<p>Prince Edward gave quite a witty response when asked about his nephew Prince Harry and Meghan Markle`s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey that saw the couple put the British royal family on blast.<br />
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According to Fox News, the Earl of Wessex and his wife, Sophie Wessex, recently participated in a Q&amp;A with a local news outlet, where they were asked whether they watched the Sussexes two-hour sit-down that aired on March 7."Oprah who?" Edward quipped. His wife then followed suit, humorously responding, "Yes, what interview?"<br />
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Rather than discuss the family tensions directly, the Earl and Countess of Wessex hinted at the headway the royal family members are making since the CBS special aired.<br />
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Edward revealed that it was "nice" to have a "lengthy chat" with Harry when the duke traveled to the UK from his home base in California to attend Prince Philip`s funeral.<br />
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During the CBS special, Harry revealed that his relationships with William and their father Prince Charles have ruptured. He detailed how family divisions prompted the couple to step away from royal duties.<br />
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Markle described feeling so isolated and miserable inside the royal family that she had suicidal thoughts. The former American actor also said that a member of the family had "concerns" about the color of her unborn child`s skin. The family member was not Queen Elizabeth II or Prince Philip, according to Harry, sparking a flurry of speculation about who it could be.<br />
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The former `Suits` star also addressed a story that was previously reported, alleging that she made Middleton cry ahead of her May 2018 royal wedding to Harry over a wardrobe disagreement. Markle informed the media mogul that "the reverse happened" but clarified that the disagreement was quickly squashed.She explained, "It made me cry and it really hurt my feelings. And I thought in the context of everything else that was going on in those days leading to the wedding that it didn`t make sense to not be just doing whatever everyone else was doing, which was trying to be supportive."However, Markle noted that the alleged feud that made for such media fodder ended almost as quickly as it began thanks to an apology from Middleton.&nbsp;<br />
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Thirty-six hours after the comments aired, the palace issued a written statement in the name of the queen, Harry`s grandmother.The statement read, "The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan. 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."<br />
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The couple`s departure from royal duties began in March 2020 over what they described as the intrusions and racist attitudes of the British media towards the duchess. As per Fox News, the couple now resides in the coastal city of Montecito, California, and they are expecting a baby girl due sometime this summer.&nbsp;<br />
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Prince Edward gave quite a witty response when asked about his nephew Prince Harry and Meghan Markle`s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey that saw the couple put the British royal family on blast.

Prince Edward gave quite a witty response when asked about his nephew Prince Harry and Meghan Markle`s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey that saw the couple put the British royal family on blast. According to Fox News, the Earl of Wessex and his wife, Sophie Wessex, recently participated in a Q&A with a local news outlet, where they were asked whether they watched the Sussexes two-hour sit-down that aired on March 7."Oprah who?" Edward quipped. His wife then followed suit, humorously responding, "Yes, what interview?" Rather than discuss the family tensions directly, the Earl and Countess of Wessex hinted at the headway the royal family members are making since the CBS special aired. Edward revealed that it was "nice" to have a "lengthy chat" with Harry when the duke traveled to the UK from his home base in California to attend Prince Philip`s funeral. During the CBS special, Harry revealed that his relationships with William and their father Prince Charles have ruptured. He detailed how family divisions prompted the couple to step away from royal duties. Markle described feeling so isolated and miserable inside the royal family that she had suicidal thoughts. The former American actor also said that a member of the family had "concerns" about the color of her unborn child`s skin. The family member was not Queen Elizabeth II or Prince Philip, according to Harry, sparking a flurry of speculation about who it could be. The former `Suits` star also addressed a story that was previously reported, alleging that she made Middleton cry ahead of her May 2018 royal wedding to Harry over a wardrobe disagreement. Markle informed the media mogul that "the reverse happened" but clarified that the disagreement was quickly squashed.She explained, "It made me cry and it really hurt my feelings. And I thought in the context of everything else that was going on in those days leading to the wedding that it didn`t make sense to not be just doing whatever everyone else was doing, which was trying to be supportive."However, Markle noted that the alleged feud that made for such media fodder ended almost as quickly as it began thanks to an apology from Middleton. Thirty-six hours after the comments aired, the palace issued a written statement in the name of the queen, Harry`s grandmother.The statement read, "The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan. 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." The couple`s departure from royal duties began in March 2020 over what they described as the intrusions and racist attitudes of the British media towards the duchess. As per Fox News, the couple now resides in the coastal city of Montecito, California, and they are expecting a baby girl due sometime this summer.

'Oprah, who?' Prince Edward jokingly shades Meghan and Harry's explosive interview

<p><strong>Prince Harry</strong> is opening up about his and his family's mental health like never before. In the recent episode of 'The Me You Can't See' docu-series, Harry revealed that how his wife Meghan Markle battled and overcame suicidal thoughts while she was pregnant with their son Archie.&nbsp;<br />
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The <strong>Duke of Sussex </strong>broke down in an episode of his and<strong> Oprah Winfrey </strong>produced docuseries which is focused on bringing out mental health and emotional well-being with stories from people around the world.&nbsp;<br />
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Harry has already made several shocking revelations including how he had panic attacks at the age of 12 after his mother- Princess Diana died in a car accident.&nbsp;<br />
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In a recent conversation with Oprah in the series, he told that Markle did not act on suicidal impulses while pregnant with their son because she did not want her husband (Harry) to be hurt by the loss of "another woman" in his life.<br />
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"The thing that stopped her from seeing it through was how unfair it would be on me after everything that had happened to my mum and to now be put in a position of losing another woman in my life, with a baby inside of her, our baby," he said.<br />
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Harry further claimed that Markle did not go through with suicide because she did not want the history to repeat itself.<br />
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"The scariest thing for her was her clarity of thought. She hadn`t `lost it, she wasn`t crazy, she wasn`t self-medicating, be it through pills or through alcohol. She was absolutely sober. She was completely sane. Yet in the quiet of the night, these thoughts woke her up," the Duke told Oprah.<br />
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Harry admitted that he did not seek help from his family as he was ashamed of the situation and knew that the royal family would be unable to help.&nbsp;<br />
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"That was one of the biggest reasons to leave, feeling trapped and feeling controlled through fear, both by the media and by the system itself, which never encouraged the talking about this kind of trauma. Certainly, now I will never be bullied into silence" said Harry.<br />
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On a related note, the `The Me You Can`t See` series announcement came after Harry and his wife Meghan Markle stepped away from their roles within the royal family and relocated to California in 2020.&nbsp;<br />
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Since then the couple, have pursued many of their ventures jointly, like accepting positions at BetterUp and Aspen Institute.<br />
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While promoting his docuseries, Harry had made several shocking revelations about the royal family including criticising his father Prince Charles for his lack of parenting skills; following which the royal aids have been demanding him and Meghan to strip of their titles.</p>

<p>`The Me You Can`t See` is a docuseries<strong> co-created by Oprah and Harry</strong>, that explores mental health and emotional well-being with stories from people around the world.<br />
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Helmed by Academy Award and four-time<strong> BAFTA Award-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia,</strong> the series is co-directed and executive produced by Emmy Award and Spirit Award nominee Dawn Porter.</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


Prince Harry is opening up about his and his family's mental health like never before. In the recent episode of 'The Me You Can't See' docu-series, Harry revealed that how his wife Meghan Markle battled and overcame suicidal thoughts while she was pregnant with their son Archie.

Prince Harry is opening up about his and his family's mental health like never before. In the recent episode of 'The Me You Can't See' docu-series, Harry revealed that how his wife Meghan Markle battled and overcame suicidal thoughts while she was pregnant with their son Archie. The Duke of Sussex broke down in an episode of his and Oprah Winfrey produced docuseries which is focused on bringing out mental health and emotional well-being with stories from people around the world. Harry has already made several shocking revelations including how he had panic attacks at the age of 12 after his mother- Princess Diana died in a car accident. In a recent conversation with Oprah in the series, he told that Markle did not act on suicidal impulses while pregnant with their son because she did not want her husband (Harry) to be hurt by the loss of "another woman" in his life. "The thing that stopped her from seeing it through was how unfair it would be on me after everything that had happened to my mum and to now be put in a position of losing another woman in my life, with a baby inside of her, our baby," he said. Harry further claimed that Markle did not go through with suicide because she did not want the history to repeat itself. "The scariest thing for her was her clarity of thought. She hadn`t `lost it, she wasn`t crazy, she wasn`t self-medicating, be it through pills or through alcohol. She was absolutely sober. She was completely sane. Yet in the quiet of the night, these thoughts woke her up," the Duke told Oprah. Harry admitted that he did not seek help from his family as he was ashamed of the situation and knew that the royal family would be unable to help. "That was one of the biggest reasons to leave, feeling trapped and feeling controlled through fear, both by the media and by the system itself, which never encouraged the talking about this kind of trauma. Certainly, now I will never be bullied into silence" said Harry. On a related note, the `The Me You Can`t See` series announcement came after Harry and his wife Meghan Markle stepped away from their roles within the royal family and relocated to California in 2020. Since then the couple, have pursued many of their ventures jointly, like accepting positions at BetterUp and Aspen Institute. While promoting his docuseries, Harry had made several shocking revelations about the royal family including criticising his father Prince Charles for his lack of parenting skills; following which the royal aids have been demanding him and Meghan to strip of their titles. `The Me You Can`t See` is a docuseries co-created by Oprah and Harry, that explores mental health and emotional well-being with stories from people around the world. Helmed by Academy Award and four-time BAFTA Award-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia, the series is co-directed and executive produced by Emmy Award and Spirit Award nominee Dawn Porter. (With inputs from agencies)

Meghan Markle battled suicidal impulses while she was pregnant with son Archie, reveals Prince Harry

<p>American talk show host and TV producer Oprah Winfrey opened up about her experience of being raped as a child by her cousin in a recent episode of 'The Me You Can`t See` docuseries.<br />
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The 67-year-old broke down in tears as she recounted the trauma, saying, "At nine and 10 and 11 and 12 years old, I was raped by my 19-year-old cousin. I didn`t know what rape was. I certainly wasn`t aware of the word. I had no idea what sex was, I had no idea where babies came from, I didn`t even know what was happening to me," Page Six reported.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/oprah-winfrey-defends-prince-harry-meghan-markle-amid-criticism-privacy-doesnt-mean-silence-386699" hreflang="en">Oprah Winfrey defends Prince Harry &amp; Meghan Markle amid criticism: ‘Privacy doesn’t mean silence’</a><br />
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She continued saying the experience taught her that "a girl child ain`t safe in a world full of men."The philanthropist had first made the revelation of being raped back in 1986.<br />
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The revelation occurred on an episode of her eponymous talk show dealing with survivors of childhood sexual abuse and their abusers; she also revealed at the time that she had been sexually abused by a boyfriend of her mother`s, according to Page Six.`The Me You Can`t See` is a docuseries co-created by Oprah and Prince Harry, that explores mental health and emotional well-being with stories from people around the world. With storytelling at its core, this timely series gives a voice to stories that aim to seek truth, understanding, and compassion.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-prince-harry-reveals-one-of-son-archies-first-words-was-grandma-386667" hreflang="en">Prince Harry reveals one of son Archie's first words was 'Grandma'</a><br />
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Earlier, Lady Gaga also recalled her trauma of being raped by a music producer when she was 19. Prince Harry also made a shocking revelation about his and Meghan`s mental health breakdowns following their royal lives. Glenn Close also opened that she was `psychologically traumatized` after her cult upbringing.<br />
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Helmed by Academy Award and four-time BAFTA Award-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia, the series is co-directed and executive produced by Emmy Award and Spirit Award nominee Dawn Porter. All the episodes of the series are available to stream from May 21, 2021, on Apple Plus TV app.&nbsp;</p>


American talk show host and TV producer Oprah Winfrey opened up about her experience of being raped as a child by her cousin in a recent episode of 'The Me You Can`t See` docuseries.

American talk show host and TV producer Oprah Winfrey opened up about her experience of being raped as a child by her cousin in a recent episode of 'The Me You Can`t See` docuseries. The 67-year-old broke down in tears as she recounted the trauma, saying, "At nine and 10 and 11 and 12 years old, I was raped by my 19-year-old cousin. I didn`t know what rape was. I certainly wasn`t aware of the word. I had no idea what sex was, I had no idea where babies came from, I didn`t even know what was happening to me," Page Six reported. Oprah Winfrey defends Prince Harry & Meghan Markle amid criticism: ‘Privacy doesn’t mean silence’ She continued saying the experience taught her that "a girl child ain`t safe in a world full of men."The philanthropist had first made the revelation of being raped back in 1986. The revelation occurred on an episode of her eponymous talk show dealing with survivors of childhood sexual abuse and their abusers; she also revealed at the time that she had been sexually abused by a boyfriend of her mother`s, according to Page Six.`The Me You Can`t See` is a docuseries co-created by Oprah and Prince Harry, that explores mental health and emotional well-being with stories from people around the world. With storytelling at its core, this timely series gives a voice to stories that aim to seek truth, understanding, and compassion. Prince Harry reveals one of son Archie's first words was 'Grandma' Earlier, Lady Gaga also recalled her trauma of being raped by a music producer when she was 19. Prince Harry also made a shocking revelation about his and Meghan`s mental health breakdowns following their royal lives. Glenn Close also opened that she was `psychologically traumatized` after her cult upbringing. Helmed by Academy Award and four-time BAFTA Award-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia, the series is co-directed and executive produced by Emmy Award and Spirit Award nominee Dawn Porter. All the episodes of the series are available to stream from May 21, 2021, on Apple Plus TV app.

Oprah Winfrey shares horrifying experience being raped by teen cousin

<p>In the newly released trailer for Apple TV+ series, ‘The Me You Can’t See’ featuring Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the two look emotional in the mental health documentary series with Oprah Winfrey. In the docu series, there are footages of Prince Harry as he revisits the trauma he experienced after his mother’s accidental death.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The trailer is all two minutes long and includes film from the 1997 funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales. It shows Harry, who was then 12, standing with his head bowed as his mother’s coffin passes by, alongside the Prince of Wales, who then turns to speak to his son.</p>

<p>That cuts to <a data-ctorig="https://www.wionews.com/topics/prince-harry" data-cturl="https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&amp;cx=006054055338965708568:09spwrlibei&amp;q=https://www.wionews.com/topics/prince-harry&amp;sa=U&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi1tvfQv9LwAhUl7HMBHdKaAKQQFjABegQIBhAB&amp;usg=AOvVaw0bYFdLvNZICS3J8s6oVSoR" dir="ltr" href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/prince-harry" target="_blank"><b>Prince Harry</b></a> talking to Oprah Winfrey as he says, “To make that decision to receive help is not a sign of weakness. In today’s world, more than ever, it is a sign of strength.”</p>

<p>Harry says in the trailer: “The results of this year will be felt for decades. The kids, families, husbands, wives, everybody.”</p>

<p>The Apple TV+ series, ‘The Me You Can’t See’ starts this Friday. It features several celebrities talking about mental health. The trailer shows clips of interviews with Winfrey, Lady Gaga, Glenn Close and the San Antonio Spurs basketball player DeMar DeRozan.</p>

<p>Watch the trailer here:</p>

<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dWevopoBmAE" title="YouTube video player" width="620"></iframe></p>

<p>Harry and Winfrey are the co-creators and executive producers of the documentary series.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-prince-harry-says-moved-to-us-to-break-cycle-of-family-pain-and-suffering-385420" hreflang="en">Prince Harry says moved to US to 'break cycle' of family 'pain and suffering'</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-prince-harry-and-orlando-bloom-are-new-pals-in-town-and-they-bond-over-this-reason-385218" hreflang="en">Prince Harry and Orlando Bloom are new pals in town and they bond over this reason</a></p>


In the newly released trailer for Apple TV+ series, ‘The Me You Can’t See’ featuring Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the two look emotional in the mental health documentary series with Oprah Winfrey.

