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Nearly every element has been reported on ad nauseam, from the meetings surrounding their departure, to her miscarriage, to the lawsuit against the Daily Mail. But the series still lands a punch because there are so many unlikely twists, with palace officials leaking information to scupper their plans, horrendous death threats, social media frenzies and the truly surreal role Tyler Perry played in their rescue.
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Harry & Meghan, more than a piece of entertainment — and it is, as a whole, very entertaining — is an act of self-preservation for the couple, of committing their own story to public record, knowing full well that the palace will not (or cannot) respond. Is it vengeful? A little, but given the strife Harry has been through, it's impossible not to sympathise with his want to speak his own truth.
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They really were under siege. They really did fear for their safety. You get a window into Meghan’s can-do approach venturing into this new life: If you make the effort, there’s a good chance things will work out. But things were never going to work out here. ... But the docuseries is also vague about so much. What role did Garbus, the director, play in terms of the project’s content? What were the parameters she was working under?
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Just watch the last two. ... When Harry and Meghan aren’t preening and whingeing and documenting their private pain in staged, arty black-and-white stills photography they give a persuasive account of how they felt attacked and bullied by sections of the media and certain palace aides.
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An almost unendurable three additional hours of grudge-rehashing gives very little further insight into why the pair remain so furious at the Royal Family.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 19
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Negative: 15 out of 19
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