The Oprah Interview: Prince Harry and Meghan

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Believe it or not most people don’t usually follow what the royals are up to or the current spats between them. I doubt they care that much.
The palaces and The Tower are tourist attractions and part of the pomp and ceremony of the ‘old days’ but the Queen and her minnows have got about as disconnected from modern Britain and the average Brit as they can be. they’re outdated.

Meghan, from a dysfunctional family … met and fell in love with Harry from another dysfunctional family.

When they said they were off to become ‘ordinary’ people (well, ordinary multi-millionaires at least) most folk wished them well in their new lives out of the public gaze and waved them goodbye without a tear in their eye.

Except one way or another they keep thrusting themselves back into the public eye.

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Therein lies the real reason for many people’s feelings of distaste.

Interestingly, I wonder why they specifically chose Oprah to conduct their interview?

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I believe the British Press have stirred up a lot of these feelings of hatred for the Royals.

And some people make their minds up purely from what they read in the papers…

As Prince Harry said: They’re toxic!

I don’t think they had any choice but to get away…

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Apparently:

Winfrey was just one of the A-list celebrities who attended the couple’s wedding in May 2018, describing it as “transformative” in an interview after the event.

“It was a cultural moment and you could not be there or watch on television and not feel that there was a shift that just happened in the middle of it,” she said. “It’s bigger than them.”

It has been reported that Winfrey had only met the Duchess once prior to being invited to her wedding and the impending interview is the result of a three-year discussion between the two women.

The 67-year-old got in touch with Meghan through CBS, The Times reports, and they spoke on the phone.

Since the wedding, there have been numerous incidents where Oprah has spoken publicly in support of Meghan and Harry.

Winfrey and the Sussexes are now best mates … :grouphug:

The sit-down portions of the interview took place at the home of a mutual neighbor.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are Santa Barbara’s newest residents.

Following their decision to step down from their senior royal roles at the start of 2020, the couple spent time on Vancouver Island and then stayed briefly at pal Tyler Perry’s sprawling Beverly Hills mansion.

The Duke and Duchess’s new neighbors include Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres, both of whom have owned several properties in the area. Winfrey purchased Jeff Bridges’s Spanish Revival–style compound in nearby Montecito late last year, expanding her ranch, known as Promised Land, to a whopping 70 contiguous acres. DeGeneres, meanwhile, owns a $27 million Balinese-style mansion, also in Montecito.

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I could go along with that but surely it’s healthy to avoid the thing you despise or think is toxic … not put yourself back in the spotlight … especially if the intention is to exploit and manipulate it.

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Keezoy, the royal family is a farce. The more enlightened of us recognise that as does the Queen. The Queen is not a ruling monarch as certainly many Americans think. She is a ceremonial monarch and while she discusses the future of the Uk with the incumbent government and signs bills into law, she does so with the express permission of the House of Commons.

If the Queen refused to sign a bill that had been passed by the House of Commons, she would be removed from office and the bill passed without her.

Each time she opens Parliament she goes to the House of Lords and reads out the speech the Prime Minister has written, setting out the mandate on which the governing party were elected.

She may keep referring to them as ‘Mai Government’, but do not be deluded - she does so with the permission from Parliament.

For this service she is paid a very pretty penny for herself. She is also allowed to allocate to members of her immediate family duchies from which they can garner a living.

Harry, in the interview, spoke of the fear the royal family has of the press. The reason is that the press can influence the mood of the people and if the mood of the people is changed to the detriment of the royal family, then they are history and that is why they court the press and the press know it.

Now if everybody buys into the farce of the royal family, all is well and good; however, when we see the hedonistic, depraved antics of some of them, then we, quite rightly, question where and how our money is being spent. It’s called bringing the miscreants to account.

Meghan was welcomed with open arms when she first hit these shores and she was married on a wave of goodwill from the whole country. Then the press got hold of some rumours and worried away at them until a story began to unravel - a bit like an old sock.

What finished Meghan for me was her arrogant treatment and attitude to the public at Wimbledon. I knew then she wouldn’t be staying long. Harry I feel sorry for. He’s between a rock and a hard place and he has chosen to come down on the side of his wife, which after all is said, is his future.

I just wish they wouldn’t keep pushing themselves into the limelight causing unnecessary waves.

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Yep, I’ll take all that on board PB. And thank you. But, waddit Meghan do at Wimblers?..Missed that.

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There’s a link in the post under wimbledon.

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Guess this article sums it up Meghan Markle: Wimbledon privacy request sparks British controversy

Edit- sorry Poohbear, didn’t see the link. Will leave the one I found as an additional point of reference.

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The forgotten one.

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                              ^^^^^^^
                           I agree with Harry!!

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Well said Carol!
Harry has always said that the press were toxic, because he remembers how they treated his mother, and he doesn’t want to see his wife suffer in the same way.
The royals are hounded by the press, because a good royal story means the reporter earns more ! Sadly they find out a couple of things & then put them together to make a good story, that is often not true.
I wish the couple well and hope they will be able to lead a life where their every move isn’t photographed & logged!

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It’s kept the country entertained during lockdown .
Wonder when the next episode comes out?

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Fright wig… LOL

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Yep! :lol:

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Well this is true. :mrgreen:

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if you say her name three times, it summons up a Demon. :-p

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Oooh , I wonder why JBR. That’s a good question but I just cannot think why. :wink:

I wonder if they rehearsed that look of ‘shock’ on Oprah’s face, just before the dramatic pause?

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I agree, the press ARE toxic. The vast majority of newspaper reporters are scum but the best way for the royals to avoid the bad publicity is to stop doing things that are news-worthy.

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What a disappointment is Prince Harry .
He might have done great things he could have bought a mansion in Africa for a fraction of the cost of what his tinsel town palace cost and really done some good out there . Of course it would be dangerous but he would have had lots of spare money for security
What can he do in any meaningful way in California ?
He will fast sink into obscurity his once regal position become banal and boring still his life will be pleasant .
I think he has burnt his bridges with the RF however I bet Kate has already crossed him off their Christmas Card list and Queenie will have removed their photos off the desk and down to the gardeners loo.