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But Prince Harry has a very different story to tell about the British royals and the way they operate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harry’s explosive memoir, with its damning allegations of a toxic relationship between the monarchy and the press, could accelerate the pace of change already under way within the House of Windsor following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harry’s description of royals leaking unflattering information about other members of the family in exchange for positive coverage of themselves is but one of the more tawdry allegations in his book, \u003cem>Spare\u003c/em>, published this week. 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But supporters argue that the institution still serves a vital role, uniting the country behind shared history and traditions embodied in both the grandeur of royal ceremonies and the day-to-day work of royals as they open schools and hospitals and hand out honors to those who serve the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>News coverage of the royal family generally falls into one of two categories: carefully orchestrated public appearances or sometimes chaotic stories about the private lives of royals based on unidentified sources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But change may be at hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The history of colonialism — so deeply intertwined with the crown — is being re-examined around the world. Protesters have torn down or defaced statues in British cities, and internationally respected universities such as Oxford and Cambridge are changing their course offerings. 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Now that she’s gone, the royal family is confronting questions about its relevance in a modern, multicultural nation that looks very different than when Elizabeth ascended the throne in 1952.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Elizabeth’s world — governed by the mantra “never complain, never explain” — the sort of personal revelations in Harry’s book would have been unthinkable. He describes his mental health struggles following the 1997 car accident that killed his mother, Princess Diana. He recounts a physical altercation with his older brother, Prince William, reveals how he lost his virginity and describes using cocaine and cannabis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Spare\u003c/em> is the latest effort by Harry and his wife Meghan to tell their own story after they quit royal life and moved to California in 2020, citing what they saw as the media’s racist treatment of Meghan and a lack of support from the palace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the ghostwritten memoir, Harry, 38, alleges that Camilla forged connections with the British press and traded information on her way to becoming queen consort, essentially feeding unflattering stories on Harry and Meghan to the press in exchange for better coverage of herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The allegations are particularly sensitive because of Camilla’s role in the acrimonious breakdown of Charles’ marriage to Diana. While many members of the public initially shunned Camilla, she has won fans by taking on a wide range of charitable activities and has been credited with helping Charles appear less stuffy and more in tune with modern Britain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Daily Mail\u003c/em> columnist Stephen Glover leapt to her defense, arguing that Harry was just thin-skinned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I daresay some members of the royal family have passed stories to the press through their courtiers over the years, but it is absurd and naïve to infer that this was part of an orchestrated attempt to destabilize Harry and Meghan,” he wrote. “Royals are not puppets of the press, since — if they have any sense — they realize they can be biffed as well as praised. The wise ones know how to take the rough with the smooth.’’\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But unlike Elizabeth, who famously issued a statement suggesting that “some recollections may vary” when confronted with racism allegations after Meghan’s interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021, Buckingham Palace has responded to the first major crisis of Charles’ reign with silence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That has left Harry to dominate the headlines on both sides of the Atlantic, apparently being served tequila on a late night U.S. television show and repeatedly talking about the House of Windsor’s dirty laundry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since this isn’t the first scandal to rock Buckingham Palace —among other sensations, Elizabeth’s uncle abdicated the throne to marry a divorced American — many of those who bought Harry’s book on Tuesday seemed certain the institution would weather the storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They just have to shrug it off and carry on being the royal family,” James Bradley, 61, said as he bought a copy. “After the queen’s death, the royal family’s stock has never been higher in my lifetime, and this will just bounce off. 