were released on Dec. 8, the first official response from Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace was that neither of their press offices nor any members of the royal family had been approached to comment for the docuseries. That story soon changed, and communications reviewed by BuzzFeed News now show that not only had the press representatives been contacted, one of the top palace communications officials tried to get advance footage.
The royal family’s top press officials initially told reporters they had not been contacted for comment by the producers of, a six-episode behind-the-scenes look at the lives of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the circumstances that led them to step back as working members of the royal family.
The Palaces’ public statements have cast doubt on the due diligence performed by the production company and the professionalism with whichwas created. In turn, the companies behind the docuseries have raised serious questions about the extent to which the royal family’s press offices were aware of the contents of— and the actions they took to verify the authenticity of communications from the docuseries’ production company.
Spokespersons for each palace said that they contacted Archewell Productions and Netflix in an attempt to verify the authenticity of the production company’s email. These spokespersons said that they did not receive a response to their inquiries from either Archewell Productions or Netflix and thus were unable to provide a response. They also told reporters that the emails they received did not address the entire series.
These facts were widely reported by royal reporters from many publications, attributed to a “royal source” or a “senior royal source.”A @KensingtonRoyal source has clarified that an email was received “purporting” to be from a third-party production company on the #HarryandMeghan doc from an unknown company’s email address.
They were contacted for 'an official response' In other words, they wanted to provoke a reaction to use in the lead up ads to the airing of the show. I guess that backfired when the Palace refused to play along.
SarahData_ In other words, they got caught lying.
Where did buzzfeed get their information?
Palace/Royals are Liars!
Why would they want to engage with a company who put together The Crown and then embarked on making this hit piece that’s full of lies and discrepancies
Who cares, as if the royal family are going to respond to the grifters
I don't believe a word that comes out of any royal press office.
Clearly the Firm lives by an X-Files catchphrase - deceive, inveigle and obfuscate. And Netflix brought receipts. PrinceWilliamIsABully WeLoveYouMeghan
They lie about every little thing and we’re supposed to believe them?
The Press Team in BP are corrupt to the core
total liars starting from when Charles was banging Camilla behind Diana's back. Their PR machine has swept all that away. Why wasnt he honest? because he was scared of losing his taxpayer inheritance. William has overlooked that too for the same reason , despicable.
don't you have sone listicles to compile?
Keep your foot on their necks. Just like Princess Diana, Meghan's life is being endangered by the British Royal Family in collusion with the hateful British Media. Here is Concubine Queen, Camilla, hosting Jeremy Clarkson for Christmas after he wrote this criminal inciting piece.
Such a liars
Kc has a lot to answer for sat back and watched his son be vilified by press what sort of father or brother allows this to happen? RF are cold hearted and lie through their teeth H&M are far better off out and away from these over pampered people. Monarchy is not fit for purpose
Yeah, OK so criticism of Harry and Megan yet the king of England is a philandering adulterer lyier, as is his wife and his brother the pervert
Because it wasn't relevant. They were contacted by a co they didn't recognise that refused to provide footage that would prove their involvement. They contacted the cos they knew to be involved in production who didn't reply. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAID. Stop grifting for liars
Looks like they are telling the truth. Yes they engaged but could not verify the authenticity. What's the problem?
All of their lies are being exposed.
Masters of gaslighting
so basically they lied about everything
SussexRoyalty_ They’re such liars.
InvictusbyPepp Queen Cowmilla having lunch with piers organ 😡😡😡
Nice try but it’s just more lies from migraines camp
Of course they did it what you do to verify who they are when you don’t get a response from the main companies
So, the production company refused to provide footage to the palace but asked for their response? How can they respond to something they haven't seen? How do they know what they are responding to or what their response would be?
They are full of lies , they have been exposed
They are pathology liars
SussexDetective They just keep being exposed as liars!
So emails go missing in both sides it seems. Why would they contact J Knauf? If Palace could not receive clips what comments were you expecting the Palace to make ?
seriously keep up the good work! Believe me most of us can read through the bs of mainstream journalism and we aren’t likely the bias being displayed. We can tell when stuff isn’t right. So pls keep up the good work
I’m sorry but the RF has + continues to prove Harry and Meghan right. This display of unprofessionalism + lying seems to be par for the course for RF. And why would you reach out to a non-communication personnel (likely none of the contacts provided to you) after deadline?! SHADY
RoyalFamilyLied WilliamandKate are LIARS and BULLIES. What’s new? PrinceWilliamIsABully PrinceWilliamsAffair
So as usual they lied. They thought they were going to get away with lying about a multinational like Netflix? That’s when you know they really live in a bubble.
