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What Harry & Meghan’s ‘Fake’ Netflix Home Says About Documentary Ethics<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Netflix</p> <p>From Prince William <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/prince-william-tells-friends-his-relationship-with-prince-harry-is-over">severing ties with his brother</a> to Prince Harry <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/harry-and-meghan-netflix-doc-drops-explosive-new-episodes">blaming a tabloid for his wife’s miscarriage</a>, there’s been no shortage of headlines coasting on the popularity of <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-harry-and-meghan-revealed-and-what-it-absolutely-didnt">Netflix’s <em>Harry & Meghan</em></a>.</p> <p>But one headline stood out for what it says about the state of documentary filmmaking.</p> <p>On Saturday, the <em>Daily Mail </em>(which has been <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/prince-harry-wins-major-legal-fight-against-mail-on-sundaythe-same-newspaper-sued-by-meghan-markle">sued</a> <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-face-day-one-of-their-tabloid-court-battle">multiple times</a> by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle) published <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11525309/Mansion-shown-Harry-Meghans-Netflix-documentary-not-theirs.html">an article</a> claiming that the mansion featured in the slickly produced docuseries is not actually the couple’s home. The news came after Redditors <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/zhe61p/revealed_the_location_that_harry_meghans_netflix/">zeroed in on the home</a> and found that it’s actually a bigger, <a href="https://www.forbesglobalproperties.com/listings/iconic-montecito-estate/">more expensive property</a> in Montecito, California, the celebrity enclave where Harry and Meghan moved in 2020.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-harry-and-meghans-fake-netflix-home-says-about-documentary-ethics?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Netflix

From Prince William severing ties with his brother to Prince Harry blaming a tabloid for his wife’s miscarriage, there’s been no shortage of headlines coasting on the popularity of Netflix’s Harry & Meghan.

But one headline stood out for what it says about the state of documentary filmmaking.

On Saturday, the Daily Mail (which has been sued multiple times by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle) published an article claiming that the mansion featured in the slickly produced docuseries is not actually the couple’s home. The news came after Redditors zeroed in on the home and found that it’s actually a bigger, more expensive property in Montecito, California, the celebrity enclave where Harry and Meghan moved in 2020.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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