Prince Harry and Meghan have dropped their well-anticipated Netflix series and it's safe to say it has a lot of people talking.
Not long after its release, the series has been called a "disgusting lie", "beautiful production" and worse than the Kardashians.
Volume one of the two-part docuseries Harry & Meghan' was released after months of speculation the tell-all series would drop bombs on the Royal Family, similar to the jaw-dropping Oprah Winfrey in March 2021.
The Duke and Duchess continued their claims they were driven out of the UK by a racist royal family and media - but outspoken UK broadcaster Piers Morgan has hit back at those claims.
Since the couple stepped down from their royal duties and moved to California two years ago they have delivered stinging criticism of the UK monarchy, including allegations of racism which was revealed in the bombshell tell-all Oprah Winfrey interview in 2021. The allegations have led to a rift between Harry and Meghan and the rest of the royal family.
For fans hoping more shocking Royal revelations would be reviewed in the series, the first part may have been a letdown. The main focus was on their treatment by the UK tabloid press and how it had impacted their relationship and ultimately led to their exit from official royal life.
However, Prince Harry did accuse the royal family of "unconscious bias" towards race that blinded them from the couple's struggles they were facing including claims of race-related hounding of Meghan by the press.
But Morgan, a vocal critic of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, has called the series a "disgusting lie".
Morgan took aim at the couple in an opinion piece published in The Sun, calling it worse than Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
"The sad truth is that Meghan and Harry are now nothing more than whiny delusional self-serving money-grabbing royal Kardashians - only with less class, loyalty or brains," the controversial former Good Morning Britain host wrote.
Morgan tried to debunk some of Prince Harry and Meghan's "nauseatingly self-aggrandising Netflix whine-a-thon".
He wrote the UK media welcomed Meghan into the royal family and only turned negative when the couple's behaviour grew "increasingly hypocritical".
"They preached poverty in tweets on the day she held a $500,000 baby shower in New York, used Elton John’s private plane like a taxi service as they lectured us on reducing our carbon footprints and pleaded to be left alone as they gave prime-time TV interviews," Morgan wrote.
He said Prince Harry and Meghan are continuing to victimise themselves as an oppressed couple.
However, allegations of racism within Buckingham Palace couldn't have come at a worse time for the royals. Prince William's godmother Lady Susan Hussey resigned after making "unacceptable and deeply regrettable" comments about Black woman's heritage at a Buckingham Palace reception.
Morgan wasn't the only person to take a swipe at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
New Zealand journalist Dan Wootton, who is based in the UK, wrote in a piece for the Daily Mail, saying the "opportunistic cheek" of the pair "knows no bounds".
Wootton called on Buckingham Palace to let the Sussex Survivors Club go on record. The Sussex Survivors Club is a group of Meghan's former staff members from before the pair left the UK who claim they were "bullied" by Meghan.
"For a couple who claim they care about their privacy, in less than half an hour Harry and Meghan have already shared with the world 'private' text message exchanges, 'private' photos from their dates, 'private' video diaries and 'private' clips of their son," Wootton said on Twitter.
There has been a lot of backlash from the docuseries but not all media reactions were negative.
United States news station CBS called the series "beautifully produced" and said it was good to give the couple a chance to share their story. The New York Times called the series "personal and raw".
The final part of the docuseries will be released next week.