Lying again They are getting exposed all the time Best is for them to make peace and except they were wrong 💣💥
Gaslighting is their specialty
The lies !!
These so called spokespersons, whoever they are must be disregarded completely, unless they identify themselves. You can't take the word of anonymous people. Jen Psaki was spokesperson/press secretary for the white house, see how its done NAME THEM!
They are SUCH liars !!!
InvictusbyPepp The British monarchy is builtonlies. Well done Buzzfeed for uncovering this one.
RoyalFamilyLied
So they lied...again
Meghan was right!
Liars and not smart ones
jozzzaphen The BRF are lying liars 😒
Brick by Brick.
It doesn't seem like anyone lied on either side. Archewell and Netflix didn't respond. Thompson spoke to Story Syndicate, they didn't provide footage. Archewell employee says they got an email but too late for deadline.
Just like they assumed the spare knew his place was to take the brunt of criticism to protect the heir, they assumed there wouldn't be push back from US media just like there's no push back from UK media.
The RoyalFamilyLied again!
Who are these spokespersons for the Royal Family and Kensington Palace. Why its William & Chuck. AbolishTheMonachy
They constantly lie to survive.
The games people play. Professionals are serious about their work. The UK doesn't honor excellence & professionalism. They'd rather lie and hope no one notices. Just saying!
The palace lies. Over and over again. They are not trustworthy. Everything they do is to try to destroy anyone they see as a threat. They’ll only hasten the demise of the monarchy.
Let's be honest though, neither palace was gonna comment anyway. They should've just said as much instead of having a round robbin about it.
My question, that wasn't answered in the article, is: Did they verify the authenticity? Thompson confirmed receipt, requested footage, was denied, but was he able to confirm the authenticity of the request? Surely this isn't the 1st request re: a show about H&M.
IClaudiusR That family just lies, lies, lies… then gaslights those who tell the truth. Disgusting
scobie
BP’s Toby Andreae,the same man who worked for Daily Mail as an editor which is why DM knew about the docu series before anyone else.Chuck &his hag,hired a former Dailymail editor as their new comms sec. to pass info directly to the Dailymail to feed their silent contract.
And why would the palace give their time to verify these lies of docuseries every now and then? 🙄🙄
🙄🙄🙄 THEY RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM A 3RD PARTY. Plus they contacted meghan and harry and their production but palace did not receive response from them. So what now?
WOW, royal palaces lie? That surely never happened before😂
Was it JasonKnauf ?
KP lies like a rug.
Everyone the world over now know that nothing from the Buckingham Palace is true. They leak out 3 statements each time hoping one will stick, then they deny the 2. Really strange set up there.
The RacistRoyalFamily are in bed with Racistbritishmedia
Righteousness71 The RF's are liars! Nothing new to see here 🤷🏾♀️
What a bunch of liars these palaces are !!! Crooked to the core.
jozzzaphen Proving Meghan's point again: Willing to lie to protect others, but not tell the truth for them.
Welp 😂😂😂
So basically liars
Why lie.
This is too funny!!! The palaces really need to fire their staff!!! Every other day there's a f'up
IClaudiusR RoyalFamilyLies constantly. They are not diplomats, are not statespeople and are not good people. KingCharlesTheCruel and his forever incandescent with rage son PrinceWilliamIsABully are racists, abusers and remain in support of Andy, friend of convicted paedophile Epstein 🤮.
And how can they be the head of any thing?
But these people have no ounce of shame. How can you lie about some thing so trivial that is easily proven
Oh the firm lied again with the help of the British media, noooooo
IrisTheeScholar “It’s a dirty game”
Cecidissent1 Sounds like KP/BP keeps getting caught in their lies. The truth is coming out into the light WilliamIsGuilty WilliamThePalaceSource Williamisabully
BRFLies britishroyalfamilylied britishroyalfamily
Harry is confirming what Princess Diana told us all 30 years ago…the little grey men do not like things to change.
ellievhall this is excellent reporting!!!