Meghan and Harry’s ‘intimate’ interview for Oprah TV show
Harry joins ‘intimate’ TV chat days after privacy win
THE Duke and Duchess of Sussex are giving an “intimate” interview to chat show queen friend Oprah Winfrey, it was revealed yesterday – just days after Meghan won a big privacy case.
The 90-minute US prime time show is likely to cause dismay in the Royal Household, a year since the pair’s explosive interview with ITN’s Tom Bradby and their first since quitting as senior royals to move to America.
CBS television bosses yesterday unveiled plans for an “intimate conversation” between the couple and Oprah, who has made a fortune from confessional shows with stars such as Michael Jackson.
It came just a day after Meghan, 39, and Harry, 36, said they were expecting their second child.
CBS said that during the March 7 blockbuster Meghan will be asked by Oprah about “everything from stepping into life as a royal, marriage, motherhood, philanthropic work to how she is handling life under intense public pressure.
“Later, the two are joined by Prince Harry as they speak about their move to the United States and their future hopes and dreams for their expanding family.” The revelation comes four days after Meghan won a High Court privacy battle against a Sunday newspaper that published a letter she wrote to her estranged father.
She argued it was a breach of her privacy but critics said the judgment would inhibit press freedom.
Piers Morgan, host of TV’s Good Morning Britain, tweeted yesterday: “The Duke & Duchess of Privacy have given an exclusive ‘wide-ranging’ prime-time interview about their private lives to Oprah Winfrey...This is beyond parody, but true.”
Buckingham Palace officials were last night tight-lipped about the idea of the couple again talking about their problems. But sources said that as they had quit as working royals last March it was up to them what they did.
Oprah, 67, attended Harry and Meghan’s wedding at Windsor Castle in 2018 and lives near them in Montecito, California.
She has worked with Harry on a TV series about mental health and in December promoted coffee made by Clevr Blends, a firm in which Meghan has invested.
She became US television royalty after launching The Oprah Winfrey Show in September 1986, creating a celebrity confessions juggernaut that has brought her a £1.8billion fortune.
Stars including Elizabeth Taylor, Tom Cruise and Bette Midler opened their hearts to her – while her groundbreaking 1993 interview with Jackson at his Neverland ranch gave her two of her most-watched shows.
Meghan and Harry, whose son Archie was born in May 2019, were said to be relieved they finally could reveal her pregnancy after swearing friends to secrecy for months. The Duchess had an miscarriage last July.
One source said: “Harry excitedly messaged a whole host of his friends a few weeks ago saying that Meghan was pregnant and that the two of them were thrilled. “He had them all sworn to secrecy though.”
Meghan is thought to be at least five months pregnant. Speculation that she was expecting began in November when she requested a nine-month delay in the case against The Mail on Sunday for “confidential reasons”. But a judge ruled there was no need to go to a full trial on the main issues. Harry’s mother Diana made headlines around the world in November 1995 by breaking ranks with her inlaws and spilling the beans on her break-up with Prince Charles to TV interviewer Martin Bashir.
‘Everything from life as a royal to how she handles intense public pressure’