In the newly released trailer for Apple TV+ series, ‘The Me You Can’t See’ featuring Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the two look emotional in the mental health documentary series with Oprah Winfrey. In the docu series, there are footages of Prince Harry as he revisits the trauma he experienced after his mother’s accidental death. The trailer is all two minutes long and includes film from the 1997 funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales. It shows Harry, who was then 12, standing with his head bowed as his mother’s coffin passes by, alongside the Prince of Wales, who then turns to speak to his son. That cuts to Prince Harry talking to Oprah Winfrey as he says, “To make that decision to receive help is not a sign of weakness. In today’s world, more than ever, it is a sign of strength.” Harry says in the trailer: “The results of this year will be felt for decades. The kids, families, husbands, wives, everybody.” The Apple TV+ series, ‘The Me You Can’t See’ starts this Friday. It features several celebrities talking about mental health. The trailer shows clips of interviews with Winfrey, Lady Gaga, Glenn Close and the San Antonio Spurs basketball player DeMar DeRozan. Watch the trailer here: Harry and Winfrey are the co-creators and executive producers of the documentary series. Prince Harry says moved to US to 'break cycle' of family 'pain and suffering' Prince Harry and Orlando Bloom are new pals in town and they bond over this reason

Trailer for Prince Harry and Oprah Winfrey docu series on mental health released

<p>Prince William is reportedly upset that his brother, Prince Harry shared details of their private chat with TV host Gayle King.&nbsp;<br />
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Soon after Meghan and Harry's interview with Oprah was aired, King had revealed on her show 'CBS This Morning', that how Harry had a chat with William and his father Prince Charles but it was not very 'productive'. King had also mentioned that the royal family had not reached out to Meghan Markle post the interview.&nbsp;<br />
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"Harry has talked to his brother and he has talked to his father, too," <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-harry-has-spoken-to-william-and-charles-post-the-oprah-interview-the-family-has-not-reached-out-to-meghan-371180">the 66-year-old revealed</a>, who said she spoke to the couple after the televised tell-all.&nbsp;<br />
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"The word I was given was that those conversations were not productive, but they are glad they at least started a conversation."<br />
Now, sources close to William state that he did not take the news well.&nbsp;<br />
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"William was left reeling," a source claimed to Us Weekly. "He says it was a cheap shot to leak details of their private call and that he twisted the truth."<br />
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William is reportedly now 'uncomfortable' to talk to Harry.&nbsp;<br />
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"He’s putting himself at risk of the same thing happening again," the source added.<br />
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William is also 'struggling' to tell his side of the story but has been asked to keep mum reportedly by the Queen who wants to solve the differences internally.&nbsp;<br />
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During the interview, Meghan and Harry's revealed the problems they faced and what led to them quitting their roles as members of the royal family. The family has been accused of racism and not paying attention to Meghan's mental health.&nbsp;<br />
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William later denied that no one in the family could be termed as 'racist'.&nbsp;</p>


Prince William is reportedly upset that his brother, Prince Harry shared details of their private chat with TV host Gayle King. Soon after Meghan and Harry's interview with Oprah was aired, King had revealed on her show 'CBS This Morning', that how Harry had a chat with William and his father Prince Charles but it was not very 'productive'.

Prince William is reportedly upset that his brother, Prince Harry shared details of their private chat with TV host Gayle King. Soon after Meghan and Harry's interview with Oprah was aired, King had revealed on her show 'CBS This Morning', that how Harry had a chat with William and his father Prince Charles but it was not very 'productive'. King had also mentioned that the royal family had not reached out to Meghan Markle post the interview. "Harry has talked to his brother and he has talked to his father, too," the 66-year-old revealed, who said she spoke to the couple after the televised tell-all. "The word I was given was that those conversations were not productive, but they are glad they at least started a conversation." Now, sources close to William state that he did not take the news well. "William was left reeling," a source claimed to Us Weekly. "He says it was a cheap shot to leak details of their private call and that he twisted the truth." William is reportedly now 'uncomfortable' to talk to Harry. "He’s putting himself at risk of the same thing happening again," the source added. William is also 'struggling' to tell his side of the story but has been asked to keep mum reportedly by the Queen who wants to solve the differences internally. During the interview, Meghan and Harry's revealed the problems they faced and what led to them quitting their roles as members of the royal family. The family has been accused of racism and not paying attention to Meghan's mental health. William later denied that no one in the family could be termed as 'racist'.

Prince William feels uncomfortable to talk to Prince Harry after he allegedly leaked chat details to Gayle King

<p>Prince William is reportedly struggling hard to resist the urge to share his side of the story ever since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey was aired.&nbsp;<br />
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Just weeks ago, Harry and Markle sat down with the Oscar-winning star to discuss their struggles since the 'Suits'&nbsp;alum joined the royal family.</p>

<p>During the tell-all, the pair made allegations of racism and turning a blind eye to mental health needs against the royal family and the institution at large.</p>

<p>Ever since the interview was aired, it has become evident that William is not pleased with his brother and sister-in-law, who also made mention of William`s wife, Kate Middleton, during the interview. Meghan had stated that Kate had made her cry days before her wedding.&nbsp;<br />
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A source close to the Duke of Cambridge has told the daily that he wants to publicly share his side of the story.<br />
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"The queen is insisting that the royals handle the matter privately," said the insider.<br />
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Furthermore, they also said that Queen Elizabeth II "thinks that retaliating will only add fuel to the fire and make the situation worse."<br />
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"William is struggling to hold back," shared the source. "He wants to get his side out there."<br />
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The insider said that the mention of Kate is his priority for wanting to speak out, as he`s reportedly felt "very protective" over his wife since Meghan claimed Kate made her cry around the time of her wedding to Harry.<br />
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The royal would like to "clear the racial allegations," said the source. William previously responded to the claims made by his brother and sister-in-law in a public statement deemed "unusual" by royal expert Katie Nicholl. When confronted by reporters shortly after the interview aired, William said that the royals are "very much not a racist family."<br />
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He added that, at the time, he had not yet spoken to Harry about the contents of the interview. Gayle King recently reported that the brothers have since spoken, but conversations were "not productive."&nbsp;</p>


Prince William is reportedly struggling hard to resist the urge to share his side of the story ever since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey was aired.

Prince William is reportedly struggling hard to resist the urge to share his side of the story ever since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey was aired. Just weeks ago, Harry and Markle sat down with the Oscar-winning star to discuss their struggles since the 'Suits' alum joined the royal family. During the tell-all, the pair made allegations of racism and turning a blind eye to mental health needs against the royal family and the institution at large. Ever since the interview was aired, it has become evident that William is not pleased with his brother and sister-in-law, who also made mention of William`s wife, Kate Middleton, during the interview. Meghan had stated that Kate had made her cry days before her wedding. A source close to the Duke of Cambridge has told the daily that he wants to publicly share his side of the story. "The queen is insisting that the royals handle the matter privately," said the insider. Furthermore, they also said that Queen Elizabeth II "thinks that retaliating will only add fuel to the fire and make the situation worse." "William is struggling to hold back," shared the source. "He wants to get his side out there." The insider said that the mention of Kate is his priority for wanting to speak out, as he`s reportedly felt "very protective" over his wife since Meghan claimed Kate made her cry around the time of her wedding to Harry. The royal would like to "clear the racial allegations," said the source. William previously responded to the claims made by his brother and sister-in-law in a public statement deemed "unusual" by royal expert Katie Nicholl. When confronted by reporters shortly after the interview aired, William said that the royals are "very much not a racist family." He added that, at the time, he had not yet spoken to Harry about the contents of the interview. Gayle King recently reported that the brothers have since spoken, but conversations were "not productive."

Post Harry-Meghan's interview, Prince William is 'struggling to hold back'

<p>Hadija Haruna-Oelker, a Black journalist, has just produced the German translation of Amanda Gorman’s “The Hill We Climb,” the poem about a “skinny Black girl” that for many people was the highlight of President Joe Biden’s inauguration.</p>

<p>So has Kübra Gümüsay, a German writer of Turkish descent.</p>

<p>As has Uda Strätling, a translator, who is white.</p>

<p>Literary translation is usually a solitary pursuit, but German publisher Hoffmann und Campe went for a team of writers to ensure the translation of Gorman’s poem — just 710 words — wasn’t just true to Gorman’s voice. The trio was also asked to make its political and social significance clear and to avoid anything that might exclude people of color, people with disabilities, women or other marginalized groups.</p>

<p>“It was a gamble,” Strätling said of the collaborative approach.</p>

<p>For nearly two weeks, the team debated word choices, occasionally emailing Gorman for clarifications. But as they worked, an argument was brewing elsewhere in Europe about who has the right to translate the poet’s work.</p>

<p>“This whole debate started,” Gümüsay said, with a sigh.</p>

<p>It began in February when Meulenhoff, a publisher in the Netherlands, said it had asked Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, a writer whose debut novel won last year’s Booker International Prize, to translate Gorman’s poem into Dutch.</p>

<p>Rijneveld was the “ideal candidate,” Meulenhoff said in a statement. But many social media users disagreed, asking why a white writer had been chosen when Gorman’s reading at the inauguration had been a significant cultural moment for Black people.</p>

<p>Three days later, Rijneveld quit. (Rijneveld declined an interview request for this article.)</p>

<p>In March, the debate reignited after Victor Obiols, another white translator, was dropped by the Catalan publisher Univers. Obiols said he was told his profile “was not suitable for the project.” (A Univers spokeswoman declined to comment.)</p>

<p>Literary figures and newspaper columnists across Europe have been arguing for weeks about what these decisions mean, turning Gorman’s poem into the latest flash point in debates about identity politics across the continent. The discussion has shone a light on the often unexamined world of literary translation and its lack of racial diversity.</p>

<p>“I can’t recall a translation controversy ever taking the world by storm like this,” Aaron Robertson, a Black Italian-to-English translator, said in a phone interview.</p>

<p>“This feels something of a watershed moment,” he added.</p>

<p>On Monday, the American Literary Translators Association waded into the furor. “The question of whether identity should be the deciding factor in who is allowed to translate whom is a false framing of the issues at play,” it said in a statement published on its website.</p>

<p>The real problem underlying the controversy was “the scarcity of Black translators,” it added. Last year, the association carried out a diversity survey. Only 2% of the 362 translators who responded were Black, a spokeswoman for the association said in an email.</p>

<p>In a video interview, the members of the German team said they, too, felt the debate had missed the point. “People are asking questions like, ‘Does color give you the right to translate?’” Haruna-Oelker said. “This is not about color.”</p>

<p>She added: “It’s about quality, it’s about the skills you have, and about perspectives.” Each member of the German team brought different things to the group, she said.</p>

<p>The team spent a long time discussing how to translate the word “skinny,” without conjuring images of an overly thin woman, Gümüsay said, and they debated how to bring a sense of the poem’s gender-inclusive language into German, in which many objects — and all people — are either masculine or feminine. “You’re constantly moving back and forth between the politics and the composition,” Strätling said.</p>

<p>“To me it felt like dancing,” Gümüsay said of the process. Haruna-Oelker added that the team tried hard to find words “which don’t hurt anyone.”</p>

<p>But whereas the German translators were happy to engage with the identity politics, others expressed frustration at the translator departures and their implications. Nuria Barrios, the translator of the poem’s Spanish edition, who is white, wrote in the newspaper El País that Rijneveld's stepping down from the project was “a catastrophe.”</p>

<p>“It is the victory of identity politics over creative freedom,” she wrote, adding: “To remove imagination from translation is to subject the craft to a lobotomy.”</p>

<p>Some Black academics and translators have also expressed concern. “There is a tacit idea that we are supposed to be especially concerned about the ‘appropriateness’ of a translator’s identity in the particular case of blackness,” John McWhorter, a professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University, said in an email.</p>

<p>Other differences between writers and their translators — such as wealth levels, or political views — were not sparking concern, McWhorter added. “Instead, our sense of ‘diversity’ is narrower than that word implies: It’s only about skin color,” he said.</p>

<p>Couching the discussion in terms of appropriateness was “really ridiculous,” said Janice Deul, a Black Dutch journalist and activist who on Feb. 25 wrote an opinion piece for De Volkskrant, a Dutch newspaper, calling Rijneveld’s appointment “incomprehensible.” The following day, Rijneveld resigned.</p>

<p>“This is not about who can translate, it’s about who gets opportunities to translate,” Deul said. She listed 10 Black Dutch spoken-word artists who could have done the job in her article but said all of them had been overlooked.</p>

<p>The one opinion missing in all of this is, of course, Gorman’s. Viking is releasing “The Hill We Climb” in the United States on Tuesday. Apple TV Plus on Friday began streaming her interview with Oprah Winfrey, but she has not commented on the debate her work has spurred. Her spokeswoman didn’t respond to requests for comment.</p>

<p>Gorman, or her agent, Writers House, which represents the translation rights, appeared to have influence on who was selected. Aylin LaMorey-Salzmann, the editor of the German edition of “The Hill We Climb,” said that the rights owner had to agree to the choice, which had to be someone of similar profile to Gorman.</p>

<p>Irene Christopoulou, an editor at Psichogios, the poem’s Greek publisher, was still waiting for approval for its choice of translator. The translator was a white “emerging female poet,” Christopoulou said in an email. “Due to the racial profile of the Greek population, there are no translators/poets of color to choose from,” she added.</p>

<p>A spokeswoman for Tammi, the poem’s Finnish publisher, said in an email that “The negotiations are still going on with the agent and Amanda Gorman herself.”</p>

<p>Several European publishers named Black musicians as their translators. Timbuktu, a rapper, has completed a Swedish version, and Marie-Pierra Kakoma, a singer better known as Lous and the Yakuza, has translated the French edition, which will be published by Editions Fayard in May.</p>

<p>“I thought Lous’ writing skills, her sense of rhythm, her connection with spoken poetry would be tremendous assets,” Sophie de Closets, a publisher at Fayard, said in an email explaining why she chose a pop star.</p>

<p>Issues of identity “should definitely be considered” when hiring translators, de Closets added, but that went beyond race. “It is the publisher’s responsibility to look for the ideal combination between one given work and the person who will translate it,” she said.</p>

<p>Haruna-Oelker, one of the German translators, said one disappointing outcome of the debate in Europe was it had diverted attention from the message of Gorman’s poem. “The Hill We Climb” spoke about bringing people together, Haruna-Oelker said, just as the German publisher had done by assembling a team.</p>

<p>“We’ve tried a beautiful experiment here, and this is where the future lies,” Gümüsay said. “The future lies in trying to find new forms of collaboration, trying to bring together more voices, more sets of eyes, more perspectives to create something new.”</p>


Hadija Haruna-Oelker, a Black journalist, has just produced the German translation of Amanda Gorman’s “The Hill We Climb,” the poem about a “skinny Black girl” that for many people was the highlight of President Joe Biden’s inauguration.

Hadija Haruna-Oelker, a Black journalist, has just produced the German translation of Amanda Gorman’s “The Hill We Climb,” the poem about a “skinny Black girl” that for many people was the highlight of President Joe Biden’s inauguration. So has Kübra Gümüsay, a German writer of Turkish descent. As has Uda Strätling, a translator, who is white. Literary translation is usually a solitary pursuit, but German publisher Hoffmann und Campe went for a team of writers to ensure the translation of Gorman’s poem — just 710 words — wasn’t just true to Gorman’s voice. The trio was also asked to make its political and social significance clear and to avoid anything that might exclude people of color, people with disabilities, women or other marginalized groups. “It was a gamble,” Strätling said of the collaborative approach. For nearly two weeks, the team debated word choices, occasionally emailing Gorman for clarifications. But as they worked, an argument was brewing elsewhere in Europe about who has the right to translate the poet’s work. “This whole debate started,” Gümüsay said, with a sigh. It began in February when Meulenhoff, a publisher in the Netherlands, said it had asked Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, a writer whose debut novel won last year’s Booker International Prize, to translate Gorman’s poem into Dutch. Rijneveld was the “ideal candidate,” Meulenhoff said in a statement. But many social media users disagreed, asking why a white writer had been chosen when Gorman’s reading at the inauguration had been a significant cultural moment for Black people. Three days later, Rijneveld quit. (Rijneveld declined an interview request for this article.) In March, the debate reignited after Victor Obiols, another white translator, was dropped by the Catalan publisher Univers. Obiols said he was told his profile “was not suitable for the project.” (A Univers spokeswoman declined to comment.) Literary figures and newspaper columnists across Europe have been arguing for weeks about what these decisions mean, turning Gorman’s poem into the latest flash point in debates about identity politics across the continent. The discussion has shone a light on the often unexamined world of literary translation and its lack of racial diversity. “I can’t recall a translation controversy ever taking the world by storm like this,” Aaron Robertson, a Black Italian-to-English translator, said in a phone interview. “This feels something of a watershed moment,” he added. On Monday, the American Literary Translators Association waded into the furor. “The question of whether identity should be the deciding factor in who is allowed to translate whom is a false framing of the issues at play,” it said in a statement published on its website. The real problem underlying the controversy was “the scarcity of Black translators,” it added. Last year, the association carried out a diversity survey. Only 2% of the 362 translators who responded were Black, a spokeswoman for the association said in an email. In a video interview, the members of the German team said they, too, felt the debate had missed the point. “People are asking questions like, ‘Does color give you the right to translate?’” Haruna-Oelker said. “This is not about color.” She added: “It’s about quality, it’s about the skills you have, and about perspectives.” Each member of the German team brought different things to the group, she said. The team spent a long time discussing how to translate the word “skinny,” without conjuring images of an overly thin woman, Gümüsay said, and they debated how to bring a sense of the poem’s gender-inclusive language into German, in which many objects — and all people — are either masculine or feminine. “You’re constantly moving back and forth between the politics and the composition,” Strätling said. “To me it felt like dancing,” Gümüsay said of the process. Haruna-Oelker added that the team tried hard to find words “which don’t hurt anyone.” But whereas the German translators were happy to engage with the identity politics, others expressed frustration at the translator departures and their implications. Nuria Barrios, the translator of the poem’s Spanish edition, who is white, wrote in the newspaper El País that Rijneveld's stepping down from the project was “a catastrophe.” “It is the victory of identity politics over creative freedom,” she wrote, adding: “To remove imagination from translation is to subject the craft to a lobotomy.” Some Black academics and translators have also expressed concern. “There is a tacit idea that we are supposed to be especially concerned about the ‘appropriateness’ of a translator’s identity in the particular case of blackness,” John McWhorter, a professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University, said in an email. Other differences between writers and their translators — such as wealth levels, or political views — were not sparking concern, McWhorter added. “Instead, our sense of ‘diversity’ is narrower than that word implies: It’s only about skin color,” he said. Couching the discussion in terms of appropriateness was “really ridiculous,” said Janice Deul, a Black Dutch journalist and activist who on Feb. 25 wrote an opinion piece for De Volkskrant, a Dutch newspaper, calling Rijneveld’s appointment “incomprehensible.” The following day, Rijneveld resigned. “This is not about who can translate, it’s about who gets opportunities to translate,” Deul said. She listed 10 Black Dutch spoken-word artists who could have done the job in her article but said all of them had been overlooked. The one opinion missing in all of this is, of course, Gorman’s. Viking is releasing “The Hill We Climb” in the United States on Tuesday. Apple TV Plus on Friday began streaming her interview with Oprah Winfrey, but she has not commented on the debate her work has spurred. Her spokeswoman didn’t respond to requests for comment. Gorman, or her agent, Writers House, which represents the translation rights, appeared to have influence on who was selected. Aylin LaMorey-Salzmann, the editor of the German edition of “The Hill We Climb,” said that the rights owner had to agree to the choice, which had to be someone of similar profile to Gorman. Irene Christopoulou, an editor at Psichogios, the poem’s Greek publisher, was still waiting for approval for its choice of translator. The translator was a white “emerging female poet,” Christopoulou said in an email. “Due to the racial profile of the Greek population, there are no translators/poets of color to choose from,” she added. A spokeswoman for Tammi, the poem’s Finnish publisher, said in an email that “The negotiations are still going on with the agent and Amanda Gorman herself.” Several European publishers named Black musicians as their translators. Timbuktu, a rapper, has completed a Swedish version, and Marie-Pierra Kakoma, a singer better known as Lous and the Yakuza, has translated the French edition, which will be published by Editions Fayard in May. “I thought Lous’ writing skills, her sense of rhythm, her connection with spoken poetry would be tremendous assets,” Sophie de Closets, a publisher at Fayard, said in an email explaining why she chose a pop star. Issues of identity “should definitely be considered” when hiring translators, de Closets added, but that went beyond race. “It is the publisher’s responsibility to look for the ideal combination between one given work and the person who will translate it,” she said. Haruna-Oelker, one of the German translators, said one disappointing outcome of the debate in Europe was it had diverted attention from the message of Gorman’s poem. “The Hill We Climb” spoke about bringing people together, Haruna-Oelker said, just as the German publisher had done by assembling a team. “We’ve tried a beautiful experiment here, and this is where the future lies,” Gümüsay said. “The future lies in trying to find new forms of collaboration, trying to bring together more voices, more sets of eyes, more perspectives to create something new.”

