In the world in which Harry and Meghan have chosen to live, which is entirely dysfunctional but significantly less dysfunctional than the one they left it for, six hours of nothing is absolutely nothing. By way of comparison, The Real Housewives of Cheshire has knocked out 162 hours of nothing. To have fully kept up with the Kardashians to this point will have removed over a week of your existence.
So six hours of talking very slowly about your favourite subject yourself - is not a performance without an audience. Quite the opposite. And mainly, it is an interesting tale. There may be no discernible difference between Towie, Made in Chelsea and the original - and still the best - reality TV show out there, the royal family. But it cannot be ignored that only one of these very low-rent productions has an essential and important role in the constitution of the United Kingdom.
It also can't be ignored that Harry and Meghan have most certainly earned the right to tell their story, given the vast number of people who have taken it upon themselves to tell it for them. And it makes for awkward viewing for the many, many millions of British people who stopped what they were doing for more than a week to pay reverence to an institution that is a demonstrable mess.
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