Harry & Meghan part 2 review: The royal bombshells are finally dropped


Sophie Prideaux
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As the credits roll on the fourth episode of Netflix’s Harry & Meghan, the lyrics to Lesley Gore’s You Don’t Own Me play out.

“You don’t own me, I’m not just one of your many toys,” the song goes.

“Don’t tell me what to do, don’t tell me what to say.”

It sets the tone for what is about to come in episode five, when Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, hold no punches in revealing the details of exactly what happened when they stepped back as senior members of the royal family.

The final three episodes of the docuseries, which set a viewing record for the streaming service when volume one was released last week, were out on Thursday, offering up several revelations into the feuds, relationships and internal politics of the royal family that have been so hotly speculated over for the past few years.

Episode four dives right into the royal wedding, a moment most viewers will remember fondly. The couple share unseen pictures and tales from the day — especially from the reception — which appears a world away from the pomp of their St George’s Chapel ceremony.

There’s Elton John on the piano, Idris Elba on the decks, and some pretty impressive dancing from Prince Harry.

Meghan revealed that she felt really calm on the morning of the big day.

“All I wanted was a Mimosa, a croissant and to play the song Going to the Chapel,” she reveals. “And that’s what I did.”

Prince Harry, meanwhile, shared his thoughts at seeing Meghan walk down the aisle. “Look at me,” he said. “Look what I got.”

But much like their lives as royal newlyweds, the joyous tone of the episode is short lived.

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, speak of the couple’s decision to step away from royal duties and make a new start in America. AP
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, speak of the couple’s decision to step away from royal duties and make a new start in America. AP

Family jealousy

Meghan recounts her first — and what would be only — engagement with Queen Elizabeth II with warmth, calling it a great day. “When we got into the car between engagements, she had a blanket and she would put it over my knees,” she says. “And we were sitting in the car with this blanket and I thought, ‘I recognise and respect that you are the queen, but in this moment, I’m so grateful that there’s a grandmother figure, because that feels like family.’”

However, as popularity for the couple — and specifically Meghan — grew, they hint at jealousy behind the scenes.

“The issue is, when someone who is marrying in should be a supporting act, is then stealing the limelight or doing the job better than the person who was born to do this, that upsets people, it shifts the balance,” Prince Harry says.

No names are mentioned, but they don’t need to be.

It’s then, the couple say, that things began to turn. Several side-by-side headlines are shown, comparing similar situations between Meghan and Kate, then the Duchess of Cambridge.

From avocados to bump cradling to necklines, the media’s polarising treatment of Meghan and Kate is laid bare.

“If you don’t see the difference and you don’t understand why it’s being reported that way, I can’t help you,” Harry laughs. “I just can’t.”

Meghan elaborates on the comments she made in her March 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, when she revealed she had thoughts of taking her own life, and there are emotional moments as both her mother, Doria Ragland, and Prince Harry talk about the impact that had on them.

“I felt angry and ashamed. I didn’t deal with it particularly well. I dealt with it as institution Harry, not as Husband Harry,” he says, adding that he had been trained to worry more about what people would think if they didn’t turn up for an event than the impact it had on Meghan.

Throughout these moments, and several more across the episodes, we are shown footage of his late mother, Princess Diana, and reminded of the mental health struggles she faced as a result of constant media intrusion and harassment.

Princes William and Harry have had a tense relationship in recent years, following the latter's decision to step back from his role as a senior royal. AP
Princes William and Harry have had a tense relationship in recent years, following the latter's decision to step back from his role as a senior royal. AP

What really happened between Princes Harry and William?

Ahead of Harry & Meghan being broadcast, the question on everybody’s lips was just how much the couple would reveal around the royal family’s fallout, and in particular, that of Princes William and Harry, the brothers the world grew up watching.

In this second instalment, some of those questions are finally answered.

Prince Harry describes the tactics of the palace's media relations as a “dirty game”, explaining that as well as the leaking and planting of stories, communications teams also offered the press stories about other members of the family to have negative stories about their “primary” removed.

“William and I saw what happens in my dad’s office, and promised we’d never let that happen in our office,” he says.

“I’d far rather get destroyed in the press than play along with this game or this business of trading. And to watch my brother’s office copy the very same thing that we promised we’d never ever do, that was heart-breaking.”

Given how carefully Prince Harry had danced around the topic, even with Winfrey, it feels like a big moment to hear such clear-cut revelations of how things went down, and it’s not the most shocking thing he says, either.

