"Total war" and "scandalous betrayal": the English press reacts to the latest episodes of Harry & Meghan

“The brothers at war”: this is the title chosen by the

to evoke the quarrel between princes Harry and William.

The Duke of Sussex has indeed cracked sensational revelations in the last three episodes of the Netflix documentary

, unveiled this Thursday, December 15.

The youngest of King Charles III thus returned to a meeting in Sandringham, which took place in January 2020 – shortly after the “Megxit” – in the presence of his father, the Queen and Prince William.

"It was terrifying to see my brother yelling at me, my dad telling me inaccurate things and my grandma sitting there silently cashing in," Prince Harry said.

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, a full-scale attack on Prince William

the apogee

A version of the facts that many British media hastened to relay.

Like the

, which spoke of an "all-out war" between Prince Harry, Prince William and King Charles III.

The daily also maintained that the documentary had reached its “climax” in these last episodes.

For its part, the

called these statements "explosive", and contradicted the rumors according to which the royal family would not watch the show.

According to the media, some members of the Windsor clan even watched the episodes in the morning.

The BBC, meanwhile, was content to repeat the facts, pointing out that the “bizarre family reunions” still missed Prince Harry, as the latter confided, and that the royal family had not yet reacted. in the program.

for its part detailed the reaction of Meghan Markle when she received a text from Beyoncé, and echoed the words of Prince Harry, according to which the

would have caused the miscarriage of his wife.

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A “tragic break”

Other royal correspondents, for their part, were much less tender towards the couple.

For Allister Heath, of the

,

is nothing but a “scandalous betrayal”.

The Sussexes paint a "deeply unfair portrait of the British monarchy and society", argues the journalist.

“I wish the Duke and Duchess of Sussex no ill: I was delighted that they were getting married, and I hope they can build a happy life together in America,” he wrote.

Before qualifying: “But their Netflix “documentary” is a scandalous betrayal: it uses anti-Western and anti-British ideology in its own interests.

Many older readers (…) will be furious at the way the Sussexes treat the King and Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and deeply saddened by Prince Harry's tragic rift with his father, brother and son. country."

An opinion shared by the controversial presenter Piers Morgan.

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“Incessant whining”

“Prince Harry publicly denigrated his brother William, he accused his father, King Charles, of lying, and he attacked his grandmother, the late Queen, for not doing anything, he tweeted .

It is a grotesque and sickening betrayal of his family.”

The host also lamented the “incessant whining” of the Sussexes.

Royal correspondent Rebecca English, for her part, called the rumors that royal employees spread misinformation about Meghan Markle “categorically untrue”.

The reporter thus indicated that she had never heard malicious remarks about the couple during the six months which followed their marriage.

His information would not come from Palace employees either.

According to her, Buckingham would have on the contrary defended the duo.

Rebecca English also felt that she was measured in her remarks.

"Harry's frankly rude and unprofessional behavior towards the press has never been reported in any of my articles," she insisted.

The impressive work he was doing in his charitable works deserved more recognition."

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Déjà vu

For her part, Carol Midgley, of The

, was unimpressed by this new burst of episodes.

"We've heard it all before (at Oprah)," she recalled.

However, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may not have finished pouring out.

For Martin Belam, of the

, the Sussexes could well shoot a second season of the show.

"I'm watching the last episode of what's probably the first season of

because they'll probably do a documentary about 'What They Did After The Documentary,'" he quipped.

Buckingham Palace is therefore not about to sleep on both ears.