The moment where Harry tells Oprah that his family are scared of the tabloids and know that they *have* to play the game is the one that has most stoked that media rage. You’re not supposed to say out loud how the trick is done.
The tabloids run as a protection racket for the royals as much as other celebrities. You smile for them, you praise their ‘campaigns’, you give them interviews, access and tidbits of information and they deign to give you ‘nice’ coverage.
Consider how William and Kate let pictures of their children appear in calendars given away with The Daily Mail. And how tabloids in turn damp down the more spicy rumours about Wills in return.
I expanded on this thread in my newsletter, which you can read here brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-emperors…
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