On November 2, 2007, Queen Elizabeth II was spotted looking out of a window at the Underwater Stage at Pinewood Studios.
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LONDON – All eyes are on Buckingham Palace on Tuesday after an explosive interview given by Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex to Oprah Winfrey alleging racism inside the palace and lack of support from the royal family over mental health issues and media infiltration.
The wall of silence has been broken by the royal family so far after interviews with millions of viewers on both sides of the Atlantic aired on CBS on Sunday and British broadcaster ITV on Monday night.
The palace is said to have held “emergency talks” in which, according to British media reports, senior royals, including the BBC, had urgently discussed how to limit the proceedings from the interview, with Harry and Meghan alleging that the member had a claim. That the people of the royal family questioned what the skin tone was in their next born child.
The first mixed-race member of the modern British royal family, Meghan, who commented, would not disclose: “It would be very harmful for them.”
Palace will not comment on the interview when contacted by CNBC on Tuesday.
Oprah Winfrey later clarified that the prince who made the remark was not Queen Elizabeth II or Prince Philip. According to figures released by ITV on Tuesday, two million interviews, skillfully conducted by Pte broadcaster Winfrey, were conducted in the U.S. 1.1.1 million viewers watched.
In addition to allegations of racism, the interview also included damaging claims that Palace failed to support Meghan when Mehsa experienced mental health issues that led to her suicide.
Sussex spoke of the pressures of royal life and also said he had been asked to leave the UK, and the animosity of the British tabloid press to withdraw from his roles early last year, as he says the palace has failed. To save them.
(LR) Queen Elizabeth II, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Prince William, Duke Camf of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, were members of the RAF flypast on the balcony of Buking Kingham Palace. RAF Centennial Events on July 10, 2018 in London, England.
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However, the couple also said that the royal family has been welcoming Meghan since their relationship began in 2016. Meghan also said that Rani has always been “wonderful” with him.
A British newspaper on Tuesday responded with a mix of beliefs about how damaging the interview was, and some defenses as well.
While many papers reflected on the “bombshell” allegations that left the palace, “Anil,” others said the interviewers were self-serving for the couple and disrespecting the queen. The headline in the Daily Mirror said the interview “provoked the worst royal crisis in 85 years”, while the Daily Express headlined: “Meanwhile, the Daily Mail, this morning headlined its paper with the words: ‘What did they do?’
How harmful is it?
Critics and royal correspondents in interviews have questioned how damaging the allegations are to the royal family, an organization that has worked to maintain a public image of duty and decoration and has always tried to maintain family matters, let alone disputes and controversies. Of the spotlight.
U.S. of the interview. After the broadcast, there was widespread public support for Meghan among critics and the couple’s friends. In the UK, a country where most people hold the Queen in high esteem, if not always a vast monarchy, the reaction has been more mixed.
After a live YouGov poll on Tuesday, the public was asked “Who do you sympathize with the most” after the interview and current results show that 40% of respondents sympathize with the Queen and the royal family, with 24% more sympathetic to Harry and Meghan. . Clearly, the other 24% did not say “either”.
Oprah Winfrey interviewed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
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It remains to be seen whether this revelation will forever infatuate the British royal family at home and abroad. The controversy deserves a debate on the value of the monarchy and re-drawing Republican sentiment.
Former Prime Minister McCullum Turnbull told ABC TV on Tuesday that “our head of state should be,” former Prime Minister McCullum Turnbull told ABC TV on Tuesday. . An Australian citizen should be one of us, not the Queen or the King of the United Kingdom. “
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, meanwhile, said on Monday that keeping the Queen as head of state in the country was unlikely any time soon.
Royal worth?
The cost and value of the monarchy has long been debated, bringing tourism revenue to the country, but also costing the British taxpayer.
The Royal Household derives its income from what is known as its Crown Estate – the Queen’s land and possessions, such as Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, which are open to the public during normal times and which generate income – as well as what is called a sovereign grant. .
The government says the government not only gives the queen a grant to enable her to “perform her duties as head of state”, but also supports the official duties of other senior royals, such as foreign visits, hospitality and public engagement.
However in return for this public funding, the Queen will have to hand over the proceeds from the Crown Estate to the government, which in turn calculates how much money the grant provides.
Explaining how the Sovereign Grant works, the government noted last year: “In return for this public support, the Queen has handed over revenue from the Crown Estate to the government, which was 3 343.5 million for 2018-19. Sovereign Grant 2020-21A .9 85.9 million which is 25% of 3 343.5 million. “
Sovereign grants ounted for 2018-2019 amounted to 82.2 million (7 107.1 million), which was .1 76.1 million in 2017-2018, which is equivalent to 24 1.24 per person in the UK. .8 million) year 1.28 per year.
Adequate agency visits Britain The royal family attracts visitors to the UK as the tourism agency visits Britain, which adds up to 7.7 million visitors a year to tourism connected to royal residences such as Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. However, being a monarchy it is difficult to pinpoint how many visitors come specifically to the UK.
Royal weddings involving Prince William and Kate Middleton in 2011 and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Neuptials in 2018 boosted UK tourism, adding hundreds of thousands of visitors and boosting gross domestic product. The wedding of the two princes brought a boon to the UK’s tourism and economy. Again, the marriage involves additional security and costs that ultimately fall on the taxpayer’s shoulders; The Harry and Meghan wedding cost an estimated 42 42.8 million behind most of the budget’s security and extra policing, while William and Kate’s 2011 wedding cost the taxpayer 20 20 million, or about 27 27 million.
The anti-monarchy campaign group Republic opposes the idea that the monarchy is a boon to UK tourism, saying there is no evidence to support such claims.
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