‘Harry and Meghan’ on Netflix’s most real and raw moment comes when an exasperated Meghan doesn’t say anything about Prince William to Prince Harry.
Netflix’s Harry & Meghan is a docuseries, meaning it purports to show us a candid and truthful side of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The thing is, after watching six hours of the rebellious royals, I only felt like there was one scene where The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stopped being polite and — to steal a famous reality show line — started getting real. In Episode 6, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry complain to a friend about the Jason Knauf situation. The normally polished, poised, and perfectly press-trained couple finally speak about a frustrating subject with the tone and physicality I’ve seen in the real world. Meghan throws her hands up and digs at Prince William while Prince Harry deadpans, “That’s why I’m now living in a different country.”
Meghan Markle’s exasperated “It’s your brother” and everything that follows is the realest, rawest part of Harry & Meghan and it will stick with me forever.
Harry & Meghan is a six part docuseries from Oscar-winning director Liz Garbus that attempts to piece together how a modern fairy tale devolved into a tumultuous tabloid saga. Given the pedigrees of all involved, most of the series is a slick fluff piece full of posed confessionals and Instagram-perfect behind-the-scenes footage. The story that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle present is one of true love foiled by scheming, lying, unscrupulous, and racist parties. Some of the villains come from within their own families, while the majority of boogeymen hide behind a long lens camera.
For the majority of the series, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle maintain the glamorous facade that made them such great cover stories for the tabloids they loathe. Prince Harry has the gentlemanly manners that come with his regal upbringing and his mother’s gift for commanding the camera.
