Everyone expected it to be bad. Everyone expected it to be damaging. But no one could have expected that Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry would be this bad and this damaging.
During the two-hour interview that aired on Sunday, Meghan shared that while she was pregnant with her son, Archie, there were palace conversations and concerns about how dark his skin color will be. She also stated that once she and Harry took a step back from royal duties in 2019, they were informed that they would not receive a security detail—even as Meghan wrote a letter to the royal family pleading for protection for her son and for Harry. Throughout the session, Harry emphasized dismay toward the lack of support offered to his wife by his own family, even as she was barraged with racism and divisiveness from the press.