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He recounts a physical altercation with his older brother, Prince William, reveals how he lost his virginity and describes using cocaine and cannabis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Spare\u003c/em> is the latest effort by Harry and his wife Meghan to tell their own story after they quit royal life and moved to California in 2020, citing what they saw as the media’s racist treatment of Meghan and a lack of support from the palace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the ghostwritten memoir, Harry, 38, alleges that Camilla forged connections with the British press and traded information on her way to becoming queen consort, essentially feeding unflattering stories on Harry and Meghan to the press in exchange for better coverage of herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The allegations are particularly sensitive because of Camilla’s role in the acrimonious breakdown of Charles’ marriage to Diana. While many members of the public initially shunned Camilla, she has won fans by taking on a wide range of charitable activities and has been credited with helping Charles appear less stuffy and more in tune with modern Britain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Daily Mail\u003c/em> columnist Stephen Glover leapt to her defense, arguing that Harry was just thin-skinned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I daresay some members of the royal family have passed stories to the press through their courtiers over the years, but it is absurd and naïve to infer that this was part of an orchestrated attempt to destabilize Harry and Meghan,” he wrote. “Royals are not puppets of the press, since — if they have any sense — they realize they can be biffed as well as praised. The wise ones know how to take the rough with the smooth.’’\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But unlike Elizabeth, who famously issued a statement suggesting that “some recollections may vary” when confronted with racism allegations after Meghan’s interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021, Buckingham Palace has responded to the first major crisis of Charles’ reign with silence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That has left Harry to dominate the headlines on both sides of the Atlantic, apparently being served tequila on a late night U.S. television show and repeatedly talking about the House of Windsor’s dirty laundry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since this isn’t the first scandal to rock Buckingham Palace —among other sensations, Elizabeth’s uncle abdicated the throne to marry a divorced American — many of those who bought Harry’s book on Tuesday seemed certain the institution would weather the storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They just have to shrug it off and carry on being the royal family,” James Bradley, 61, said as he bought a copy. “After the queen’s death, the royal family’s stock has never been higher in my lifetime, and this will just bounce off. In six months’ time we won’t be talking about this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Steven Barnett, a professor of communications at the University of Westminster, expects Harry’s revelations to push the palace to be more transparent— perhaps more like other institutions such the White House or the British prime minister’s office at 10 Downing Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s done us a favor in exposing the collusive nature, the conspiratorial nature of relationships between the royal family and the British press,” Barnett says. “They will have to change the way in which they do business with the press. And that’s a good thing. It’s a good thing for the monarchy and it’s a good thing for British society.’’\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>___\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Danica Kirka, based in London for The Associated Press, covers the British royal family.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13923613/dish-from-prince-harry-one-of-their-own-could-fuel-royal-change","authors":["92"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_75"],"tags":["arts_928","arts_3423","arts_8580","arts_8126"],"featImg":"arts_13923614","label":"arts"},"arts_13922580":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13922580","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13922580","score":null,"sort":[1670615900000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"its-thumbs-down-in-the-uk-for-harry-and-meghans-netflix-series","title":"It’s Thumbs-Down in the UK For Harry and Meghan’s Netflix Series","publishDate":1670615900,"format":"standard","headTitle":"It’s Thumbs-Down in the UK For Harry and Meghan’s Netflix Series | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":137,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>Reviews for the new Netflix series \u003cem>Harry & Meghan\u003c/em>, by Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, have been withering in the British press. This is not surprising, given that the couple spends much of the first three episodes attacking Britain’s notorious tabloid media for invading their privacy and some coverage that traded in racist tropes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13919284']Some U.K. newspapers responded in kind to the first three episodes of six. \u003cem>The Telegraph\u003c/em> called the series a “very \u003ca href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2022/12/08/sussexes-documentary-californian-exercise-grievance/\">Californian exercise in grievance\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>Spectator \u003c/em>magazine called it a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/harry-and-meghans-netflix-show-is-a-tedious-narcissistic-wallow/\">tedious, narcissistic wallow\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The criticism, however, did not just come from the political right. Britain’s \u003cem>Guardian\u003c/em>, which is liberal and more likely to be sympathetic to the couple’s politics, called the series “a \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/live/2022/dec/08/harry-meghan-netflix-documentary-royal-family-media-reaction-live-updates?page=with:block-6391d0888f08f54ad0692bd6\">one-sided PR effort\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the