The Palace’s stilted, fusty response echoes death of Diana – but Meghan’s interview is different
3 years, 9 months ago

The Palace’s stilted, fusty response echoes death of Diana – but Meghan’s interview is different

The Independent  

Years ago, I was ordered by the news editor of a mid-market tabloid to go to the picture desk and take a look at two images of Princess Diana. Meghan explains how she wasn't offered any royal 'training' We now know that following behind-the-scenes poking from Blair, and Alistair Campbell, the palace did eventually show “it cared”. Those events have echoed this past week, as the royal family reels from another crisis, following claims of racism and inhumanity levelled at the palace by Meghan Markle and Harry. Two days after the couple told Oprah Winfrey that Markle felt suicidal and trapped in the royal family, and that someone there had asked after the likely skin tone of their yet-to-be born son, Buckingham Palace eventually issued a brief statement that was almost a denial. So, 17 million Americans and 11 million Britons tune in to hear Markle and the prince make assertions about a toxic, tabloid media culture in Britain and an out-of-touch, racist institution that to many will ring utterly true, and we get just a couple of sentences, and a promise to address the claims “privately”?

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