Meghan and Harry Oprah interview: How the UK papers reacted

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. British newspapers were up in arms, with some even accusing the couple of using the interview as an attempt to cause the palace “harm.” Follow Harry and Meghan Oprah interview live: Latest news and reactions The Daily Telegraph said in an opinion piece that the interview represented a “devastating insult” to the Queen. However loudly Harry and Meghan may have proclaimed their affection for the monarch there is no question that their interview was a devastating act of lese-majeste.” UK newspapers 9 March 2021 Show all 7 1 / 7 UK newspapers 9 March 2021 UK newspapers 9 March 2021 Daily Mirror 9 March 2021 Daily Mirror/Twitter UK newspapers 9 March 2021 Daily Express 9 March 2021 Daily Express/Twitter UK newspapers 9 March 2021 The Times 9 March 2021 The Times/Twitter UK newspapers 9 March 2021 Daily Star 9 March 2021 Daily Star/Twitter UK newspapers 9 March 2021 Daily Mail 9 March 2021 Daily Mail/Twitter UK newspapers 9 March 2021 The Guardian 9 March 2021 The Guardian/Twitter UK newspapers 9 March 2021 The Daily Telegraph 9 March 2021 The Daily Telegraph/Twitter The article said that the couple had “unleashed demons” which could act to destabilise the monarchy and called it a “weird, reeling ride of an interview” which appeared to be “vengeful, self-absorbed and attention-seeking.” The Daily Mail took a similar stance, with a pointed headline which read: “What have they done?” The paper’s royal editor Rebecca English called the interview a “bombshell” and suggested that Buckingham Palace had been “paralysed with ‘horror and dismay’.” Similarly, the Daily Express wrote that the situation had caused “turmoil at the palace,” while its columnist Stephen Pollard criticised Meghan and Harry airing their grievances on “prime time TV.” Comparing the interview with the Queen’s Commonwealth address, he said: “Meghan and Harry took to the airwaves for a two-hour long interview in which they spoke about themselves, their feelings and their wishes to the exclusion of all else.” Other papers focused more on the impact that Meghan’s claims of racism could have.The Times said that allegations of racism “could hardly be more damaging to the royal family”. It read: “The implication that the monarchy is racist could hardly be more damaging to an institution that relies for its legitimacy on its claim to represent the whole of modern Britain.” The Guardian called the allegations that the pair made “devastating” and The Mirror described the situation as “the worst royal crisis in 85 years,” suggesting that the palace was in a “meltdown” and was considering how to respond. Exonerating the Queen and Philip merely amplifies the injustice to the others.” Meanwhile, the whole saga appeared to have passed byThe Daily Star, as the paper ran with the front page: “Our telly broke last night.