London – The front pages of British newspapers were dominated on Monday by Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, despite the fact that most of the British public could not follow her yet. The interview was broadcast in the UK on Monday night at 21:00 local time.
“We were everything we expected – and not what we expected at all,” Camilla Tominey wrote in the British Telegraph, with conservative tendencies. “Make no mistake, this was a pregnant woman who blamed the institution – and those within it – for not helping her at the slightest ebb.”
“Whatever the royal family expected from this interview, it was worse,” Valentine Low wrote in a publication published in The Times, another right-wing publication.
But while part of the British press, leaning to the right, criticized the royal couple during the interview, especially given the time of its broadcast, while the prince’s grandfather, Prince Philip, is in hospital, the correspondent The BBC said the meeting with Oprah had “overturned the narrative created by the UK’s best-selling newspapers”.
Britain’s best-selling newspapers, including tabloids The Sun and Daily Mail, have published numerous negative stories about Meghan since her relationship with Harry went public.
In an interview, BBC correspondent Jonny Dymond said that Harry and Meghan had “revealed the terrible disturbances inside the palace. They made a picture of insensitive individuals lost in a carefree institution. They talked about racism in the Royal Family. It was a devastating interview. “
A member of the British opposition cabinet in the UK said the palace, which recently announced it was investigating allegations that Meghan had assaulted former staff, should also look into allegations of racism made by her during the interview.
“I would expect them to be treated by the palace with the utmost seriousness and to be fully investigated,” Shadow Education Secretary Kate Green told Sky News.
Afua Hirsch, author of “Brit (ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging,” wrote in a New York Times article that Meghan’s treatment proved what many of us have always known: no matter how beautiful you are, who you marry, what palaces you occupy, charities you support, how faithful you are, how much money you accumulate or what good deeds you do, in this society racism will continue to pursue you “.
Left-wing commentator Owen Jones said: “Meghan Markle’s interview did not only expose the truth about the monarchy, a shadowy institution shrouded in secrecy, despite the presumption of the nation’s incarnation. of suicide. “
Piers Morgan, who co-anchors one of Britain’s most-watched morning shows, questioned the context of the skin color conversation Meghan pointed out, suggesting she may not have been racist at all.
His guest, TV host Trisha Goddard, said: “What attracts me is why everyone else is so expert in racism against people of color? I’m sorry, Piers, you don’t have to shout what is and what isn’t racism. against people of color “.
Nadine White, a race correspondent for the British newspaper Independent, wrote on Twitter: “The worst royal crisis since the abdication in 1936 … and racism is undeniably at the root … While we are here, let’s normalize race reporting in the media! ”