London – The front pages of British newspapers were dominated by Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on Monday, despite the fact that the majority of the British public had not yet been able to watch it. The interview was broadcast in the UK on Monday evening at 9 p.m. local time.
“It was both everything we were used to – and not at all what we expected,” wrote Camilla Tominey in the conservative Telegraph Newspaper. “Make no mistake, this was a pregnant woman who blamed the institution – and those in it – for not helping her hit rock bottom.”
“Whatever the royal family expected from this interview, this was worse,” Valentine Low wrote in an op-ed in The Times, another right-wing publication.
But while some of Britain’s right-wing press was critical of the royal couple during the interview, especially given the timing of the broadcast while the prince’s grandfather, Prince Philip is in hospital, the BBC’s royal correspondent said. that the conversation with Oprah had taken place. , “turned the story of Britain’s best-selling newspapers upside down.”
The UK’s top-selling newspapers, including The Sun and the Daily Mail tabloids, have published numerous negative stories about Meghan since her relationship with Harry went public.
With the interview, BBC correspondent Jonny Dymond said that Harry and Meghan had “revealed the terrible tensions in the palace. They have taken a picture of numb individuals lost in an indifferent setting. They have spoken of racism within the royal family. This is the case. was a devastating interview. “
A member of the British opposition shadow cabinet said the palace, which recently announced it was investigating allegations that Meghan was bullying former staff, should also look into the allegations of racism made by her during the interview.
“I would expect them to be treated with the utmost seriousness and full scrutiny by the palace,” Kate Green, Shadow Education secretary told Sky News.
Afua Hirsch, author of the book ‘Brit (ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging,’ wrote in a New York day op-ed that Meghan’s’ treatment proved what many of us have always known: how beautiful you are , who you marry, what palaces you occupy, charities you support, how loyal you are, how much money you collect or what good deeds you do, racism will still follow you in this society. ‘
Left-wing commentator Owen Jones said: “Meghan Markle’s interview has not only revealed the truth about the monarchy, a shadowy institution shrouded in secrecy despite the fact that it would embody the nation. Currently, it exposes anyone who doesn’t care about racism. or suicide. “
Piers Morgan, who is co-anchor on one of Britain’s most watched morning shows, questioned the context of the talk about skin tone that Meghan outlined, suggesting that it might not be racist at all.
His guest, TV host Trisha Goddard, said: “What strikes me is why everyone is such an expert on racism against black people? I’m sorry, Piers, you can’t say what is and isn’t. Racism. against black people. “
Nadine White, racing correspondent for the British newspaper Independent, wrote on Twitter: “The worst royal crisis since the 1936 abdication … and racism is unmistakably at the heart … While we are here, let’s cover race coverage in the normalize media! “