How do you feel about the palace hearing you speak your truth today?
[Reporter] A teaser for the Oprah Winfrey interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex
better known as Harry and Meghan
Even before the ads started appearing
media reports here had the Royal Family bracing itself for a coming storm.
I don't know how they could expect
that after all this time
we would still just be silent if there is an active role that The Firm is playing
in perpetuating falsehoods about us.
[Reporter] The interview will also touch on Harry's acrimonious relationship with the British media
and the blame he places on the tabloids in particular, for hounding his mother
Princess Diana.
Something he says he feared seeing repeated with Meghan.
Yesterday, The Times newspaper here published a story
about alleged bullying complaints against Meghan by former aides.
That prompted a response from the palace
which issued a statement saying it's very concerned about the allegations
and pledging to investigate them.
Effectively, you have sanctioning from the Queen
to launch an investigation into allegations against her grandson and his wife.
It couldn't be more serious.
It couldn't be more high stakes.
[Reporter] Just last week, Harry was seen cavorting on a double-decker bus in Los Angeles
in another high-profile interview.
Talking about Zooming with his grandparents.
This week, his and Meghan's representatives
have accused Buckingham place of orchestrating a smear campaign against them.
Noone seems to be playing happy families anymore.
We've certainly seeing, in the last few weeks
an unbelievable decline
in what was already a really strained relationship.
[Reporter] And all in the midst of a pandemic
the country in lockdown
and Harry's 99-year-old grandfather Prince Philip still in hospital.
Margaret Evans, CBC News, London.