The selected “real life” event was the news that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, also referred to as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, has decided to step back from the royal duties. The story was covered in both digital and traditional media outlets due to the impact it was expected to have. The story was first released in late February with media outlets stating that the couple would do their last official duty on 31 March 2020 (English, 2020). One of the reasons why this particular news was selected was the history of how the media reported the couple’s relationship with the royal family, the manner in which the news was released, and the repercussions of the same. It is critical to note, as English (2020) explains, that Meghan and Harry have suffered negative publicity, with much of this directed to Meghan due to the fact that she is not of royal blood. The additional fact that Harry’s mother, the late Princess Diana, had also suffered under the weight of her responsibilities and expectations of a royal made the split from the royal family more interesting. This essay will analyze the media content surrounding the news based on a collection of secondary sources. As mentioned, the news was covered across various media platforms such as both local and international TV, newspapers and radios; and also digital platforms. All these platforms are aimed at reaching different types of media users. In particular, the essay will analyze media content relating to the assumed reasons for the split between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the royal family. Several academic studies will be used in this analysis to bring out a clear picture of the bias that was used in the selected media content. Qualitative analysis will be used to analyze the theoretical/scholarly literature and will focus on culture, bias, and acceptance. The justification for this is the fact that the story had personal implications to a young family as well as traditional and political to two of the world’s largest countries both in size and economy. Additionally, the framing theory will be used to explain how the media perceived and presented their form of “reality” to the public. Literature Review Schildkraut and Gruenewald (2019) argue that framing of messages is critical in shaping how the target market perceives and interprets information. There are several reasons why media outlets frame their messages differently according to Maalej (2019). The first is for agenda setting, which is defined as the manipulation of relevance that is placed on information for public consumption. Using this reason, one can argue that different media outlets can have the same story but use different words and tones to reach out to their readers based on what they want those readers to believe (Cohen, 2015). Agenda setting has mainly been used for political reasons (Protess & McCombs, 2016). In various countries, media is used to reach out to different people with texts meant to manipulate their reasoning to vote for a specific person. Guo and McCombs (2019) give the example of Cambridge Analytica, a media consulting company, that has been accused of interfering with elections in different countries using the same approach. According to Fink, Hausmann, and Di Minin (2020) framing has also been used in digital media outlets to shape how people react online. Critically, the evaluation of human rela