Ulrika Jonsson says Harry and Meghan's doc is 'a step too far' in swipe at financial gain
express.co.ukPrince Harry and Meghan Markle's new Netflix series.The first three episodes dropped on the streaming platform this week and the remaining three will air next week.In what has been shown so far, the couple talk about their life in the Royal Family, press intrusion, racism and their relationship.Prince Harry spoke out about the ‘racist undertones’ and ‘outright racism’ in the press that was directed at his wife.He claimed that the Royal Family didn't understand why Meghan needed to be protected from the media and paparazzi intrusion.He went on to say that the Palace urged them to not to say anything in response to stories written about them.Tina Turner says son Ronnie 'left the world too early' aged 62The Duke of Sussex said: “So, it was almost like a rite of passage, and some of the members of the royal family were like: ‘My wife had to go through that, so why should your girlfriend be treated any differently?
Why should you get special treatment? Why should she be protected?’”"I said, ‘The difference here is the race element'."The couple are expected to go more into depth about their time in the Royal Family when the new episodes are released, but Ulrika Jonsson already believes it's "a step too far".Sharing her opinion in her column with The Sun, she said: "Harry and Meghan’s public denouncement and criticism of (mainly) the Royal Family is a step too far, even for a diehard, objective, hard-boiled family expert like me."I guess it’s because they’re not imparting their honesty directly to the people concerned."They’ve instead chosen to take the far more financially beneficial option of speaking their truth to Netflix."If only that was an option for all of us.
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