The Oprah Interview: Prince Harry and Meghan

[Flowerpower]

I watched it and thought Oprah definitely concentrated on the racism issue and rolled her eyes and breathlessly exclaimed “what?” When they said questions were asked about how dark skinned the new baby would be.

At one point she asked 2 questions at the same time, the first one being that Meghan had got rid of some very senior staff almost straight away but Meghan never answered that one and Oprah didn’t pursue it which was a shame. She also failed to ask her why only her Mother came to the wedding. She must have cousins, aunts and uncles who she could have invited.

I also saw Meghan’s father, Thomas, on GMTV this morning and it was hilarious when he said that racism claims were “Bull****” and Susanna had to apologise for his language. He said Los Angeles and New York were racist but he didn’t believe the Royals were.

[Dextrous63]

@Flowerpower

I watched it and thought Oprah definitely concentrated on the racism issue and rolled her eyes and breathlessly exclaimed “what?” When they said questions were asked about how dark skinned the new baby would be.

At one point she asked 2 questions at the same time, the first one being that Meghan had got rid of some very senior staff almost straight away but Meghan never answered that one and Oprah didn’t pursue it which was a shame. She also failed to ask her why only her Mother came to the wedding. She must have cousins, aunts and uncles who she could have invited.

I also saw Meghan’s father, Thomas, on GMTV this morning and it was hilarious when he said that racism claims were “Bull****” and Susanna had to apologise for his language. He said Los Angeles and New York were racist but he didn’t believe the Royals were.

The whole lead up to the “racism” revelation was extremely contrived. It was pretty obvious that Oprah knew about it beforehand and her “what” was perhaps the most fake thing about the whole interview, as was Meghan’s overacted coyness over divulging it.

I agree that there were omissions in the interview which should have been investigated, two of which you have outlined.

If the intention was to lance a set of septic boils, then they fell short of doing so.

[Tedc]

Hurrah!

They (TV) are saying that over 11 million watched the show last night!

That means that, something like, 60 million Didn’t!

Good for them!

:grouphug::grouphug:

[Omah]

@Barry

The contradiction, of course, is that they desperately wanted to leave the Royal family yet continue to use it to make their millions. For me, I had no problem with them wanting to leave and do their own thing, but to reveal such spite, venom and malice towards their family whilst still desperately trying to hang on to their titles and privilidges, just to milk them for even more quillions, is pure hypocrisy.

Indeed … :!:

[Donkeyman]

@keezoy

Jeez thanks mate…I think……Well allow me to explain. We don’t see ourselves here as having the royals “forced” on us any more. We knocked back republicanism last time because the majority of people (in a majority of states) were happy with the system we have. The consitutional monarchy with QE2 as “Queen of Australia”, We are happy with it because it’s stable and it works for us…even if it doesn’t for you.Quite independent of you (Britain) Australians simply like…or love the Queen. We always have. She came here the first time as a radiant young woman and now she is like a dignified old granny. Philip we have tolerated. Anne we think is an arrogant, rude and sad woman. Andrew is a zero. Edward is?..well what is he really. His wife is nice though. WE have watched Charles being bullied and ridiculed relentlessly by his own people all his life. But m,ost of us think he is a good bloke, My brother was a cabinet minister in WA some decades ago. He met Charles twice on the occasion of his visits to WA and on one he sat next to him at a dinner. Charles said to him…“I love coming here (Australia) I feel so much more accepted among you than I do in my own country sometimes” Anyway we don’t have the same kind of disdain for your royals as you seem to have. When QE2 dies, I think it will be the end of the lot of them…for you and everyone else. Secondly Meghan. To us she is still Rachel Zane, lawyer. We loved Suits. We like her. And we like Harry; and we like Oprah. So we’ll watch it. Bad taste?..Dunno. If it is well I guess that is our cross and we’ll bear it…

PS. I have a pair of pink socks and an old safari suit deep in my wardrobe somewhere. NOw THAT is bad taste…

I like the safari socks bit Keezoy
But at least they have a purpose?
They let your knees get brown, and also protect your legs from spider
and scorpion bites !!
Whereas the royals seem to be purposeless, especially the Arry &
Meg duo!!
But as you say, it is our cross to bear
I tend to pity them actually as nobody chooses their parents do they ?
Arry is over 40 yrs old now and l think he should have outgrown all
his childhood perceptions by now?
Anyway , good luck with with the royal watching , I’m going back
to Eurosport replays now it’s all we’ve got over here !!

Donkeyman!

[Donkeyman]

@Tedc

Hurrah!

They (TV) are saying that over 11 million watched the show last night!

That means that, something like, 60 million Didn’t!

Good for them!

:grouphug::grouphug:

6o,000,000 and one Ted

Donkeyman!

[LionQueen]

@summer

I watched some of it but I gave up…self indulgent twaddle as far as I’m concerned.

I didnt watch it but I agree totally with self indulgent twaddle. X

[LionQueen]

@Donkeyman

6o,000,000 and one Ted

Donkeyman!  

60000,000 and 2

[swimfeeders]

Hi

I didn’t watch it.

It has absolutely no relevance to my life.

I did not see any of the participants in Lidl this morning buying seeds at 29p a packet.

I am not on twitter and the lives of the Royal Family are way out of my league.

I am far more interested in who let their dog poo in my front garden and did not clean it up.

[LionQueen]

@swimfeeders

Hi

I didn’t watch it.

