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This is exactly what Buckingham palace most feared of Harry and Meghan’s departure: a revealing interview in which so much mud is thrown.
This week could hardly have been more incendiary.
There was an explosive front-page story in The Times in which royal attendees revealed that a bullying report it had been featured on the Duchess of Sussex during her time at Kensington Palace.
And less than 24 hours later, CBS released a new clip of Meghan’s interview with Oprah Winfrey in which she accused her husband’s family of selling lies about her and Harry.
Y We’re still two days away from Sunday’s two-hour interview.
But spirits darkened even further on Friday after a collective campaign by Meghan’s friends and former colleagues who jumped in to support her and defend her against allegations of bullying.
The fiercest criticism came in a series of tweets from the man who used to act alongside Meghan when he played Michael Ross and she played Rachel Zane in Suits.
Patrick J. Adams wrote that the royal family was, at best, “complicated and, at worst, seemingly archaic and toxic.”
And regarding the intimidation claims, he wrote that it was “OBSCENE” that the Royal Family “is promoting and amplifying allegations of ‘intimidation’ against a woman who was basically forced to leave the UK to protect herself and her family. own mental health “.
This type of reaction has been provoked on the basis of two promotional clips of Meghan, her interview, in which she later joins Prince Harry, lasts two full hours.
It is important to note here that this week I have been told by those with knowledge of the harassment allegations that the former Household staff remain very fragile and traumatized by their time working for the Duchess.
They insist it was not a briefing run by “the Firm,” as Meghan called the Palace, but a group of employees who wanted to make sure there was an alternate narrative in the days leading up to the interview.
They refer to their experiences as “the other side of the story.”
However, Meghan’s friends have now entered the public relations battle on her side.
The duchess’s actress friend Janina Gavankar said of Meghan: “This is what she is: kind, strong, open. Here’s what she isn’t: ‘a bully.’
Her friend from college, Lindsay Roth, wrote in an Instagram post that “goodwill runs in Meghan’s bones.”
And Meghan’s makeup artist Daniel Martin quoted a Taoist text and wrote: “Since she is not self-centered, people can see the light in her.”
Aides from the Sussex team insist this was not a campaign coordinated by the Duke and Duchess, but since they all showed up on the last day or so, it suggests some element of coordination.
The wheels are now in motion for a potentially explosive TV show that could be a very uncomfortable watch for the UK in general and the Royal Family in particular.
But others may feel that Harry and Meghan are invading their own privacy by turning to such prominent outlets to give their side of the story, particularly at a time when so many families are facing financial hardship and personal pain caused by the pandemic.
It will be two very tense hours in the early hours of Monday, but the reaction from both sides in the following days will be equally important.
Oprah With Meghan and Harry will air in the UK on ITV on Monday, March 8 at 9 p.m. It will also be available on ITV Hub.
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