Harry and Meghan speak to Oprah

Transatlantic claim and counter-claim reaches a climax with the broadcast

Diana’s shock admission could be eclipsed by Harry and Meghan’s tell-all with Winfrey, who has reportedly sold it to US broadcaster CBS for $7-9 million.

Britain’s royal family yesterday braced for further revelations from Prince Harry and his American wife, Meghan, as a week of transatlantic claim and counterclaim reaches a climax with the broadcast of their interview with Oprah Winfrey.

The two-hour chat with the US chat show queen is the biggest royal interview since Harry’s mother Princess Diana detailed her crumbling marriage to his father Prince Charles in 1995. Diana’s shock admission of affairs on both sides, and her life in the world’s most famous family, was watched by more than 22 million people in Britain — a record.

But that could be eclipsed by Harry and Meghan’s tellall with Winfrey, who has reportedly sold it to US broadcaster CBS for $7-9 million.

Winfrey also retains the international rights, which will feed an appetite of interest about Britain’s centuries-old monarchy — and their troubles — across the globe. “Tin hats on,” one royal aide was quoted as telling the Sunday Times, after a drip of excerpts in which Meghan complained about the strictures of royal life from her gated Californian mansion.

Racism played a part

Viewers will tune in to see if she and Harry have scores to settle with Buckingham Palace since leaving the royal frontline — and if so, how far will they go? Close attention will be paid to any suggestion by Meghan, who is mixed race, that racism played a part in their shock decision to move to North America. The former television actress, 39, has been portrayed in some British newspapers as headstrong, calculating and spoiled, and the couple reckless and selfish for quitting royal life.