'Harry & Meghan' docu used clips from Diana's Panorama interview against Prince William's wishes
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: The second part of the highly publicized Netflix docuseries 'Harry & Meghan' has continued to use clips from Princess Diana's controversial Panorama interview, which the Prince of Wales said should be banned. The newly released episodes have again violated Prince William's wishes for their mother's interview with disgraced former BBC presenter Martin Bashir to "never be aired again". The Netflix docuseries repeatedly drew comparisons between Diana and Meghan's experiences of life in the royal family by using clips from the BBC program.
The series cuts to clips of Princess Diana talking about the "jealousy" which came with her popularity after claiming Meghan came under fire for attracting press attention. Prince Harry claimed in earlier episodes that his mother had "spoken the truth" in the discredited interview, which William has said holds "no legitimacy". Ignoring his brother's wishes, a move which is likely to enrage the Prince of Wales, Harry alleged the content of Diana's interview with Bashir was based on reality.
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"I think she had a lived experience of how she was struggling living that life, she felt compelled to talk about it," he said. "Especially in that Panorama interview... I think we all now know that she was deceived into giving the interview, but at the same time, she spoke the truth of her experience." The use of the footage in the Netlfix docuseries comes despite both brothers previously slamming the BBC over the interview, which they believe sparked their mother's paranoia and fear.
William revealed his "indescribable sadness" last summer when he said that his mother had been manipulated into giving the interview after Bashir was found to have obtained it using "deceitful" means by Lord Dyson's inquiry.
MEAWW previously reported that the trailers for Harry and Meghan's docuseries on Netflix have been heavily disliked on YouTube by more than 400,000 people hitting the thumbs-down button. With more than seven million views, the number of 'dislikes' exceeded the number of 'likes'.
The first trailer of the upcoming documentary was released on December 1 followed by the release of the second trailer on December 5. The 72-second video clip begins with Harry's voice-over answering, "No one sees what's happening behind closed doors," to the question, "Why did you want to make this documentary?"
The trailer showed never before seen pictures of the couple from their family album. Despite the million views, the first trailer received more than 281,000 dislikes for the video and only 22,000 people gave thumbs up, according to a popular online tool Return Youtube Dislikes, reports the Daily Mail. This tool, which is an internet browser add-on created by Dmitry Selivanov. was released following the hiding of the dislike count display on YouTube in November 2021.