Meghan Markle: Royal expert discusses Duchess’ call to Queen

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex sat down with the US chat show legend last month and discussed their decision to step back as senior members of the Royal Family. In an interview on Nancy O’Dell’s channel on talkshoplive, Oprah said she had “no idea” it would “reverberate” in the way it has done.

She added how Meghan and Harry “wanted to tell their story and tell it in such a way that allowed them to be as truthful as possible”.

Oprah said: “I had no idea that it would have the reverberating impact it has had and continues to have. I did a lot of preparation for that.”

The US chat show legend admitted she was “surprised” that the Sussexes were so open in the interview which aired across the globe.

She was particularly shocked when the Duchess claimed that Royal Family members had “conversations with Harry about how dark [Archie’s] skin might be when he’s born”.

Meghan and Harry refused to name who made the comments.

During the interview, viewers could see Oprah’s jaw dropping in astonishment before responding “What?”.

Oprah told Ms O’Dell: “I’m like, ‘What? You’re going there? You’re going all the way there’.”

Oprah explained how she had only texted with Meghan and Harry before filming the actual interview.

She said: “Whenever I’m doing interviews with anybody for anything that is significant, I have a conversation with them before.

“I didn’t see Harry and Meghan before but I did text them and say intention is very important to me, tell me what your intention is, so that we can be aligned in our goal.

“And our shared intention was the truth.

“They wanted to be able to tell their story and tell it in such a way that allowed them to be as truthful as possible.”

Oprah added: “The reason why it was such a powerful interview — first of all, I know how to ask questions, and you [Nancy] know how to ask questions, we all know how to do our jobs, but what makes it powerful is when you have someone else who is willing to be as open, as vulnerable, as truthful, as they were.

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“So, I don’t give myself credit for that, I give myself credit for asking the questions, but the reason the interview was what it was, was because they answered the way they did.”

At the time, Buckingham Palace said the allegations Meghan and Harry raised were “concerning” but added that “some recollections may vary”.

A Palace 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.

“Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be much-loved family members.”

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