Harry & Meghan Oprah Interview Tonight

Just read a funny... “Imagine bringing your wife and child to the United States because it’s less racist” 🤣🤣


Also Mr. Morgan having that tantrum filled walk off stage is what every Black woman wanted to see this fine Tuesday! Loved it

It’s hard to imagine that for the next decade the press won’t be yelling “who is the racist” at the royals and “who said it” at H&M. Which they should have known and been willing to name names if they were going to drop the bomb.

I always wondered why he thinks people value his opinion. I've seen him on a few tv shows commenting on American politics over the years. Why should I care what a British tv guy thinks about a country he's not from? 

Because it's his job?
They hired him knowing full well what they were getting, his personality didn't change between jobs, TV bosses love those "shock jocks" BECAUSE they cause controversy and increase ratings by getting everyone talking about them.

I think Piers has the right to his own opinion just like everyone else, and even though I don't like him, I agree with him on some of his main points about these two.
However he made a huge mistake by making this the focus of his ongoing public commentary.
He put himself in a lose/lose situation, at work, after a certain point he should have let his personal opinion drop and just focused on reporting the story.
TV networks are all about a a "personality" being outspoken and encourage it UNTIL it becomes problem for them, then they are dispensed with very quickly.

I'm willing to bet she did. But her mother is unlikely to be familiar with the British NHS and how to access services. 

I wouldn't expect members of the RF to be free to walk into any clinic or comfortable calling a hotline. 

I'm another who is annoyed with Harry's inability to guide her on simple things like the curtsy. I do kind of love that it was Fergie who helped her.

See I took it totally differently - that sure there are public rituals that she expected, but that they were just public rituals - not something that people actually thought were appropriate in a casual, meet your grandson's girlfriend kind of setting. As an American I totally get it - I think the monarchy is kinda hilarious. Why in the world would these other people expect some kind of special treatment - I mean do people actually still believe in the whole annoited by God bullshit? Why would I curtsey to the Queen? I could see doing it for show in public, but is she actually delusional enough to think that she deserved some kind of special respect? - oh wait I forgot who we were talking about. Do I think Charles or William are actually due something special because of their birth? The whole thing is such a farce.  

I dunno; I was surprised that someone who was marrying a Prince wouldn’t have known that. Someone should have told her the protocol. When actors are made dames or knights, the ceremony protocol is explained to them. I’m not a royal watcher, just a fan of Judy Dench and Maggie Smith.
This whole situation is sad all the way round. I hope that they can resolve it someday.

So wouldn’t you have wanted your boyfriend/fiancé to clue you in that everyone pays courtesy to the monarch the first time they see them each day?

And how is it that as an American who has never met let alone dated a royal I know this yet Harry couldn’t be bothered to tell Meghan?

Honestly? I would absolutely be shocked.

I get that I’m an ignorant American when it comes to what is apparently common knowledge with a royal family, but I would think that someone meeting “the queen” in a public setting would absolutely be different than me meeting my boyfriend’s grandma. Not that I think she is beneath me, but I also don’t think I’m beneath her. I’d be nervous because I wanted to make a good impression on the family, and I want them to like me, not that I might inadvertently offend someone with some breach of etiquette that no one uses in their normal, day-to-day life.

I mean... Do they call her grandma? Or always by a title? Can they ring her up on the phone? Greet her with a hug? At what point does this family get to be a family? Never?

ETA: I should have read all the comments, so ditto to chaosisapony and Darcy Collins .

I watched the whole interview and to me it sounds like he did tell her. Hence the "do you know how to curtsy?" when he found out his grandmother was going to be present. Then he and Fergie helped her learn and practice. I can see why this may not have come up prior in their relationship because Grandma hadn't been present.

If he hadn't prepared her and then just had her walk into the room without knowing what to do would have been an asshole move.

Ok then why did Meghan complain she was unprepared then?

In this day and age with all the technology sources(facetime, skype, etc....) and Hippa laws in the USA, I am surprised that Meghan didn't reach out to a mental health professional in the USA and seek treatment that way.

Because of Hippa laws, the medical provider/therapist would not be allowed to disclose that they were treating her. If she were in the privacy of her home, the public wouldn't know she was being treated for mental health issues. If she kept it between herself, Harry and the therapist...no one else in the Royal Family would even know.

With the current safety measures in place, there are currently many people who have communicated with their mental health professional, medical Physician (or PA or Nurse Practitioner), Clergy, Substance abuse counselor, etc...  via technology sources.
Why couldn't Meghan done that as well, back then.

Several have said that if they’d have remained as “ working royals”, the security for Harry and Archie would have been paid for. 

Ok. So they were stuck?  Remain in that situation where courtiers are telling them where they can go, and what they can say, and oh by the way no you can’t get treatment for your suicidal feelings because that won’t look good, and no you can’t have lunch with your friends because you’re already too much in the news. And can you please dial yourself back about 50%?

and so they try the soft leave, we still serve her majesty, but need to step back a bit and are told it’s all or nothing , kids.



So the choice was stay in that toxic environment, or go it alone even though Harry and Archie have targets on their backs just because of who they were born to?   The reality is they must be protected by expensive security. But what I’m hearing is they would only get that security if they toed that very narrow and appalling line. No wonder Harry described it as trapped. 

I’m really glad there was enough resources to get them this far, and I hope for continued success to pay for the ongoing cost of their security as they make their lives from here. 

I remember the media latching on to the debates about their security costs when they still lived in Canada.



It’s  not like they can find a ranch in the suburbs and settle down. Lemonade sales on the sidewalk, and putting your recycling at the curb. But they shouldn’t be stuck in the impossible situation they had been in, either. 

The curtsy story I thought was just funny. Harry didn’t realize Meghan would be meeting his grandmother at that point, and so asked if she knew how. No where did I get the idea Meghan looked down on the custom. It was just something she didn’t anticipate. No need to point fingers, it wasn’t that big a deal. 

The only reason the bridesmaid dresses story was relevant, was the extent with which the leaking of stories was twisted to create a narrative of good Catherine bad Meghan and the helplessness Meghan felt being caught up in it.