The family blame Meghan for it all, really. They absolutely f–king hate her, basically

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A friend of Kate and William’s said: “It’s hard to imagine how devastating the last three years have been for William. The brothers were so close, they had such an incredible bond. It’s impossible really to express what a massive, terrible, ongoing headache this has been for William in the past few years. The family blame Meghan for it all, really. They absolutely f–king hate her, basically. It’s a huge disaster. Growing up the brothers were so close. Harry would do anything to be with William. They lost their mum, and their dad was really disengaged so they had this incredible, incredible bond. Everyone knew it.

“And then Meghan came along. Everyone warned him off her but he wouldn’t listen, and she just ripped him away. The bond is gone, completely gone and this film is just the latest betrayal. William really, really, really hates both of them now. It’s really toxic and destructive for all of them. At the end of the day, they are a family, and their whole family life has been ruined by Meghan. You can’t imagine how bad it really is.”

@lemmein I think the $$$$ has complicated the biting back aspect. To be paid that amount of money, they have to put together a narrative that will sell, not simply refute claims from palace sources.

Yes, the money really is WHY they are doing it, not the hurt.
So how much before your willing to treat everyone else in the house like cannon fodder?
After all the Oprah interview was supposed to rocket them to mega fame and fortune, it failed, so NOW the books and Netflicks.

Oh and they are selling their children's privacy as well, that is not even sacred now.
We are not even making up lies, it is there for all too watch.

We announced our wedding plans 7 months after meeting. 37 years on and going strong.

@Roussette Yes, my parents married three months after they met and were happy until my Mum died.

I think marrying into “The Firm” is the real issue, rather than personal compatibility. Isn’t it rumored that William advised his brother to take it slowly to ensure that Meghan really understood what she was getting into? The curtesy story they tell indicates that she really didn’t, it was painful and made Harry look really incompetent, imo, he should’ve ensured she was prepared.

Yes, the money really is WHY they are doing it, not the hurt

None of us can know for sure can we? I am sure the money helps! Lots of people are making stacks of money printing vile articles about MM and making horrible videos about her on You Tube. So if everyone else is commodifying her, then why shouldn’t she have a slice of the pie?

And with so many untrue things written and posted about H and M as a couple, I imagine that being able to have your own say and a degree of control over their story played a large part in their decision. I think that’s fair enough too! How much editorial control Netflix gave them over content is uncertain though.

In the first three episodes at least, they definitely haven’t sold the RF down the river. The docuseries is actually quite vanilla from that point of view! I think people have been watching a different programme to me!

Tbf, the RF live in the country I live in and even after a lifetime, there’s no way any of us here know what living INSIDE the Firm is like. I dare say it’s awful in parts. I bet the press comes as an awful shock. I dare say that MM thought she knew what fame was all about and how her life would be but she certainly misjudged the racism and hatred. We all did.

@MzHz I personally can’t understand why Harry didn’t do a better job explaining it to her-he hated the lifestyle himself, surely he’d want her to be sure that she understood what she was getting into? Again, that curtesy story baffled me, how could he let her be so unprepared? It was unkind?

I thought they kept their circle close so they wouldn't have a friend sell their stories
So think this is untrue

I believe it because I've always believed that William gets people like Dan Wooten who he is close to and who hates Meghan with a passion only slightly less that Piers, to spread stories about Meghan and Harry to discredit them. Making sure Harry and Meghan know they are 'hated' by William and Kate seems exactly the thing they would do to rain on their current Nexflix 'parade'.

We announced our wedding plans 7 months after meeting. 37 years on and going strong.

That's nice @Roussette - nobody knows another couple's relationship but I hope they go the distance and all the bashing they get just makes them stronger together.

The thing I think they had to gain from that is a few extra hours with their newborn before the newspapers started demanding, and putting on the pressure, to see the baby, and family - it’s an awful 40 year old ‘tradition’ for mums, having so very recently given birth, to have to endure.

Announcing to all and sundry when a woman has gone into labour is grotesque, IMO. No one needs that kind of information, it's an intrusion way too far; not least a curious exception to the rule of an institution that jealously guards its private medical information. It's backward and incredibly sexist to assume women's uteruses are open season.

A short, factual announcement when the baby has arrived is all anyone needs to know.

We announced our wedding plans a month after we met - I’m not going to argue that’s usual but - we’re now together 24 years. Every couple is different.

Meghan was a much older first time mum and it may have been a more challenging labour than it was for Kate who made it all look easy. Kate looked unbelievable in Meghan's wedding portrait wearing the pink dress six weeks post partum.

My parents married after 6 weeks of meeting. Still together after 53 years.

The difference is their marriage isn’t part of a job. The downside of privilege and status being your birthright. Being a royal is a role. Fine if you don’t want all the grief that goes with the job.
But really he should of stepped down and then got married.