Amanda Gorman’s poetry united critics; it’s dividing translators

<p>Prince Albert of Monaco isn't too pleased with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's tell-all interview to Oprah Winfrey. During their interview, the couple discussed issues they had with the British royal family.<br />
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While speaking to BBC World News, Prince Albert said he found the pair's 'public display of dissatisfaction' inappropriate considering the manner in which it was delivered.&nbsp;<br />
Prince Albert said he "can understand the pressure that they were under," but added that "these types of conversations should be held within the intimate quarters of the family" and "it doesn't really have to be laid out in the public sphere like that."<br />
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"It did bother me a little bit," he said of Meghan and Harry's televised sit-down. "I can understand where they're coming from in a certain way, but I think it wasn't the appropriate forum to be able to have these kinds of discussions."</p>

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Meghan and Harry stepped down from their roles of senior members in the royal family in January 2020 and moved to America. The couple has a 22-month-old son Archie and are expecting their second child- &nbsp;a baby girl- in summer this year.&nbsp;<br />
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When Prince Albert was asked if he wished Harry "the best", the Prince of Monaco said, "It's a difficult world out there, and I hope that he can have the judgment and wisdom to make the right choices."&nbsp;</p>

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<p>During the Oprah interview, Meghan spoke about how she was 'silenced' by the institution and denied help when she was suffering a mental health crisis. She also stated that a member of the royal family was concerned about what skin colour Archie might have when he's born.&nbsp;<br />
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Meghan did not name the member and later Harry clarified that it was neither Queen Elizabeth II nor her husband Prince Philip.&nbsp;<br />
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Prince Albert of Monaco isn't too pleased with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's tell-all interview to Oprah Winfrey. During their interview, the couple discussed issues they had with the British royal family.

Prince Albert of Monaco isn't too pleased with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's tell-all interview to Oprah Winfrey. During their interview, the couple discussed issues they had with the British royal family. While speaking to BBC World News, Prince Albert said he found the pair's 'public display of dissatisfaction' inappropriate considering the manner in which it was delivered. Prince Albert said he "can understand the pressure that they were under," but added that "these types of conversations should be held within the intimate quarters of the family" and "it doesn't really have to be laid out in the public sphere like that." "It did bother me a little bit," he said of Meghan and Harry's televised sit-down. "I can understand where they're coming from in a certain way, but I think it wasn't the appropriate forum to be able to have these kinds of discussions." Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's bombshell interview with Oprah: Who took sides, who slammed them Meghan and Harry stepped down from their roles of senior members in the royal family in January 2020 and moved to America. The couple has a 22-month-old son Archie and are expecting their second child- a baby girl- in summer this year. When Prince Albert was asked if he wished Harry "the best", the Prince of Monaco said, "It's a difficult world out there, and I hope that he can have the judgment and wisdom to make the right choices." During the Oprah interview, Meghan spoke about how she was 'silenced' by the institution and denied help when she was suffering a mental health crisis. She also stated that a member of the royal family was concerned about what skin colour Archie might have when he's born. Meghan did not name the member and later Harry clarified that it was neither Queen Elizabeth II nor her husband Prince Philip. Queen 'saddened', takes racism claims 'seriously' after Harry-Meghan interview Fundraiser to pay off Harry and Meghan's $14mn estate shut down after raising $110

Prince Albert of Monaco slams Harry and Meghan's interview with Oprah

Meghan & Harry's interview with Oprah Winfrey laid bare the royal rift & set social media buzzing. The duke & duchess of Sussex made a host of explosive revelations in a 2-hour conversation.

Harry & Meghan tell-all explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's interview with Oprah Winfrey has irked Buckingham Palace to a great extent. As cases of bullying, snubbing and discontentment are openly being discussed, here is a look at the troubled relationship between Markle and the British Monarchy over the year

The royal mess: Meghan Markle vs The Queen

<p>Priyanka Chopra will next be seen in a conversation in a much-publicised interview with Oprah Winfrey, with the teaser of the same being released earlier this week. After Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s explosive interview with Oprah, the chat show has gained new found success with fans around the globe and Priyanka’s bit has increased traction for the show.&nbsp;</p>

<p>In the latest<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-watch-priyanka-chopras-interview-promo-with-oprah-winfrey-released-371332"> teaser</a>, the global star opened up on her religious views and secular upbringing as a child in India. Priyanka Chopra spoke about how she had Christian, Islamic and Hindu influences on her life.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Starting with updates on her memoir ‘Unfinished’ that has been the talk of the town since she started promotions for it, <a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/priyanka-chopra">Priyanka</a> also spoke about other finer details of her life. Oprah in one segment mentions that she’s reminded of her own time in India and asked Priyanka about India’s “spiritual energy” and asked if she had a “spiritual foundation” to which Priyanka Chopra said, "I think I did. In India, it is hard not to. You're right. With the swirling number of religions that we have, that live within the country as well. I grew up in a convent school. I was aware of Christianity. My dad used to sing in a mosque, I was aware of Islam. I grew up in a Hindu family, I was aware of that. Spirituality is such a large part of India that you really cannot ignore it."</p>

<p>Priyanka added how her late father, Dr Ashok Chopra, always taught her that all religions are ways to the same God. "I am a Hindu. I pray, I have a temple at my home, I do it as often as I can. But truly to me, I am a believer that a higher power does exist and I like to have faith in that," she said.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Watch teaser here:</p>

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<p>Priyanka Chopra’s interview with Oprah Winfrey will air on Discovery+ on March 24.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/priyanka-chopra-schools-australian-journalist-after-he-asks-if-she-is-qualified-enough-to-announce-oscar-nominations-371029" hreflang="en">Priyanka Chopra schools Aussie journalist after he asks if she is 'qualified enough' to announce Oscar nominations</a></p>


Priyanka Chopra will next be seen in a conversation in a much-publicised interview with Oprah Winfrey, with the teaser of the same being released earlier this week.

Priyanka Chopra will next be seen in a conversation in a much-publicised interview with Oprah Winfrey, with the teaser of the same being released earlier this week. After Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s explosive interview with Oprah, the chat show has gained new found success with fans around the globe and Priyanka’s bit has increased traction for the show. In the latest teaser, the global star opened up on her religious views and secular upbringing as a child in India. Priyanka Chopra spoke about how she had Christian, Islamic and Hindu influences on her life. Starting with updates on her memoir ‘Unfinished’ that has been the talk of the town since she started promotions for it, Priyanka also spoke about other finer details of her life. Oprah in one segment mentions that she’s reminded of her own time in India and asked Priyanka about India’s “spiritual energy” and asked if she had a “spiritual foundation” to which Priyanka Chopra said, "I think I did. In India, it is hard not to. You're right. With the swirling number of religions that we have, that live within the country as well. I grew up in a convent school. I was aware of Christianity. My dad used to sing in a mosque, I was aware of Islam. I grew up in a Hindu family, I was aware of that. Spirituality is such a large part of India that you really cannot ignore it." Priyanka added how her late father, Dr Ashok Chopra, always taught her that all religions are ways to the same God. "I am a Hindu. I pray, I have a temple at my home, I do it as often as I can. But truly to me, I am a believer that a higher power does exist and I like to have faith in that," she said. Watch teaser here: Priyanka Chopra’s interview with Oprah Winfrey will air on Discovery+ on March 24. Priyanka Chopra schools Aussie journalist after he asks if she is 'qualified enough' to announce Oscar nominations

Priyanka Chopra opens up on Hindu, Islamic, Christian influences in life in Oprah Winfrey interview

<p>Days after Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey was aired on TV, Harry reportedly had spoken to his brother Prince William and father Prince Charles.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/royal-concerns-on-archies-skin-colour-to-having-suicidal-thoughts-meghan-markle-tells-all-in-oprah-interview-368751" hreflang="en">Royal concerns on Archie's skin colour to having suicidal thoughts, Meghan Markle tells all in Oprah interview</a><br />
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US TV host Gayle King, who is friends with the couple, revealed on her show 'CBS This Morning' that she had checked on the couple post the interview and that Harry had indeed spoken to his family post the interview.&nbsp;<br />
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"The word I was given was that those conversations were not productive. But they are glad that they have at least started a conversation," she revealed.&nbsp;<br />
While the family has spoken to Harry, no one has reached out to Meghan Markle so far, King further revealed.&nbsp;<br />
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"I think what is still upsetting to them is the palace keep saying they want to work it out privately, but yet, they believe these false stories are coming out that are very disparaging against Meghan, still, no one in the royal family has talked to Meghan yet, at this particular time," she added.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/photos/from-suicide-to-racist-attack-on-baby-archie-10-big-reveals-from-prince-harry-meghan-markle-bombshell-interview-368810" hreflang="en">From suicide to racist attack on baby Archie: 10 big reveals from Prince Harry-Meghan Markle bombshell interview</a><br />
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Known to be close to the Duchess of Sussex, King said that Markle could support all the claims she made during the recent Oprah interview.<br />
She said, "Meghan has documents to back up everything that she said on Oprah`s interview. Everything."<br />
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Gayle`s statements were similar to that of Meghan`s friend and actor Janina Gavankar, who last week had told the British show `This Morning` that "there are many emails and texts" that support Meghan`s claims.<br />
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Responding to the statement by the Buckingham Palace`s reaction to the interview, Janina said, "I know that the family and staff were well aware of the extent of it, and though their recollections may vary, ours don`t, because we lived through it with them."<br />
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Days before Harry and Meghan`s Oprah interview, a British newspaper had reported that the Duchess of Sussex faced a bullying complaint made by one of her close advisers during her time working as a royal at Kensington Palace.&nbsp;<br />
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These allegations were strongly refuted by Meghan`s office.King who also attended Markle`s New York City baby shower in 2019, said on Tuesday, "The bullying thing was raised in 2018 and now there`s an ongoing investigation about bullying from Meghan Markle when anyone who has worked with her will tell you exactly who she is. You know, she`s really a very sweet, caring person."</p>

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During the interview, Markle revealed that there were "concerns and conversations" about her children`s skin colour.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/photos/meghan-markle-and-prince-harrys-bombshell-interview-with-oprah-who-took-sides-who-slammed-them-369355" hreflang="en">Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's bombshell interview with Oprah: Who took sides, who slammed them</a></p>

<p>She further revealed that she was denied help when she felt suicidal and that a disagreement with Kate Middleton left her in tears ahead of her wedding, among many other bombshell revelations.&nbsp;</p>

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Days after Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey was aired on TV, Harry reportedly had spoken to his brother Prince William and father Prince Charles.

Days after Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey was aired on TV, Harry reportedly had spoken to his brother Prince William and father Prince Charles. Royal concerns on Archie's skin colour to having suicidal thoughts, Meghan Markle tells all in Oprah interview US TV host Gayle King, who is friends with the couple, revealed on her show 'CBS This Morning' that she had checked on the couple post the interview and that Harry had indeed spoken to his family post the interview. "The word I was given was that those conversations were not productive. But they are glad that they have at least started a conversation," she revealed. While the family has spoken to Harry, no one has reached out to Meghan Markle so far, King further revealed. "I think what is still upsetting to them is the palace keep saying they want to work it out privately, but yet, they believe these false stories are coming out that are very disparaging against Meghan, still, no one in the royal family has talked to Meghan yet, at this particular time," she added. From suicide to racist attack on baby Archie: 10 big reveals from Prince Harry-Meghan Markle bombshell interview Known to be close to the Duchess of Sussex, King said that Markle could support all the claims she made during the recent Oprah interview. She said, "Meghan has documents to back up everything that she said on Oprah`s interview. Everything." Gayle`s statements were similar to that of Meghan`s friend and actor Janina Gavankar, who last week had told the British show `This Morning` that "there are many emails and texts" that support Meghan`s claims. Responding to the statement by the Buckingham Palace`s reaction to the interview, Janina said, "I know that the family and staff were well aware of the extent of it, and though their recollections may vary, ours don`t, because we lived through it with them." Days before Harry and Meghan`s Oprah interview, a British newspaper had reported that the Duchess of Sussex faced a bullying complaint made by one of her close advisers during her time working as a royal at Kensington Palace. These allegations were strongly refuted by Meghan`s office.King who also attended Markle`s New York City baby shower in 2019, said on Tuesday, "The bullying thing was raised in 2018 and now there`s an ongoing investigation about bullying from Meghan Markle when anyone who has worked with her will tell you exactly who she is. You know, she`s really a very sweet, caring person." Meghan Markle wants to see evidence of Buckingham Palace bullying probe During the interview, Markle revealed that there were "concerns and conversations" about her children`s skin colour. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's bombshell interview with Oprah: Who took sides, who slammed them She further revealed that she was denied help when she felt suicidal and that a disagreement with Kate Middleton left her in tears ahead of her wedding, among many other bombshell revelations. Also read: Fundraiser to pay off Harry and Meghan's $14mn estate shut down after raising $110

Harry has spoken to William and Charles post the Oprah interview, the family has not reached out to Meghan 

The Harry and Meghan interview has triggered an international crisis for the British Monarchy. The interview triggered the #AbolishTheMonarchy trend. Are people overreacting to this interview? WION's Palki Sharma tells you more about the hysteria.

Gravitas: Harry & Meghan interview triggers an international crisis for the Royals

What purpose does the British Royal Family serve besides being UK'S soft power? Their lifestyle costs the taxpayer heavily, their powers are unaccountable & they see privilege as a birthright.WION's Palki Sharma asks: Is it time to #AbolishTheMonarchy?

Gravitas: Should the British Monarchy be abolished?

