Prince Harry and Meghan Markle haven’t even released their Netflix documentaries yet, but the project has already had its fair share of critics. After two trailers were released for the series, users haven’t been shy about hitting the dislike button, according to YouTube The Daily Mailwhich reports that hundreds of thousands of viewers gave thumbs down Harry & Megan.
While YouTube hid the number next to its dislike button, the Return Youtube Dislikes tool reveals that over 281,000 people disliked the first one Harry & Megan Teaser, while 120,000 people disliked the second full-length trailer released yesterday.
The tool, which can be accessed via a browser add-on, “uses a combination of archived dislike statistics and data from extension users to create a number,” per The Daily Mail.
Harry & Meghan, which includes archival footage and interviews with the ex-Royals, also features insights from their friends, family and historians. The six-episode project is directed by Liz Garbus and promises to reveal “the clandestine days of their early courtship and the challenges that led them to feel compelled to step down from their full-time roles at the institution,” according to Netflix.
The series is getting a lot of buzz thanks to these controversial two trailers, and some observant viewers even took a closer look at the footage and pointed out a few inconsistencies. The pair have been criticized for including clips in the trailers that have nothing to do with them at all BBC News.
In one instance, a clip of a media frenzy plays as Harry talks about protecting his family, but the footage appears to be from a Harry Potter Premiere … took place years before Harry and Meghan knew each other, according to BBC News. Another paparazzi clip in a Harry & Megan Trailer was pulled from an event entirely unrelated to the couple as model Katie Price appeared in court.
The documentaries also pulled footage from Michael Cohen’s trial and allegedly manipulated other footage, including a picture of the royal family in which Harry and Meghan were edited to make them marginalized while Prince William and Kate Middleton look like they were they would be placed in the middle .
Harry & Megan Premiered on Netflix in two parts. The first three episodes are canceled on December 8th and the second three episodes will premiere on December 15th. Check out the first Harry & Megan Trailer in the video above.
