Harry and Meghan's TV interview with Oprah Winfrey triggers a royal mud fight.
The couple made numerous allegations against the palace.
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan gave an explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey.
The couple revealed numerous allegations: Prince Harry settled accounts with his father, among other things (see update from March 8, 9:14 a.m.).
A Royal expert warned, however, of a statement by Meghan: "She will regret that." (See update from March 8, 9:39 a.m.)
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Update from March 8, 9:39 a.m
.: An
audience of
millions waited eagerly for the broadcast of the interview by Meghan Markle and Prince Harry with US talk show host Oprah Winfrey.
They took the chance to clean the table: The couple talked about life in the palace as a golden cage, about times of depression and racist remarks from close family members.
Before the birth of their son Archie, members of the royal family are said to have been concerned about skin color.
There were probably even considerations to withdraw the prince title from their son.
But Harry avoided giving specific names here.
He stressed that he would never say who had spoken to them about it.
Meghan also did not want to comment specifically, as it could be "very harmful" for some people.
"She will regret this hand grenade that she threw here," said Bild columnist Alexander von Schönburg about the revelations.
For him it is not acceptable that the Duchess throws an assertion into the room that she claims to have learned about through third parties.
“She speaks of hearsay,” he says.
For him the statement has neither “hand nor foot”.
“You can't spread rumors,” he continues to rage in his analysis for the Bild Live format.
Meghan and Harry in an interview: Prince felt abandoned by Charles
Update from March 8th, 9:14 am
: In the explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry shared numerous allegations against the British royal family.
They accused the closest family of not having better protected Meghan from the British media.
Prince Harry feared that his wife was going through something similar to his late mother, Princess Diana.
She has been followed by the press since marrying Prince Charles and died in a tragic car accident when her car was chased by paparazzi.
However, the 36-year-old received no support from his father when his wife began to suffer from the negative headlines.
Harry was utterly disappointed in Charles towards Winfrey: “He went through something similar.
He knows what pain feels like. ”At the same time, he affirmed that he would always love his father.
He has great sympathy for him and his brother Wiliam, because in his opinion they are trapped in the royal "system".
Update from March 7, 6:16 p.m.:
Just a few hours before Harry and Meghan's Oprah interview, the Queen spoke up on TV.
The occasion was Commonwealth Day, when an interview with Queen Elizabeth was broadcast on English TV.
The Queen emphasized how important contacts with family and friends are in the Corona crisis.
The pandemic has led to a deeper appreciation of mutual support and new technologies have helped to overcome borders and divisions.
Getting in contact with others is now “valued more”.
Just hours before Oprah interview: Queen speaks on English TV - her words sound clear
The words appear in a different light against the backdrop of the upcoming Oprah interview.
In advance, short teasers from the interview gave the impression that Harry and Meghan would reveal some minor or major scandals.
Above all, there is a risk of a break between Prince Harry and his family.
With a view to this, the Queen's words have a warning.
But heir to the throne Prince Charles, Harry's father, and his second son Prince William with his wife Duchess Kate also take part in Commonwealth Day.
The message: family unity.
In addition, the Queen wore the sapphire and chrysanthemum brooch during her speech, which can also be seen in a photo of the Queen on the occasion of her 73rd wedding anniversary with husband Philip (99) in November.
This was taken as a greeting to her husband, who is being treated in a hospital and who recently had a heart procedure.
Harry and Meghan at Oprah Winfrey: Royale Mud Battle in advance - Bitter Harry nickname revealed
First report from March 7th:
Los Angeles / London - The interview of Harry and Meghan * with the US TV legend Oprah Winfrey casts its dark shadows ahead.
The first pre-released clips suggest that several small scandals are to be expected.
The royals in London are anything but "amused".
The situation is more and more like a royal mud fight.
Harry and Meghan in the talk at Oprah: Poisoned mood even before the interview
Even before the delicate interview by Harry and Meghan * on the American TV broadcaster CBS, the situation between Los Angeles and London is getting tricky.
The atmosphere between the Sussexes and the "company", as the royals are also called in England, seems poisoned.
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The US star presenter Oprah Winfrey (r) speaks during an interview with the British Prince Harry and his wife Duchess Meghan.
© Joe Pugliese / Harpo Productions
It starts with the fact that Queen Elizabeth only found out about the interview with Oprah Winfrey * through the announcement by the broadcaster CBS.
But the Queen does not want to follow the interview, the
Sunday Times
quotes
Palast sources.
She also wanted to ignore the “circus” around it and concentrate on her duties, it said. However, advisors were ready to “return the favor with new revelations about the couple's behavior if the monarchy is attacked”.
That sounds like a clear threat.
Harry and Meghan against the Queen: Mud fight even before the Oprah interview
Even in the days before the explosive TV talk, information leaked out again and again.
The
Telegraph
reported, for example, that the Charity Commission is now examining the charity ("Sussex Royal") that Harry and Meghan founded after the Megxit *.
But Meghan in particular is increasingly coming under fire in England.
Even renowned papers cited alleged misconduct and extravagant special requests of the Duchess of Sussex in the royal family with relish. * An anecdote is also omnipresent that Harry is said to have shouted "What Meghan wants, Meghan also gets" through the palace corridors when she was given a special piece of jewelry for the wedding was denied.
"The hostage" has been called the Queen's grandson since his relationship with Meghan in the palace, can be read.
The interview in Great Britain is seen as an affront to the Queen.
There was also criticism that the couple pulled through the TV talk, although Prince Philip is currently in the hospital. *
Harry and Meghan versus the Queen: Oprah interview also divides nations
In the meantime, the tensions have almost taken on a life of their own.
In England the press mostly takes the side of the Queen.
In the USA, on the other hand, celebrities and the media are firing against the royals.
Meghan's ex-colleague Patrick J. Adams (39), who played with her for several years in the US lawyer series "Suits", criticized in several tweets that it was "obscene" that the royal family was promoting and reinforcing the allegations of bullying .
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- The View (@TheView) March 4, 2021
The TV presenter Meghan McCain accused the royal family of racism.
"We can't ignore the elephant in the room," said former presidential candidate John McCain's daughter.
There is a "racist aspect".
Buckingham Palace recently added fuel to the fire when it announced it would investigate allegations of bullying against Meghan.
Therefore, some moderators accused the royal family of double standards because although it has initiated an investigation against Meghan, but not because of the involvement of Queen's son Prince Andrew in the abuse scandal surrounding the deceased entrepreneur Jeffrey Epstein.
The central question was whether Meghan and Harry would attack members of the royal family by name.
"Any criticism of a royal will be perceived as an attack on the entire House of Windsor," wrote the PA news agency.
It is hard to imagine in London that Harry, who has always been said to have a very good relationship with his grandmother, the Queen, will actually tear all bridges to his family.
However, the advance clips, which the US broadcaster CBS published in a tactically clever way, do not suggest anything good.
In it,
questioner Winfrey
says
to Meghan, who is pregnant with her second child: "You said some shocking things."
Currently there was even a rumor that Meghan's father would speak publicly again because of the interview *.
(dpa / rjs) * merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN-MEDIA.
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