Does anyone else think that the Harry & Meghan show isn't going to be that explosive?

[HelloThereMeHearties]

I really doubt that loads of dirt will be raked, or muck spread. I'm guessing that there will be a few "it was hard to speak" type complaints, which the media will blow up, but that it's not actually going to be as exciting as we're all being led to believe?

@Timbucktime

I think there will be some counting how many times she touches her pregnant tummy.

Lol You’ll probably find them on tattle life

@Timbucktime

I think there will be some counting how many times she touches her pregnant tummy.

Could make a drinking game out of it! Bump caress, hold hands, looking doe-eyed at the camera, staring at each other with half smiles . . . you'd be drunk in 5 minutes.

See, I do have some sympathy for Harry and his mental health issues. What he went through as a child was unimaginably difficult - losing your mother, because she was being chased by photographers, then being made to walk behind her coffin - just awful!

So I can understand his attitude to the press. But - you can't have your cake and eat it. Either stop courting publicity, or stop complaining about it.

It reminds me a lot of the Gwinnie and Chris debacle. I like them both but think Harry will also tire of fawning over MM and will want to get back to Blighty and have a pint before too long.

you'd be drunk in 5 minutes

Judging by the trailers if you drank everytime they paused dramatically mid sentence you'd probably need serious medical attention.

@Figgygal

Yup expecting lots of waffle and very little facts or explicit examples

Me too. A lot of word salad, buzzwords & fawning over Oprah like they’re besties.

Oh Harry & MM are really grinding me lately.

When they got married, I didnt even watch, it just wasn't on my radar, nor were the other royals.

I knew of Diana, I knew of course who people were, but that was the most of it.

Because of the attention H & M have brought on thierselves since they 'left I now know everything about them.

I cannot stand the pair of them going on about being victims, I am hugely aware of the environment and I do all i can as an individual to lessen my impact, and that of my family - to hear them lecture me from thier stupidly huge mansion (for 3 people! Why!), huge gas guzzling cars, private planes, designer clothes, jewellery, furniture- they make me sick.
Setting up a sustainable travel company??? How about just don't travel!!!
Harry talking about Diana at every opportunity, we all know what happened there, yes absolutely tragic, we followed you Harry, loved you, supposed you throughout it all - but MM is not your mother, she never will be your mother - if he really wanted to protect Megan and Archie, you would have done what was appropriate if you chose to leave the royal family and live your life quietly and privately.

They have done the absolute opposite of keeping out the spotlight.

I think they are both spoilt, privileged brats to be quite honest.

I have no idea what they are trying to sell to us, and I dont think they do either...

Flouncing around using buzz words and talking about changing the world with compassion? It doesn't actually mean anything, does it?
Im sure every single day, we all make compassionate and good choices, this is not our brand? This is not what we make money from? Ita just being decent human beings.

I have no idea what on earth this interview is gaining them, 2 hours of talking about what exactly? I don't think at all, it's going to be explosive or shocking. We are going to be told alot of what we already know she was not allowed to do.. ie: give interviews to oprah before she was married?

They'll throw some Diana-isms out there, she'll play victim, Harry will play the doting father/husband bit, and they'll give us some more lecturing, and they'll waffle on about the vision the have for thier brand.

Itll be a total waste of 2 hours of life.

100% spot on, Ultimate.

I think we've heard all the ' bad' bits already!
I doubt she'll say ' I didn't get on with my sister in law and Harry's brother' but she might hint at it. I don't think she did get on with them and this is one reason it all went a lot wrong. Plus she wasn't allowed to speak out as she wanted to pre marriage because it's not the done thing!
They did do an engagement interview together.
The press have been horrible to her. There isn't much doubt about that , but that is what our UK press is like with Royal women sadly :( they have all been victims of this. I can see why she wanted to get away from them but it also comes with the territory too if your in the public eye. They will never stop or learn from it either.
It's all just very sad I think :(

By 'them, ' I mean the press won't learn from all this , not Meghan.

I think it highlights how completely out of touch they are with the masses.

Prior to all this I didn't really have a strong opinion on them either way as we all know that press reports can be pretty dubious. Like many others I watched their wedding and thought she would be a breath of fresh air and looked forward to seeing how her role would develop in the future.

However we have just gone through one of the worst years in living memory (for most of us anyway). Thousands of families have lost loved ones, the economy is tanking, people are facing unemployment and uncertainty and we are supposed to feel sorry for this pair of narcissists. Give me strength!!

I have quite an ambivalent attitude towards the Monarchy in that I have a lot of respect for the Queen, primarily because she has done her duty without complaining and let's be honest, we never really know what she's thinking about anything. In my book this is a good thing. I'm quite happy to watch her speech at Xmas and for her to have a symbolic role as the Head of State, but these young royals seem to think that we need their opinions on all sorts which quite frankly we don't!! They haven't got the first clue about how the majority of people live. They should stick to cutting ribbons, supporting charities and waving. Then they might just have a future...

