Harry & Meghan, the docuseries is a record (net of criticism)

As usual when it comes to royals, even on Harry & Meghan the public is divided: if on one side there are those who appreciated candor and honesty with which the dukes of Sussex told their love story and above all the media obstacles that tried to undermine it, on the other hand there are those who saw in the docuseries which made its debut last December 8 on Netflix yet another opportunity that the couple has used to show offbetween forced complaints and first world problems. But the inevitable polarization around such a product, which could already be foreseen well in advance of its departure, has only achieved the desired effect: everyone talked about it and, above all, many have watched it on the streaming platform.

THE first three episodes they have in fact accumulated in less than a week over 81.55 million hours of viewing, according to data provided by Netflix itself. A striking result that goes hand in hand with the success of Wednesdaythe Tim Burton series with Jenna Ortega which became the third series in streaming history, after Squid Game And Stranger Things 4to overcome the billion hours of viewing in its first four weeks of publication. With this result, Wednesday places itself in second place of the most watched English-language series on Netflix, thus overtaking Dahmer who had just obtained that placement. But also Harry & Meghan it is no less, becoming the docuseries with the most watched debut in the history of the platform.

According to Netflix about 28 million accounts they tuned into the docuseries within the first four days of its release. This despite – or perhaps partly thanks to – all criticisms that have rained down on Prince Harry and his wife Meghan: in particular a scene in which the former actress of Suits seems to mimic an exaggerated bow before the Queen Elizabeth it has been interpreted as a great lack of respect towards the late sovereign. The English newspapers immediately spoke of “assault on the Queen’s inheritance” and it seems that even Buckingham Palace did not particularly like this production, already postponed and revised after the death of Elizabeth II. The last three episodes of Harry & Meghanin any case, will arrive on Netflix on December 15th and while many have so far lamented the lack of dramatic revelations in what we’ve already seen, it’s possible that the real bombs have yet to go off.