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<p>"Meghan Markle is bringing down an empire.” That's what a Democratic lawmaker in New York said yesterday.</p>

<p>He was talking about the bombshell interview, the one featuring two former royals. The one that's been in the headlines for more than a week now.&nbsp;</p>

<p>And the one that has triggered-- what can only be called--- hysteria.</p>

<p>British tabloids are infamous for blowing things out of proportion. And this interview is perfect fodder for them.</p>

<p>It is triggering new fights, even on live television.</p>

<p>Broadcaster Piers Morgan engaged in a rather heated debate with his colleagues — while discussing the interview.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-meghan-markles-father-dismisses-her-racist-allegation-against-the-royal-family-the-wholething-about-colouris-bullst-369151" hreflang="en">Meghan Markle's father dismisses her racist allegation against the royal family: The whole&nbsp;thing about colour&nbsp;is bulls**t</a></strong><br />
<br />
The Good morning Britain anchor said: "I'm angry to the point of boiling over today; I’m sickened by what I've just had to watch."</p>

<p>Good morning Britain co-anchor, Susanna Reid, said: "OK, several people might be upset and moved by what they've heard."</p>

<p>Then, Morgan replied: "Sorry, you can defend it in a minute. I'm just going to say what I'm going to say. They trash everybody. They make out the entire royal family a bunch of white supremacists by dropping this race bombshell."</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/royal-concerns-on-archies-skin-colour-to-having-suicidal-thoughts-meghan-markle-tells-all-in-oprah-interview-368751" hreflang="en"><strong>Royal concerns on Archie's skin colour to having suicidal thoughts, Meghan Markle tells all in Oprah intervi</strong>ew</a></p>

<p>Reid said: "They didn't use that phrase."</p>

<p>Morgan later walked out of his show. He lost his cool after one of his colleagues accused him of launching a "one-man tirade" against the former royals on air.</p>

<p>You could say they're over-reacting. And you'd be right.</p>

<p>But they're not the only ones. This interview has caused what is being called a full-blown constitutional crisis in the UK.</p>

<p>Across the Atlantic, even the White House felt the need to weigh in.&nbsp;</p>

<p>During a press conference, the White House press secretary seemed to suggest that US President Joe Biden backs the decision of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to speak out. “Markle is a private citizen and so is Harry at this point. For anyone to come forward and speak about their struggles with mental health and tell their personal story, that takes courage. That's certainly something the president believes,” she said.&nbsp;</p>

<p>A flood of tweets came from Meera Harris too, the niece of Vice President Kamala Harris, the one who's proven to be an ace at milking controversies.</p>

<p>Comments and reactions have been pouring in from around the world. It's as if which princess made the other one cry is the subject of utmost priority for the whole world.</p>

<p>It's beyond bizarre. But 2020 has taught us to not undermine the bizarre. So this is what we have. Everyone is talking about the royal interview.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Except for the royals themselves.</p>

<p>No word yet from Buckingham Palace. The royal family is yet to issue a statement. To say that Meghan and Harry washed dirty linen in public would be an understatement.</p>

<p>They've levelled some very serious charges against the British monarchy.</p>

<p>Markle claims she was suicidal. She accused a member of the royal family of racism. The Buckingham Palace hasn't said a word.</p>

<p>Harry's father, Prince Charles, made his first public appearance today.</p>

<p>He was asked about the interview. He did not say anything.</p>

<p>You can walk away from a question. But you'll have to face the crisis that the interview has triggered.&nbsp;</p>

<p>In the US, the hashtag #Abolishthemonarchy has gone viral.</p>

<p>Social media users are questioning the relevance of the monarchy today. Even the British prime minister couldn't avoid the subject. He chose to defend the queen's role, in a public statement.</p>

<p>"I've always had the highest admiration for the queen and the unifying role that she plays in our country and across the Commonwealth. As for the rest, all other matters to do with the royal family, I've spent a long time now not commenting on royal family matters and I don't intend to depart from that today," Boris Johnson said.</p>

<p>All of this is happening over one interview. A former royal couple chose to reveal their family feud.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Some have called them brave. Others say they're just attention seekers.</p>

<p>Whatever they are, they're at the centre of a storm now.</p>

<p>They may have wanted to make a splash. They ended up with a tsunami.</p>

<p>What's the role of the British Monarchy?&nbsp;</p>

<p>Which countries still have kings and queens? To do what?</p>

<p>If there's one thing that Meghan Markle's interview has done, it has raised questions on the role and conduct of the British Monarchy.</p>

<p>Is it unaccountable, is it racist?</p>

<p>What purpose does it serve?</p>

<p>Except maybe boosting the soft power of Britain?</p>

<p>It attracts media attention, tourism, international students, maintains political good-will.</p>

<p>And sometimes helps secure trade deals. But is it a meaningful and relevant institution in today's world?&nbsp;</p>

<p>One family gets taxpayer-funded grants, lives in lavish palaces, gets special protection from the justice system.</p>

<p>And wields political influence.</p>

<p>Why? Because they were born royal!!!</p>

<p>But pause for a moment. And ask yourself: Does the world still have a place for such an antiquated system of governance?</p>

<p>Or is it time to abolish the British monarchy?</p>

<p>Here's our case.</p>

<p>A child born in the United Kingdom today can become anything he or she wants to.</p>

<p>An actor, a footballer, a prime minister, but not ahead of the state, no matter how intelligent or talented they are.</p>

<p>Because Great Britain is a constitutional monarchy. The head of the state is a position given to a royal as a birthright. A monarch is born superior, while the rest of the people are the monarch's subjects, not British citizens.</p>

<p>The monarch is also the sovereign of 15 countries in the Commonwealth of Nations.</p>

<p>The monarch cannot be prosecuted, cannot be made to pay taxes either. Can drive without a license,</p>

<p>can travel without a passport, has the power to form governments, and the power to dissolve governments even in Australia.</p>

<p>These are all powers every monarch inherits at birth.</p>

<p>But should they?</p>

<p>Members of the royal family are in no way biologically superior to anyone else. They have nothing that sets them apart except maybe jewels and magnificent clothes.</p>

<p>Their lifestyle is incredibly expensive. Accounts for the sovereign grant -- which funds the queen and her household expenses show that the monarchy cost the British taxpayer 67 million pounds between 2018 and 19. A 41% increase from the previous financial year.</p>

<p>To add to this, the royal prerogative gives extensive and unaccountable power to the royal family.</p>

<p>The monarchy can exercise its judgement to influence government policy, political debates, the appointment of the next prime minister and the dissolution of the British parliament.</p>

<p>The parliament, on the other hand, is simply prohibited from questioning the conduct of the royal family or discuss the future of the monarchy.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The monarchy also undermines the proper recognition of merit as the hereditary head of state. The queen is the governor of the Church of England, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and the 'fount of justice’ the head of the British judiciary.</p>

<p>The monarchy says these are all ceremonial powers but according to a report by The Guardian, there have been at least 1,000 instances when the queen has been given a chance to shape draft legislation to suit her private wishes.</p>

<p>In fact, in February this year, a report revealed how the queen had lobbied for changing a law to hide her wealth.</p>

<p>The monarchy also makes it impossible to separate the church and state.</p>

<p>For all its claims of being a multi-cultural and secular society, the Church of England discriminates in favour of one religion above all others.</p>

<p>Because the queen is both the head of the church and the state, making it impossible to disconnect the two.</p>

<p>Of course, the United Kingdom is not the only one.&nbsp;</p>

<p>There are currently 43 monarchies globally. But only a few are constitutional monarchies. And even fewer insist on claiming the moral high ground of being a democracy.&nbsp;</p>

<p>So should the UK abolish the monarchy? If Britain can leave the European Union in the name of sovereign rights, then why not?</p>

<p>There's no other way to put it: Britain is in its worst shape since World War 2. This time, the enemy at the gates is invisible: the Wuhan virus.</p>

<p>The pandemic continues to grow in the UK. More than 4 million cases and 124,000 deaths. The UK is the worst-affected country in Europe. Hundreds are still dying from the virus every day.</p>

<p>And just as the vaccines emerged - so did a new variant, a more potent and more contagious mutation. Britain's response was more lockdowns. But that came at a cost. The country is going through its worst economic slump in three centuries.</p>

<p>Jobs are disappearing, small businesses have been decimated.</p>

<p>It will take at least two years before the economy reaches pre-pandemic levels. And we're not done listing Britain's economic woes just yet.</p>

<p>The government has been on a borrowing spree since last year. The budget deficit is at its highest since World War 2.</p>

<p>What Britain needs right now is some Churchillian steel to channel the guts of the greatest generation.</p>

<p>The generation that braved the barrage of Nazi bombers, 70 years back.</p>

<p>Instead, they're busy talking about an interview.</p>

<p>At the outset - let's make one thing clear. We are not trivialising Meghan Markle's struggles.</p>

<p>Her allegations are serious. The palace must be held to account for its actions.</p>

<p>But does a family squabble qualify as public interest?</p>

<p>At what point does fascination become an obsession?</p>

<p>It's an unnecessary distraction, even for the government.</p>

<p>The prime minister has to field questions about it. Even the White House has released a statement.</p>

<p>We are in the middle of the world's largest vaccination drive. The pandemic is the only thing world leaders should be focusing on. But in Britain-- this has always been the case--daily life is shaped by royalty.</p>

<p>Britons are urged to speak the Queen’s English. They gather under the flag and sing God Save the Queen. That's the British national anthem.</p>

<p>They line the streets and go gaga over royal weddings. The same ones that they, the taxpayers, end up paying for.</p>

<p>The monarchy is embedded in every Briton's DNA.</p>

<p>But why? After all, the family doesn't do much.</p>

<p>Other than wave and smile a lot. The royals have managed to convince the country that it needs them. That Britain would disintegrate without a king or queen. There's a common saying among royalists: Politicians may come and go, but the family remains.</p>

<p>Humans love a sense of continuity. The idea of something that exists for posterity. The monarchy preys on this. It also explains all the pomp and show.</p>

<p>Hundreds of years back - the British monarch was considered God's representative on earth.</p>

<p>People aren't naive enough to believe that today.</p>

<p>But the divine narrative remains. All the traditions, the coronation with holy oils, it's all part of the larger-than-life image.</p>

<p>Royalists believe the monarch is endowed with God's mandate to rule.</p>

<p>It's an unequal and unjust mandate. The family has its reasons for defending the monarchy.</p>

<p>But why do people stick with it? The queen serves as a reminder of Britain's golden days.</p>

<p>When it ruled the seas and had colonies on every continent. In other words, the monarchy is Britain's biggest colonial hangover. Many countries were ruled by monarchies in the middle ages.</p>

<p>But as British historian Robert Lacey says, they were sensible and clever enough - to grow out of them.</p>


"Meghan Markle is bringing down an empire.” That's what a Democratic lawmaker in New York said yesterday. He was talking about the bombshell interview, the one featuring two former royals.

"Meghan Markle is bringing down an empire.” That's what a Democratic lawmaker in New York said yesterday. He was talking about the bombshell interview, the one featuring two former royals. The one that's been in the headlines for more than a week now. And the one that has triggered-- what can only be called--- hysteria. British tabloids are infamous for blowing things out of proportion. And this interview is perfect fodder for them. It is triggering new fights, even on live television. Broadcaster Piers Morgan engaged in a rather heated debate with his colleagues — while discussing the interview. Meghan Markle's father dismisses her racist allegation against the royal family: The whole thing about colour is bulls**t The Good morning Britain anchor said: "I'm angry to the point of boiling over today; I’m sickened by what I've just had to watch." Good morning Britain co-anchor, Susanna Reid, said: "OK, several people might be upset and moved by what they've heard." Then, Morgan replied: "Sorry, you can defend it in a minute. I'm just going to say what I'm going to say. They trash everybody. They make out the entire royal family a bunch of white supremacists by dropping this race bombshell." Royal concerns on Archie's skin colour to having suicidal thoughts, Meghan Markle tells all in Oprah interview Reid said: "They didn't use that phrase." Morgan later walked out of his show. He lost his cool after one of his colleagues accused him of launching a "one-man tirade" against the former royals on air. You could say they're over-reacting. And you'd be right. But they're not the only ones. This interview has caused what is being called a full-blown constitutional crisis in the UK. Across the Atlantic, even the White House felt the need to weigh in. During a press conference, the White House press secretary seemed to suggest that US President Joe Biden backs the decision of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to speak out. “Markle is a private citizen and so is Harry at this point. For anyone to come forward and speak about their struggles with mental health and tell their personal story, that takes courage. That's certainly something the president believes,” she said. A flood of tweets came from Meera Harris too, the niece of Vice President Kamala Harris, the one who's proven to be an ace at milking controversies. Comments and reactions have been pouring in from around the world. It's as if which princess made the other one cry is the subject of utmost priority for the whole world. It's beyond bizarre. But 2020 has taught us to not undermine the bizarre. So this is what we have. Everyone is talking about the royal interview. Except for the royals themselves. No word yet from Buckingham Palace. The royal family is yet to issue a statement. To say that Meghan and Harry washed dirty linen in public would be an understatement. They've levelled some very serious charges against the British monarchy. Markle claims she was suicidal. She accused a member of the royal family of racism. The Buckingham Palace hasn't said a word. Harry's father, Prince Charles, made his first public appearance today. He was asked about the interview. He did not say anything. You can walk away from a question. But you'll have to face the crisis that the interview has triggered. In the US, the hashtag #Abolishthemonarchy has gone viral. Social media users are questioning the relevance of the monarchy today. Even the British prime minister couldn't avoid the subject. He chose to defend the queen's role, in a public statement. "I've always had the highest admiration for the queen and the unifying role that she plays in our country and across the Commonwealth. As for the rest, all other matters to do with the royal family, I've spent a long time now not commenting on royal family matters and I don't intend to depart from that today," Boris Johnson said. All of this is happening over one interview. A former royal couple chose to reveal their family feud. Some have called them brave. Others say they're just attention seekers. Whatever they are, they're at the centre of a storm now. They may have wanted to make a splash. They ended up with a tsunami. What's the role of the British Monarchy? Which countries still have kings and queens? To do what? If there's one thing that Meghan Markle's interview has done, it has raised questions on the role and conduct of the British Monarchy. Is it unaccountable, is it racist? What purpose does it serve? Except maybe boosting the soft power of Britain? It attracts media attention, tourism, international students, maintains political good-will. And sometimes helps secure trade deals. But is it a meaningful and relevant institution in today's world? One family gets taxpayer-funded grants, lives in lavish palaces, gets special protection from the justice system. And wields political influence. Why? Because they were born royal!!! But pause for a moment. And ask yourself: Does the world still have a place for such an antiquated system of governance? Or is it time to abolish the British monarchy? Here's our case. A child born in the United Kingdom today can become anything he or she wants to. An actor, a footballer, a prime minister, but not ahead of the state, no matter how intelligent or talented they are. Because Great Britain is a constitutional monarchy. The head of the state is a position given to a royal as a birthright. A monarch is born superior, while the rest of the people are the monarch's subjects, not British citizens. The monarch is also the sovereign of 15 countries in the Commonwealth of Nations. The monarch cannot be prosecuted, cannot be made to pay taxes either. Can drive without a license, can travel without a passport, has the power to form governments, and the power to dissolve governments even in Australia. These are all powers every monarch inherits at birth. But should they? Members of the royal family are in no way biologically superior to anyone else. They have nothing that sets them apart except maybe jewels and magnificent clothes. Their lifestyle is incredibly expensive. Accounts for the sovereign grant -- which funds the queen and her household expenses show that the monarchy cost the British taxpayer 67 million pounds between 2018 and 19. A 41% increase from the previous financial year. To add to this, the royal prerogative gives extensive and unaccountable power to the royal family. The monarchy can exercise its judgement to influence government policy, political debates, the appointment of the next prime minister and the dissolution of the British parliament. The parliament, on the other hand, is simply prohibited from questioning the conduct of the royal family or discuss the future of the monarchy. The monarchy also undermines the proper recognition of merit as the hereditary head of state. The queen is the governor of the Church of England, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and the 'fount of justice’ the head of the British judiciary. The monarchy says these are all ceremonial powers but according to a report by The Guardian, there have been at least 1,000 instances when the queen has been given a chance to shape draft legislation to suit her private wishes. In fact, in February this year, a report revealed how the queen had lobbied for changing a law to hide her wealth. The monarchy also makes it impossible to separate the church and state. For all its claims of being a multi-cultural and secular society, the Church of England discriminates in favour of one religion above all others. Because the queen is both the head of the church and the state, making it impossible to disconnect the two. Of course, the United Kingdom is not the only one. There are currently 43 monarchies globally. But only a few are constitutional monarchies. And even fewer insist on claiming the moral high ground of being a democracy. So should the UK abolish the monarchy? If Britain can leave the European Union in the name of sovereign rights, then why not? There's no other way to put it: Britain is in its worst shape since World War 2. This time, the enemy at the gates is invisible: the Wuhan virus. The pandemic continues to grow in the UK. More than 4 million cases and 124,000 deaths. The UK is the worst-affected country in Europe. Hundreds are still dying from the virus every day. And just as the vaccines emerged - so did a new variant, a more potent and more contagious mutation. Britain's response was more lockdowns. But that came at a cost. The country is going through its worst economic slump in three centuries. Jobs are disappearing, small businesses have been decimated. It will take at least two years before the economy reaches pre-pandemic levels. And we're not done listing Britain's economic woes just yet. The government has been on a borrowing spree since last year. The budget deficit is at its highest since World War 2. What Britain needs right now is some Churchillian steel to channel the guts of the greatest generation. The generation that braved the barrage of Nazi bombers, 70 years back. Instead, they're busy talking about an interview. At the outset - let's make one thing clear. We are not trivialising Meghan Markle's struggles. Her allegations are serious. The palace must be held to account for its actions. But does a family squabble qualify as public interest? At what point does fascination become an obsession? It's an unnecessary distraction, even for the government. The prime minister has to field questions about it. Even the White House has released a statement. We are in the middle of the world's largest vaccination drive. The pandemic is the only thing world leaders should be focusing on. But in Britain-- this has always been the case--daily life is shaped by royalty. Britons are urged to speak the Queen’s English. They gather under the flag and sing God Save the Queen. That's the British national anthem. They line the streets and go gaga over royal weddings. The same ones that they, the taxpayers, end up paying for. The monarchy is embedded in every Briton's DNA. But why? After all, the family doesn't do much. Other than wave and smile a lot. The royals have managed to convince the country that it needs them. That Britain would disintegrate without a king or queen. There's a common saying among royalists: Politicians may come and go, but the family remains. Humans love a sense of continuity. The idea of something that exists for posterity. The monarchy preys on this. It also explains all the pomp and show. Hundreds of years back - the British monarch was considered God's representative on earth. People aren't naive enough to believe that today. But the divine narrative remains. All the traditions, the coronation with holy oils, it's all part of the larger-than-life image. Royalists believe the monarch is endowed with God's mandate to rule. It's an unequal and unjust mandate. The family has its reasons for defending the monarchy. But why do people stick with it? The queen serves as a reminder of Britain's golden days. When it ruled the seas and had colonies on every continent. In other words, the monarchy is Britain's biggest colonial hangover. Many countries were ruled by monarchies in the middle ages. But as British historian Robert Lacey says, they were sensible and clever enough - to grow out of them.