water in Ireland — no fan of the British monarchy — the \u003cem>Irish Times\u003c/em> described the first three hours as “a sometimes unwatchable \u003ca href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2022/12/08/harry-meghan-a-heartfelt-gloopy-and-sometimes-unwatchable-plunge-into-planet-sussex/\">plunge into Planet Sussex\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The series contains no revelations. Instead, it’s an expanded version of the couple’s perspective on why they left the Royal family nearly two years ago. The couple and their Archewell foundation employees focus on the Royal family’s co-dependent relationship with Britain’s press and the human toll it takes. Tim Burt, who does strategic communications for the foundation, describes the unwritten contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The taxpayer in the U.K. pays for the royal family and in return for those payments, there is an expectation that the Royal family will be available to the media,” says Burt, “and this is a sense of ‘We pay, you pose.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13866072']Harry sees this as a power struggle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It all comes down to control,” he says. “It’s like this family is ours to exploit. Their trauma is our story and our narrative to control\u003cem>.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first episode covers the couple’s secret courtship and romance, which struck a chord with some viewers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>I’ve always been ‘Team Harry and Meghan,’ ” said Ateh Jewell, who writes about the beauty industry, speaking on Britain’s ITV on Thursday. “She’s been painted as a scheming, predatory, prince-hunting woman. And I think the first episode shows that they have a deep love, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ5ai4pSw98\">friendship and a connection\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “Team Harry” framing highlights the polarizing effect the couple have here. Their supporters see them as principled activists who have called out racism in Britain and the Royal family at great personal cost. Their detractors see them as complainers and ingrates who turned their back on the country after it welcomed Meghan and threw the couple a spectacular wedding at Windsor Castle in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opinion on Prince Harry in his homeland is divided. A few years ago, he was among the most popular royals, with ratings that rivaled his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth. Today his popularity \u003ca href=\"https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/explore/public_figure/Prince_Harry_Duke_of_Sussex\">sits at just 38%\u003c/a>, according to research firm YouGov.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only \u003ca href=\"https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/explore/public_figure/Meghan_Duchess_of_Sussex\">27% of people here\u003c/a> like Meghan, according to YouGov, while a slight majority don’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13893693']Among them is Jan Veale, a retired hairdresser from Devon, in southwest England. Veale doesn’t like the couple and plans to hate-watch the series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>I am glad they’ve made it, because I don’t like what they’ve done to the Royal family,” said Veale, while strolling around London’s Covent Garden on Thursday looking at the Christmas lights. “I think this will make people hate them even more and I’m glad of that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>NPR London producer Morgan Ayre contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visit NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=It%27s+thumbs-down+in+the+U.K.+for+Harry+and+Meghan%27s+Netflix+Series&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Even critics in Britain’s liberal media panned ‘Harry & Meghan,’ the new Netflix documentary series about the couple.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705006072,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":648},"headData":{"title":"It’s Thumbs-Down in the UK For Harry and Meghan’s Netflix Series | KQED","description":"Even critics in Britain’s liberal media panned ‘Harry & Meghan,’ the new Netflix documentary series about the couple.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"It’s Thumbs-Down in the UK For Harry and Meghan’s Netflix Series","datePublished":"2022-12-09T19:58:20.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T20:47:52.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"nprImageCredit":"Daniel Leal","nprByline":"Frank Langfitt","nprImageAgency":"AFP via Getty Images","nprStoryId":"1141845597","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=1141845597&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"https://www.npr.org/2022/12/09/1141845597/harry-and-meghan-netflix-reviews?ft=nprml&f=1141845597","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Fri, 09 Dec 2022 09:49:00 -0500","nprStoryDate":"Fri, 09 Dec 2022 09:48:35 -0500","nprLastModifiedDate":"Fri, 09 Dec 2022 09:49:35 -0500","templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","path":"/arts/13922580/its-thumbs-down-in-the-uk-for-harry-and-meghans-netflix-series","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Reviews for the new Netflix series \u003cem>Harry & Meghan\u003c/em>, by Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, have been withering in the British press. This is not surprising, given that the couple spends much of the first three episodes attacking Britain’s notorious tabloid media for invading their privacy and some coverage that traded in racist