LONDON (UK) – Prince Harry and wife Meghan’s interview with Oprah Winfrey has stirred quite a few controversies about the royal family to the world. The recent one doing rounds is that Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has accused Buckingham Palace of “perpetuating falsehoods”.The couple, in the interview, that is due to be broadcast on U.S. television on Sunday, has opened up about why they quit their royal roles.
In the excerpt, Winfrey is asking Meghan, “How do you feel about the Palace hearing you speak your truth today?” Meghan responded: “I don’t know how they could expect that after all of this time we would still just be silent if there is an active role that The Firm is playing in perpetuating falsehoods about us. And if that comes with the risk of losing things, I mean, there’s a lot that’s been lost already.” The Firm is the name that the British royal family sometimes uses to describe itself.
An advance excerpt of the interview was released on Wednesday, hours after Buckingham Palace said it was “very concerned” about reports in the Times newspaper that assistants working for Meghan two years ago had been bullied by her. However, Harry and Meghan have denied the allegation.
A spokeswoman for Meghan said earlier that she was “saddened by this latest attack on her character, particularly as someone who has been the target of bullying herself and is deeply committed to supporting those who have experienced pain and trauma”.
The interview was recorded before The Times newspaper ran a report citing unnamed sources as saying an aide to Harry and Meghan had raised a complaint in October 2018 alleging that Meghan had reduced some of her assistants to tears and treated others so badly that they had quit. The Royal Household “does not and will not tolerate bullying or harassment in the workplace”, it added.