Meghan-Harry interview and obsession with UK royals: Is it time to abolish the monarchy?

<p>It was well worth the wait. The first joint interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle since they stepped down from royal life last year (a process that became officially permanent last month) did not disappoint.</p>

<p>I, for one, watched this tell-all with Oprah Winfrey while texting with many of the same Black women with whom I watched their wedding in 2018. Back then, we shared OMG emojis because we were pleasantly surprised by the way Black culture was so powerfully celebrated and Markle’s African American identity so thoughtfully integrated into their ceremony at St. George’s Chapel.</p>

<p>Now, we were aghast at the couple’s allegations that racism toward Markle and its various consequences were a primary reason they fled their home to find freedom in sunny California.</p>

<p>Based on Markle’s deep commitment to women’s rights and the interview’s promo clip — Winfrey asks her, “Were you silent or were you silenced?” — I went into this assuming it would be a feminist revision of the couple’s fairy tale romance.</p>

<p>“The latter,” Markle responded in the interview. Later, she’d compare her life as a royal to Princess Ariel losing her voice after falling in love with a human in “The Little Mermaid.” In that analogy, this interview is the final breaking of that spell, with Markle now fully in control of her voice. It reminded us that she never needed a Prince Charming to rescue her, while showing us that their very modern marriage is what saved and ultimately liberated them both from the trappings and the trap that it is the Crown.</p>

<p>But therein lies the true catalyst for their radical reinvention: Harry’s racial awakening. Here, I do not just mean the accusations from the couple about the deep anxiety some royals had about the potential skin color of their son, Archie — which resulted, they said, in him not being offered the traditional rituals of the royal hospital picture, the title “Prince” and the security that comes with that status. Rather, the second hour of the interview was a culmination of a process that Harry had been undergoing since their first date in 2016, when he was becoming more clear-eyed, confrontational and emboldened to take on the British monarchy into which he was born, and the white privilege that holds it up and has benefited him his entire life.</p>

<p>Typically, we see racial awakenings as a tragic rite of passage for Black people. In slave narratives and early 20th-century African American autobiographies and novels, there is often a moment in which a Black child realizes she is not only different from her white peers but that her darker skin or African American parentage makes her inferior to them. Literary critic Henry Louis Gates Jr. once described it as a “scene of instruction.” In books like W.E.B. DuBois’ collection “The Souls of Black Folks,” from 1903, or Nella Larsen’s novel “Passing,” from 1929, this traumatic rupture is always intimate and severe, the first and most formative experience in a lifetime of racist insults.</p>

<p>As Black parents, we try to prepare our children for these inevitable encounters with The Talk, the sage advice and survival strategies we hope might blunt the damage of these betrayals. But every Black person I know has had such a moment. Mine was my senior year in high school when my white classmates charged that the only reason I had been admitted to the University of Pennsylvania was because of affirmative action, an insinuation that equated being Black with being underqualified, and an injury that has caused me to obsessively overachieve in almost every aspect of my professional life.</p>

<p>I’ve rarely heard white friends discuss their parallel experiences of first realizing their privilege. In fact, this past summer was unprecedented in the sheer number of public figures and predominantly white organizations that released statements or tweets acknowledging their role in perpetuating systemic racism. In private, I and many of my Black friends received more sympathetic emails or Black Lives Matter solidarity texts from our white colleagues than ever before. It seemed, suddenly, white people too were having their own version of The Talk.</p>

<p>And in popular culture, these awakenings are appearing with more frequency. In this season of NBC’s “This Is Us,” Randall’s white siblings, Kate and Kevin, are, as a result of the Black Lives Matter protests this past summer, slowly coming to terms with how much their own white household, and their ongoing refusal to deal with racism, has harmed their African American brother, who was adopted.</p>

<p>Without such recognition by our white family members and friends, racial inferiority is merely thrust onto Black people as a unique burden that we must bear, disprove of and reject. This innocence is at the core of white privilege, and by extension, white power.</p>

<p>Back in 2005, when Harry wore a Nazi uniform to a costume party, it would have been impossible to predict his trajectory. By last fall, however, his awakening was well underway, with him talking about how his marriage to Markle immediately changed his understanding of race.</p>

<p>“I had no idea it existed,” he said of unconscious bias in British GQ. “And then, sad as it is to say, it took me many, many years to realize it, especially then living a day or a week in my wife’s shoes.”</p>

<p>Sunday night, he took it a step further. First, he noted how “the race element” distinguished the tabloid frenzy surrounding Markle from others in the past.</p>

<p>“It wasn’t just about her, it was about what she represents,” he said. Next, he indicted his family for not taking on the racist attacks hurled at their own, and then linked their institutionalized reticence or refusal to intervene to Britain’s much longer history of imperialism.</p>

<p>That the couple landed in the United States during a pandemic that has disproportionately harmed African American and Latino families, and in a period of racial protest and rising white nationalism, feels a bit like jumping out of the frying pan into the fire.</p>

<p>But maybe that’s the point.</p>

<p>Freed from the constraints of not being able to confront racism head-on might mean that he will dedicate his life to dismantling it, not just out of necessity but also as a way of writing a new chapter in his family’s history and bequeath his children a legacy of anti-racism.</p>

<p>And if that is the case, it really will be better than any fairy tale ever imagined.</p>


It was well worth the wait. The first joint interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle since they stepped down from royal life last year (a process that became officially permanent last month) did not disappoint.

It was well worth the wait. The first joint interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle since they stepped down from royal life last year (a process that became officially permanent last month) did not disappoint. I, for one, watched this tell-all with Oprah Winfrey while texting with many of the same Black women with whom I watched their wedding in 2018. Back then, we shared OMG emojis because we were pleasantly surprised by the way Black culture was so powerfully celebrated and Markle’s African American identity so thoughtfully integrated into their ceremony at St. George’s Chapel. Now, we were aghast at the couple’s allegations that racism toward Markle and its various consequences were a primary reason they fled their home to find freedom in sunny California. Based on Markle’s deep commitment to women’s rights and the interview’s promo clip — Winfrey asks her, “Were you silent or were you silenced?” — I went into this assuming it would be a feminist revision of the couple’s fairy tale romance. “The latter,” Markle responded in the interview. Later, she’d compare her life as a royal to Princess Ariel losing her voice after falling in love with a human in “The Little Mermaid.” In that analogy, this interview is the final breaking of that spell, with Markle now fully in control of her voice. It reminded us that she never needed a Prince Charming to rescue her, while showing us that their very modern marriage is what saved and ultimately liberated them both from the trappings and the trap that it is the Crown. But therein lies the true catalyst for their radical reinvention: Harry’s racial awakening. Here, I do not just mean the accusations from the couple about the deep anxiety some royals had about the potential skin color of their son, Archie — which resulted, they said, in him not being offered the traditional rituals of the royal hospital picture, the title “Prince” and the security that comes with that status. Rather, the second hour of the interview was a culmination of a process that Harry had been undergoing since their first date in 2016, when he was becoming more clear-eyed, confrontational and emboldened to take on the British monarchy into which he was born, and the white privilege that holds it up and has benefited him his entire life. Typically, we see racial awakenings as a tragic rite of passage for Black people. In slave narratives and early 20th-century African American autobiographies and novels, there is often a moment in which a Black child realizes she is not only different from her white peers but that her darker skin or African American parentage makes her inferior to them. Literary critic Henry Louis Gates Jr. once described it as a “scene of instruction.” In books like W.E.B. DuBois’ collection “The Souls of Black Folks,” from 1903, or Nella Larsen’s novel “Passing,” from 1929, this traumatic rupture is always intimate and severe, the first and most formative experience in a lifetime of racist insults. As Black parents, we try to prepare our children for these inevitable encounters with The Talk, the sage advice and survival strategies we hope might blunt the damage of these betrayals. But every Black person I know has had such a moment. Mine was my senior year in high school when my white classmates charged that the only reason I had been admitted to the University of Pennsylvania was because of affirmative action, an insinuation that equated being Black with being underqualified, and an injury that has caused me to obsessively overachieve in almost every aspect of my professional life. I’ve rarely heard white friends discuss their parallel experiences of first realizing their privilege. In fact, this past summer was unprecedented in the sheer number of public figures and predominantly white organizations that released statements or tweets acknowledging their role in perpetuating systemic racism. In private, I and many of my Black friends received more sympathetic emails or Black Lives Matter solidarity texts from our white colleagues than ever before. It seemed, suddenly, white people too were having their own version of The Talk. And in popular culture, these awakenings are appearing with more frequency. In this season of NBC’s “This Is Us,” Randall’s white siblings, Kate and Kevin, are, as a result of the Black Lives Matter protests this past summer, slowly coming to terms with how much their own white household, and their ongoing refusal to deal with racism, has harmed their African American brother, who was adopted. Without such recognition by our white family members and friends, racial inferiority is merely thrust onto Black people as a unique burden that we must bear, disprove of and reject. This innocence is at the core of white privilege, and by extension, white power. Back in 2005, when Harry wore a Nazi uniform to a costume party, it would have been impossible to predict his trajectory. By last fall, however, his awakening was well underway, with him talking about how his marriage to Markle immediately changed his understanding of race. “I had no idea it existed,” he said of unconscious bias in British GQ. “And then, sad as it is to say, it took me many, many years to realize it, especially then living a day or a week in my wife’s shoes.” Sunday night, he took it a step further. First, he noted how “the race element” distinguished the tabloid frenzy surrounding Markle from others in the past. “It wasn’t just about her, it was about what she represents,” he said. Next, he indicted his family for not taking on the racist attacks hurled at their own, and then linked their institutionalized reticence or refusal to intervene to Britain’s much longer history of imperialism. That the couple landed in the United States during a pandemic that has disproportionately harmed African American and Latino families, and in a period of racial protest and rising white nationalism, feels a bit like jumping out of the frying pan into the fire. But maybe that’s the point. Freed from the constraints of not being able to confront racism head-on might mean that he will dedicate his life to dismantling it, not just out of necessity but also as a way of writing a new chapter in his family’s history and bequeath his children a legacy of anti-racism. And if that is the case, it really will be better than any fairy tale ever imagined.

Prince Harry finally takes on white privilege: His own

<p>Some 17.1 million Americans watched Oprah Winfrey`s bombshell television interview with Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, broadcaster CBS said on Monday.<br />
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CBS said Sunday`s two-hour interview, in which Harry and Meghan accused the royal family of racism and of failing to protect them from negative media coverage, drew the biggest audience for any entertainment special since the Oscars telecast in February 2020, which was watched by 23.6 million viewers.<br />
It was also the most-watched non-Super Bowl event on a Sunday in prime time in over a year, CBS said. The National Football League`s Super Bowl regularly draws an audience of around 100 million and is the highest-rated TV event in the United States.<br />
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Sunday`s interview was the first given by the couple since they stepped back from the British royal family a year ago. Meghan spoke of feeling suicidal while Harry said his father, Prince Charles, had let him down.<br />
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The interview will be broadcast in Britain on Monday night. Buckingham Palace has yet to comment on their remarks.</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-meghan-markles-father-dismisses-her-racist-allegation-against-the-royal-family-the-wholething-about-colouris-bullst-369151" hreflang="en">Meghan Markle's father dismisses her racist allegation against the royal family: The whole&nbsp;thing about colour&nbsp;is bulls**t</a></strong><br />
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It dominated the conversation on social media, morning television shows and newspaper front pages on Monday in Britain and abroad.</p>

<p>The hashtag #HarryandMeghanonOprah was among the top five trending items worldwide on Twitter during and after the broadcast, while #Abolishthemonarchy was also buzzing, with 11,200 tweets.<br />
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The couple`s interview covered not just their tensions with the royal family but also Harry`s disgust at the conduct of the British press, particularly the tabloids.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/royal-concerns-on-archies-skin-colour-to-having-suicidal-thoughts-meghan-markle-tells-all-in-oprah-interview-368751" hreflang="en"><strong>Royal concerns on Archie's skin colour to having suicidal thoughts, Meghan Markle tells all in Oprah intervi</strong>ew</a></p>

<p>Meghan and Harry`s revelations featured top in every British newspaper website, apart from the Financial Times, where it took a lower billing to the Bank of England governor.</p>

<p>By lunchtime in London, Mail Online had 24 stories on the couple on its website. Its print stable-mate The Mail on Sunday published an 11-page special in anticipation of the broadcast. It recently lost a privacy lawsuit with Meghan.</p>

<p>The Daily Express had more than 30 different stories online.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Much of the coverage centered on the dramatic moment when Meghan said her son Archie, who will be two in May, had been denied the title of prince because there were concerns within the royal family "about how dark his skin might be when he`s born".<br />
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Some 17.1 million Americans watched Oprah Winfrey`s bombshell television interview with Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, broadcaster CBS said on Monday. CBS said Sunday`s two-hour interview, in which Harry and Meghan accused the royal family of racism and of failing to protect them from negative media coverage, drew the biggest audience for any entertainment special since the Oscars telecast in February 2020, which was watched by 23.

Some 17.1 million Americans watched Oprah Winfrey`s bombshell television interview with Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, broadcaster CBS said on Monday. CBS said Sunday`s two-hour interview, in which Harry and Meghan accused the royal family of racism and of failing to protect them from negative media coverage, drew the biggest audience for any entertainment special since the Oscars telecast in February 2020, which was watched by 23.6 million viewers. It was also the most-watched non-Super Bowl event on a Sunday in prime time in over a year, CBS said. The National Football League`s Super Bowl regularly draws an audience of around 100 million and is the highest-rated TV event in the United States. Sunday`s interview was the first given by the couple since they stepped back from the British royal family a year ago. Meghan spoke of feeling suicidal while Harry said his father, Prince Charles, had let him down. The interview will be broadcast in Britain on Monday night. Buckingham Palace has yet to comment on their remarks. Meghan Markle's father dismisses her racist allegation against the royal family: The whole thing about colour is bulls**t It dominated the conversation on social media, morning television shows and newspaper front pages on Monday in Britain and abroad. The hashtag #HarryandMeghanonOprah was among the top five trending items worldwide on Twitter during and after the broadcast, while #Abolishthemonarchy was also buzzing, with 11,200 tweets. The couple`s interview covered not just their tensions with the royal family but also Harry`s disgust at the conduct of the British press, particularly the tabloids. Royal concerns on Archie's skin colour to having suicidal thoughts, Meghan Markle tells all in Oprah interview Meghan and Harry`s revelations featured top in every British newspaper website, apart from the Financial Times, where it took a lower billing to the Bank of England governor. By lunchtime in London, Mail Online had 24 stories on the couple on its website. Its print stable-mate The Mail on Sunday published an 11-page special in anticipation of the broadcast. It recently lost a privacy lawsuit with Meghan. The Daily Express had more than 30 different stories online. Much of the coverage centered on the dramatic moment when Meghan said her son Archie, who will be two in May, had been denied the title of prince because there were concerns within the royal family "about how dark his skin might be when he`s born".

Prince Harry, Meghan interview is the most-watched show since the Oscars 2020 ceremony

<p>British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday expressed his "highest admiration" for Queen Elizabeth II after an explosive interview by her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan.</p>

<p>"I've always had the highest admiration for the queen and the unifying role she plays in our country and across the Commonwealth," Johnson told reporters, declining to comment further when asked about Meghan's comments on racism and mental anguish.</p>

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<p>Meghan, the wife of Prince Harry, accused Britain's royal family of raising concerns about how dark their son's skin might be and pushing her to the brink of suicide, in a tell-all television interview that will send shockwaves through the monarchy.</p>

<p>The 39-year-old, whose mother is Black and father is white, said she had been naive before she married into royalty in 2018, but that she ended up having suicidal thoughts and considering self-harm after pleading for help but getting none.</p>

<p>Meghan&nbsp;said her son Archie, now aged one, had been denied the title of prince because there were concerns within the royal family "about how dark his skin might be when he's born".</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-oprah-winfrey-states-queen-and-prince-philip-did-not-speculate-about-meghans-babys-skin-colour-368933">Oprah states Queen did not speculate about Meghan's baby's skin colour</a></strong></p>

<p>The allegation came as Britain has in recent months faced a reckoning over racism and its colonial past, fueled in part by the Black Lives Matter protests in the US and around the world.</p>

<p>However,&nbsp;Oprah clarified that neither the Queen nor her husband Prince Philip were part of conversations expressing concern over how dark the skin of their great-grandson, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's son Archie.</p>

<p>The two-hour sit-down with Oprah Winfrey by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex was the most startling since Harry's late mother Princess Diana made her own bombshell revelations in 1995, and triggered similar questions about the ability of Queen Elizabeth II's family to weather the storm.</p>


British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday expressed his "highest admiration" for Queen Elizabeth II after an explosive interview by her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday expressed his "highest admiration" for Queen Elizabeth II after an explosive interview by her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan. "I've always had the highest admiration for the queen and the unifying role she plays in our country and across the Commonwealth," Johnson told reporters, declining to comment further when asked about Meghan's comments on racism and mental anguish. Meghan, the wife of Prince Harry, accused Britain's royal family of raising concerns about how dark their son's skin might be and pushing her to the brink of suicide, in a tell-all television interview that will send shockwaves through the monarchy. The 39-year-old, whose mother is Black and father is white, said she had been naive before she married into royalty in 2018, but that she ended up having suicidal thoughts and considering self-harm after pleading for help but getting none. Meghan said her son Archie, now aged one, had been denied the title of prince because there were concerns within the royal family "about how dark his skin might be when he's born". Also read: Oprah states Queen did not speculate about Meghan's baby's skin colour The allegation came as Britain has in recent months faced a reckoning over racism and its colonial past, fueled in part by the Black Lives Matter protests in the US and around the world. However, Oprah clarified that neither the Queen nor her husband Prince Philip were part of conversations expressing concern over how dark the skin of their great-grandson, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's son Archie. The two-hour sit-down with Oprah Winfrey by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex was the most startling since Harry's late mother Princess Diana made her own bombshell revelations in 1995, and triggered similar questions about the ability of Queen Elizabeth II's family to weather the storm.

