Scandal, historically speaking, occurs when there is a rupture in the status quo and attempts to immediately repair or narrativize it fail. The monarchy has been able to absorb & withstand massive scandals in the past but I don't know if it has the fortitude to absorb this one
There are no new romances, no new babies, no deflection. There is only an ailing Great-Grandfather. I'm not trying to be callous; I'm just thinking of how these narratives actually function
Also worth thinking through the fact that Oprah is maybe the only nationally trusted "confessor" (I mean that rhetorically, Harry and Meghan had nothing to atone for) and there doesn't seem to be successor, at least not at this point
British/Aussie people telling me i/r/t potential scandal: so many white UK/Commonwealth already disliked Harry and Meghan for bullshit reasons; this interview, the sheer *Americanness* of it, has bolstered their case
Whether you agree with that or not, it's significant context in terms of how this will be received, processed, defanged
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