Speaking of the now infamous meeting between Princes William and Harry, King Charles III and the late Queen Elizabeth at Sandringham to discuss the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepping back as senior royals, he accused his father of lying and his brother of shouting.

“It was terrifying to have my brother scream and shout at me and have my father say things that simply weren’t true, and my grandmother quietly sit there and take it all in,” he says. “But you have to understand from a family perspective, especially from hers, there are ways of doing things and her ultimate mission and goal slash responsibility is the institution.”

After that meeting, there were stories in the British media that Prince William had “bullied” Prince Harry and Meghan out of the family. These were promptly disputed in a joint statement from the brothers.

However, Prince Harry reveals he was never asked to put his name to such a statement, and was left “gobsmacked”.

“In four hours, they were happy to lie to protect my brother, yet in three years, they were never willing to tell the truth to protect us,” he says.

He also accuses the monarchy of “institutional gaslighting” and refers to the couple’s farewell tour of the UK, and in particular, the Commonwealth service at Westminster Abbey, as feeling akin to a “living in a soap opera.”

“It looked cold and it felt cold,” he says.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex now live in California with their family. Photo: Netflix
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex now live in California with their family. Photo: Netflix

Happily ever after?

In the final episode, we are introduced to Tyler Perry, who offered up his Los Angeles home to the couple after their security was pulled and they left Canada. Perry is painted as something of a saviour to the couple, having never actually met them before they took their “freedom flight”, as Prince Harry calls it, to make the move to the City of Angels. They later rewarded him by asking him to be their daughter Lilibet’s godfather, we learn.

While it was not all plain sailing in the US — Meghan speaks of her miscarriage and the media intrusion being far from over — the final episode paints the couple’s life there as idyllic.

And despite the couple trying hard to push the low-key life they say they always wanted, with hikes, walks on the beach and gardening, we get a snippet of their A-list world, too, with Meghan revealing texts she receives from Beyonce.

Even those watching Harry & Meghan with the most neutral stance on the couple and the royal family will find it hard to not walk away from this series feeling conflicted. The duke and duchess have undoubtedly been through a lot at the hands of the media, and seeing the very real, very human impact that has had on Meghan as a new mother, Prince Harry, the boy who had just lost his mother and the pair as a new couple trying to find their way and enjoy their love, is hard to watch and difficult to comprehend.

For those wanting a royal reconciliation, for which hope was sparked in the weeks after the queen's death, this will probably serve as a reality check. Prince Harry, as we once knew him, is gone, and I think it’s fair to say he is never coming back. The line the brothers originally peddled about being “on different paths” could not be more clear, and those paths lie on different sides of the Atlantic.

And as for opinion on Prince Harry and Meghan, will this documentary help? That remains to be seen. There are contradictions that those who are against the couple will cling to, such as the clip of their meditation teacher saying: “When you try to prove you are not what they say you are, you are taking the bait, you are feeding the beast. Your work is not to prove your goodness. You know who you are.”

But the couple say: “In order for us to move to the next chapter, you have to finish the first chapter.”

So will this be the end of the chapter, or is this the start of a new unfiltered couple? That, too, remains to be seen. But with Prince Harry’s autobiography, Spare, due out in January, it doesn’t feel like this chapter is quite finished yet.

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Director: Christian Schwochow

Starring: George MacKay, Jannis Niewohner, Jeremy Irons

Rating: 3/5

BUNDESLIGA FIXTURES

Saturday, May 16 (kick-offs UAE time)

Borussia Dortmund v Schalke (4.30pm) 
RB Leipzig v Freiburg (4.30pm) 
Hoffenheim v Hertha Berlin (4.30pm) 
Fortuna Dusseldorf v Paderborn  (4.30pm) 
Augsburg v Wolfsburg (4.30pm) 
Eintracht Frankfurt v Borussia Monchengladbach (7.30pm)

Sunday, May 17

Cologne v Mainz (4.30pm),
Union Berlin v Bayern Munich (7pm)

Monday, May 18

Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen (9.30pm)

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Athletic Bilbao 1 (Muniain 37')

Atletico Madrid 1 (Costa 39')

Man of the match  Iker Muniain (Athletic Bilbao)

Match info

Manchester United 1 (Van de Beek 80') Crystal Palace 3 (Townsend 7', Zaha pen 74' & 85')

Man of the match Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace)

The biog

Favourite hobby: taking his rescue dog, Sally, for long walks.

