a trailerfor their harry & meghan documentary series. doesn t it make more sense to hear our story from us? it changed the conversation around the trip, attention drawn once again to the divisions within the royal family. during the six episodes, the duke and duchess of sussex shared insights into how they met and theirfamily life, with previously unseen footage. archie took his very first steps right here. but they were also critical of the royal household, of the support they had received, of the way they had been treated. they spoke of media manipulation and intrusion. as harry and meghan tried to negotiate their departure from the uk and royal duty, harry met with his immediate family at sandringham. he said it didn t go well, describing a fractured family relationship.
it was terrifying to have my brother scream and shout at me and my father say things that simply weren t true, and my grandmother quietly sit there and take it all in. but you have to understand that from the family s perspective, especially from hers, there are ways of doing things and her ultimate sort of mission goal/responsibility is the institution. it was very much their side of the story. from the royal family, there was no official response to the series. getting the tone right on international royal tours has proved a difficult area, particularly in countries considering removing the british monarch as their head of state. injamaica in march, these pictures of the prince and princess of wales were seen as clumsy and outdated, as was an engagement designed as a tribute to a previous visit the queen had made here.
thank you. thank you for your love and devotion to our family and to the family of nations you have served so diligently all these years. may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. the days ahead were filled with ritual and ceremony, some of it dating back centuries. the crown of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland is solely and rightfully come to the prince charles philip arthur george. god save the king. all: god save the king! the accession council gathered at st james s palace, former prime ministers, members of the royal family and other dignitaries, as charles iii was officially proclaimed as the new monarch.
a sign that the reign of queen elizabeth ii was over. the final sound to echo around the chapel, the piper s lament, fading into the distance as he walked towards the castle. the period of public mourning was now over. the queen was laid to rest alongside her husband, her father and her mother. before her death, the queen had much to celebrate this year. back injune, four days of events marked the platinum jubilee, the first in british history for the longest reigning monarch. it began with trooping the colour through horse guards parade.
his early engagements took him around the uk, meeting a range of communities. in a rainy york, he unveiled a statue to his mother that had been commissioned for herjubilee. there was also a walkabout in the city, now a regular feature of his engagements. but here, four eggs were thrown at the king as he met people in york. he barely flinched. none of them actually hit. it was, though, a reminder of the risk that comes with this kind of event. on safer territory in the grandeur of buckingham palace, the king hosted his first state visit as monarch, welcoming the south african president.