Queen to make rare TV appearance hours before Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Oprah interview
ABCBuckingham Palace has revealed the Queen will address the United Kingdom in a televised statement hours before the Duke and Duchess of Sussex sit down for a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey. Key points: The Queen will make an address hours before the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's interview with Oprah Winfrey It replaces the annual Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey The couple's split with the Royal Family was formalised over the weekend Sunday, March 7 — or Monday Australian time — will be blockbuster viewing for royal fans. But the Queen's televised statement is apparently not an attempt to get ahead of Harry and Meghan's widely anticipated Oprah interview. A statement from Buckingham Palace said while "all are saddened" by the Duke and Duchess's decision, the couple remained "much loved members of the family".