Meghan and Harry Launch Their Royal Spinoff
The royals tread a careful line in their interview with Oprah, highlighting the risks of splitting off from The Firm.
The royal spinoff.
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In the end, the royal demerger got what it needed. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle set about forging their own brand identity while stopping short of destroying the parent company.
The couple’s interview with Oprah Winfrey, broadcast on CBS on Sunday evening in the U.S., was always going to be a risky affair. Not because Oprah would ask them particularly hard-hitting questions, but because criticizing individual members of the British royal family would risk a backlash — one that would be harder for Harry and Meghan to endure in their new roles. We’ll learn over the next few days whether their comments about Prince Charles temporarily not answering Harry’s calls or an unidentified individual asking about the baby’s skin color will yield repercussions from Buckingham Palace.