Favourite book: anything by Stephen King, although he said the films rarely match the quality of the books

Favourite film: The Shawshank Redemption stands out as his favourite movie, a classic King novella

Favourite music: “I have a wide and varied music taste, so it would be unfair to pick a single song from blues to rock as a favourite"

Milestones on the road to union

1970

October 26: Bahrain withdraws from a proposal to create a federation of nine with the seven Trucial States and Qatar. 

December: Ahmed Al Suwaidi visits New York to discuss potential UN membership.

1971

March 1:  Alex Douglas Hume, Conservative foreign secretary confirms that Britain will leave the Gulf and “strongly supports” the creation of a Union of Arab Emirates.

July 12: Historic meeting at which Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid make a binding agreement to create what will become the UAE.

July 18: It is announced that the UAE will be formed from six emirates, with a proposed constitution signed. RAK is not yet part of the agreement.

August 6:  The fifth anniversary of Sheikh Zayed becoming Ruler of Abu Dhabi, with official celebrations deferred until later in the year.

August 15: Bahrain becomes independent.

September 3: Qatar becomes independent.

November 23-25: Meeting with Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid and senior British officials to fix December 2 as date of creation of the UAE.

November 29:  At 5.30pm Iranian forces seize the Greater and Lesser Tunbs by force.

November 30: Despite  a power sharing agreement, Tehran takes full control of Abu Musa. 

November 31: UK officials visit all six participating Emirates to formally end the Trucial States treaties

December 2: 11am, Dubai. New Supreme Council formally elects Sheikh Zayed as President. Treaty of Friendship signed with the UK. 11.30am. Flag raising ceremony at Union House and Al Manhal Palace in Abu Dhabi witnessed by Sheikh Khalifa, then Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.

December 6: Arab League formally admits the UAE. The first British Ambassador presents his credentials to Sheikh Zayed.

December 9: UAE joins the United Nations.

UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
The years Ramadan fell in May

1987

1954

1921

1888

Scores in brief:

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bt Auckland Aces 170 for 5 in 20 overs
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Afghanistan Premier League - at a glance

Venue: Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Fixtures:

Tue, Oct 16, 8pm: Kandahar Knights v Kabul Zwanan; Wed, Oct 17, 4pm: Balkh Legends v Nangarhar Leopards; 8pm: Kandahar Knights v Paktia Panthers; Thu, Oct 18, 4pm: Balkh Legends v Kandahar Knights; 8pm: Kabul Zwanan v Paktia Panthers; Fri, Oct 19, 8pm: First semi-final; Sat, Oct 20, 8pm: Second semi-final; Sun, Oct 21, 8pm: final

Table:

1. Balkh Legends 6 5 1 10

2. Paktia Panthers 6 4 2 8

3. Kabul Zwanan 6 3 3 6

4. Nagarhar Leopards 7 2 5 4

5. Kandahar Knights 5 1 4 2

Conservative MPs who have publicly revealed sending letters of no confidence
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  2. Peter Bone
  3. Ben Bradley
  4. Andrew Bridgen
  5. Maria Caulfield​​​​​​​
  6. Simon Clarke 
  7. Philip Davies
  8. Nadine Dorries​​​​​​​
  9. James Duddridge​​​​​​​
  10. Mark Francois 
  11. Chris Green
  12. Adam Holloway
  13. Andrea Jenkyns
  14. Anne-Marie Morris
  15. Sheryll Murray
  16. Jacob Rees-Mogg
  17. Laurence Robertson
  18. Lee Rowley
  19. Henry Smith
  20. Martin Vickers 
  21. John Whittingdale
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Champions League quarter-final, first leg

Manchester United v Barcelona, Wednesday, 11pm (UAE)

Match on BeIN Sports

Seemar’s top six for the Dubai World Cup Carnival:

1. Reynaldothewizard
2. North America
3. Raven’s Corner
4. Hawkesbury
5. New Maharajah
6. Secret Ambition

NBA Finals so far

(Toronto lead 3-1 in best-of-seven series_

Game 1 Raptors 118 Warriors 109

Game 2 Raptors 104 Warriors 109

Game 3 Warriors 109 Raptors 123

Game 4 Warriors 92 Raptors 105

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Name: Thndr

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Match statistics

Dubai Sports City Eagles 8 Dubai Exiles 85

Eagles
Try:
Bailey
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Exiles
Tries:
Botes 3, Sackmann 2, Fourie 2, Penalty, Walsh, Gairn, Crossley, Stubbs
Cons: Gerber 7
Pens: Gerber 3

