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The Duke of Cambridge’s complex relationship with the media has been laid bare by a new BBC documentary, ‘The Princes and the Press’. The two-parter, the second instalment of which aired on Monday, examines the relationship between William, Harry and the media. Ahead of the programme’s broadcast, William and other senior royals hit out at the BBC in a furious joint statement.

Kensington Palace, Clarence House and Buckingham Palace accused the broadcaster of giving airtime to “overblown and unfounded claims”.

Despite William’s recent rebukes of the press, the Duke of Cambridge has previously embraced the media, giving reporters a metaphorical “group hug”, Ms Mills claimed.

The Sky News journalist spoke in the ‘The Princes and the Press’ about William and Kate’s 2019 trip to Pakistan.

She said: “We were on the plane to Pakistan and asked to go to the front of the plane and basically told by Prince William ‘thank you for coming’.

“Really unexpected, and he said ‘you should all take this as a group hug’.”

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The Cambridges’ royal tour took place a couple of weeks after Meghan and Harry’s own tour of southern Africa.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s trip took place against the backdrop of Meghan’s legal battle with the publisher of the Mail on Sunday, Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL).

Meghan sued ANL after the Mail on Sunday and MailOnline published excerpts from a letter she wrote to her father, Thomas Markle.

She won her case in a summary judgement in February, but ANL appealed the verdict.

However, the appeal was today rejected, marking a breakthrough win for the Duchess.

At the end of the tour, Prince Harry began legal action against the owners of the Sun, the defunct News of the World, and the Daily Mirror, in relation to phone-hacking allegations.

During the Sussexes’ tour, the couple also gave bombshell interviews to ITV News anchor Tom Bradby for the documentary, ‘Harry & Meghan: An African Journey’.

In Meghan’s chat with the journalist, she dramatically opened up about her time in the Royal Family, saying that she was “not OK”.

Teaser clips from the documentary were released during William and Kate’s tour, according to Ms Mills.

She said: “What was fascinating though, was that as the tour went on, we were seeing promo clips of Harry and Meghan’s documentary.

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“You could tell that it was upsetting the apple cart to put it lightly when it came to William and Kate’s team, but also the couple as well.”

During the ITV documentary, Meghan admitted she had been struggling to cope with the pressures of life as a royal.

Mr Bradby asked her if it would be fair to say that she was “not really ok” and if that it had been a “struggle” in the Royal Family.

She replied, “Yes” and also said “not many people have asked if I’m ok”.

Mr Bradby also asked Harry about reports of a rift between him and his brother William.

He said: “Part of this role and part of this job and this family being under the pressure that it’s under, inevitably, you know, stuff happens.

“But look, we’re brothers. We’ll always be brothers.

“You know, we don’t see each other as much as we used to because we’re so busy.

“But, I love him dearly and, you know, the majority of the stuff is created out of nothing.”

‘The Princes and the Press’ is available on BBC iPlayer.

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