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Ahead of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's tell-all Oprah interview, here's everything you need to know ⬇️

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According to one former employee: "What people fail to understand is Harry's hatred of the media is probably one of the most important things in his life. It is defining for him. So the narrative is always – it’s the press's fault, never theirs"

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Multiple royal sources say the former actress “had full control” over her media interviews and had personally forged relationships not only with Ms Winfrey, but other powerful industry figures including Vogue editor Edward Enninful

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By speaking “her truth” the Duchess will be providing her own perspective and personal opinion

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Since the Duchess arrived on the royal scene, the couple have claimed press coverage has contained undercurrents of racism.

The Duchess will likely talk about race in Britain but more damaging would be claims the royal institution itself was racist

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'This type of self-advertisement is second nature to Oprah Winfrey's usual guests. But for members of the British upper class, and particularly the other Royals, it is behaviour which is likely to stir a certain revulsion'

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The Duchess of Cambridge is said to have told friends she does not believe it is too late to "pull them back in"

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Actor Patrick J Adams posted on Twitter:

"This newest chapter and it’s timing is just another stunning example of the shamelessness of a institution that has outlived its relevance, is way overdrawn on credibility and apparently bankrupt of decency"

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'It remains to be seen whether the big takeaway for American viewers will be that the British are all racists' | Writes @DrDominicGreen

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"You might think the Queen has enough to deal with without her family being cast, by a woman who joined them for less than two years, as a chilly cross between the Addamses and the Borgias" | Writes @allisonpearson

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"The saddest thing is that Wallis and Edward, despite being banished, were dutiful and patriotic to the end...Meghan and Harry, who took it upon themselves to leave Britain, seem unlikely to display similar loyalty to the Crown on Oprah tonight"

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"It's really liberating to be able to have the right and the privilege in some ways to be able to say yes, I’m ready to talk, to be able to make a choice on your own and to be able to speak for yourself"

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The Duke says: "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 [Diana, Princess of Wales] going through this process by herself”

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"The revenge dress was arguably the Princess of Wales’ most famous fashion moment...For Meghan, revenge dressing was a strategy she directed at the very concept of royal life" | Writes @BethanHolt

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"I think there are some viewers who might be forgiven for wondering when they might find their freedom from Harry and Meghan," says @CamillaTominey

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CBS has reportedly paid between $7-$9 million to Oprah's production company Harpo to license the two-hour opus

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In 1996, Sarah Ferguson gave the first of many interviews with Winfrey in which she revealed that royal life is "not a fairytale"

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The Duchess is wearing a diamond tennis bracelet owned by Harry’s mother, Diana, Princess of Wales - a poignant choice given the couple’s focus on their determination not to let history repeat itself

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Meghan's Armani dress features a lotus flower design - an emblem of revival, and is considered proof of a determination and will to live

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