Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were increasingly criticized on Thursday because their all-telling TV special starring Oprah Winfrey would go silent even as Prince Philip recovers from heart surgery, a report said.
British politicians have joined the royal guards by complaining about Sunday’s potentially explosive and damaging interview broadcast while Queen Elizabeth II’s 99-year-old husband is in a hospital in London.
Despite growing outrage, sources close to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex told the Mail that it is up to CBS to delay the episode, which airs Sunday night in the US.
“It’s up to CBS after all, we’re not involved in that side of things,” the source urged the outlet.
“As it stands, I don’t think the program maker has any intention of changing the air date,” the source said.
Tory MP Bob Blackman told the outlet that the interview is simply “inappropriate.”
“To conduct a narrative interview that is screened in the UK when he is in hospital… they are poorly advised, to say the least.
“None of these royal interviews have gone well… and I don’t see this getting any better,” he said.
He said ITV in the UK is not allowed to broadcast the episode.
“Everyone should have sympathy for the Queen, a remarkable lady who served a lifetime,” he said.
Another MP, who declined to be named, also reached out to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s outlet: “One day I hope those two find out what it’s really like to have problems.”
Meanwhile, royal sources previously told The Telegraph that the family is focused on Philip’s well-being and not the interview.
“The family is very concerned about him and their thoughts are with him rather than this Oprah interview. They have much more important things on their mind, ”a source told the British newspaper.
CBS did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.