Man of the match: Tomas Sackmann (Exiles)

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Prince Ea
With his social media videos accumulating more half a billion views, the American motivational speaker is hot on the college circuit in the US, with talks that focus on the many ways to generate passion and motivation when it comes to learning.
Khalid Al Ameri
The Emirati columnist and presenter is much loved by local youth, with writings and presentations about education, entrepreneurship and family balance. His lectures on career and personal development are sought after by the education and business sector.
Ben Ouattara
Born to an Ivorian father and German mother, the Dubai-based fitness instructor and motivational speaker is all about conquering fears and insecurities. His talk focuses on the need to gain emotional and physical fitness when facing life’s challenges. As well managing his film production company, Ouattara is one of the official ambassadors of Dubai Expo2020.

ODI FIXTURE SCHEDULE

First ODI, October 22
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Second ODI, October 25
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune

Third ODI, October 29
Venue TBC

BUNDESLIGA FIXTURES

Friday (UAE kick-off times)

Borussia Dortmund v Paderborn (11.30pm)

Saturday 

Bayer Leverkusen v SC Freiburg (6.30pm)

Werder Bremen v Schalke (6.30pm)

Union Berlin v Borussia Monchengladbach (6.30pm)

Eintracht Frankfurt v Wolfsburg (6.30pm)

Fortuna Dusseldof v  Bayern Munich (6.30pm)

RB Leipzig v Cologne (9.30pm)

Sunday

Augsburg v Hertha Berlin (6.30pm)

Hoffenheim v Mainz (9pm)

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday's games

All times UAE:

Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace, 4pm

Manchester City v Arsenal, 6.15pm

Everton v Watford, 8.30pm

Chelsea v Manchester United, 8.30pm

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INDIA SQUADS

India squad for third Test against Sri Lanka
Virat Kohli (capt), Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Vijay Shankar

India squad for ODI series against Sri Lanka
Rohit Sharma (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul

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Banthology: Stories from Unwanted Nations
Edited by Sarah Cleave, Comma Press

How Islam's view of posthumous transplant surgery changed

Transplants from the deceased have been carried out in hospitals across the globe for decades, but in some countries in the Middle East, including the UAE, the practise was banned until relatively recently.

Opinion has been divided as to whether organ donations from a deceased person is permissible in Islam.

The body is viewed as sacred, during and after death, thus prohibiting cremation and tattoos.

One school of thought viewed the removal of organs after death as equally impermissible.

That view has largely changed, and among scholars and indeed many in society, to be seen as permissible to save another life.

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The flights
Fly direct to Kutaisi with Flydubai from Dh925 return, including taxes. The flight takes 3.5 hours. From there, Svaneti is a four-hour drive. The driving time from Tbilisi is eight hours.
The trip
The cost of the Svaneti trip is US$2,000 (Dh7,345) for 10 days, including food, guiding, accommodation and transfers from and to ­Tbilisi or Kutaisi. This summer the TCT is also offering a 5-day hike in Armenia for $1,200 (Dh4,407) per person. For further information, visit www.transcaucasiantrail.org/en/hike/

Remaining Fixtures

Wednesday: West Indies v Scotland
Thursday: UAE v Zimbabwe
Friday: Afghanistan v Ireland
Sunday: Final

RESULTS

Argentina 4 Haiti 0

Peru 2 Scotland 0

Panama 0 Northern Ireland 0

Zidane's managerial achievements

La Liga: 2016/17
Spanish Super Cup: 2017
Uefa Champions League: 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18
Uefa Super Cup: 2016, 2017
Fifa Club World Cup: 2016, 2017

UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
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Power: 136hp @ 4,500rpm (Cooper) / 192hp @ 5,000rpm (Cooper S)
Torque: 220Nm @ 1,480rpm (Cooper) / 280Nm @ 1,350rpm (Cooper S)
Transmission: Seven-speed automatic
Fuel consumption, combined: 4.8L to 5.4L / 100km

Why does a queen bee feast only on royal jelly?

Some facts about bees:

The queen bee eats only royal jelly, an extraordinary food created by worker bees so she lives much longer

The life cycle of a worker bee is from 40-60 days

A queen bee lives for 3-5 years

This allows her to lay millions of eggs and allows the continuity of the bee colony

About 20,000 honey bees and one queen populate each hive

Honey is packed with vital vitamins, minerals, enzymes, water and anti-oxidants.

