![]() Having seen this, the chances of any sort of improvement in trans-Atlantic HRH relations would seem to be a big fat zero.Īfter Harry and Meghan comes out, it’s hard to see how any royal journalist or writer will ever again be able to use the words ‘healing’ or ‘forgiveness’ or ‘bridge building’ in the context of William and Harry’s relationship except sarcastically. Meghan is seen hunched over in tears, a designer blanket clearly visible behind her. The decision for us to hear Harry saying, “No one sees what happens behind closed doors” before then the trailer immediately cuts to a shot of a stony-faced Kate taken during that Commonwealth Day service back in March 2020 can be no coincidence or accident. What this trailer would seem to suggest is that the couple are going all-in in their fight to, once and for all, win permanent victim status, whether of the institution or the family or both. If this trailer is any indication then the Sussexes’ Oprah interview last year, with their shocking claims of institutional racism and that ice-water runs in royal veins, translates to nothing but an amuse-bouche in contrast to this Netflix series’ degustation menu of drramaaah. Like Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon to enter Rome, sparking civil war, with this series, Harry and Meghan are entering new territory in terms of their relationship with his family, their careers and their brand. However, while the Waleses might be quietly mourning the trip that was meant to be and the PR gold of Kate posing stiffly with Billie Eilish (sure to have gotten the Gen Z’s on board!), the Harry and Meghan trailer release signifies something much more important. One particularly dramatic moment sees Meghan wiping away tears. Not when we feast our eyes on the buffet of numerous photos of the supposedly notoriously private Duke and Duchess smooching and on holiday what looks like various international locales! It’s overblown and overplayed and even though William and Kate are over there, how could they even begin to compete with the Sussexes’ positively Hallmark offering? It was bad enough that earlier this week the Prince’s godmother had to resign after facing accusations of racism but Friday’s trailer has truly destroyed any chance of the Waleses foray getting the attention or interest they must have hoped for.Īll that hard work, all that planning, dashed by about 55 seconds of slightly overwrought emotion and moody piano music.Īside from a few ardent monarchists and Tony Abbott who is probably glued to every Boston TV stations’ live stream, who cares just how good of a job the Prince and Princess of Wales are doing charming the masses? It came right as William is gearing up for his moment in the global spotlight, ahead of him meeting President Joe Biden on Friday, US time, and ahead of the second outing of his highly successful and lauded Earthshot Prize.Īny hope the Waleses might have had of a smooth-sailing, big smiles, textbook royal trip can be tidily packed away with William’s GrowRite shampoo: We’re firmly in disaster territory here now folks. The release could have come on any day in recent weeks or months but oh no. ![]() In the trailer, Meghan promises to tell ‘our story’. Reading the tea leaves of this trailer, it looks a lot like the Duke and Duchess well and truly have the royal family in their crosshairs. If anyone, cough, a certain writer, had thought that the Sussexes’ mystery streaming project might just turn out to be a multi-hour ad for Sussex Caring ™, the Duke and Duchess doing good works without ever letting go of another’s hands for an nanosecond, a worthy, only slightly nauseating PSA for just how good they are at charity, then … oh boy. A Netflix Global Event, like the second coming but with better lighting and more lip gloss, the six-part doco will reportedly land next week, though Netflix has yet to deign to confirm.įor our purposes though there is one key thing to understand here: This trailer feels like nothing short of a declaration of war. In under one minute, Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Netflix – their forces combined – have managed to set off the biggest detonation under Buckingham Palace in 30 years and since Diana, Princess of Wales managed to get a hold of Andrew Morton’s phone number. Picture: Samir Hussein/WireImage.īut, who cares? In the early hours of Friday when the sweet moment happened, short of Kate stepping out in a Jean Paul Gaultier nude dress or revealing she had taken up pole dancing on the weekends, there was only one story - THE TRAILER. ![]() The Prince and Princess of Wales pictured with a tiny royal fan in Boston, Massachusetts.
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