‘Harry and Meghan’: What people are saying about the Netflix series

These days in Britain very little unites the right and the left. “Harry & Meghan,” the heartwarming Netflix series released Thursday, is fast shaping up to be an exception.

The first three episodes of the documentaries, Directed by Liz Garbus And co-produced by Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s production company, they were quickly skewered by a bipartisan array of critics, from The Sun to The Guardian. Although “Sikh” may not actually capture the harshness of some of the comments.

Piers Morgan, who was He loudly criticizes the couple in the past-No time wasted in putting the string in His scathing review in The Suna tabloid owned by Rupert Murdoch:

Who are the biggest victims in the world now? You might think they are poor Ukraine They were bombed, shot, and raped by Putin’s invading barbarians. Or those whose lives have been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which continues to cause widespread death and long-term illness. Or the millions struggling with dire financial straits in the devastating cost-of-living crisis that has engulfed the world.

but not. The biggest victims in the world are actually Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, a couple of incredibly rich, immensely privileged, narcissistic people with terrible reputations.

If you don’t believe me, just ask them!

Later in his review, Morgan warns viewers that they may need a “sick bucket”. He wasn’t the only one who triggered gastrointestinal distress. The headline for Lucy Mangan Review In the left-leaning newspaper The Guardian, she stated that the first three episodes were “so sickening I almost ate my breakfast”.

Mangan notes that the series so far has plenty of sweet moments – particularly of Prince Harry and Meghan “being charming and funny together” – but ultimately finds the final product wanting:

But in the end – what are we left with? Exactly the same story we’ve always known, told the way we expect to hear it from the people who tell it. Those who don’t care won’t watch. Those who care—meaning voyeuristically invested in the reality soap opera—will still read into it whatever they want and no doubt confirm all of their previous thoughts. There’s plenty here to set off another round of tabloid frenzy, particularly in Harry’s mention of royals who consider pressing anyone to “marry” a rite of passage and resist letting anyone else avoid what their spouses have been through. , and who bow to internal pressure to choose a wife who “fits the mould”. Which means – it’s hard to see who would really benefit from this, other than the media, the bad guys at work?

The Independent, a more centrist player in the British media, was less brutal, but not entirely impressed, The series has been called “self-swashbuckling” and “extremely entertaining”.. In her review, Jessie Thompson found the couple, at times likable and sympathetic, and that points about racism in Britain were made eloquently.