ROYALS REFUSE WAR OF WORDS

NO HIT-BACK OVER HARRY AND MEGHAN FILM 'ALL ABOUT THEMSELVES

- Robert Jobson

THE royal family will not engage in a war of words over the Harry and Meghan Netflix documentary which is "all about themselves", sources today told the Evening Standard.

Senior royals are braced for more bombshell claims in the second instalment but an insider said they would "continue to serve others as the late Queen and our King have done all their lives".

The insider added: "The least said about this documentary the better. It is certainly not about serving others, it is all about themselves".

Official spokesmen for King Charles and the Prince of Wales have stated that they will not be making any comment on the controversial Netflix series, in which the Duke of Sussex accused his family and the institution of monarchy as having a huge unconscious bias on race. The first three episodes of the series were released yesterday, with the final three due to air on Thursday. It is believed that these episodes, which will chart Harry and Meghan's wedding, the birth of their son Archie and their departure from Britain, will be far more critical.

However, a former member of the Royal Household, said: "The royal family have faced crises in the past and they will face them in the future. They will let this take its course and carry on.

"Personally, I felt the one-sided claims made against the Commonwealth being an extension of empire were unfair and unfounded. It was an insult to the memory of Her Majesty. It was her legacy after all." After the first episodes aired yesterday, a row broke out over whether the royal family and the palaces were given the right to reply.