Following the decision to include an extract from Martin Bashir's controversial Panorama interview with his mother, Princess Diana, Prince Harry has come under fire for disrespecting the wishes of his older brother Prince William.
Halfway through episode one, Harry, 38, opens up about intrusion on him and brother William during their childhood before it cuts to Martin Bashir interviewing his late mum.
Since the initial three episodes aired last Thursday, sources close to the Prince Of Wales have spoken of his "disappointment" at learning that Harry had chosen to include said video clips, with William having publicly condemned the interview several times in the past.
And former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond believes the heir-to-the-throne has every right to hold a grudge against his brother Harry.
"I think Harry and Meghan's decision to include Diana's Panorama interview was pointedly hurtful," she exclusively tells OK!. "To go against your brother's express wishes about your mother.
"He's not respected William's wishes. I doubt he phoned his brother and said 'By the way we're going to be using that clip'."
She adds: "It's blatantly, openly and pointedly hurtful."
Supreme Court judge Lord Dyson last year ruled that journalist Martin Bashir had acted deceitfully by falsifying bank documents which were shown to Diana with the aim of convincing her that those close to her were selling stories on her life.
Following the ruling, William, 40, – who with wife Kate Middleton last week concluded their tour of the US – declared: "It is my firm view that this Panorama programme holds no legitimacy and should never be aired again."
"William has soldiered on in a grown up way by getting on with the job of the tour," Jennie asserts. "I don't believe Harry and Meghan's documentary shadowed things in the States as the biggest news over there was William and Catherine's visit.
"They never went into so much detail about Harry and Meghan, so it kind of knocked them into second place. But I think their tour was less prominent here than they might have expected."
Among the numerous 'bombshells' revealed within the first three episodes of the docu-series was Harry's apparent dig at the Prince and Princess of Wales in his and wife saying that men in the royal family have married women "who fit the mould" rather than someone who they are a better fit with romantically.
Another subtle dig to her sister-in-law, saw the Duchess of Sussex explained how she was used to greeting people with a hug and didn’t "realise it was jarring for a lot of Brits".
Meghan later admitted she thought it was a "joke" when Harry asked her if she knew how to curtsey before meeting the monarch, and as well as reflecting on their discrepancies with the paparazzi, the couple reported feeling "unsafe" when working as Royals.
Harry also claimed his wife had given up "the freedom that she had to join me in my world", and that when they became concerned about Meghan's treatment he was told to remain quiet.
"Members of the royal family declined to comment on the content within this series," is the message displayed at the start of the episodes.
"We’ve got sources from the palace denying having done any harm to Harry and Meghan," Jennie explains. "We can’t determine who is telling the truth.
"So, I think the onus has to be on Harry and Meghan who are making the allegations to stand them up and stop throwing out general slurs against their family.
"It’s getting really unpleasant and dirty. Harry talked about it being a ‘dirty game’, well this is dirty.
"We’ve seen so much of the Royal Family’s dirty laundry aired in public and this is a whole lot more."
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