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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Mark Lawson

Is Harry the next James Corden? The prince’s TV appearances, in order of greatness

Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex Talks #Spare with Stephen Colbert - EXTENDED INTERVIEW
Who wears the crown … Prince Harry with Stephen Colbert, who reined in the satire for the occasion. Photograph: CBS.

King Charles, as the Prince of Wales, gave one TV interview (on ITV in 1994). Diana, Princess of Wales (on BBC One, 1995) and HRH Prince Andrew (on BBC One, 2019) also did the same – and only Diana seems likely to have considered the primetime conversation successful.

But Harry, Duke of Sussex has now made 11 high-profile TV appearances: from Oprah With Meghan and Harry (CBS and ITV, 2021) through the six parts of the documentary series Harry & Meghan (Netflix) to the four British and US interviews this week to promote his memoir Spare. So how well did Harry use the medium, and how well did it use him?

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