Prince Harry and Meghan touched upon a range of issues in the first three episodes of their Netflix documentary series.
These are some of the questions viewers may be left with after watching.
Who was Prince Harry thinking of when he said there is a temptation in the royal family to marry someone who 'fits the mould'?
Prince Harry did not mention any names but speaking in the first episode, he said: “I think for so many people in the family, especially, obviously, the men, there can be a temptation or an urge to marry someone who would fit the mould as opposed to somebody who you perhaps are destined to be with.”
Viewers may wonder if he had any particular relatives in mind.
Women who have recently married into the royal family include the Princess of Wales, Queen Consort Camilla and the Countess of Wessex, as well as Prince Harry’s late mother Diana.
Which male members of the family challenged Prince Harry on why Meghan should get special protection from the media?
Prince Harry said some of his male relatives saw the media’s treatment of their wives as “a rite of passage”, but that they failed to grasp the “race element” that affected Meghan.
“Some of the members of the family were like, ‘My wife had to go through that, so why should your girlfriend be treated any differently?’ ‘Why should you get special treatment?’ ‘Why should she be protected?’” he said.
“And I said, ‘The difference here is the race element’.”
How did Prince Harry and Meghan first meet?
The pair previously said they met on a blind date but Prince Harry now said he first spotted his wife on social media.
In their 2017 engagement interview, both referred to having a “blind date”.
But Prince Harry revealed he first spotted Meghan on Instagram.
“I was scrolling through my feed and someone who was a friend had this video of the two of them, it was like a Snapchat,” he said.
An image of Meghan with the popular dog ears filter is then shown in the episode.
The Duke said: “That was the first thing. I was like ‘who is that?’”
Meghan said she went through Prince Harry’s social media feed where she admired the “beautiful photography”.
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What happened when Meghan first met Prince William and Kate?
In their engagement interview in 2017, Prince Harry said of Kate: “Catherine has been absolutely amazing”, and added: “She’s been wonderful.”
Prince Harry said: “As has [Prince] William as well.”
But in the Netflix show, Meghan described how, at her first meeting with Prince William and Kate, she was surprised at the “formality” of the royal family behind closed doors.
“I’ve always been a hugger, I didn’t realise that that is really jarring for a lot of Brits,” she said, revealing she was dressed down in ripped jeans and was barefoot.
What will Prince William think of the use of footage from his mother’s 'Panorama' interview?
Midway through the first episode, clips are shown of Diana, Princess of Wales, speaking in the controversial 1995 interview, a programme that Prince William said exacerbated his mother’s “fear, paranoia and isolation”.
A report by Lord Dyson, published in May 2021, found the BBC covered up Martin Bashir’s deceit in obtaining the interview and “fell short of high standards of integrity and transparency”.
In a scathing statement issued following the publication of the report, Prince William said: “It is my firm view that this Panorama programme holds no legitimacy and should never be aired again.”
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Who told Prince Harry and Meghan to start recording their experiences?
Episode one revealed Prince Harry and Meghan filmed footage on their phones at the culmination of the Megxit crisis.
Prince Harry said a friend told them they should document this particular chapter of their lives.
“With all of the misinformation that was going on out there, especially about us and the departure, it seemed like a really sensible idea,” he said.
The footage now features in Netflix’s six-episode series — part of the Sussexes’ multimillion-pound deal with the streaming giant.
Who are Prince Harry’s second family?
Prince Harry said a “second family” in Africa brought him up.
He travelled to Lesotho in his younger days, setting up a charity there, and also spent time doing conservation work on the continent.
“I have a second family out there. A group of friends who literally brought me up,” he said.
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Why was Meghan told not to invite her niece to the royal wedding and who gave her the guidance?
Meghan claims she was given guidance that Ashleigh Hale — Samantha Markle’s biological daughter — ought not to attend the 2018 ceremony.
When Prince William, now the Prince of Wales, married Kate Middleton, his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II told him to rip up the official guest list and start with the people he knew first.
Were Meghan’s relationships “managed” by the royal household?
Meghan’s niece Ashleigh Hale said: “Communication with Meg became less and less frequent.
“My impression was that her relationships were being managed on some level.”
Why were Prince Harry and Meghan surprised there were police snipers on the roof at their wedding?
Security is always tight for large-scale royal events and snippers are often seen on duty at such occasions, which Prince Harry would have experienced in the past.
Were the royal family given the right to respond to the Netflix documentary?
A row has broken out between Netflix and the royal family, with the streaming company saying they were given the opportunity to respond, but Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace saying they were not.
The households say they received an email said to be from a third-party production company, and asked Archewell and Netflix to verify its authenticity, but never received a reply and so did not offer a response.
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How was Prince Harry and Meghan’s engagement interview an 'orchestrated reality show'?
The pair sat down for an in-depth interview with experienced BBC broadcaster Mishal Husain in November 2017, looking happy and relaxed as they chatted about how they met and fell in love, and their hopes for the future.
But Meghan said it was “rehearsed”, royal aides prepped them for questions and told them to expect to show the ring.
“My point is, we weren’t allowed to tell our story,” she said.
Will Prince Harry and Meghan name the royal they accused of making a racist remark about her son?
Meghan told Oprah Winfrey in an earlier interview that, when she was pregnant with Archie, a member of the royal family — not the queen or the Duke of Edinburgh — raised “concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he’s born”.
The series' three final episodes will air next Thursday, but it is unlikely that the couple will unmask the accused royal family member.
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Goalkeepers: Ibrahim Alma, Mahmoud Al Youssef, Ahmad Madania.