It has absolutely no relevance to my life.

I did not see any of the participants in Lidl this morning buying seeds at 29p a packet.

I am not on twitter and the lives of the Royal Family are way out of my league.

I am far more interested in who let their dog poo in my front garden and did not clean it up.

My dad is laughing at your last line , made me chuckle too

[Omah]

Archie: Why is Meghan and Harry’s son not a prince?

Archie: Why is Meghan and Harry's son not a prince?

In her interview with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan Duchess of Sussex said that when she was pregnant, there were conversations about her future child’s status, including what title he or she should receive.

“They were saying they didn’t want him to be a prince or princess, not knowing what the gender would be, which would be different from protocol,” she said.

What does royal protocol say?

The rules about who gets to be a prince and also be referred to as his royal highness (HRH) come from a letter patent issued by King George V in November 1917.

Letters patent are legal instruments which may take the form of an open letter from the monarch. They may be used for royal declarations or the granting of titles such as peerages.

In the 1917 letter, George V declared that the great-grandchildren of the monarch would no longer be princes or princesses, except for the eldest son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales.

In our current situation, that means that Prince George automatically became a prince, but not Archie, even though they are both great-grandsons of the Queen.

Under this protocol, Prince George’s siblings - Charlotte and Louis - would not have received the title either.

But in December 2012, the Queen also issued a letter patent which said that all of Prince William’s children would be entitled to be princes or princesses and get the HRH title.

What about Archie’s title?

According to the 1917 letter, Archie is entitled to become a prince - but not yet.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s children would have to wait until Prince Charles became king, at which point they would be the grandchildren of the monarch and hence entitled to be princes or princesses.

That is why Prince Andrew’s daughters - Beatrice and Eugenie - were princesses from birth, but why Eugenie’s baby son, August, is not a prince.

The Duchess of Sussex was clearly aware of the protocol.
She referred in the interview to a “George V or George VI convention” that would mean her son Archie would become a prince “when Harry’s dad becomes king”.

But she went on to say that she had been told when she was pregnant that “they want to change the convention for Archie” so he would not become a prince.

She did not give any more details about this and Buckingham Palace has not commented on her claims.

That’s just one example of Markle as a manipulative liar - she knew the truth but distorted the facts to suit her “racist victim” narrative … :roll:

[Artangel]

@Donkeyman

I like the safari socks bit Keezoy
But at least they have a purpose?
They let your knees get brown, and also protect your legs from spider
and scorpion bites !!
Whereas the royals seem to be purposeless, especially the Arry &
Meg duo!!
But as you say, it is our cross to bear
I tend to pity them actually as nobody chooses their parents do they ?
Arry is over 40 yrs old now and l think he should have outgrown all
his childhood perceptions by now?
Anyway , good luck with with the royal watching , I’m going back
to Eurosport replays now it’s all we’ve got over here !!

Donkeyman!  

Donkeyman, You say Harry is over 40 years old! Talk about ‘Fake News’!
He’s only 36 years old!

[Losos]

@keezoy

I will make a point of watching it.

Why :?: Surely anyone with more than two brain cells would be able to see that watching two adults behaving like petulant teenagers is not worth the time to watch.

I despise these brainless media followers it’s all so petty.

[Minx]

@Artangel

Donkeyman, You say Harry is over 40 years old! Talk about ‘Fake News’!
He’s only 36 years old!

There you have it! It’s a younger generation thing

[Artangel]

@Tedc

Hurrah!

They (TV) are saying that over 11 million watched the show last night!

That means that, something like, 60 million Didn’t!

Good for them!

:grouphug::grouphug:

Ted, Is that all?
Those figures aren’t as high as l thought they might be. Sounds like it was a bit of a flop in the uk then?
Does that figure include recordings of it?

[Minx]

So, do you have any ideas on the name they’ll select for their baby girl?
I’m thinking Diana!

[pauline3]

Megan has a toy boy…I never watched it because I don’t have a tv license…I wish them all the best in their future, she’s also expecting a baby girl, awwwww!!

I wonder if it was conceived naturally or by Intervention. ,you can choose the sex of your baby…I hear.

[paula]

Megan is an actress and she had a plan, she came to this country looking for a rich man to marry, she was introduced to Harry who fell head over heels, everytime they were together, she wasn’t just holding his hand, she was clinging on to him like a limpet, then came the wedding, now she’d have a title but Megan’s plan was not to stay in the royal family, she likes her freedom, she knows how Harry feels about the way his mother was treated so what better way to get him to leave the royals and move to her neck of the woods, than to talk about being unhappy, suicidal thoughts, wanting to live a normal life, and she got what she wanted, only they’re never out of the news, play acting what she does best

[Longdogs]

@Minx

So, do you have any ideas on the name they’ll select for their baby girl?
I’m thinking Diana!

Poo Bag?

[JBR]

@John

I watched it after taping the programme, so I could whizz through the adverts. It was like watching Meg giving a speech at the Oscars. All emotions were on show, my dear husband, the nasty “Firm”, my suicidal thoughts, blatant racism, no one asking, “Are you ok?”. God! it was toe curling stuff! Then they brought on the supporting act. He came out with guff about how they were’nt supported, even by his old man Charlie. Just one whinge after another. Not a peep from Oprah, about Meg’s dysfunctional family, particularly her father. We are well rid of the pair of them!

I agree completely.
I believe that Meagain is the root cause of the problem; Harry is just an easily-led dope.