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8 Mar, 6 tweets, 5 min read
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex lift the lid on life behind palace walls in a manner that no member of the Royal family has done for decades

This is how the world reacted to the explosive interview

#HarryandMeghanonOprah #OprahMeghanHarry

LIVE BLOG: telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/0…
Social media users have been largely sympathetic towards #HarryandMeghan following the US broadcast.

Bernice King, the youngest child of Martin Luther King, tweeted: "Royalty is not a shield from the devastation and despair of racism"

#OprahMeghanHarry

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Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet who captured hearts with her performance at Joe Biden's Inauguration in January, has weighed in.

#OprahMeghanHarry #HarryandMeghanonOprah #HarryandMeghan

Serena Williams praised her "selfless friend" Meghan after her tell-all interview with Oprah

The tennis star said she knows "first hand the sexism and racism institutions and the media use to vilify women and people of colour".

#HarryandMeghanonOprah

Piers Morgan blasts the 'disgraceful betrayal of the Queen'
#HarryandMeghanonOprah #HarryandMeghan #OprahMeghanHarry

Much of the focus was on the revelation that a senior royal discussed the Duke and Duchess's son Archie and "how dark his skin might be when he's born."

This is how America reacted to #HarryandMeghan's Oprah interview

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8 Mar
🔴 The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's interview with Oprah Winfrey is about to be broadcast in the UK.

In this thread, we'll bring you a play-by-play of the explosive revelations while the country watches 👇

For more: telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/0…
📺 The two-hour blockbuster will be broadcast by ITV and on ITV hub at 9pm.

It first aired on March 7 on CBS News, one of America's largest TV networks, at 8pm PT/ET (or 1am UK time)
telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/0…
And we’re off.

Oprah starts by reminding viewers that no subject is off the table in tonight’s interview.

The Sussexes have not been paid.

Everything that happens in the next two hours is what the Sussexes wanted from this interview
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8 Mar
🔴 Boris Johnson is about to hold a Downing Street press conference.

He is expected to talk about the return of schools and to face questions about the Royal family after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's interview with Oprah.

More in this thread 👇
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Boris Johnson starts by saying it has been "a big day - and an emotional day" for parents and children as they return to school.

While some will feel anxious, he notes that many will be excited and "the greater risk will be keeping them out of schools for a day longer"
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8 Mar
👑Here are the biggest bombshells from the #HarryandMeghanonOprah interview

🔷 They accuse Royal family of racism

🔷 Says Kate made Meghan cry

🔷 Reveal Duchess had suicidal thoughts

telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/0… by @victoria_ward
📺In a blockbuster two-hour television interview, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex told Oprah Winfrey the story of their life in the royal family

So what are the details of the three biggest bombshells? 👇

#HarryandMeghanonOprah
1⃣Meghan said that when she was pregnant, there were "several conversations" in which concerns had been raised about how dark her unborn child’s skin tone might be. Clearly stunned, Ms Winfrey asked: “Who is having that conversation?"

#HarryandMeghanonOprah
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8 Mar
The Duchess of Sussex revealed that she contemplated suicide and that an unnamed member of the royal family raised “concerns about how dark” Archie’s skin would be

Here are the key elements during the #OprahMeghanHarry interview 👇

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The Prince of Wales “stopped taking” Harry’s calls after their royal departure.

While Harry clearly signalled stresses on his relationships with his father and brother, he expressed a desire for them to "heal".

#HarryandMeghanonOprah

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The Duchess of Cambridge made the Duchess of Sussex cry before her wedding

Contrary to reports that the Duchess of Sussex made the Duchess of Cambridge cry at her wedding rehearsal, Meghan says the "reverse" was true

#HarryandMeghanonOprah

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8 Mar
Forget hiding behind the sofa, the Royal family needed a bullet-proof vest as Harry and Meghan let rip

Check this thread for @CamillaTominey's take on #HarryandMeghan's Oprah interview

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"We knew it was going to be blockbuster TV. But what we didn’t anticipate about the Duke and Duchess of Sussexes’ Oprah interview is how unvarnished their “truth” was actually going to be," writes @CamillaTominey

#OprahMeghanHarry #HarryandMeghan

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As the UK entered the second hour of International Women's Day, the Duchess unleashed on her sister-in-law.

Contrary to reports that Meghan had made Kate cry during a dress fitting, the Duchess insisted it was the other way around #HarryandMeghan

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

#HarryandMeghanonOprah
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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