Boris Johnson expresses 'highest admiration' for queen after Harry-Meghan interview

<p>Oprah Winfrey has clarified that neither the Queen nor her husband Prince Philip had expressed concern over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's son Archie's skin colour.&nbsp;<br />
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In an explosive interview with Winfrey, Harry and Meghan have stated that certain members of the British royal family had expressed concerns over their first born's skin colour ahead of his birth. Meghan is African American and the first person of colour to marry into the family.<br />
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The couple did not mention the names in particular which made several fans speculate whether it was the Queen who had raised concerns.&nbsp;<br />
Winfrey clarified tp CBS that it was not the Queen.&nbsp;</p>

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Harry would not reveal who had raised the concerns, Winfrey told CBS on Monday, but "he wanted to make sure that I knew and if I had an opportunity to share it that it was not his grandmother nor his grandfather that were a part of those conversations."</p>

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<p>The allegation of racism was potentially one of the most damaging from a two-hour interview in which Meghan also said she had been denied help during a mental health crisis, adding that she had suicidal thoughts while she was pregnant with Archie.</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/its-a-girl-for-meghan-markle-prince-harry-as-they-reveal-baby-no-2s-details-in-oprah-interview-368741" hreflang="en">It's a girl for Meghan Markle, Prince Harry as they reveal baby no 2's details in interview</a></strong><br />
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Meghan and Harry have long accused the British press of racism in their hostile treatment of her.<br />
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The allegation came as Britain has in recent months faced a reckoning over racism and its colonial past, fueled in part by the Black Lives Matter protests in the US and around the world.</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/meghan-markle-in-explosive-oprah-winfrey-interview-i-didnt-make-kate-cry-reverse-happened-368738" hreflang="en">Meghan Markle in explosive Oprah Winfrey interview: I didn't make Kate cry, reverse happened</a></strong></p>


Oprah Winfrey has clarified that neither the Queen nor her husband Prince Philip had expressed concern over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's son Archie's skin colour.

Oprah Winfrey has clarified that neither the Queen nor her husband Prince Philip had expressed concern over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's son Archie's skin colour. In an explosive interview with Winfrey, Harry and Meghan have stated that certain members of the British royal family had expressed concerns over their first born's skin colour ahead of his birth. Meghan is African American and the first person of colour to marry into the family. The couple did not mention the names in particular which made several fans speculate whether it was the Queen who had raised concerns. Winfrey clarified tp CBS that it was not the Queen. From suicide to racist attack on baby Archie: 10 big reveals from Prince Harry-Meghan Markle bombshell interview Harry would not reveal who had raised the concerns, Winfrey told CBS on Monday, but "he wanted to make sure that I knew and if I had an opportunity to share it that it was not his grandmother nor his grandfather that were a part of those conversations." The allegation of racism was potentially one of the most damaging from a two-hour interview in which Meghan also said she had been denied help during a mental health crisis, adding that she had suicidal thoughts while she was pregnant with Archie. It's a girl for Meghan Markle, Prince Harry as they reveal baby no 2's details in interview Meghan and Harry have long accused the British press of racism in their hostile treatment of her. The allegation came as Britain has in recent months faced a reckoning over racism and its colonial past, fueled in part by the Black Lives Matter protests in the US and around the world. Meghan Markle in explosive Oprah Winfrey interview: I didn't make Kate cry, reverse happened

Oprah Winfrey states Queen and Prince Philip did not speculate about Meghan's baby's skin colour

<p>A year after Meghan Markle married Prince Harry in a fairy-tale wedding, she said in an extraordinary interview broadcast on Sunday night, her life as a member of the British royal family had become so emotionally desolate that she contemplated suicide.</p>

<p>At another point, members of the family told Harry and Meghan, a biracial former actress from the United States, that they did not want the couple’s unborn child, Archie, to be a prince or princess and expressed concerns about how dark the color of the baby’s skin would be.</p>

<p>An emotional but self-possessed Meghan said of her suicidal thoughts: “I was ashamed to have to admit it to Harry. I knew that if I didn’t say it, I would do it. I just didn’t want to be alive anymore.”</p>

<p>Meghan, 39, made the disclosures in an eagerly anticipated, at times incendiary, interview on CBS with Oprah Winfrey that aired in the United States in prime time. In describing a royal life that began as a fairy tale but quickly turned suffocating and cruel, Meghan's blunt answers raised the combustible issues of race and privilege in the most rarefied echelon of British society.</p>

<p>For an American audience that has lapped up the palace intrigue depicted in the popular TV series 'The Crown,' it was the equivalent of an explosive bonus episode — one promoted in a week of charges and countercharges about the role Meghan played in the House of Windsor.</p>

<p>For the royal family, already preoccupied by the hospitalization of its patriarch, Prince Philip, it was both an embarrassing airing of dirty laundry and a painful reminder, a year after Harry and Meghan turned their backs on royal life, that the wounds from that rupture had yet to heal.</p>

<p>Meghan said that while her husband was deeply concerned about her emotional fragility — gripping her hand tightly at public events — her efforts to seek medical help were rebuffed by palace officials, who worried about the effect on the monarchy. She described herself as a sort of prisoner in Kensington Palace.</p>

<p>“I couldn’t just call an Uber to the palace,” she said.</p>

<p>Meghan did not say which family member had raised questions about her baby’s skin color, nor did she fully explain why the royal family had not automatically planned to confer a royal title, which would have provided security protection for the child. By convention, Archie would assume a royal title once his grandfather Prince Charles ascended to the throne.</p>

<p>Still, the lack of detail did not rob the moment of its power: Meghan's reference to her child’s skin tone provoked a stunned “what?” from Winfrey.</p>

<p>In other, less provocative disclosures, Meghan corrected the record on some family business and revealed the sex of their unborn child.</p>

<p>It was her sister-in-law, Kate, she said, who drove her to tears in a clash over dresses for the flower girls, rather than the reverse as had been widely reported. In another awkward encounter with of her own aides, she said that the aide told her she shouldn’t go out to lunch with friends because she was overexposed, even though she had left her residence only twice in four months.</p>

<p>Harry and Meghan disclosed that their second child, due this summer, will be a girl.</p>

<p>Meghan, her baby bump clearly visible, spoke casually and with humor about her early encounters with her future in-laws. She described learning how to curtsy moments before she was introduced to Queen Elizabeth II, with whom she said she always had a warm relationship, and insisted she knew nothing about what was going to be expected of her as a working royal.</p>

<p>“I didn’t do any research about what that would mean,” she said. “I never looked up my husband online.”</p>

<p>Harry, who joined Meghan for the second half of the interview, said the couple broke away because of a lack of support or understanding from his family, particularly about the racism that he said his wife confronted in news coverage.</p>

<p>“No one from my family said anything over those three years,” Harry said.</p>

<p>The prince, who remains sixth in line to the throne, described being financially cut off by his family after he and Meghan announced plans to withdraw from royal duties. He said his relationship with his father was particularly strained — Charles stopped taking his calls at one point — because “there’s a lot of hurt that has happened.”</p>

<p>On both sides of the Atlantic, this was the most eagerly anticipated royal interview since Harry’s mother, Princess Diana, told the BBC in 1995 that “there were three of us in this marriage,” referring to her husband, Charles, and his extramarital relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles, whom he later married.</p>

<p>Like Meghan, Diana was a glamorous outsider who brought a shower of stardust to the House of Windsor when she married Charles, only to become deeply unhappy within the confines of royal life. Unlike Meghan, her marriage crumbled amid competing claims of infidelity, and by the time she spoke to the BBC journalist, Martin Bashir, she said the palace viewed her as a “threat of some kind.”</p>

<p>A vivid bookend to her turbulent years in the royal family, Diana’s interview was a pop-cultural moment that drew one of the largest British television audiences in history, lived on in parodies on “Saturday Night Live,” and deepened the media’s fathomless hunger for all things Diana. Two years later, she was dead in Paris, the victim of a car crash after a high-speed chase with photographers.</p>

<p>Harry invoked that tragedy with Winfrey, saying of his wife’s recurring clashes with the tabloid press, “My biggest concern was history repeating itself.” He has long blamed journalists for his mother’s death and said one of the reasons the couple moved to California was to escape the unrelenting media glare.</p>

<p>Even Meghan’s choice of wardrobe seemed calculated to telegraph the message of a new start. Her elegant black dress, designed by Giorgio Armani, featured a striking lotus flower design that her staff said symbolized revival and a will to live. She also wore a diamond tennis bracelet that once belonged to Diana.</p>

<p>But the couple’s effort to relaunch their public image did not go unchallenged back home. In the days leading up to the broadcast, new allegations surfaced that Meghan had bullied members of her staff, reducing junior aides to tears and driving two personal assistants out of the palace. Meghan dismissed the claims as character assassination, while Buckingham Palace said it would look into them.</p>

<p>“What is going on is a significant struggle for the control of the narrative,” said Peter Hunt, a former BBC royal correspondent. “What is our settled judgment for why Harry and Meghan left the royal family? Do we accept two hours of Oprah or do we believe those charges of bullying?”</p>

<p>Early headlines in the British tabloids suggested that Meghan’s bombshells will reverberate for weeks. “I wanted to kill myself,” said a headline on The Daily Mail’s website. “I felt suicidal,” said a headline on The Sun’s site.</p>

<p>Meghan has no shortage of defenders. Patrick J. Adams, an actor who worked with her on the television series, “Suits,” described her on Twitter last week as having “a deep sense of morality and a fierce work ethic.” The royal family, Adams said, was “obscene” to promote accusations of bullying against her.</p>

<p>Critics have long detected a whiff of racism in how some people react to Meghan, a professional woman who had been divorced before she met Harry. While initially rapturous in their coverage of the couple, Britain’s tabloids turned against them, publishing unflattering articles about how they flew on carbon-spewing private jets and restricted access to their newborn son.</p>

<p>Some also point out the hypocrisy of Buckingham Palace investigating claims of bullying against Meghan when Prince Andrew, the queen’s second son and Harry’s uncle, has declined to speak to U.S. authorities about allegations of sex trafficking by his late friend, the convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.</p>

<p>Though British papers have covered every conceivable angle of the interview, some made clear there were limits to the interest it was generating. The Sunday Times of London reported that the queen herself had no plans to watch the program, which is quite predictable, since it aired after midnight London time. It was to be shown on Monday evening on Britain’s ITV network.</p>

<p>Others in Britain tried to play down its significance, pointing out that there are other more important things going on in the country: Schools are to reopen on Monday, and the coronavirus vaccine rollout continues at full speed. At least one prominent British leader said he had no plans to stay up for it.</p>

<p>“Of course, I’m interested in all sorts of stuff around the news around the world,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday, when asked about Harry and Meghan. “I think it’s quite late our time, so I’ll probably miss it.”</p>


A year after Meghan Markle married Prince Harry in a fairy-tale wedding, she said in an extraordinary interview broadcast on Sunday night, her life as a member of the British royal family had become so emotionally desolate that she contemplated suicide.

A year after Meghan Markle married Prince Harry in a fairy-tale wedding, she said in an extraordinary interview broadcast on Sunday night, her life as a member of the British royal family had become so emotionally desolate that she contemplated suicide. At another point, members of the family told Harry and Meghan, a biracial former actress from the United States, that they did not want the couple’s unborn child, Archie, to be a prince or princess and expressed concerns about how dark the color of the baby’s skin would be. An emotional but self-possessed Meghan said of her suicidal thoughts: “I was ashamed to have to admit it to Harry. I knew that if I didn’t say it, I would do it. I just didn’t want to be alive anymore.” Meghan, 39, made the disclosures in an eagerly anticipated, at times incendiary, interview on CBS with Oprah Winfrey that aired in the United States in prime time. In describing a royal life that began as a fairy tale but quickly turned suffocating and cruel, Meghan's blunt answers raised the combustible issues of race and privilege in the most rarefied echelon of British society. For an American audience that has lapped up the palace intrigue depicted in the popular TV series 'The Crown,' it was the equivalent of an explosive bonus episode — one promoted in a week of charges and countercharges about the role Meghan played in the House of Windsor. For the royal family, already preoccupied by the hospitalization of its patriarch, Prince Philip, it was both an embarrassing airing of dirty laundry and a painful reminder, a year after Harry and Meghan turned their backs on royal life, that the wounds from that rupture had yet to heal. Meghan said that while her husband was deeply concerned about her emotional fragility — gripping her hand tightly at public events — her efforts to seek medical help were rebuffed by palace officials, who worried about the effect on the monarchy. She described herself as a sort of prisoner in Kensington Palace. “I couldn’t just call an Uber to the palace,” she said. Meghan did not say which family member had raised questions about her baby’s skin color, nor did she fully explain why the royal family had not automatically planned to confer a royal title, which would have provided security protection for the child. By convention, Archie would assume a royal title once his grandfather Prince Charles ascended to the throne. Still, the lack of detail did not rob the moment of its power: Meghan's reference to her child’s skin tone provoked a stunned “what?” from Winfrey. In other, less provocative disclosures, Meghan corrected the record on some family business and revealed the sex of their unborn child. It was her sister-in-law, Kate, she said, who drove her to tears in a clash over dresses for the flower girls, rather than the reverse as had been widely reported. In another awkward encounter with of her own aides, she said that the aide told her she shouldn’t go out to lunch with friends because she was overexposed, even though she had left her residence only twice in four months. Harry and Meghan disclosed that their second child, due this summer, will be a girl. Meghan, her baby bump clearly visible, spoke casually and with humor about her early encounters with her future in-laws. She described learning how to curtsy moments before she was introduced to Queen Elizabeth II, with whom she said she always had a warm relationship, and insisted she knew nothing about what was going to be expected of her as a working royal. “I didn’t do any research about what that would mean,” she said. “I never looked up my husband online.” Harry, who joined Meghan for the second half of the interview, said the couple broke away because of a lack of support or understanding from his family, particularly about the racism that he said his wife confronted in news coverage. “No one from my family said anything over those three years,” Harry said. The prince, who remains sixth in line to the throne, described being financially cut off by his family after he and Meghan announced plans to withdraw from royal duties. He said his relationship with his father was particularly strained — Charles stopped taking his calls at one point — because “there’s a lot of hurt that has happened.” On both sides of the Atlantic, this was the most eagerly anticipated royal interview since Harry’s mother, Princess Diana, told the BBC in 1995 that “there were three of us in this marriage,” referring to her husband, Charles, and his extramarital relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles, whom he later married. Like Meghan, Diana was a glamorous outsider who brought a shower of stardust to the House of Windsor when she married Charles, only to become deeply unhappy within the confines of royal life. Unlike Meghan, her marriage crumbled amid competing claims of infidelity, and by the time she spoke to the BBC journalist, Martin Bashir, she said the palace viewed her as a “threat of some kind.” A vivid bookend to her turbulent years in the royal family, Diana’s interview was a pop-cultural moment that drew one of the largest British television audiences in history, lived on in parodies on “Saturday Night Live,” and deepened the media’s fathomless hunger for all things Diana. Two years later, she was dead in Paris, the victim of a car crash after a high-speed chase with photographers. Harry invoked that tragedy with Winfrey, saying of his wife’s recurring clashes with the tabloid press, “My biggest concern was history repeating itself.” He has long blamed journalists for his mother’s death and said one of the reasons the couple moved to California was to escape the unrelenting media glare. Even Meghan’s choice of wardrobe seemed calculated to telegraph the message of a new start. Her elegant black dress, designed by Giorgio Armani, featured a striking lotus flower design that her staff said symbolized revival and a will to live. She also wore a diamond tennis bracelet that once belonged to Diana. But the couple’s effort to relaunch their public image did not go unchallenged back home. In the days leading up to the broadcast, new allegations surfaced that Meghan had bullied members of her staff, reducing junior aides to tears and driving two personal assistants out of the palace. Meghan dismissed the claims as character assassination, while Buckingham Palace said it would look into them. “What is going on is a significant struggle for the control of the narrative,” said Peter Hunt, a former BBC royal correspondent. “What is our settled judgment for why Harry and Meghan left the royal family? Do we accept two hours of Oprah or do we believe those charges of bullying?” Early headlines in the British tabloids suggested that Meghan’s bombshells will reverberate for weeks. “I wanted to kill myself,” said a headline on The Daily Mail’s website. “I felt suicidal,” said a headline on The Sun’s site. Meghan has no shortage of defenders. Patrick J. Adams, an actor who worked with her on the television series, “Suits,” described her on Twitter last week as having “a deep sense of morality and a fierce work ethic.” The royal family, Adams said, was “obscene” to promote accusations of bullying against her. Critics have long detected a whiff of racism in how some people react to Meghan, a professional woman who had been divorced before she met Harry. While initially rapturous in their coverage of the couple, Britain’s tabloids turned against them, publishing unflattering articles about how they flew on carbon-spewing private jets and restricted access to their newborn son. Some also point out the hypocrisy of Buckingham Palace investigating claims of bullying against Meghan when Prince Andrew, the queen’s second son and Harry’s uncle, has declined to speak to U.S. authorities about allegations of sex trafficking by his late friend, the convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein. Though British papers have covered every conceivable angle of the interview, some made clear there were limits to the interest it was generating. The Sunday Times of London reported that the queen herself had no plans to watch the program, which is quite predictable, since it aired after midnight London time. It was to be shown on Monday evening on Britain’s ITV network. Others in Britain tried to play down its significance, pointing out that there are other more important things going on in the country: Schools are to reopen on Monday, and the coronavirus vaccine rollout continues at full speed. At least one prominent British leader said he had no plans to stay up for it. “Of course, I’m interested in all sorts of stuff around the news around the world,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday, when asked about Harry and Meghan. “I think it’s quite late our time, so I’ll probably miss it.”

