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<p>Friends of the royal family brushed off the first three episodes of the new <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/harry-and-meghan-netflix-doc-shows-tears-in-bid-to-fight-royal-misinformation?ref=scroll">Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan</a> Thursday, expressing relief that the show <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/king-charles-may-strip-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-of-princely-status">hadn’t made any fresh serious allegations</a> against the royal family.</p>
<p>However one source said that the show was <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/king-charles-is-failing-miserably-as-a-royal-family-crisis-solver">nonetheless a betrayal</a>, and that it would cement the toxic status of relations between William and Harry.</p>
<p>Hours after <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/royal-sources-say-the-crown-is-more-authentic-than-harry-and-meghan">the episodes dropped</a>, communications were running hot between senior palace aides and advisors, but the over-riding sense was one of relief that the show landed no major blows on the family, largely repeating already well-known stories and focusing on the couple’s widely publicized sense of the wickedness of the media.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/harry-and-meghan-netflix-show-is-a-dollar100m-bust-says-royal-insider?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->
However one source said that the show was nonetheless a betrayal, and that it would cement the toxic status of relations between William and Harry.
Hours after the episodes dropped, communications were running hot between senior palace aides and advisors, but the over-riding sense was one of relief that the show landed no major blows on the family, largely repeating already well-known stories and focusing on the couple’s widely publicized sense of the wickedness of the media.
