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New Zealand media personality David Hartnell says Meghan Markle should never have accused the royal family of racism in her explosive interview with Oprah unless she was prepared to name names.
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History has shown that royal secrets are not always kept behind the palace gates. Source: Seven Sharp
The high-profile gossip columnist appeared on Seven Sharp tonight to give his analysis of the interview between Prince Harry, Meghan and Oprah that first aired in the United States last night.
“The royal family will not go public, that’s for sure, but behind those doors there will be confusion,” he told Hilary Barry and Jeremy Wells.
“They never go out in public and air their dirty clothes, not like the other two, of course, but like I say, there will be a nosedive behind those doors at Buckingham Palace.”
Wells then asked Hartnell who will come out looking worse after the interview.
“The royal family will be in the background, but Harry and Meghan are in America and you have to remember that she is an actress, grade B, dare I say it, she has done this in terms of advertising for the American and Canadian market.
“They will make a fortune in US appearance fees, so looking at it that way is publicity for them.”
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Hartnell then addressed one of the most controversial moments to emerge from the interview, when Meghan said there was talk in the royal family about how dark her son Archie’s skin could be.
“She says, (Meghan) talked about how the baby would be colored, but they don’t say who, so it’s a bit like a journalist talking to her computer, if you’re not going to say who she is then for me it’s not an event.
“Now Oprah has come out and said she’s not the Queen and she’s not the Duke of Edinburgh, but she still puts a cloud over the rest of the people in the palace, if you can’t name names, don’t say so.”
The gossip columnist went on to say that the people who plan to watch the interview have to “have a life if you’re going to spend two hours looking at that.”
However, Hilary Barry was not so sure of Hartnell’s analysis.
“David, you are so harsh that I think she has been very mistreated and treated harshly, and I think the royal family has something to answer for for the treatment they have given her.”
Hartnell did not back down in his rebuttal.
“I think the Queen did everything she could for her and took her on the royal train when she hadn’t taken any of the children in it, they also had someone look after her for six months to show her what real life was like.”
He then added that they should be stripped of their titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