Apart from honey, five other products are royal jelly, the special food bees feed their queen 

Pollen is their protein source, a super food that is nutritious, rich in amino acids

Beewax is used to construct the combs. Due to its anti-fungal, anti-bacterial elements, it is used in skin treatments

Propolis, a resin-like material produced by bees is used to make hives. It has natural antibiotic qualities so works to sterilize hive,  protects from disease, keeps their home free from germs. Also used to treat sores, infection, warts

Bee venom is used by bees to protect themselves. Has anti-inflammatory properties, sometimes used to relieve conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, nerve and muscle pain

Honey, royal jelly, pollen have health enhancing qualities

The other three products are used for therapeutic purposes

Is beekeeping dangerous?

As long as you deal with bees gently, you will be safe, says Mohammed Al Najeh, who has worked with bees since he was a boy.

“The biggest mistake people make is they panic when they see a bee. They are small but smart creatures. If you move your hand quickly to hit the bees, this is an aggressive action and bees will defend themselves. They can sense the adrenalin in our body. But if we are calm, they are move away.”

 

 

THE SPECS

Aston Martin Rapide AMR

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Transmission: Touchtronic III eight-speed automatic

Power: 595bhp

Torque: 630Nm

Price: Dh999,563

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Name: Dr Hassan Mohsen Elhais

Position: legal consultant with Al Rowaad Advocates and Legal Consultants.

Results

57kg quarter-finals

Zakaria Eljamari (UAE) beat Hamed Al Matari (YEM) by points 3-0.

60kg quarter-finals

Ibrahim Bilal (UAE) beat Hyan Aljmyah (SYR) RSC round 2.

63.5kg quarter-finals

Nouredine Samir (UAE) beat Shamlan A Othman (KUW) by points 3-0.

67kg quarter-finals

Mohammed Mardi (UAE) beat Ahmad Ondash (LBN) by points 2-1.

71kg quarter-finals

Ahmad Bahman (UAE) defeated Lalthasanga Lelhchhun (IND) by points 3-0.

Amine El Moatassime (UAE) beat Seyed Kaveh Safakhaneh (IRI) by points 3-0.

81kg quarter-finals

Ilyass Habibali (UAE) beat Ahmad Hilal (PLE) by points 3-0

Best Academy: Ajax and Benfica

Best Agent: Jorge Mendes

Best Club : Liverpool   

 Best Coach: Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool)  

 Best Goalkeeper: Alisson Becker

 Best Men’s Player: Cristiano Ronaldo

 Best Partnership of the Year Award by SportBusiness: Manchester City and SAP

 Best Referee: Stephanie Frappart

Best Revelation Player: Joao Felix (Atletico Madrid and Portugal)

Best Sporting Director: Andrea Berta (Atletico Madrid)

Best Women's Player:  Lucy Bronze

Best Young Arab Player: Achraf Hakimi

 Kooora – Best Arab Club: Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia)

 Kooora – Best Arab Player: Abderrazak Hamdallah (Al-Nassr FC, Saudi Arabia)

 Player Career Award: Miralem Pjanic and Ryan Giggs

'Panga'

Directed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari

Starring Kangana Ranaut, Richa Chadha, Jassie Gill, Yagya Bhasin, Neena Gupta

Rating: 3.5/5

RESULTS

5pm: Maiden (PA) Dh80,000 1,400m, Winner SS Lamea, Saif Al Balushi (jockey), Ibrahim Al Hadhrami (trainer).

5.30pm: Wathba Stallions Cup Handicap (PA) Dh70,000 1,400m, Winner AF Makerah, Sean Kirrane, Ernst Oertel

6pm: Handicap (PA) Dh80,000 1,600m, Winner Maaly Al Reef, Brett Doyle, Abdallah Al Hammadi

6.30pm: Handicap (PA) Dh90,000 1,600m, Winner AF Momtaz, Antonio Fresu, Musabah Al Muhairi

7pm: Handicap (PA) Dh80,000 2,200m, Winner Morjanah Al Reef, Brett Doyle, Abdallah Al Hammadi

7.30pm: Handicap (TB) Dh100,000 2,200m, Winner Mudarrab, Jim Crowley, Erwan Charpy

THE SPECS

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Transmission: seven-speed dual clutch automatic

Power: 169bhp

Torque: 250Nm

Price: Dh54,500

On sale: now

Updated: December 16, 2022, 1:10 PM`