Topics: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Celebrity, Royal Family, UK News, Cancer, Kate Middleton, Netflix, TV And Film, Documentaries
Harry and Meghan have been defended after being wrongly accused of 'upstaging' Princess Kate on the day of her cancer announcement.
Earlier this week (9 September), the Princess of Wales confirmed that she will return to public duties following the completion of her chemotherapy course.
Kate described the past nine months since her serious health issues began as 'incredibly tough for us as a family' and how the 'cancer journey is complex, scary and unpredictable for everyone', with the experience giving her a 'new perspective on everything'.
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On the same day, over an hour later, Netflix then released a promo for one of its latest documentary series, POLO, which saw Prince Harry and Meghan serving as executive producers on the project.
Speaking of the fact that the two videos were released in a short succession of one another, Piers Morgan, who has a history of criticising Meghan, wrote in The Sun: "One thing is indisputable, and it’s that the separate announcements perfectly encapsulated the very different lives of these two couples now.
"One, featuring the heir to the throne and his health-stricken wife, was an extraordinarily moving, humble, and profoundly inspiring insight into what it’s like to have a life-threatening illness when you have a loving young family, regardless of wealth or status.
"The other, featuring two spoiled brat renegades who ditched royal duty and service for a life of self-enriching Hollywood glitz and glamour, was a nauseatingly ill-timed self-promotional plug for a series about a sport so elite only millionaires can play it."
He further claimed: "Regardless of whether Meghan and Harry deliberately rushed out their promo to try to spoil Kate and William’s big announcement, or just to capitalise on the megaton-sized global attention it instantly received, it landed like a plop of unwanted pigeon poop on a pavement."
And his damning sentiments were shared with fellow trolls online, with one hitting out: "@netflix I don’t know who is the bigger piece of crap you or Harry and Meghan for trying to upstage Princess of Wales. #JusticeforPrincessofWales, #cancelnetflix."
Following a sea of other similar comments based on no evidence whatsoever and mere personal prejudice, a bunch of others rushed forward to support the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
"Soooo clearly someone knew Harry’s trailer was dropping because these things are planned in advance," someone speculated.
"Harry’s doc wasn’t the only doc that dropped by Netflix that day So someone from the palace and inside leaked it to get ahead then to say Harry and Meghan were jealous!!!"
A third emphasised: "Didn't Netflix make the documentary announcement? "Why would Netflix care whether Kate completed her therapy or not? And how would Harry and Meghan know that Kate is releasing the video today of all days?"
POLO is a new documentary series that follows elite global players and offers an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the fast-paced world of the sport. From Archewell Productions and Boardwalk Pictures. Premiering this December. pic.twitter.com/92vu4xYW8u
— Netflix (@netflix) September 9, 2024
While a fourth also reiterated that Netflix 'are the ones that choose to promote their own shows' and there's 'nothing H&M can do about it', adding that it was 'probably already scheduled to be done for that day'.
Given that Netflix released the documentary, not Harry and Meghan, it's extremely bizarre the inductive leap people online are making especially that the pair seemed none the wiser that Kate's video would come on the same day.
Tyla has contacted Harry and Meghan's representatives and Netflix for comment.
