M.eghan Markle and Prince Harry decided to interview their friend Oprah Winfrey after becoming aware that they will be stripped of all their remaining royal ties when the terms of their royal family exit package come on 31 March to be reviewed. claimed Tuesday.
The Daily mail says insiders at Buckingham Palace believe the interview, which will be screened on CBS March 7, was hosted by Meghan, 39, and Harry, 36, because the couple could “see the direction of the journey” in regards to their future Royal family. roll.
The Mail, whose publisher Associated Newspapers humiliatingly lost a high-profile Meghan privacy campaign last week, says the couple will now almost certainly be asked by the Queen to part with their remaining ties to organizations passed down through the Royal Family.
Harry will have to give up his three remaining military honorary titles, as well as his key role as leader of royal support for the London Marathon. Meghan will be asked to step down as a patron of the National Theater, but the Mail suggests she might be able to negotiate another position with them.
Intriguingly, the palace seems eager to show that it is not acting in retaliation or vengeful behavior towards Meghan, who is pregnant, and Harry, stating that the move to strip the couple of their last remaining royal titles no response to the interview. The suggestion is that Harry and Meghan could just feel the way the wind was blowing and get out for it.
The Daily Beast understands that Buckingham Palace was not notified of the interview in advance, but courtiers tried to dispel any sense of grievance Monday night, with sources saying that since the pair were no longer at work, all decisions were made with regarding “media obligations are business for them,” and that they “were not obliged” to notify the palace of their plans.
While unlikely to affect the royals as badly as Prince Andrew’s 2019 interview with Newsnight and Princess Diana’s bombshell 1995 interview with Panorama, there is probably a certain fear of what Meghan reveals in the interview. The palace is thought to be particularly nervous about possible allegations of racism or sexism and settling “old scores”, The times reports.
However, Meghan and Harry sitting with Winfrey is not an unexpected development.
The talk show host attended the couple’s wedding in 2018, having met Meghan only once before, and has been diligently courting ever since.
In 2019, it was announced that she and Harry were collaborating on a mental health documentary and Winfrey was also photographed visiting Meghan’s mother, Doria, at her home in Los Angeles. Living together in Montecito, Winfrey has used her social media influence to join a brand of coffee drinks that Meghan has invested in.
A source told the Mail that the upcoming conversation with Winfrey was “one of the most inevitable and sadly predictable consequences” of the couple’s leaving the royal family.