Meghan says it’s liberating being able to talk outside of royal life

The Duchess of Sussex has criticised the constraints she faced when a working royal and said it was "liberating" to be able to "say yes" to Oprah Winfrey's request for an interview.

Meghan has taken another swipe at the institution of the monarchy in the latest clip released from her interview with the US chat show queen, saying she and Harry now have "the ability to make our own choices".

The royal family was described as a "construct" which was different to "what people imagine", suggesting life within palace walls was not what she had expected.

Royal aides are likely to be concerned what further revelations are to come from the duke and duchess when the full two-hour chat is aired on the CBS network tomorrow evening in the Us.winfrey revealed she first approached the duchess for an in-depth chat a few months before her May 2018 wedding but was turned down with the proviso "perhaps there will be another time".

Asked what was "right" about this moment to talk, Meghan paused for a few moments and replied in the clip aired on CBS This Morning: "Well, so many things. That we're on the other side of a lot of...a lot of life experience that's happened.

"Also that we have the ability to make our own choices in a way that I couldn't have said yes to you then. That wasn't my choice to make."

It came as the Mail On Sunday was told it must publish a front-page statement about the Duchess of Sussex's victory in her copyright claim against the newspaper over the publication of a "personal and private" letter to her estranged father, the High Court has ruled.