tropes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13919284","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Some U.K. newspapers responded in kind to the first three episodes of six. \u003cem>The Telegraph\u003c/em> called the series a “very \u003ca href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2022/12/08/sussexes-documentary-californian-exercise-grievance/\">Californian exercise in grievance\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>Spectator \u003c/em>magazine called it a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/harry-and-meghans-netflix-show-is-a-tedious-narcissistic-wallow/\">tedious, narcissistic wallow\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The criticism, however, did not just come from the political right. Britain’s \u003cem>Guardian\u003c/em>, which is liberal and more likely to be sympathetic to the couple’s politics, called the series “a \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/live/2022/dec/08/harry-meghan-netflix-documentary-royal-family-media-reaction-live-updates?page=with:block-6391d0888f08f54ad0692bd6\">one-sided PR effort\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the water in Ireland — no fan of the British monarchy — the \u003cem>Irish Times\u003c/em> described the first three hours as “a sometimes unwatchable \u003ca href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2022/12/08/harry-meghan-a-heartfelt-gloopy-and-sometimes-unwatchable-plunge-into-planet-sussex/\">plunge into Planet Sussex\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The series contains no revelations. Instead, it’s an expanded version of the couple’s perspective on why they left the Royal family nearly two years ago. The couple and their Archewell foundation employees focus on the Royal family’s co-dependent relationship with Britain’s press and the human toll it takes. Tim Burt, who does strategic communications for the foundation, describes the unwritten contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The taxpayer in the U.K. pays for the royal family and in return for those payments, there is an expectation that the Royal family will be available to the media,” says Burt, “and this is a sense of ‘We pay, you pose.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13866072","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Harry sees this as a power struggle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It all comes down to control,” he says. “It’s like this family is ours to exploit. Their trauma is our story and our narrative to control\u003cem>.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first episode covers the couple’s secret courtship and romance, which struck a chord with some viewers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>I’ve always been ‘Team Harry and Meghan,’ ” said Ateh Jewell, who writes about the beauty industry, speaking on Britain’s ITV on Thursday. “She’s been painted as a scheming, predatory, prince-hunting woman. And I think the first episode shows that they have a deep love, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ5ai4pSw98\">friendship and a connection\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “Team Harry” framing highlights the polarizing effect the couple have here. Their supporters see them as principled activists who have called out racism in Britain and the Royal family at great personal cost. Their detractors see them as complainers and ingrates who turned their back on the country after it welcomed Meghan and threw the couple a spectacular wedding at Windsor Castle in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opinion on Prince Harry in his homeland is divided. A few years ago, he was among the most popular royals, with ratings that rivaled his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth. Today his popularity \u003ca href=\"https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/explore/public_figure/Prince_Harry_Duke_of_Sussex\">sits at just 38%\u003c/a>, according to research firm YouGov.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only \u003ca href=\"https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/explore/public_figure/Meghan_Duchess_of_Sussex\">27% of people here\u003c/a> like Meghan, according to YouGov, while a slight majority don’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13893693","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Among them is Jan Veale, a retired hairdresser from Devon, in southwest England. Veale doesn’t like the couple and plans to hate-watch the series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>I am glad they’ve made it, because I don’t like what they’ve done to the Royal family,” said Veale, while strolling around London’s Covent Garden on Thursday looking at the Christmas lights. “I think this will make people hate them even more and I’m glad of that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>NPR London producer Morgan Ayre contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visit NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=It%27s+thumbs-down+in+the+U.K.