Meghan and Harry's interview: Depth of pain from royal life spills into view

<p>If you are looking forward to watching Eddie Murphy in the upcoming film 'Coming 2 America'- there is more in store for you.&nbsp;&nbsp;The legendary comedian plans to return to stand up comedy soon.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Murphy, appeared alongside Arsenio Hall on an upcoming episode of Kevin Hart’s SiriusXM radio show where he confirmed that he plans to return to stand-up comedy once the coronavirus pandemic is over.<br />
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"My plan was to do 'Dolemite', 'Saturday Night Live', 'Coming 2 America', and then do stand up. And then the pandemic hit, and it shut the whole s--t down," Murphy explained. "Then I was going – the whole time last year I would have been out working on my act trying to get my s--t right, and then the whole thing shut down."<br />
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Murphy added that "when the pandemic is over and it’s safe for everybody to go out and do it. The plan is to do it."<br />
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'Coming 2 America' is a sequel to the 1998 hit 'Coming to America'. Murphy revealed that in the original film, he and Arsenio Hall played every single character in the barbershop scenes- a fact that caught Oprah Winfrey also by surprise.&nbsp;<br />
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"I texted Arsenio last week. I was like, ‘You know, I don't know if everybody knows that we're all of those characters,’" Murphy said. "I did an interview with Oprah last week — I was talking about the movie and I was like, ‘Yeah, and then I'm the old Jewish man.’"</p>

<p>"She was like, ‘What do you mean the old Jewish man?’ I said, ‘That's me in the barbershop,’" Murphy continued. "She said, ‘You're the old Jewish man?!’ And she's seen the original "Coming to America.’ She's seen this. You just (don’t)&nbsp;realize that, you know, I was that character. A lot of people don't realize."<br />
&nbsp;Murphy also revealed in an earlier interview that Paramount was opposed to the 1988 movie having an all-Black cast.</p>

<p>"They were like, ‘There has to be a White person in the movie,'" he said.&nbsp;<br />
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"So who was the funniest White guy around? Louie, we knew him, he was was cool, so that's how Louie got in the movie."<br />
<br />
Anderson, 67, is set to reprise his role in "Coming 2 America." The movie will premiere for streaming on Amazon Prime Video on Friday.</p>


If you are looking forward to watching Eddie Murphy in the upcoming film 'Coming 2 America'- there is more in store for you. The legendary comedian plans to return to stand up comedy soon.

If you are looking forward to watching Eddie Murphy in the upcoming film 'Coming 2 America'- there is more in store for you. The legendary comedian plans to return to stand up comedy soon. Murphy, appeared alongside Arsenio Hall on an upcoming episode of Kevin Hart’s SiriusXM radio show where he confirmed that he plans to return to stand-up comedy once the coronavirus pandemic is over. "My plan was to do 'Dolemite', 'Saturday Night Live', 'Coming 2 America', and then do stand up. And then the pandemic hit, and it shut the whole s--t down," Murphy explained. "Then I was going – the whole time last year I would have been out working on my act trying to get my s--t right, and then the whole thing shut down." Murphy added that "when the pandemic is over and it’s safe for everybody to go out and do it. The plan is to do it." 'Coming 2 America' is a sequel to the 1998 hit 'Coming to America'. Murphy revealed that in the original film, he and Arsenio Hall played every single character in the barbershop scenes- a fact that caught Oprah Winfrey also by surprise. "I texted Arsenio last week. I was like, ‘You know, I don't know if everybody knows that we're all of those characters,’" Murphy said. "I did an interview with Oprah last week — I was talking about the movie and I was like, ‘Yeah, and then I'm the old Jewish man.’" "She was like, ‘What do you mean the old Jewish man?’ I said, ‘That's me in the barbershop,’" Murphy continued. "She said, ‘You're the old Jewish man?!’ And she's seen the original "Coming to America.’ She's seen this. You just (don’t) realize that, you know, I was that character. A lot of people don't realize." Murphy also revealed in an earlier interview that Paramount was opposed to the 1988 movie having an all-Black cast. "They were like, ‘There has to be a White person in the movie,'" he said. "So who was the funniest White guy around? Louie, we knew him, he was was cool, so that's how Louie got in the movie." Anderson, 67, is set to reprise his role in "Coming 2 America." The movie will premiere for streaming on Amazon Prime Video on Friday.

Eddie Murphy is planning to get back to stand up comedy once the pandemic is over

<p>As Meghan Markle and Prince Harry sat down for an extensive chat about their lives post-Megxit with Oprah Winfrey, they ensured that Harry's mother, the late Princess Diana was with them in spirit.&nbsp;<br />
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The two trailers that have been released by the CBS channel, shows Meghan wearing a bracelet that originally belonged to Harry’s late mother, Princess Diana.<br />
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According to reports, the bracelet was most notably used to craft Markle’s engagement ring in 2017 when Harry took two stones from his late mother’s piece of jewellery to compose the Duchess’ sparkler.<br />
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Markle’s ring ultimately featured the stones from Diana’s bracelet, which surround one large stone from the country of Botswana — a country dear to Harry’s heart.<br />
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Markle, in fact, has worn her late mother-in-law's jewellery from time to time.&nbsp;<br />
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In 2018, Markle was spotted donning Diana’s butterfly earrings and gold bracelet as she attended events in Sydney, Australia, during her royal tour with and Prince Harry.&nbsp;<br />
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The earrings were worn by Diana in 1986 for her trip to Canada, a year after she gave birth to her second son.&nbsp;<br />
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The trailer that has been released shows Harry mentioning his late mother, who had to find her way alone after she and Prince Charles divorced.<br />
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"I’m just really relieved and happy to be sitting here talking to you with my wife by my side because I can’t begin to imagine what it must have been like for her going through this process by herself all those years ago," the 36-year-old said of Diana, adding, "because it’s been unbelievably tough for the two of us. But at least we have each other."<br />
<br />
The interview- which many are terming as 'explosive'- will air on March 7.&nbsp;</p>


As Meghan Markle and Prince Harry sat down for an extensive chat about their lives post-Megxit with Oprah Winfrey, they ensured that Harry's mother, the late Princess Diana was with them in spirit.

As Meghan Markle and Prince Harry sat down for an extensive chat about their lives post-Megxit with Oprah Winfrey, they ensured that Harry's mother, the late Princess Diana was with them in spirit. The two trailers that have been released by the CBS channel, shows Meghan wearing a bracelet that originally belonged to Harry’s late mother, Princess Diana. According to reports, the bracelet was most notably used to craft Markle’s engagement ring in 2017 when Harry took two stones from his late mother’s piece of jewellery to compose the Duchess’ sparkler. Markle’s ring ultimately featured the stones from Diana’s bracelet, which surround one large stone from the country of Botswana — a country dear to Harry’s heart. Markle, in fact, has worn her late mother-in-law's jewellery from time to time. In 2018, Markle was spotted donning Diana’s butterfly earrings and gold bracelet as she attended events in Sydney, Australia, during her royal tour with and Prince Harry. The earrings were worn by Diana in 1986 for her trip to Canada, a year after she gave birth to her second son. The trailer that has been released shows Harry mentioning his late mother, who had to find her way alone after she and Prince Charles divorced. "I’m just really relieved and happy to be sitting here talking to you with my wife by my side because I can’t begin to imagine what it must have been like for her going through this process by herself all those years ago," the 36-year-old said of Diana, adding, "because it’s been unbelievably tough for the two of us. But at least we have each other." The interview- which many are terming as 'explosive'- will air on March 7.

Meghan Markle wore Princess Diana's bracelet for her interview with Oprah. Here's why

<p>Prince Harry and his American wife Meghan will break their silence in their first interview since they quit Britain`s royal family when they sit down with Oprah Winfrey next month.<br />
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Harry and Meghan, who announced they are expecting their second child on Sunday, shocked senior royals last year by announcing plans to step back from their royal roles.<br />
<br />
CBS said the interview will be broadcast on March 7.<br />
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"Winfrey will speak with Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, in a wide-ranging interview, covering everything from stepping into life as a Royal, marriage, motherhood, philanthropic work to how she is handling life under intense public pressure," CBS said in a statement.<br />
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"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."<br />
Harry and Meghan married in a glittering ceremony in 2018 that captured the world’s attention but later gave up their official royal roles following disagreements with other family members and in the face of huge media attention.<br />
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The couple moved to Southern California with their infant son Archie last year and have signed a multiyear production deal with Netflix Inc, a major step in their plan to make a living for themselves outside the royal family.<br />
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Their relationship with the British press swiftly soured and the couple has launched legal cases against several newspapers.<br />
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Last week, Meghan won a privacy claim against Associated Newspapers after its Mail on Sunday paper had printed extracts of a letter she wrote to her father in August 2018.<br />
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Winfrey, one of America’s richest and most influential women, in 2011 ended her top-rated daily television talk show, where she interviewed presidents and celebrities.&nbsp;<br />
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Buckingham Palace declined to comment.<br />
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A royal source said that as Harry and Meghan are no longer working members of the royal family, any decisions they take with regard to media commitments are up to them. They are under no obligation to inform the royal household of such plans, the source said.</p>


Prince Harry and his American wife Meghan will break their silence in their first interview since they quit Britain`s royal family when they sit down with Oprah Winfrey next month.

Prince Harry and his American wife Meghan will break their silence in their first interview since they quit Britain`s royal family when they sit down with Oprah Winfrey next month. Harry and Meghan, who announced they are expecting their second child on Sunday, shocked senior royals last year by announcing plans to step back from their royal roles. CBS said the interview will be broadcast on March 7. "Winfrey will speak with Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, in a wide-ranging interview, covering everything from stepping into life as a Royal, marriage, motherhood, philanthropic work to how she is handling life under intense public pressure," CBS said in a statement. "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." Harry and Meghan married in a glittering ceremony in 2018 that captured the world’s attention but later gave up their official royal roles following disagreements with other family members and in the face of huge media attention. The couple moved to Southern California with their infant son Archie last year and have signed a multiyear production deal with Netflix Inc, a major step in their plan to make a living for themselves outside the royal family. Their relationship with the British press swiftly soured and the couple has launched legal cases against several newspapers. Last week, Meghan won a privacy claim against Associated Newspapers after its Mail on Sunday paper had printed extracts of a letter she wrote to her father in August 2018. Winfrey, one of America’s richest and most influential women, in 2011 ended her top-rated daily television talk show, where she interviewed presidents and celebrities. Buckingham Palace declined to comment. A royal source said that as Harry and Meghan are no longer working members of the royal family, any decisions they take with regard to media commitments are up to them. They are under no obligation to inform the royal household of such plans, the source said.

Prince Harry and Meghan to break silence in Oprah interview

<p>James Corden recently opened up about his weight loss journey with Oprah Winfrey. On it not being a manly thing to say, he started with, “I do think as a man it's historically seen as it isn't very sexy to say that you're on a diet. Or it's not very manly somehow to want to make changes in your own health because men drink beer and we go out and it doesn't matter what you look like, all those things.”&nbsp;</p>

<p>James Corden had this chat with Oprah Winfrey during her WW Your Life in Focus virtual event.&nbsp;</p>

<p>James added, “And I actually think it's the single most positive and sexy thing you can do to say, I would like to be a bit healthier. I would like to be a healthier presence in my family, for my children. I would like to feel better.”</p>

<p>Corden, who is partnered with WW, the company formerly known as Weight Watchers, was one of Oprah Winfrey’s high-profile guests on the digital event that replaced her Life in Focus arena tour amid the COVID-19 pandemic.&nbsp;</p>

<p>James Corden told the talk show host that he found his weight loss journey to be transformative. He said, “My wife has been incredible with this. With my whole journey with food, she's been really, really amazing with me, and I've really found this past five weeks that I’m on a start of a journey that I’m determined to finish, and I feel that I can. As soon as you open yourself up to people and say, 'This is how I'm feeling and I think I might be struggling with this,' you will be met with a wave of people going, 'How can I help?'”</p>


James Corden recently opened up about his weight loss journey with Oprah Winfrey. On it not being a manly thing to say, he started with, “I do think as a man it's historically seen as it isn't very sexy to say that you're on a diet.

James Corden recently opened up about his weight loss journey with Oprah Winfrey. On it not being a manly thing to say, he started with, “I do think as a man it's historically seen as it isn't very sexy to say that you're on a diet. Or it's not very manly somehow to want to make changes in your own health because men drink beer and we go out and it doesn't matter what you look like, all those things.” James Corden had this chat with Oprah Winfrey during her WW Your Life in Focus virtual event. James added, “And I actually think it's the single most positive and sexy thing you can do to say, I would like to be a bit healthier. I would like to be a healthier presence in my family, for my children. I would like to feel better.” Corden, who is partnered with WW, the company formerly known as Weight Watchers, was one of Oprah Winfrey’s high-profile guests on the digital event that replaced her Life in Focus arena tour amid the COVID-19 pandemic. James Corden told the talk show host that he found his weight loss journey to be transformative. He said, “My wife has been incredible with this. With my whole journey with food, she's been really, really amazing with me, and I've really found this past five weeks that I’m on a start of a journey that I’m determined to finish, and I feel that I can. As soon as you open yourself up to people and say, 'This is how I'm feeling and I think I might be struggling with this,' you will be met with a wave of people going, 'How can I help?'”

James Corden talks weight loss with Oprah Winfrey

<p>Ever wondered what <strong>celebrities gift </strong>each other during the holiday season? As Christmas approaches, <strong>Meghan Markle and Prince Harry</strong> have gone ahead to brighten up their neighbour, Oprah Winfrey’s week.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Taking to social media, Oprah Winfrey revealed that she has received a “lovely Christmas basket” gifted to her by “my neighbour M” and we all know who that is! Meghan Markle and Oprah Winfrey are neighbours. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry had moved to the California neighbourhood of Montecito earlier this year which also houses high profile celebs like Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom, Jennifer Lopez and Angelina Jolie to name a few.&nbsp;</p>

<p>On the first day of Christmas my [neighbour] 'M' sent to me...a basket of deliciousness!" she wrote, adding in brackets: "Yes that M 👑". Note the crown emoji!!</p>

<p>Oprah Winfrey then goes on to open the present that has various packets of Clevr oatmilk superlatte blends (with flavours including matcha, chai and turmeric), before complimenting the "nice decoration" of the gift, and then demonstrating how to make up a cup.</p>

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<p>"My new drink of choice for the morning and night," Oprah wrote in her caption.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, Meghan Markle made a <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/meghan-markle-makes-surprise-tv-appearance-to-honour-covid-19-heroes-349751">surprise TV appearance</a> this week on CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute. This is the first time she has appeared publicly since disclosing the miscarriage she experienced in July.</p>

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Ever wondered what celebrities gift each other during the holiday season? As Christmas approaches, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have gone ahead to brighten up their neighbour, Oprah Winfrey’s week.

