Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Netflix show edits Queen’s service speech – can you tell what’s different?
MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry’s Netflix documentary plays an edited version of the Queen’s famous service speech – significantly altering its meaning.
Three words have been removed from the 70-year-old radio broadcast where Her Majesty pledges to serve people across the nation and the Commonwealth for the rest of her life.
But, the removal of those three words makes it sound as though the then-21-year-old princess is devoting her life to the Royal Family.
The first three episodes of the Duke and Duchess of Sussexes’ £88million doc hit screens last Thursday.
The episode included a wave of astonishing attacks on The Firm – which was said to have saddened them.
And while the second half of the doc will be aired tomorrow, the adapted version of the late Queen’s speech has come to light.
In the third episode of the doc, Princess Elizabeth’s radio broadcast from South Africa on April 21, 1947, is played.
On that day the princess’ actual words were: “I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.”
But the audio played in the Netflix doc broadcasts: “I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.”
The words “your service and” are missing, making it sound as though the Queen was dedicating her life to her “great imperial family”.
The quote has long been seen as a key moment in the Queen’s reign, and she even referred back to it on the eve of her historic Platinum Jubilee.
And, last year, when the Queen stripped Harry and Meghan of their titles, they hit back and said: “We can all live a life of service.“
The revelation of the edited audio comes after Harry and Meghan were accused of using fake and misleading paparazzi footage in the doc.
The imagery of photographers clamouring at them at public events was revealed to have been taken at a Harry Potter film premiere and of Katie Price arriving at court.