Ever since Oprah Winfrey's highly anticipated tell-all interview with royal couple Prince
Harry and Meghan Markle premiered on March 7th, 2021, just about everyone has been waiting
to hear a statement about the jaw-dropping sit-down from Buckingham Palace.
After hours of silence, the Royal Family's Instagram account released its first post
since the interview aired, but the message is not quite what many people anticipated.
The post, which went up on March 8th, 2021, makes no mention of the interview at all.
Instead, it is a post celebrating Commonwealth Day, a holiday that commemorates the 54 independent
nations of the Commonwealth.
The photo is a simple close-up of the queen signing a message to the Commonwealth.
No mention of Harry or Meghan.
Not even a sly reference.
From the outside looking in, it appears that in the world of the royal family, there is
nothing going on but business as usual.
Well, business as usual for a while at least.
More on that in a bit…
Unsurprisingly, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's two-hour special has gotten a lot of attention
from the press in the UK.
The Daily Express called it "self-serving," In an op-ed for the Daily Mail, Piers Morgan
said it was,
"A disgraceful diatribe of cynical race-baiting propaganda designed to damage the Queen ... and
destroy the Monarchy."
On Good Morning Britain, Morgan sparred with activist Dr. Shola Mos-Shogbamimu when she
said,
"The Royal Family as an institution is rooted in colonialism, racism, and white supremacy.
The legacy's right there."
Morgan fired back, accusing her of spewing lies.
"I think what you just said about the Queen is disgusting."
"You're disgusting."
The fallout could not have been any more immediate for Morgan if he tried.
On March 9th, ITV announced that Piers Morgan would no longer be co-presenter on Good Morning
Britain, effective immediately.
One of the overlying topics of Meghan and Harry's interview was Meghan's treatment by
British media, especially compared to what was written about Kate Middleton.
In a clip that aired Monday on CBS This Morning, Meghan said that while Kate has been subjected
to nasty coverage, it's not like the coverage she herself has received.
"Rude and racist are not the same."
On top of that, Meghan claimed she was not offered the resources to maintain her image
that Kate was.
Meghan said,
"[Kate also has] a press team that goes on the record to defend [her], especially when
they know something's not true and that didn't happen for us."
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry described the Royal Family as cold and basically dysfunctional
in their tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey, with the duke going as far as saying that
along with the rest of his family, he was "trapped" in the system and it was only because
of his wife that he was able to escape.
He said,
"My father and my brother, they are trapped.
They don't get to leave."
Adding that he has "huge compassion" for their difficulties as well.
He explained,
"No matter who you are in the family, no matter what's going on in your personal life, no
matter what's just happened…
You wipe your tears away, shake off whatever you're thinking about, and you've got to be
on your 'A' game."
So where does that leave Harry and his family now?
Will things change?
As history has proven before this, it's unlikely that anything will change in the British monarchy.
After all, the televised sit-down echoed the infamous 1995 BBC interview with Harry's mother,
Princess Diana — and it seems clear that the monarchy did not learn all that much from
the fallout that followed.
Meghan today claims similar and often even worse treatment by the press than her late
mother-in-law experienced.
Even though Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's bombshell tell-all will likely not affect
Queen Elizabeth II — the couple only had positive things to say about Her Royal Highness
— the interview could have implications for Prince Charles, who is next in line for
the British throne.
After all, some of the things that Harry said about his father have raised some eyebrows,
including Charles' alleged lack of support, and the fact that he stopped picking up Harry's
calls after he and Meghan announced they were stepping down as senior members of the royal
family in January 2020.
Author and royal historian Robert Lacey believes Charles' response will "affect [his] future
kingship, especially in the Commonwealth countries."
He told the Guardian that the interview represented
"An enormous clash of cultures and values, a clash of generations, a psychological clash
between the stiff upper lip and the wobbly lower chin."
Adding that he isn't sure young Australians or Canadians will want a king "who refused
to take calls from his son when he was in emotional distress."
With all the bombshells Harry and Meghan revealed, the monarchy definitely needs to choose their
words wisely when they do finally respond.
And guess what?
They did!
In a statement from the palace, they did not avoid the most controversial aspects of the
allegations.
Buckingham Palace stated: "The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning.
While some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed
by the family privately."
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