Queen Elizabeth II is reportedly not planning to watch the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey on Sunday.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sit down for a two-hour tell-all interview with Winfrey, where they will finally share their side of the story behind their departure as senior members of the royal family.
Although the couple is expected to voice some grievances over their time as royals, The Sunday Times report indicates that the queen and the rest of the royal family hope to give up the increasingly toxic PR battle with the duke and Duchess of Sussex. by focusing on larger issues. As a result, the Queen is unlikely to even watch the interview on Sunday.
The queen will reportedly fill out her schedule next week with appointments aimed at showing that she and her family’s focus is on the coronavirus pandemic and getting the country back on track as vaccines roll out, not the possible downfall of the TV interview.
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A senior source told the exhaust valve: “the mood in the family is: can everyone just shut up and can we just get on with the day’s work?”
Queen Elizabeth II will reportedly not watch Oprah Winfrey’s interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
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Another source close to the queen added: “I do not think anyone should expect Her Majesty to stop and watch the interview. She will not. What should Monday actually be about? Children going back to school, the ‘vaccine effectiveness These are the big issues the royal family wants to focus on, not news about the circus that is Oprah and all that is Sussex.’
Although the Queen ignores the interview in public, it is still a potential consequence for the royals.
One source told The Sunday Times that the queen was being ‘scolded’ by the broadcast and was open to investigating countermeasures, such as depriving Prince Harry and Markle of their titles. Although deprived of a handful of royal protections, the source noted that deprivation of titles would be a particularly drastic step for the monarch.
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Relations between the couple and the palace became tighter as the broadcast approached. The palace said on Wednesday it was launching a human resources investigation into allegations that Markle bullied her staff in 2018.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sit down for an interview with Oprah Winfrey.
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The seat with America’s queen of celebrity interviews is a chance for the couple to explain what led them to end the royal life, citing the intolerable intruders and racist attitude of the British media. A book about their departure, ‘Finding Freedom’, also claims that senior royals had little respect for Meghan, a former actor, and that court officials treated her badly.
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From pre-released clips, Prince Harry has already been pointed out over his fear that history would repeat itself after his mother, Princess Diana, died in a car accident while being chased by paparazzi. In another clip from the interview, Winfrey asks Markle how she feels about the palace “what do you hear telling your truth today?”
“I do not know how they could have expected us to remain silent after all this time only if there was an active role that the firm plays in continuing falsehoods about us,” the Duchess replied.
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‘The firm’ is a nickname for the royal family, sometimes used with love and sometimes with a little criticism.
In another pre-released track, Markle told Winfrey how liberating it was to have a conversation with the television host without the input of a royal mind.
Fox News’ Melissa Roberto and The Associated Press contributed to this report.