• A member of the Australian House of Representatives made the charge.
• Many of the headlines flashing across the screen in the documentaries are not from British media.
• The retaliation by Meghan’s friends – ‘the truth about Meghan’ – was also planted.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have drawn criticism for consistently placing blame “a bit liberally.”

Stephen Bates, a member of the Australian House of Representatives, made this charge.

“They assign blame a bit too liberally,” he writes in his most recent column for The Guardian.

“Some, though far from all, of the coverage of Harry and Meghan in some of the tabloids, particularly their bete noir, the Daily Mail, was pretty hateful – but it should be noted that many of the headlines flashing across the screen in the documentaries are not from the British media, but scandal sheets such as the National Enquirer in the US.”

“The retaliation by Meghan’s friends – ‘the truth about Meghan’ – was also planted, in People magazine.”

In addition, Mr. Bates added, “I find some elements of what they say jarring. I don’t recognize the ‘constant briefings’ of royal reporters, and stories endlessly planted.”

“I remember it being quite hard to get any information out of the palace and briefings about royal tours. The media picks things up: it quickly discerned that not all was well between the royal brothers, or with Meghan. Should they not have reported that?”

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