Ever wondered what celebrities gift each other during the holiday season? As Christmas approaches, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have gone ahead to brighten up their neighbour, Oprah Winfrey’s week. Taking to social media, Oprah Winfrey revealed that she has received a “lovely Christmas basket” gifted to her by “my neighbour M” and we all know who that is! Meghan Markle and Oprah Winfrey are neighbours. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry had moved to the California neighbourhood of Montecito earlier this year which also houses high profile celebs like Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom, Jennifer Lopez and Angelina Jolie to name a few. On the first day of Christmas my [neighbour] 'M' sent to me...a basket of deliciousness!" she wrote, adding in brackets: "Yes that M 👑". Note the crown emoji!! Oprah Winfrey then goes on to open the present that has various packets of Clevr oatmilk superlatte blends (with flavours including matcha, chai and turmeric), before complimenting the "nice decoration" of the gift, and then demonstrating how to make up a cup. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Oprah (@oprah) × "My new drink of choice for the morning and night," Oprah wrote in her caption. Meanwhile, Meghan Markle made a surprise TV appearance this week on CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute. This is the first time she has appeared publicly since disclosing the miscarriage she experienced in July. From Harry & Meghan Markle's wedding to Megxit- a timeline of the royal exit Prince Harry and Meghan Markle spotted shopping for Christmas tree

Is this what Oprah Winfrey got as Christmas gift from Meghan Markle?

<p>With the holiday season just around the corner, it’s time to bring back ‘Elf on Shelf’ challenge that is a popular Christmas tradition where parents keep an elf doll in a room and tell their kids that the elf watches over them and reports to Santa on how mischievous or nice they have been.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The ‘Elf on Shelf’ challenge has taken a hit among Hollywood celebrities as they too have devised their own on social media in which a celebrity has another celeb/popular character placed on top of their shoulder but the catch is that it’s name should rhyme with that of yours.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/priyanka-chopra">Priyanka Chopra</a> has also gotten in on the drama with her posting a picture of Oprah Winfrey on her shoulder. She captioned the post: &nbsp;"Oprah on Chopra. Boom. (laughing with teary eyes emoji) #hadto #myelf @oprah."&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Other celebs who were seen posting similar stuff were Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner and others.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Priyanka Chopra’s brother-in-law Joe Jonas aso posted his own ‘Elf on Shelf’ challenge with a Teletubby. He wrote, "Poe on Joe."&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/photos/priyanka-chopra-nick-jonas-george-amal-clooney-star-couples-who-have-huge-age-gaps-339450" hreflang="en">Priyanka Chopra-Nick Jonas, George-Amal Clooney: Star Couples who have huge age gaps</a></p>

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With the holiday season just around the corner, it’s time to bring back ‘Elf on Shelf’ challenge that is a popular Christmas tradition where parents keep an elf doll in a room and tell their kids that the elf watches over them and reports to Santa on how mischievous or nice they have been.

With the holiday season just around the corner, it’s time to bring back ‘Elf on Shelf’ challenge that is a popular Christmas tradition where parents keep an elf doll in a room and tell their kids that the elf watches over them and reports to Santa on how mischievous or nice they have been. The ‘Elf on Shelf’ challenge has taken a hit among Hollywood celebrities as they too have devised their own on social media in which a celebrity has another celeb/popular character placed on top of their shoulder but the catch is that it’s name should rhyme with that of yours. Priyanka Chopra has also gotten in on the drama with her posting a picture of Oprah Winfrey on her shoulder. She captioned the post: "Oprah on Chopra. Boom. (laughing with teary eyes emoji) #hadto #myelf @oprah." View this post on Instagram A post shared by Priyanka Chopra Jonas (@priyankachopra) × Other celebs who were seen posting similar stuff were Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner and others. Priyanka Chopra’s brother-in-law Joe Jonas aso posted his own ‘Elf on Shelf’ challenge with a Teletubby. He wrote, "Poe on Joe." Priyanka Chopra-Nick Jonas, George-Amal Clooney: Star Couples who have huge age gaps Ellen DeGeneres tests positive for coronavirus, show stalled till January Nick Jonas to make a cameo appearance in Priyanka Chopra's film 'Text For You'

Priyanka Chopra's 'Elf on Shelf' challenge involves Oprah Winfrey funnily

<p>For American host, Oprah Winfrey the best thing about the Thanksgiving festival is leftover food. Winfrey, who is often spotted sharing her love for food over social media, shared a recent post about the leftover food.<br />
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The 66-year-old star shared a clip on Instagram that starts with a visual of appetizing food accompanied by the sizzling sound of food that she is cooked. In the video, she says "This is leftover Turkey and chopped potatoes, little onion, peppers and we call it a turkey hash around there because even only there are six people on the table and normally there are twenty servings, we so had leftovers. So tonight, there is turkey hash."Yes, none for you," she joked while her pet dog barked at her.<br />
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Oprah also penned a note to accompany the clip: "One of the best things about Thanksgiving is the leftovers! Yesterday`s turkey became today`s turkey hash. Hope y`all had a safe Thanksgiving," She added a folded hand and a turkey bird as emoticons. The post garnered over six lakh views within few minutes of being posted.<br />
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This year Hollywood celebrities celebrated Thanksgiving with their own families, keeping away from big parties amid the pandemic. Many stars including the Biebers, John Legend, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Aniston shared positive thoughts and about how they celebrated the day, which is a national holiday in the US.&nbsp;<br />
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For American host, Oprah Winfrey the best thing about the Thanksgiving festival is leftover food. Winfrey, who is often spotted sharing her love for food over social media, shared a recent post about the leftover food.

For American host, Oprah Winfrey the best thing about the Thanksgiving festival is leftover food. Winfrey, who is often spotted sharing her love for food over social media, shared a recent post about the leftover food. The 66-year-old star shared a clip on Instagram that starts with a visual of appetizing food accompanied by the sizzling sound of food that she is cooked. In the video, she says "This is leftover Turkey and chopped potatoes, little onion, peppers and we call it a turkey hash around there because even only there are six people on the table and normally there are twenty servings, we so had leftovers. So tonight, there is turkey hash."Yes, none for you," she joked while her pet dog barked at her. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Oprah (@oprah) × Oprah also penned a note to accompany the clip: "One of the best things about Thanksgiving is the leftovers! Yesterday`s turkey became today`s turkey hash. Hope y`all had a safe Thanksgiving," She added a folded hand and a turkey bird as emoticons. The post garnered over six lakh views within few minutes of being posted. Also read: Jennifer Lopez drops her sizzling new song 'In The Morning' This year Hollywood celebrities celebrated Thanksgiving with their own families, keeping away from big parties amid the pandemic. Many stars including the Biebers, John Legend, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Aniston shared positive thoughts and about how they celebrated the day, which is a national holiday in the US. Also read: 'The Mandalorian' season 2 latest episode reveals Baby Yoda's real name & his origin

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<p>Oprah Winfrey wants all workers in her company to vote in this US presidential election. According to reports, Oprah has given everyone at her network a holiday on election day which is on November 3.<br />
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<p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CEDRXDsBM-G/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">Today marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women – although not all women – the right to vote. In honor of those who fought and continue to fight for our rights, I’m announcing that November 3rd, Election Day, will be a company holiday at @owntv. This will give my team the necessary time to put on their masks, get to the polls, cast their ballots, and volunteer. I challenge other companies to do the same because this might be the most important election of our lives. Together we can overcome all obstacles in order to exercise our right to vote. Follow @ownyourvote for more updates this election season 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸</a></p>

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<p>A press release issued by the Oprah Winfrey Network said the day off would be a paid holiday and will be for both national and presidential elections.<br />
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The network recently initiated its own election campaign titled 'OWN Your Vote'. The campaign is meant to help "connect our viewers to urgent political issues, gives their concerns a powerful microphone, and places a spotlight on key community issues," said a press release.</p>


Oprah Winfrey wants all workers in her company to vote in this US presidential election. According to reports, Oprah has given everyone at her network a holiday on election day which is on November 3.

Oprah Winfrey wants all workers in her company to vote in this US presidential election. According to reports, Oprah has given everyone at her network a holiday on election day which is on November 3. Winfrey said she hopes to honor "those who fought and continue to fight for our rights." In a video posted on Instagram, Winfrey said, "This will give my team the necessary time to put on their masks, get to the polls, cast their ballots, and volunteer. I challenge other companies to do the same because this might be the most important election of our lives. Together we can overcome all obstacles in order to exercise our right to vote." View this post on Instagram Today marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women – although not all women – the right to vote. In honor of those who fought and continue to fight for our rights, I’m announcing that November 3rd, Election Day, will be a company holiday at @owntv. This will give my team the necessary time to put on their masks, get to the polls, cast their ballots, and volunteer. I challenge other companies to do the same because this might be the most important election of our lives. Together we can overcome all obstacles in order to exercise our right to vote. Follow @ownyourvote for more updates this election season 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 A post shared by Oprah (@oprah) on Aug 18, 2020 at 5:42pm PDT × A press release issued by the Oprah Winfrey Network said the day off would be a paid holiday and will be for both national and presidential elections. The network recently initiated its own election campaign titled 'OWN Your Vote'. The campaign is meant to help "connect our viewers to urgent political issues, gives their concerns a powerful microphone, and places a spotlight on key community issues," said a press release.

Oprah Winfrey to make election day a holiday for company employees

<p>Oprah Winfrey has been active on the net with her <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/oprah-winfrey-to-host-two-night-town-hall-to-address-racism-in-america-303630">two-night conversation</a> titled ‘Where Do We Go From Here?’ featuring director Ava DuVernay, former US. Rep. Stacey Abrams, actor David Oyelowo and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, among several others. The popular chat show host used the platform for an open conversation with black artists and activists to determine how America can help eradicate systemic inequality and racism.&nbsp;</p>

<p>This comes in the wake of worldwide protests over the death of a black man named George Floyd.&nbsp;</p>

<p>While starting off the debate, Oprah was heard saying that "our country is in a moment of reckoning," adding that systemic racism is rooted inside the "psyche and soul" of America. "Will we, in this moment in time, do better?" she asked the question to the audience. She then spoke about the term "privilege" and how the term has become"difficult" for many to "accept or grasp".</p>

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<p>Then journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones compared white privilege to that of "swimming along with the current." "The Black experience is working hard and swimming against the current," she said.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Professor and author Jennifer Eberhardt offered another take on privilege in which she explained that it's already problematic that "white people are not taught to see color." She noted that researchers have shown by the time white children are 10-years-old, they're not supposed to talk about race. "Color blinders is offered to white Americans as a way to fight injustice, but it actually promotes that injustice," she said. "When the goal is to not see color, those children don't see discrimination."&nbsp;</p>

<p>Then Color of Change president Rashad Robinson expressed his hope that films and television challenge the images they show onscreen that can ultimately help feed into stereotypes and judgments, &nbsp;Ava DuVernay agreed.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/selma-filmmaker-ava-duvernay-joins-the-academys-board-of-governors-305033">'Selma' filmmaker Ava DuVernay joins The Academy’s Board of Governors</a></p>

<p>Though having tackled racial injustice in her projects, Ava DuVernay admitted that the image of George Floyd brought her to her knees because she could "see both faces in the frame clearly looking at the camera." "I can see that officer clearly and it led me to think, 'wow I usually don't see the officer.' Usually the officer is behind the body cam. Just seeing that officer's face and knowing that officer's name, just witnessing who he was and what he was doing is something that's been missing. " She said that artists must commit to a "narrative change" and depict stories that will prevent audiences from having a "blind spot."</p>

<p>Oprah Winfrey’s special is airing on OWN and Discovery Networks 18 other networks and is available to stream on YouTube.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/oprah-winfrey-malala-yousafzai-surprise-graduates-on-john-krasinskis-some-good-news-296649">Oprah Winfrey, Malala Yousafzai surprise graduates on John Krasinski's 'Some Good News'</a></p>


Oprah Winfrey has been active on the net with her two-night conversation titled ‘Where Do We Go From Here?’ featuring director Ava DuVernay, former US. Rep. Stacey Abrams, actor David Oyelowo and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, among several others.

Oprah Winfrey has been active on the net with her two-night conversation titled ‘Where Do We Go From Here?’ featuring director Ava DuVernay, former US. Rep. Stacey Abrams, actor David Oyelowo and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, among several others. The popular chat show host used the platform for an open conversation with black artists and activists to determine how America can help eradicate systemic inequality and racism. This comes in the wake of worldwide protests over the death of a black man named George Floyd. While starting off the debate, Oprah was heard saying that "our country is in a moment of reckoning," adding that systemic racism is rooted inside the "psyche and soul" of America. "Will we, in this moment in time, do better?" she asked the question to the audience. She then spoke about the term "privilege" and how the term has become"difficult" for many to "accept or grasp". “We need to say: We’re going to breathe more life into this democracy because all these protests that we see is really justice trying to breathe.”- @RevDrBarber #OWNSpotlight pic.twitter.com/lqhHr8TDtG — Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah) June 11, 2020 × Then journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones compared white privilege to that of "swimming along with the current." "The Black experience is working hard and swimming against the current," she said. Thank you to @ava, @staceyabrams, @RevDrBarber, @keishabottoms, @nhannahjones, @DrIbram, @rashadrobinson, Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt, and #DavidOyelowo for your words and actions. #OWNSpotlight — Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah) June 11, 2020 × Professor and author Jennifer Eberhardt offered another take on privilege in which she explained that it's already problematic that "white people are not taught to see color." She noted that researchers have shown by the time white children are 10-years-old, they're not supposed to talk about race. "Color blinders is offered to white Americans as a way to fight injustice, but it actually promotes that injustice," she said. "When the goal is to not see color, those children don't see discrimination." Then Color of Change president Rashad Robinson expressed his hope that films and television challenge the images they show onscreen that can ultimately help feed into stereotypes and judgments, Ava DuVernay agreed. 'Selma' filmmaker Ava DuVernay joins The Academy’s Board of Governors Though having tackled racial injustice in her projects, Ava DuVernay admitted that the image of George Floyd brought her to her knees because she could "see both faces in the frame clearly looking at the camera." "I can see that officer clearly and it led me to think, 'wow I usually don't see the officer.' Usually the officer is behind the body cam. Just seeing that officer's face and knowing that officer's name, just witnessing who he was and what he was doing is something that's been missing. " She said that artists must commit to a "narrative change" and depict stories that will prevent audiences from having a "blind spot." Oprah Winfrey’s special is airing on OWN and Discovery Networks 18 other networks and is available to stream on YouTube. Oprah Winfrey, Malala Yousafzai surprise graduates on John Krasinski's 'Some Good News'

Oprah Winfrey brings together black artists for YouTube special on 'systemic racism'

<p>Oprah Winfrey will host a two-night TV town hall to address the issue of racism in America in the wake of widespread protests since the death of George Floyd, an African-American man, at the hands of police officers.<br />
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The event `Where Do We Go From Here` is scheduled to air on June 9 -10 in OWN and other Discovery`s cable networks. Winfrey will speak to several black activists, artists, and leaders about the pressing issue of racism and the current state of the country.<br />
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"I`ve been having private conversations with friends and thought leaders about what`s next and where we go from here," The Hollywood Reporter quoted Winfrey as saying regarding the death of Floyd on May 25."I thought it would be of both interest and service to bring their ideas, concerns, and comments into a national spotlight," Winfrey added.<br />
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Meanwhile, OWN president Tina Perry said, "As a network dedicated to supporting and uplifting Black lives, OWN is committed to providing our community with important dialogue and helpful resources in this challenging time as we mourn the murder of George Floyd and ask ourselves how can we come together to create meaningful change. I am proud that our Discovery family has joined us to amplify this message in solidarity."<br />
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"There is no one like Oprah to bring us all together at this critical moment in our history to offer insights, perspective, and action," The Hollywood Reporter quoted David Zaslav, president and CEO of Discovery Inc as saying.<br />
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The guests lined up for the town hall include Stacey Abrams, journalist Charles M. Blow, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, filmmaker Ava DuVernay, psychologist Jennifer Eberhardt, journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, historian Ibram Kendi, actor David Oyelowo, Color of Change founder Rashad Robinson and NAACP national board member Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II.</p>

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Oprah Winfrey will host a two-night TV town hall to address the issue of racism in America in the wake of widespread protests since the death of George Floyd, an African-American man, at the hands of police officers.

Oprah Winfrey will host a two-night TV town hall to address the issue of racism in America in the wake of widespread protests since the death of George Floyd, an African-American man, at the hands of police officers. The event `Where Do We Go From Here` is scheduled to air on June 9 -10 in OWN and other Discovery`s cable networks. Winfrey will speak to several black activists, artists, and leaders about the pressing issue of racism and the current state of the country. "I`ve been having private conversations with friends and thought leaders about what`s next and where we go from here," The Hollywood Reporter quoted Winfrey as saying regarding the death of Floyd on May 25."I thought it would be of both interest and service to bring their ideas, concerns, and comments into a national spotlight," Winfrey added. Meanwhile, OWN president Tina Perry said, "As a network dedicated to supporting and uplifting Black lives, OWN is committed to providing our community with important dialogue and helpful resources in this challenging time as we mourn the murder of George Floyd and ask ourselves how can we come together to create meaningful change. I am proud that our Discovery family has joined us to amplify this message in solidarity." "There is no one like Oprah to bring us all together at this critical moment in our history to offer insights, perspective, and action," The Hollywood Reporter quoted David Zaslav, president and CEO of Discovery Inc as saying. The guests lined up for the town hall include Stacey Abrams, journalist Charles M. Blow, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, filmmaker Ava DuVernay, psychologist Jennifer Eberhardt, journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, historian Ibram Kendi, actor David Oyelowo, Color of Change founder Rashad Robinson and NAACP national board member Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II.

Oprah Winfrey to host two-night town hall to address racism in America

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