Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were fêted at a high society charity gala Tuesday night in New York City, smiling for the cameras despite a growing storm of anticipation for their Netflix series Harry & Meghan, which is set to drop Thursday. According to reporters on the scene, including from the Daily Mailand The Sun, the couple “refused” to speak to media and answer questions surrounding the recent controversy.
“They went to the oldest institution in U.K. history and told them what they were doing wrong, that they couldn’t have structural racism within the institution, that they could not maintain a misunderstanding about mental health,” Kerry Kennedy, president of the organization that bears her father’s name, said last month of the reason it chose to honor the Sussexes.