Bombshell documentary exposes Harry and Meghan’s ‘elitist’ California lifestyle

A German documentary has accused Prince Harry and of hypocrisy while enjoying an ‘elitist’ lifestyle in the The programme takes a dig at the couple by detailing how their much-publicised visits to poverty-stricken countries such as Nigeria and Colombia sits uneasily with Meghan’s love of expensive designer clothes.

The Lost Prince has been created by German network ZDF and promises to take viewers inside Harry and Meghan’s life in Montecito, California, following their decision to leave the Royal Family.

Harry’s future role within the monarchy will also come under scrutiny in the documentary. In the promotional material for the film, ZDF said, “Even in his self-imposed exile in Montecito, California, he remains a figure of public interest. His commitment to charitable organisations – such as the he founded for wounded servicemen and women – always puts him in the spotlight.”

Award-winning filmmaker Ulrike Grunewald has spoken to the couple’s neighbors for the documentary as well as veterans who knew and a number of royal reporters and experts.

Former soldier Ben McBean, who shared a flight home from Afghanistan with Harry criticised the prince over his revelations about his family in his bombshell memoir Spare and in his show. McBean, who lost his left arm and had his right leg amputated above the knee after being seriously injured by a landmine blast in Afghanistan in 2008, didn’t hold back when he featured on the documentary, reports the

The veteran soldier says: “I just thought, with him kind of whinging about his family and he was saying something about his brother pushing him over or something like that, I was just like, “Mate, just leave it out” You and your brother had a little fisticuffs…but family’s family, you know. If one of my friends fell out with his partner and started posting things on social media and saying my ex is this and that, I’d have told him to shut up as well.”

The documentary also points the finger at Harry and Meghan for inevitably trading off their former Royal roles by seeking to make money to support their lifestyle.

One reporter Russel Myers says on the show: “If you’re going to places like Nigeria, like Colombia, which have huge socio-economic problems, some of the world’s poorest communities in these countries, and you’re turning up wearing tens of thousands of pounds worth of designer clothes – it really doesn’t send the right message.”

The Sussexes left the Royal Family in 2020 in what’s been now named as “Megxit” by many royal watchers. At the time, several of Germany’s media were critical of the couple’s decision to step down. But by 2023, when Germany hosted Harry’s Invictus Games, the country had warmed up to the couple.

The documentary comes just one week before release Harry’s documentary Polo, which will explore the royal’s favourite sport. The five-part docuseries will officially debut on December 10. The highly-anticipated show follows polo players “on and off the field” as they compete in the US Open Polo Championships, and feature snippets of Harry and Meghan themselves.