+for+Harry+and+Meghan%27s+Netflix+Series&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13922580/its-thumbs-down-in-the-uk-for-harry-and-meghans-netflix-series","authors":["byline_arts_13922580"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_75","arts_990"],"tags":["arts_8302","arts_3423","arts_3324","arts_8580","arts_8126"],"affiliates":["arts_137"],"featImg":"arts_13922581","label":"arts_137"},"arts_13919284":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13919284","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13919284","score":null,"sort":[1663630185000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"meghan-markle-queens-funeral-harry-kate-william-gohome","title":"Meghan Markle Can't Win in the UK—and This Week Proved it","publishDate":1663630185,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Meghan Markle Can’t Win in the UK—and This Week Proved it | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>The U.K. found itself at a standstill throughout most of Monday, as Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral took place at Westminster Abbey in London. And there was a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> of hullaballoo surrounding the event that won’t make a lot of sense to Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The public \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-62949220\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">standing in a 10-mile line for up to 24 hours\u003c/a>, just to spend mere seconds next to the queen’s coffin, lying in state\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hospitals \u003ca href=\"https://people.com/health/u-k-hospitals-canceling-non-urgent-appointments-due-to-the-queens-funeral-being-declared-a-holiday/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">canceling many “non-urgent” procedures\u003c/a> (including caesarean sections!) because of the funeral\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Therapists—notoriously difficult to access within the U.K.’s public health system—postponing desperately awaited appointments for weeks at a time\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The adoration granted to one of the queen’s ponies because, according to \u003cem>The Sun\u003c/em>, she “\u003ca href=\"https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19854954/brits-tears-queens-favourite-pony-emma/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lifted her leg as if in an attempt to curtsy as the Queen’s cortege passed\u003c/a>“\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/sep/13/jokes-about-the-queens-death-cut-from-uk-version-of-last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Last Week Tonight with John Oliver\u003c/em> being censored on U.K. television\u003c/a> for sarcastically referring to Elizabeth’s passing as “a shocking death of a 96-year-old woman from natural causes”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Television channels forgoing the broadcast of commercials on Monday in favor of a silent black screen\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13919285\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13919285\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/20220919_111530-800x614.jpg\" alt='A black screen with white text says: As a mark of respect to Her Majesty The Queen, we are not showing commercials across the Channel 4 network today. Programmes will continue shortly.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/20220919_111530-800x614.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/20220919_111530-1020x783.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/20220919_111530-160x123.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/20220919_111530-768x590.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/20220919_111530.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">What British television viewers saw instead of commercial breaks the day of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. \u003ccite>(Rania Adwan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the most confounding aspects, however, is the way Meghan Markle has been put under a microscope by the press and public alike all week, despite not putting a foot wrong. The scrutiny is especially astounding when one considers how quietly Prince Andrew has been reintegrated into royal procedures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13908090']In case you need a refresher, Meghan Markle’s controversies include speaking out about racism within the royal ranks, suing a prominent British newspaper for invasion of privacy (and winning), and moving back to America with her husband for the sake of her mental health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prince Andrew, on the other hand, was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13908090/prince-andrew-sexual-abuse-trial-virginia-giuffre-jeffrey-epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-queen-elizabeth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stripped of his titles and removed from public duties\u003c/a> as he battled a sexual assault case brought by Virginia Giuffre. Giuffre has alleged for years that she was the victim of sex trafficking by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, and forced to have sex with Prince Andrew at the age of 17. (Both Maxwell and Prince Andrew settled with Giuffre out of court; Andrew is reported to have avoided a trial by \u003ca href=\"https://time.com/6149123/prince-andrew-settlement-virginia-giuffre-royal-finances/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">paying her an estimated $16 million\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet, this week, as Andrew stepped back into the public eye, it’s Markle who has inspired the most scrutiny and criticism in the days leading up to the funeral.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For much of the U.K. media, coverage has been primarily concerned with presenting the remaining royal family members as putting on a united front out of respect for the queen. This means that both television and print media has actively avoided discussing Prince Andrew’s legal and reputational woes—except to report the arrest of a Scot who dared to heckle Andrew during a funereal procession in Edinburgh. (The 22-year-old was charged with breaching the peace after shouting, “Andrew! You’re a sick old man.