The Prince and Princess of Wales were surprised by Meghan and Harry’s Netflix trailer but vowed “not to be distracted” from their successful US tour.
William and Kate will meet President Joe Biden in Boston today ahead of a glittering Earthshot Award ceremony featuring stars like Billie Eilish and Annie Lennox tonight.
The Sussexes have been accused of trying to sink the American trip to Wales by releasing the teaser for their new Netflix documentary, which is set to premiere on December 8, exactly three months after the death of Harry’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth.
The minute-long trailer, littered with private photos, showed Meghan crying and Harry gravely saying, “No one sees what goes on behind closed doors,” in a major hint that they are out to inflict more damage on the Royal Family.
The couple’s trip has also been overshadowed by the resignation of William’s godmother, Lady Susan Hussey, over comments she made to a black activist at a Buckingham Palace reception that emerged while Wales was on a plane BA crossing the Atlantic to Boston.
A promotional trailer posted online on the second day of the Prince and Princess of Wales’s high-profile visit to the US, dashed any hopes that the Sussexes would declare a ceasefire in their bitter battle with the Royal family.
Both Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace declined to comment last night.
Royal sources have said the Prince and Princess of Wales are determined “not to be distracted by other things this week” and their focus is meeting local communities and people in Boston during their trip to the United States.
As well as including dozens of supposedly private photos from his family album, the footage includes a voiceover of Harry gravely saying, “no one sees what goes on behind closed doors” over a black-and-white photo of his wife in an armchair. , apparently crying. .
The film then immediately cuts to a shot focusing on a pinched-looking William and Kate at the 2019 Commonwealth Service in London, with the Sussexes sitting meekly behind them.
The message, royal sources say, is unmistakable. “I don’t see how anyone could see it as anything other than a declaration of war,” said one.
Netflix’s minute-long sneak peek strongly suggests the Sussexes will deal with rumors about their tempestuous relationships with royals.
In a deliberately tantalizing comment for an off-screen producer, Meghan says in the clip: “When the stakes are so high, doesn’t it make more sense to hear our story from us?”
