Prince William and Prince Harry are making headlines again due to BBC's documentary The Princes And The Press.
The two-part documentary examined the two royal princes' relationship with the press, and it featured several journalists. However, many felt that it favored the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
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Amanda Platell, an Australian journalist, was among the members of the press who was interviewed by Amol Rajan for the newest documentary on BBC about the royal princes. She was introduced to Rajan eight months ago, and they filmed for at least two hours.
However, her appearance on the show was reduced to a couple of minutes, and BBC only took some of her statements that were critical to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
"When I saw the programme, my two hours had been reduced to less than two minutes of selective quotes. I felt utterly conned," Platell wrote in an article for Daily Mail.
She also pointed out how BBC featured Markle's lawyer, Jenny Afia, to speak with the duchess' approval "at length and unchallenged" while failing to offer the same opportunity to the royal family.
Furthermore, she complained how BBC gave Omid Scobie, author of Finding Freedom, "disproportionate prominence" in the documentary. According to Platell, Scobie is a "Meghan super-groupie" who authored a "fawning biography."
What disappointed her even more, was how the documentary seemingly used her to trash Prince William and Middleton in favor of Markle.
Apparently, she felt that she was just used to boost the Sussexes' popularity at the expense of the royal family, and Platell was ashamed to be part of the documentary.
"He highlighted two of my Daily Mail columns that were critical of the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William —even though I’ve written any number in their favour. It seemed I was being used to bolster Meghan’s case. I should have known better," Platell continued.
"I’m deeply ashamed to be associated with The Princes And The Press and feel let down by Amol Rajan, who I believe misled me."
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Platell pointed out how BBC brought up her 2017 article titled Can the Duchess of Cambridge cope with Meghan mania? In the article, she compared Middleton and Markle's popularity.
Rajan asked her why she wrote it, and Platell explained that Markle was more popular than the future queen consort because the latter "never had crowds screaming at her."
She recalled the time when Prince Harry and Markle visited Reprezent 107.3 FM radio station in Brixton, south London, in January 2018. According to Platell, Markle was like a "rock star" when they arrived, everyone was screaming and wanted to see her.
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However, she made it clear that she also had a lot of articles that favor the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. But the documentary only highlighted those that favor Markle.
In an article on Jan. 10, 2020, Platell described Kate Middleton's transformation from "Waity Katie" to being the royal crown jewel. In the article, she praised the Duchess of Cambridge because "she has managed to bloom — to adapt to the scrutiny, to the quirks and customs of the Royal Family."
She also said it was a "tragedy" that Markle never found friendship with Middleton because the latter could have helped her much about "grace under fire" and about the "strange family they both joined."
In another article published in June, she pointed how the future queen consort transitioned from being shy to showing Markle how things should be done as a royal when the Duchess of Cambridge launched her landmark Centre For Early Childhood — a groundbreaking project dedicated to highlighting the first years of life because it either "make or break one."
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"This is the sort of work that senior royals should be undertaking," Platell wrote.
"And perhaps, too, there's a lesson here for sister-in-law Meghan, also 39 and savouring the mixed success of her soppy picture book, The Bench. A best-seller in the U.S., over here, despite enjoying huge media coverage, it failed to reach the top 50," she added.
The royal family has already released a statement expressing its disappointment over the documentary. BBC responded, saying the program was "about how royal journalism is done and features a range of journalists from broadcast and the newspaper industry."
The second episode of the two-part documentary The Princes And The Press will air on Monday on BBC.
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