‘Harry and Meghan’ documentary slammed by Samantha Markle as ‘flopumentary’
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Meghan Markle’s half-sister accused the Duchess of Sussex of being manipulative and selling lies after the release of her latest documentary featuring Prince Harry.
Samantha Markle stormed Netflix’s six-part docuseries Harry and Meghan and called it a ‘flopumentary’ that was ‘ridiculous’ and bordered on ‘comedy’.
“There’s so much rhetoric at this point, and so many lies that have been thrown around, debunked, and yet there’s still this repeated need to push this narrative forward,” he said on Channel Seven’s Sunrise program on Friday.
‘Harry and Meghan’ contains a series of revelations and allegations about Harry’s mother, Princess Diana, how the couple met, their first dates, ‘unconscious bias’ in the royal family and why the Sussexes’ had to step down ‘ to his royal duties in March 2020.
Samantha addressed claims made in the documentary that she was the reason her daughter Ashleigh Hale, 37, was not invited to the Duchess of Sussex’s wedding to Prince Harry in 2018.
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Meghan Markle’s sister has accused the Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry of selling lies following the release of her latest documentary on Netflix.
Samantha Markle stormed Netflix’s six-part docuseries ‘Harry and Meghan’, calling it a ‘flopumentary’ that was ‘ridiculous’ and bordered on ‘comedy’
Ashleigh claimed in the documentary that Meghan told her she couldn’t attend due to her strained relationship with Samantha and “guidance” from the Palace.
“I think I said that I was hurt on some level, but I understood where it was coming from,” she said.
“Knowing that it was because of my biological mother that this relationship, which is so important to me, was affected in that way. I feel that because of her they took it away from me. It’s been hard.
Samantha dismissed rumors that the decision not to invite her daughter was ultimately up to Meghan.
“It was really surprising to hear that there was a narrative twist that made Ashley feel like she wasn’t invited because of something to do with me,” she said.
“I heard from a royal who knows that it was up to Meghan, so Meghan lied to my daughter, which made my daughter resentful of me.”
I can see how my daughter would have felt, torn between the two of us and then feeling like maybe she couldn’t make it to the wedding because of me.
‘That’s not true, that’s a lie. I found out that the Royals didn’t say that, Meghan said that. Then she lied to my daughter and made her feel like there was something wrong with me that was keeping her from going to the wedding.”
Ashleigh claimed in the documentary that Meghan told her she couldn’t attend due to her strained relationship with Samantha and “guidance” from the Palace.
As part of their $100 million deal with Netflix, the privacy-conscious couple handed over a trove of photos and videos of their relationship. Meghan opened up about her relationship with her niece
Samantha criticized the comparisons made between Meghan and Princess Diana.
Prince Harry claimed in the documentary that he “had to step down” from royal duties to protect Meghan when he compared the former “Suits” actress to her late mother.
The Duke of Sussex compared the paparazzi following Diana to the online bullying Meghan faces, describing her as “prey” for social media “hunters”.
Samantha dismissed the comparison by saying that her sister was not like the late princess.
“Diana was never noted as a compulsive liar, Diana was never noted for destroying other people, ignoring people through heart attacks, strokes, pandemics,” she said.
Both Ashleigh and Meghan opened up about their relationship on the series, with their father, Thomas Markle, initially connecting them via email.
As part of their $100 million deal with Netflix, the privacy-conscious couple handed over a trove of photos and videos of their relationship.
These included snaps of Meghan with Ashleigh on a trip to New Orleans before she met Harry, as well as Meghan standing next to Ashleigh on their wedding day.
Samantha criticized the comparisons made between Meghan and Princess Diana
Ashleigh, a business immigration lawyer who is believed to have inspired Meghan for her role in Suits, claims she was not allowed to attend Meghan’s wedding in 2018.
The two women grew closer after Meghan emailed her niece, with Ashleigh claiming there were “long emails” back and forth several days a week.
Meghan said: “My dad said that Samantha had found his daughter and I remember saying, oh, if you have her email address, I want to email her.”
I think we both long for the same thing. She wanted a sister, and she was like a little sister.
“Ash went through a lot of media just by association, and he didn’t want his life to be plagued with all that drama.”
Ashleigh was raised by her paternal grandparents from the age of two and was adopted by them before reconnecting with her mother in 2007.
In another jab at the royals, Ashleigh added: “Communication with Meg became less and less frequent… my impression was that their relationships were being managed on some level.
“He took me to New Orleans, we walked around, listened to great live music, ate too much food and drank too many drinks.
“It was just the two of us, which I think is really special. I think it takes on a lot of roles for me.
“There’s a sister element, there’s a mother element, she’s my friend, she’s kind of all things.”