This endless complaining and seeking validation through the media is quite tiresome and not to mention rather lacking in class!!

I'd really love them both to get really specific in the interview.
What made their lives so toxic?
Bur I doubt that's going to happen.
I suspect a not very specific whinefest stating what everyone knows - that the monarchy has loads of rules and a hierarchy and you don't have the freedom to do and say what you like.
Boo hoo.

I am really disappointed in them both. If you look back at when they met and got married we did embrace her. She was given privileges that no other non-royal were. Prince Ch walked her down the aisle FFS. The RF couldn't have bent themselves out of shape any more than they did for her.

I thought they would be a great addition to K&W to bring the monarchy into the modern world. The FAB 4 going around the world making it better.

It seems that Meghan didn't like the royal constraints. A couple of hours on google would have told her what she needed to know about centuries-old European monarchies and how they operate. Instead, she took her cues from Disney movies such as Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty.

I wished them well when they went to live in the US and thought we would hear about them intermittently. No so.

They are being really disrespectful of the Queen and our culture. I hope what they say is enough for them to be kicked out of everything remaining they have and their brand worth is drastically reduced.

UltimateBlends they're trying to sell us royal without the crown. Harry seems to genuinely think that him walking to church on Christmas morning is work - he probably expects that outside of the royal family people will still pay him to do that.

I can’t see it will be at all explosive and I can’t see it doing anything other then backfiring for them (exactly like similar “putting their side across” interviews did for Charles, Diana and then Andrew). There is too much going on in the world for two unbelievably privileged people to be tolerated for their endless victim narrative.

I think it’s going to be like watching the trailer for a film, thinking, ‘that looks really exciting’, then watching the film, and realise that 3 minute trailer contained all the interesting bits.

Yup, I’m definitely expecting the interview to bit of a letdown.

There is too much going on in the world for two unbelievably privileged people to be tolerated for their endless victim narrative.

This is something I just don't understand though. Surely it doesn't take a PR company or an aide to tell them how poorly timed it is. They cannot possibly be so blind and deluded into thinking people will have sympathy for their situation with everything else going on in the world. By all means they can do an interview to 'tell their side' but now is clearly not an appropriate time and I'm honestly baffled as to how they cannot see that.

@kinsters - Absolutely ridiculous isn't it? I don't think he's got a clue, they talk about thier charities like its work? How is it paid work for them? If they want to raise money, why don't they give thier millions away? At what point do they get paid, and what exactly for?

I think I'm right in believing they did a Christmas pod cast - which just had a load celebrity friends - talking rubbish about making the world a better place?

They're just so out of touch with reality- I honestly don't think Harry realises, without the crown, he isn't anything special, and even less so doing all this damage to his image.

I also think they've just messed up any viewing potential of this netflix thing they've been plugging.

After the oprah interview will anyone be bothered to watch them on netflix?! Surely they will have said everything that needs to be said - and I can't see what else they could possibly have to offer of interest.

I saw PH running around with James cordon, with the awful American laugh overs, and it was just totally cringe. I wish they would stop.

They cannot read the room.

Unless Oprah asks, and Harry spills, re pervy Uncle Andrew, I expect the whole thing will be a giant yawn fest. But even then some weird old white men will go all frothy mouthed and lose their shit, so that will be entertaining at least

Yuddiesorno I agree.

They talk about thier charities like its work?

To be fair, so do the rest of the RF - however I agree with the PP that a global crisis is a hell of a time to pick for this, just as the Africa tour was an unfortunate context in which to whine

That said, I suspect the RF's objection won't be so much the timing as the fact they're doing it at all

I think it’ll be quite boring and we’ve seen the best bit. I will be watching though .

It’s clearly going to be a PR puff piece. Harry is so out of touch these days it’s unreal and every time I hear either of them speak it’s almost impossible to fathom whether they’ve said anything that has any real meaning.

That the Queen bought Archie a waffle maker for Christmas was, for me, the most interesting part of the James Corden thing.

I am not so sure it will be explosive,I think its far more about whats subtley implied or not talked about that will cause the damage to our RF, Either way its a shame its happening,These interviews rarely do anyone any good,Diana,Charles Andrew all learned the hard way!!

That said, I suspect the RF's objection won't be so much the timing as the fact they're doing it at all.

Exactly, it’s Harley dignified behaviour is it. Especially now the palace has come out in defence of how they have been portrayed so Harry and Meghan’s behaviour is being revealed. Nobody comes out of these sorts of things well. Andrew should have realised this and before long Harry and Meghan will as well. In the meantime, the palace and monarchy will just carry on and eventually brush it all off just as they have everything else.