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"If the royal life is so unbearable and intolerable, perhaps the prince should give up his duties, he must learn that respect deserves and does not require, and that such documentaries worsen more than they serve. its cause, "said a British Daily Mail reporter on Monday, reacting to the broadcast of the documentary" An African Journey "on Prince Harry and his wife Meghan.
In this film, shot during their visit in late September in southern Africa and broadcast Sunday night in the United Kingdom, the royal couple tells the difficulty of living in the spotlight of the tabloids. Two weeks earlier, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had launched a judicial offensive against British people's newspapers. Thomas Pernette, reporter at Point de Vue, was the guest of Europe 1, Tuesday morning, to comment on this royal event.
"Every gesture and every apparition are commented"
"These are very hard words," responds Thomas Pernette. "The British monarchy has never been so popular, especially since the year 2000. It is difficult to imagine the constant media pressure, which is more when you are a woman.Each gesture and each appearance are commented.
Since her marriage to Prince Harry, Meghan Markle has been regularly targeted by the British press. There are often remembered his too American style, his wardrobe overpriced or more recently the bill of their last move to Frogmore Cottage. "The tabloids tend to extrapolate the slightest fact and compare the royal couple with the couple formed between Harry's older brother, William, and Catherine Middleton," says the elite news specialist.
The royal couple accused of hypocrisy this summer
He recalls that Meghan and Harry were notably accused of hypocrisy this summer for using a private jet while they made ecology one of their biggest fights. "The media did not fail to say that William and Catherine, they had taken a charter," he illustrates.
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Thomas Pernette returns to the scenes of the documentary he found "very touching". He mentions Harry's confidences: "Whenever I see a camera, hear a click and see a flash, I think back to my mother, the way we talked about her," we hear the prince say in a face to face with the camera. "I lost my mother and now I see my wife becoming the victim of the same powerful forces."