LONDON – Just over a year after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced they would distance themselves from the British Royal Family and move to North America, the pair embark on a public relations blitz that will underscore the delicate balance they have to between emphasizing their connections to the monarchy while they are no longer officially part of it.
On Sunday, the couple are expected to explain in a prime-time interview with Oprah Winfrey why they left the British royals on the front line.
The lengthy celebrity interview, on television and streaming Sundays at 8 p.m. ET on CBS, marks the culmination of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s attempt to take control of how their lives are portrayed in the media and to amplify what so far seems to be a rare example of British royals successfully leaving the so-called “The Firm” to make a lot of money.
But tensions with their former employer are mounting. On Wednesday, Buckingham Palace said it is probing allegations in the British newspaper The Times of London that the Duchess of Sussex was bullying assistants while she worked there. The Duchess of Sussex denies this.
Meanwhile, a teaser clip of the Oprah interview shows the Duchess accusing the palace of “perpetuating falsehoods” about her and Prince Harry. “If that comes with the risk of losing things, I mean a lot has already been lost,” she says.