Queen Elizabeth II has no plans to attend the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s explosive interview on Sunday with Oprah Winfrey.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will sit down for a two-hour interview with Winfrey, where they will finally share their side of the story behind their departure from duties as the oldest members of the royal family.
Although the couple is expected to express some complaints about their time as royalty, a report in The Sunday Times notes that the queen and the rest of the royal family hope to distance themselves from the increasingly toxic public relations battle with the duke and duchess of Sussex focusing on bigger issues. As a result, the queen is unlikely to even attend the interview on Sunday.
The queen is expected to fill her agenda next week with commitments designed to show that both she and the family’s focus are on the coronavirus pandemic and putting the country back on its feet as vaccines are launched, rather than the potential consequences of the interview. TV.
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A senior source told the outlet: “The atmosphere in the family is: can everyone shut up and continue with the day’s work?”
Queen Elizabeth II will not attend Oprah Winfrey’s interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
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Another source close to the queen added: “I don’t think anyone should expect His Majesty to stay up and watch the interview. She won’t be going. What should it really be Monday? Children going back to school, the vaccine’s effectiveness. Those are the big issues that the royal family wants to focus on, not the news about the circus that is Oprah and all the Sussex stuff. “
Although the queen is publicly ignoring the interview, it is still a potentially important event for royalty.
A source told The Sunday Times that the queen is “irritated” by the broadcast and is open to exploring countermeasures, such as removing Prince Harry and Markle from their titles. However, although they have been stripped of a handful of royal sponsorships, the source noted that the removal of titles would be a particularly drastic measure to be taken by the monarch.
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Relations between the couple and the palace become more and more strained as the transmission approaches. On Wednesday, the palace said it was launching a human resources investigation into allegations that Markle bullied her team in 2018.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will sit down for a revealing interview with Oprah Winfrey.
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The meeting with the queen of America’s celebrity interviews is a chance for the couple to explain what led them to abandon real life, citing what they said were the unbearable intrusions and racist attitudes of the British media. A book about their departure, “Finding Freedom,” also claims that royals had little respect for Meghan, a former biracial actor, and that courtiers treated her badly.
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Pre-released clips have already shown Prince Harry talking about his fears that history will 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 “to hear you speak your truth today?”
“I don’t know how they could expect that, after all this time, we would still be silent if there was an active role that the company is playing in perpetuating falsehoods about us,” replies the Duchess.
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“The firm” is a nickname given to the royal family, sometimes used with affection, sometimes with a tone of criticism.
In another pre-released clip, Markle told Winfrey how “liberating” it was to have a conversation with the television host without the collaboration of real monitors.
Fox News’ Melissa Roberto and The Associated Press contributed to this report.