\/a> with Jeffrey Epstein and the documentary, they never seem to catch a break. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Words: Elitsa Maymareva | Subbed by: Ashreya Jimi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Featured image: Screenshot via Netflix by Elitsa <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Harry and Meghan are trending on social media again, the Voice of London team asks what young people think of the Sussexes. &nbsp; The last set of&nbsp;episodes of the documentary is out and as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":52099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7204],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-culture","category-royal-family-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51946"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52100,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51946\/revisions\/52100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}