King Charles III

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Will he?

I am no gambler but I can’t see it myself. Not unless he wants to show his support of his son. Would KC be that generous to his ‘darling boy’? If he did it will definitely upset some anti Harry royalists/daily mail readers/ right wing Americans. Can’t have Harry receiving the King surely….he is supposed to be beyond the pale these days.

William is reported as being ‘baffled’. Baffled? More like blazingly angry about it if true. I guess Will’s thought he could act like a ‘cuckoo’ and get Harry out now and forever. Maybe, the ‘bullying’ trait reported over the years by many, many people regarding him is still there.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/style/king-charles-discussions-visit-prince-130106673.html

I think this was more likely an Oprah decision, not one based on influence from the palace simply because I don’t think Oprah or CBS would have aired it without full legal cover. I don’t think the palace has that kind of influence here in America. Maybe with our government but not with our tv networks.

Yes, it looks as if OW is embarrassed by it. Understandably!

Can’t see KC flying to US but who knows 🤷‍♀️ I think he must miss H terribly.
I’m sure William does but won’t be as forgiving as his father.
Did anyone see William at the football yesterday? His expressions were relatable 😂

Perhaps she takes down all interviews after a certain period?

That would be a very strange thing to do in a world where content is king.

I wouldn't expect it necessarily to be available free, but sold to various streaming services / networks. Like any other 'product' after the initial launch, to make some money off reruns.

She's got aback catalogue stretching to the 1980s, and I'd be quite surprised if it wasn't regularly culled.

If she wants to license it for re-broadcast, that could surely happen whether or not it was in her 'library' at any particular point

You could well be right, AliceOlive, and you certainly are about palace lawyers perhaps not having the same sway in the US as they would at home

Who knows though? As ever so much is done behind the scenes, with "the little people" being privy only to what suits

Everyone familiar with the James Frey book A Million Little Pieces and the lies he told on Oprah? I think after that debacle, which included Oprah last apologizing to Frey for chastising him on air about his lies, she may tread more carefully around similarly questionable interview content.

Yes I thought of James Frey when she was allowing everything M said go unchallenged. In the case of James Frey, she did hold her head up and say she got it wrong. I still can't decide if she did that interview to make money or because she wanted to drive a particular narrative.

I thought she did it because it was a coup to get an interview with anyone in a family that nearly always maintains a dignified silence.

The Oprah was months in the process, from the gasps in the interview to the bewilderment that was the sub standing living of Nottingham cottage. I’d like to think is was a coincidence but the cynic in me believes the ground work was underway for the Oprah connection.

Nottingham Cottage substandard?

The same Nottingham Cottage where W&C had as their London home in the early years of their marriage inc when Prince George was a baby?

“But no one would ever believe it” Oprah response to royalty living in a Christopher Wren designed property. No one goes into someone home and criticises it, unless they feel comfortable slagging off the royals. That relationship was already there.

I presume Oprah had to go through security at Kensington and The Queen would have been informed of her attendance, surely alarm bells were ringing loud and clear of Harry and Meghan’s intentions, they didn’t even have to hide it, it was all there in plain site.

Bit of a fishing expedition at the White House press conference? 🤷‍♀️

I wouldn’t step foot near this place and especially the White House right now if I were KC.

🤣 it is hardly slum housing!

I think there is a huge cultural gap here about 'desirable' housing - large and grand vs history and character.

But then I love the fact that my 1930s semi has an original fireplace in one of the bedrooms, despite the fact I don't use it and the chimney brest takes up space.

There's a bit of a Marie Antoinette (OK, I know she may have been misunderstood) quality to it as well. Christopher Wren designed cottage at the heart of a royal palace, with the option of a massive apartment in said palace up for grabs if they wanted, for free.

In a world where so many people are living in slum housing, or have no housing, it is utterly tone deaf and I think a ploy to enhance the narrative that they were somehow being treated in an "inferior" way, ignoring the fact that it had housed William and Kate after their marriage.

Had William and Kate invited Oprah to a cottage within a royal estate, Oprah would have kept her negative comments to herself. The comments when she visited Harry and Meghan wouldn’t have happened in a vacuum. A trick that Harry does is to negate his actions in events (dog bowl), he describes others actions/reactions but is careful in his own part. The faux surprise face of Oprah on the racism allegations yet Harry was there and not a single question of how he reacted or what he said to counter the conversation. Hearing how Harry and Meghan felt about the cottage the chances are they felt comfortable to not only air their grievances to Oprah but as early as 2019.

It’s the Meghan dichotomy. She wants to pretend that she is a 19 year old ingenue innocent, entering the RF as innocent as Diana did (who really wasn’t), grappling with things she doesn’t understand and nobody will help her with, while at the same time claiming she’s a fully formed, strong feminist who can hit the ground running and teach the RF a thing or two about charity and philanthropy. She’s the humble girl whom she claims survived off $4 salad she was so poor, but she’s also the girl who definitely did not grow up in a poor area (and woe betide anyone suggests she did), grew up on film sets, and went to one of the best private schools in the state. She’s the humble girl who just wanted a kind man and didn’t care about his status, but wanted all the trappings of the status she married into straight away, otherwise she’s being slighted.

Harry is just a prick who is jealous of his brother, of course it didn’t occur to him that William and Catherine (and George) had also spent their early married years in less grand accommodation, let alone that it would not be forever. And clearly trying to impress/placate the humble girl who wanted nothing but kindness and didn’t care who he was.

@Mymilkshakebringsallthepapstomycar 👏Brilliant post .

Nailed it @Mymilkshakebringsallthepapstomycar

Humble my arse.

I'm trying to follow the logic of the conversation with Oprah regarding Meghan's harmful thoughts.

Her husband was a founder of 'Heads Together' mental health charity, with his own therapist on speed dial.

She had an outstanding medical team (including mental health for pre natal and post natal care) at her fingertips with Portland Hospital.

She had the royal family's medical team at her disposal.

Her mum was a social worker.

She's apparently intelligent, yet she bypassed all of those obvious resources and went to her staff's HR department; the department whose remit is to issue the gardener's contract/ her housekeeper's holiday allocation etc.. To discuss her mental health? It makes no sense whatsoever.

Then, finally, she blames her husband's family. It's all just such nonsense that I don't know how anyone can believe it. And Oprah just nods along with fake shock gasps, and doesn't question any of it. That whole interview was an embarrassment for all concerned.