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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's bombshell Netflix documentary series has dropped today - and in the third episode the Duchess of Sussex claimed she didn't know what a royal walkabout was before going on her first.

'I never saw pictures or videos of a walkabout. Like, what's a walkabout?,' said the US-born duchess, 41.

Harry explained: 'I could talk her through as much as I knew from my own experience of what I'd seen. The piece I really didn't know about was the style, right, and what a woman needed, how they needed to dress and all that.'

Meghan added that before her first walkabout in Nottingham, a zip broke on her outfit and had to be safety pinned, to which Harry said: 'The whole thing was just ridiculous.'

The duke recalled: 'Everybody was just so excited and pleased and happy. And I think people looked at it and went, "Wow, what a breath of fresh air".'

Meghan recalled: ‘No, you'd be there with the scissors like, "Guys, be ready. We have five minutes". Okay. And I was like, "Should I wear these earrings? Are these a British designer? I just ordered these online. Is this good? Wait, my tag's on. Cut the tag".'

‘And then the zip breaks,’ revealed Harry, before his wife explained: ‘And he's like "Okay babe, safety pin. Just safety pin it."... "Ready?" "Yeah" "Okay". We just sort of went with it.’

The couple reportedly tried to push back their documentary to 2023 despite the streaming giant paying them a rumoured $100million (£88million) for the fly-on-the-wall series. 

Other reports claimed the Sussexes were 'at odds' with Netflix  production staff  because the 'panicked' couple wanted to make 'such extensive edits' that the team believed the project could be 'shelved indefinitely'.

Buckingham Palace will be braced for the worst after two trailers revealed the couple will claim they had no protection from royal officials and that aides actively leaked and ‘planted stories’ against them as part of a ‘dirty game’.

King Charles and Prince William are poised to issue a 'swift and robust' response to any unjust claims in Harry and Meghan's Netflix series - but William and his wife Kate are not likely to watch it themselves, sources said.

Senior royals are said to be bracing for the worst and will be prepared to address any unfounded accusations in the documentary.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have already made a number of claims in two trailers released by Netflix in recent days, saying they had no protection from the palace and accused aides of actively leaking and 'planting' stories against them as part of a 'dirty game'.

But the Royal Family believes the series will actually by slim on new revelations.

A source told The Mirror: 'There's a real feeling in the camp that Harry and Meghan are making a lot of noise and there isn't much more to say.

'But preparations are being made for all outcomes, especially if there are unjust accusations being made.'

Members of the Sussexes' now defunct household are also said to be 'seething with rage' over trailers for the six-part documentary. 

Officials from both Buckingham and Kensington Palace will watch the first three episodes of the series this morning.

But it is understood that the Prince and Princess of Wales will refuse to watch the first three episodes of the documentary.

An insider also told The Sun that the royals are reluctant to engage in a tit-for-tat battle over the series.

They said: 'If there are parts which are blatantly wrong, then it is only right that they are corrected.

'The trailers already have some glaring errors and misrepresentations, which doesn’t bode well for the full series. But the plan is to keep schtum and carry on.'

But sources told the newspaper they are unlikely to respond until the full series has been released - due next Thursday.

Aides are understood to have been briefed by the King and Prince of Wales to issue a 'swift and robust' response if required.

'If there is a need to respond to anything in the upcoming series then you can be assured that response will be swift and robust.'