Harry and Meghan expose a ruthless, racist anti-fairytale in their primetime Oprah interview
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Harry and Meghan expose a ruthless, racist anti-fairytale in their primetime Oprah interview

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. At least that’s how Meghan Markle, as she explained at the start of her and Prince Harry’s ravenously anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey, viewed the family she would eventually marry into. Even watching Princess Diana’s famous interview with Martin Bashir couldn’t shake America’s view of the British royal family as seeming vaguely aspirational, especially as Diana’s young sons came of age. Even the unflappable Oprah was rendered speechless at several moments, most notably when Meghan revealed there had allegedly been “concerns and conversations about how dark” the couple’s unborn child would be. Among the claims shared with Winfrey were that Harry had been financially cut off from his family; Harry alleging that his father, Prince Charles, and brother, Prince William, are “trapped”; that Charles does not return Harry’s calls; that they begged the royal family to continue to provide physical security for them, which the royal family refused; that there exists an “invisible contract” between the royals and the tabloids informally stipulating favourable press in exchange for access; that the pair had a secret wedding three days before the televised event; and that Meghan had begged for help from within “The Firm”, and been ignored.

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