Defenders: Ahmad Al Salih, Moayad Ajan, Jehad Al Baour, Omar Midani, Amro Jenyat, Hussein Jwayed, Nadim Sabagh, Abdul Malek Anezan.
Midfielders: Mahmoud Al Mawas, Mohammed Osman, Osama Omari, Tamer Haj Mohamad, Ahmad Ashkar, Youssef Kalfa, Zaher Midani, Khaled Al Mobayed, Fahd Youssef.
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$1,000 award for 1,000 days on madrasa portal
Daily cash awards of $1,000 dollars will sweeten the Madrasa e-learning project by tempting more pupils to an education portal to deepen their understanding of math and sciences.
School children are required to watch an educational video each day and answer a question related to it. They then enter into a raffle draw for the $1,000 prize.
“We are targeting everyone who wants to learn. This will be $1,000 for 1,000 days so there will be a winner every day for 1,000 days,” said Sara Al Nuaimi, project manager of the Madrasa e-learning platform that was launched on Tuesday by the Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, to reach Arab pupils from kindergarten to grade 12 with educational videos.
“The objective of the Madrasa is to become the number one reference for all Arab students in the world. The 5,000 videos we have online is just the beginning, we have big ambitions. Today in the Arab world there are 50 million students. We want to reach everyone who is willing to learn.”
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Mercer, the investment consulting arm of US services company Marsh & McLennan, expects its wealth division to at least double its assets under management (AUM) in the Middle East as wealth in the region continues to grow despite economic headwinds, a company official said.
Mercer Wealth, which globally has $160 billion in AUM, plans to boost its AUM in the region to $2-$3bn in the next 2-3 years from the present $1bn, said Yasir AbuShaban, a Dubai-based principal with Mercer Wealth.
“Within the next two to three years, we are looking at reaching $2 to $3 billion as a conservative estimate and we do see an opportunity to do so,” said Mr AbuShaban.
Mercer does not directly make investments, but allocates clients’ money they have discretion to, to professional asset managers. They also provide advice to clients.
“We have buying power. We can negotiate on their (client’s) behalf with asset managers to provide them lower fees than they otherwise would have to get on their own,” he added.
Mercer Wealth’s clients include sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and insurance companies among others.
From its office in Dubai, Mercer also looks after Africa, India and Turkey, where they also see opportunity for growth.
Wealth creation in Middle East and Africa (MEA) grew 8.5 per cent to $8.1 trillion last year from $7.5tn in 2015, higher than last year’s global average of 6 per cent and the second-highest growth in a region after Asia-Pacific which grew 9.9 per cent, according to consultancy Boston Consulting Group (BCG). In the region, where wealth grew just 1.9 per cent in 2015 compared with 2014, a pickup in oil prices has helped in wealth generation.
BCG is forecasting MEA wealth will rise to $12tn by 2021, growing at an annual average of 8 per cent.
Drivers of wealth generation in the region will be split evenly between new wealth creation and growth of performance of existing assets, according to BCG.
Another general trend in the region is clients’ looking for a comprehensive approach to investing, according to Mr AbuShaban.
“Institutional investors or some of the families are seeing a slowdown in the available capital they have to invest and in that sense they are looking at optimizing the way they manage their portfolios and making sure they are not investing haphazardly and different parts of their investment are working together,” said Mr AbuShaban.
Some clients also have a higher appetite for risk, given the low interest-rate environment that does not provide enough yield for some institutional investors. These clients are keen to invest in illiquid assets, such as private equity and infrastructure.
“What we have seen is a desire for higher returns in what has been a low-return environment specifically in various fixed income or bonds,” he said.
“In this environment, we have seen a de facto increase in the risk that clients are taking in things like illiquid investments, private equity investments, infrastructure and private debt, those kind of investments were higher illiquidity results in incrementally higher returns.”
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the largest sovereign wealth funds, said in its 2016 report that has gradually increased its exposure in direct private equity and private credit transactions, mainly in Asian markets and especially in China and India. The authority’s private equity department focused on structured equities owing to “their defensive characteristics.”
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The final phase of player recruitment for the T10 League has taken place, with UAE and Indian players being drafted to each of the eight teams.
Bengal Tigers
UAE players: Chirag Suri, Mohammed Usman
Indian: Zaheer Khan
Karachians
UAE players: Ahmed Raza, Ghulam Shabber
Indian: Pravin Tambe
Kerala Kings
UAE players: Mohammed Naveed, Abdul Shakoor
Indian: RS Sodhi
Maratha Arabians
UAE players: Zahoor Khan, Amir Hayat
Indian: S Badrinath
Northern Warriors
UAE players: Imran Haider, Rahul Bhatia
Indian: Amitoze Singh
Pakhtoons
UAE players: Hafiz Kaleem, Sheer Walli
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Zakat definitions
Zakat: an Arabic word meaning ‘to cleanse’ or ‘purification’.
Nisab: the minimum amount that a Muslim must have before being obliged to pay zakat. Traditionally, the nisab threshold was 87.48 grams of gold, or 612.36 grams of silver. The monetary value of the nisab therefore varies by current prices and currencies.
Zakat Al Mal: the ‘cleansing’ of wealth, as one of the five pillars of Islam; a spiritual duty for all Muslims meeting the ‘nisab’ wealth criteria in a lunar year, to pay 2.5 per cent of their wealth in alms to the deserving and needy.
Zakat Al Fitr: a donation to charity given during Ramadan, before Eid Al Fitr, in the form of food. Every adult Muslim who possesses food in excess of the needs of themselves and their family must pay two qadahs (an old measure just over 2 kilograms) of flour, wheat, barley or rice from each person in a household, as a minimum.
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Champions League quarter-final, first leg
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