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Meghan and Harry interview: how Buckingham is coping with the shock wave

2021-03-08T20:25:42.954Z


The confidences of the youngest son of Prince Charles and his wife, in an interview with Oprah Winfrey on the American channel CBS, have made


A desaster.

According to commentators on the British monarchy, this interview is the worst-case scenario for the royal family.

From the BBC to the Sun, after the interview granted to Oprah Winfrey by Harry and his wife Meghan, broadcast on Sunday March 7 on the American channel CBS, it is judged that the Crown is facing its biggest crisis in decades.

Perhaps since 1936 with the abdication of Edward VIII, the uncle of Elizabeth II.

While William and Kate's wedding in 2011 had gently revived a somewhat rusty dream machine, Harry and Meghan's revelations undermine all the image work built since, more or less well, by the royal family, the "firm", as Harry calls it, including the staff of Buckingham Palace and all the "business" that surrounds it.

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The couple's confessions made on American television are devastating.

Meghan claims she received no support while having thoughts of suicide.

And there are the racism accusations targeting an unnamed royals who allegedly worried about the skin color of Archie, the couple's baby, before he was born.

It all goes much further than the Palace expected: the feuds between Meghan and her sister-in-law Kate, which date back to 2018 and have never subsided since, or Harry's fears of seeing the history repeating itself, evoking the fate of his mother, Lady Diana, pursued by the paparazzi and who died in Paris in 1997.

Not justify yourself

The racism of the British media explains "in large part" the departure of the couple to the United States, assured Harry, in a new excerpt from the interview, broadcast on Monday.

As for questions regarding the comments about the color of their baby's skin, the couple insisted that they did not emanate from Queen Elizabeth II or her husband Prince Philip, as Oprah reported on Monday. Winfrey.

Despite the shock wave provoked by these revelations a response, in any case direct, from Buckingham would be surprising.

The Queen has a golden rule: “never complain, never justify yourself.

To comment, rectify or even apologize would be a mistake.

Republicans are in the minority in the UK, they were 21% in 2018, according to the You.gov polling institute, and the monarchy is unlikely to be threatened in its existence.

But this ordeal will push her - perhaps - to change the system.

The brazen rule of duty before oneself

Patrick Jephson, the former private secretary of the Princess of Wales, also underlines the need for reform, referring to the comparison between Harry's mother and Meghan.

"Despite all her frustration and her misfortune to find herself trapped in a condemned marriage, Diana never lost her sense of duty to the Crown and the causes she supported", he explains in a column in the daily newspaper The Times.

However, Meghan, an independent woman, as well as Harry have a different perception of the royal obligation which thus places "the duty before oneself".

For him, this "iron law" should be reconsidered by the royal family, "if only so that future generations are not, to use Harry's word, stuck in a system that would alter their humanity."

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This law, putting duty before oneself, will have guided the entire life of Elizabeth II.

The Queen herself was not attacked by Meghan, but she is the head of this royal family who, according to her, has shown insensitivity, even cruelty, towards the couple ... Prince Charles is also described by Harry and Meghan as a heartless father who does not respond to calls from his son in turmoil.

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The royal family is certainly in turmoil, but the Queen remains unmoved.

On Monday, Elizabeth II received strong support from Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

“I have always had the greatest admiration for The Queen and the unifying role she plays in our country and throughout the Commonwealth.

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Source: leparis

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