'Harry & Meghan' Teaser: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Love Story Captured in Netflix Docuseries

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are ready to share their side of the story.

The royals renounced their royal highness titles in January 2020 and moved to Montecito, California. Prince Harry infamously told Oprah during a CBS interview that part of the reason they parted ways with senior royal roles stemmed from the experience with his mother, Princess Diana.

“I asked the British tabloids for calm,” the Duke of Sussex said (via ). “Once as a boyfriend, once as a husband and once as a father… My father and my brother, they are trapped. They can't leave."

Now Harry welcomes the cameras on the terms of his wife and Meghan. A Netflix docuseries, produced in association with their production company Archewell Productions, is coming soon to the streamer.

Twice Oscar and Emmy nominated Liz Garbus ("Becoming Costeau") directs the series, which offers an unprecedented look at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's love story.

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"I had to do everything I could to protect my family," Harry says in the teaser.

Meghan adds, "When the stakes are so high, does it make more sense to hear our story from us?"

The official synopsis reads: Through six episodes, the series explores the clandestine days of their first dating and the challenges that led them to feel compelled to step back from their full-time roles in the institution. With commentary from friends and family, most of whom have never spoken publicly about what they witnessed, and historians who discuss the state of the British Commonwealth today and the relationship of the royal family with the press, the series does more than shed light on a couple's love story. , it paints a picture of our world and how we treat each other.

Erica Sashin, Mark Monroe, Dan Cogan, Liz Garbus, Ben Browning, Chanel Pysnik, Jon Bardin, Mala Chapple and Angus Wall are the executive producers of "Harry & Meghan", a Story Syndicate production in association with Archewell Productions and Diamond Documents.

An October 2022 report from Deadline alleged that Netflix postponed the release of the docuseries amid 'The Crown' Season 5 controversy. "They are shaken by Netflix and they blinked at first and decided to postpone the documentary," a source told Deadline.

Netflix said "there has never been a confirmed Duke and Duchess of Sussex documentary" on the streamer. Still, Deadline reported that the series was filmed at Harry and Meghan's home in Montecito, with the two serving as executive producers through their production company Archewell and under their Netflix banner. Deadline also noted that the delay of the docuseries premiere may have been influenced by the Queen's death on September 8.

Check out the teaser below.

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