Rising tensions? Prince William and Princess Kate weren’t thrilled by the primary teaser for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s Netflix docuseries, an insider solely reveals within the new concern of Us Weekly.
“Kate and William have been left flummoxed when the Netflix trailer aired throughout their journey to Boston,” the supply says of the Prince and Princess of Wales, each 40. “It’s put an enormous quantity of pressure on relationships which are already hanging by a thread.”
The primary teaser footage from the upcoming sequence dropped on-line on Thursday, December 1, as the long run king and his spouse have been in the midst of their first go to to the USA in eight years. The duo traveled to Boston for the Earthshot Prize awards, touching down in Massachusetts on November 30.
Prince William, Princess Kate, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Tim Rooke/Shutterstock; Kirsty O’Connor/WPA Pool/Shutterstock
In a full trailer launched on Monday, December 5, the Duke of Sussex, 38, seemingly claimed that the royal household planted unfavourable tales about him and the Fits alum, 41, earlier than their January 2020 resolution to step down as senior working royals. Whereas that declare could upset members of The Agency, the insider tells Us that the couple have been set on sharing their expertise with the world.
“Harry and Meghan put on their coronary heart on their sleeve within the docuseries and blow the lid off the bias they skilled on the palace,” the supply tells Us. “They have been adamant about getting their aspect of the story on the market, particularly Harry.”
Nonetheless, the timing of the trailer’s launch didn’t go unnoticed by royal observers, a few of whom questioned why the drop coincided with William and Kate’s long-planned journey to the U.S.
“To drop it as they’ve on the primary or second day of the Prince and Princess of Wales’s journey to the U.S. for the Earthshot Prize exhibits simply precisely how a lot they needed to hijack that publicity,” royal skilled Jonathan Sacerdoti solely informed Us earlier this month. “It simply exhibits how a lot they may go to any finish in any respect for as a lot publicity as doable.”
The teaser footage included a nonetheless picture from the March 2020 Commonwealth Service that the Invictus Video games founder and the previous actress attended alongside William and Kate shortly after saying their plans to step again from the royal household. The occasion made headlines on the time for the seemingly chilly means the brothers interacted with one another.
In accordance with Sacerdoti, the Netflix sequence — which premieres on Thursday, December 8 — isn’t seemingly to assist issues. “That is actually a punch to the royal household as soon as once more from [Harry and Meghan],” the journalist informed Us. “I believe it’s fairly laborious [for the royal family] not to concentrate to this. … You may’t ignore it. It’s a continuing noise for them and it’s one thing that they’d wish to go away.”
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