Buckingham Palace is facing increasing pressure to release a statement following Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s bombing interview with Oprah Winfrey.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex outlined on Sunday during the televised story broadcast on Sunday how they were allegedly abused by the British royal household, as well as ‘The Firm’, referring to senior members of the family.
The palace often tries to stay above controversy by keeping quiet and chasing the storm out – “never complain, never explain.” However, the royal biographer Angela Levin said the couple’s charges were so damaging to the royal family that they would have to respond in public.
However, the official statement is likely to be delayed by Queen Elizabeth II’s struggle to balance her sometimes conflicting roles as monarch and beloved grandmother to Harry (36). But Levin said there is little doubt that the 94-year-old will eventually make her decision on what is best for the 1,000-year-old institution she has led since 1952.
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Queen Elizabeth II (left) has not issued a statement since the Duke and Duchess of Sussex (right) gave their bombing interview to Oprah Winfrey.
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“The queen has a motto: never complain, never explain,” Levin told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “And she’s stuck with this for four decades. But I think in this climate and 2021, everything’s going everywhere. There’s so much social media that she can really say nothing in this case.”
Levin, a veteran journalist on royal affairs, published a book in 2018 entitled ‘Harry: A Biography of a Prince’, based on her exclusive conversations with Harry at Kensington Palace before his marriage in May 2018 to the former American actress, 39.
The UK Times reported on Tuesday that a statement from the palace had been delayed because Elizabeth wanted more time. The newspaper did not name a source for the information.
The interview, which was also broadcast in Britain on Monday, shocked the royal family and left people all over the world divided.
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Oprah Winfrey (right) defended the Duchess of Sussex, saying the future mother was “unfairly portrayed”.
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While many say the allegations show the need for change within a palace that did not keep pace with the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements, others criticized Harry and Markle for dropping their bomb while the Duke ‘s 99-year-old grandfather, Prince Philip, remains in hospital in London after a heart procedure.
During the two-hour interview, Markle described being so isolated and miserable within the royal family that she had suicidal thoughts, but when she asked for mental health help from the palace’s staff for human resources, there was for told her she was not an employee.
Markle also said a family member expressed Harry ‘concern’ about the color of her unborn child’s skin.
Winfrey, 67, later said Harry told her outside camera that the family member was Elizabeth or Philip, sparking a flurry of speculation about who it might be.
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Prince Harry said his grandparents, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, were not the ones who asked him about Archie’s skin color.
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Harry also reveals the tension the couple endured, severing ties with his father, Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, and his brother, Prince William, which eased the depth of the family divisions that led to the couple moved away from the royal duties and moved. last year to California.
William, 38, is second in line.
So far, there has been silence from the palace about the interview.
“I think one of the biggest concerns is that you do not want to pour oil on the flames to make it worse,” Levin warned.
It is estimated that 17.1 million watched the explosive interview.
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry currently live in California with their son Archie.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are getting married at Windsor Castle in May 2018. Their son, Archie, was born a year later. During the interview, the couple shared that they are expecting a girl who should be this summer.
Markle said she and Harry were aligned during their courtship because of their ‘case-driven’ work. But she did not understand the pressure to be linked to the coveted royal family.
“It’s easy to have an image of it that is so far removed from reality,” she admitted. “And this is what has been very difficult over the last few years, when perception and reality are two very different things. And you are judged on the basis of perception, but you live out the reality of it. There is a complete misconception and there is no way to explain it to people. ‘
The couple’s departure from royal duties began in March 2020 over what they described as the intruders and racist attitude of the British media towards the Duchess.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.