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13893693']Something more insidious is at play in the tabloids, however. Search the \u003cem>Daily Mail\u003c/em>‘s website for stories about Prince Andrew, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?sel=site&searchPhrase=prince+andrew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">general funeral coverage\u003c/a> pops up. Conduct the same search for Meghan Markle and, alongside that same funeral coverage, a wealth of other articles seek to paint her in a very specific (negative) light. There’s analysis of \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11227181/Meghan-Markle-Prince-Harry-sit-second-row-Queens-funeral.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Markle crying at the funeral\u003c/a>, while Princess Kate is presented as “the picture of poise.” There are several stories about Markle and Harry being “uninvited” to a Buckingham Palace state reception. Worst of all, there are a series of articles bending over backwards to report other people’s criticisms of Markle. This serves as a clever way to paint Markle in a bad light without the \u003cem>Daily Mail\u003c/em>‘s writers being directly responsible for the nasty things being said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This methodology has, in the last week, prompted the paper to publish articles with the following headlines:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Australian senator brands Meghan Markle a ‘horrible human’ with a ‘terrible influence on Prince Harry’ and declares they are ‘awful, revolting people’ in an extraordinarily scathing live TV rant”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Meghan’s new favorite magazine ‘The Cut’ launches vicious attack on father-in-law King Charles for being a ‘big, fussy baby and a jerk to his staff’ as he mourns loss of beloved mother, Queen Elizabeth II”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“‘They say the cause of death was Meghan Markle’s podcast’: Bill Maher takes a jab at Meghan’s Archetypes podcast”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>No such secondhand coverage has been published on Andrew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Twitter, things for Markle were even worse. While Prince Andrew failed to make it into the top trending topics during his return to the spotlight, #GoHomeMeghanMarkle dominated the website on Sept. 12. The hashtag started after Markle accompanied Prince Harry, Prince William and Princess Kate to greet mourners in London. Had Markle not accompanied her husband in this task, she would likely have been accused of discarding the feelings of the British public and disrespecting the queen. Showing up and doing her duty unfortunately did not mean she fared any better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While some of the gathered crowds (especially younger people) greeted Markle warmly that day, those that didn’t were praised online for giving her the cold shoulder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/heg_emon/status/1568899377175085056\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/furbabygirl/status/1568689504583819264\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Edinbur53539054/status/1568668323004694530\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Markle must have known in advance that she would be in a no-win situation as soon as she set foot on British soil. And she has sailed through the scrutiny with as much dignity as any human could possibly muster under the circumstances. What has been forgotten this week is that Markle and Harry were careful during their Oprah tell-all to paint Queen Elizabeth II in a very positive light. Also forgotten? The fact that they named their daughter after Elizabeth’s childhood nickname, Lilibet. It matters not. The damage in the U.K. is done and as far as the royal supporters there are concerned, Meghan Markle is and always will be a pariah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13866072']Though stateside the presumed cause of all this is racism, the real reasons behind the ostracizing of Markle are more complex. The color of her skin is undoubtedly a factor for some, yes—but so is her nationality. (Lest we forget that the last senior royal that married an American was \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VIII\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">forced to live in exile after abdicating the throne\u003c/a> in order to do so.) It’s OK for members of the British royal family to marry so-called “commoners.” But the commoners who marry in usually do so having been groomed to understand and revere every aspect of royal life. Markle had no such life-long training, and the royalists of Britain know (and resent) it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The truth of the matter is that the U.K. public is willing to live with royal overlords only so long as the people at the top of that hierarchy are willing to keep their mouths shut and play the game. Part of that game—as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13866072/the-bullying-of-meghan-markle-continues-a-long-tradition-for-royal-wives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">every woman who’s ever married into the Windsor family\u003c/a> could tell you—is putting up with bullying from both the press and the public. Middleton, the new Princess of Wales, for example, endured a decade of mockery. She silently withstood that hardship and humiliation and is now talked about only in the most glowing of terms. She put her time in and she was rewarded. When Markle was unwilling to put up with such treatment—a hazing of sorts—her fate was sealed.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Markle has come under more scrutiny than any other royal this week—even Prince Andrew, an accused abuser.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705006365,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":17,"wordCount":1336},"headData":{"title":"Meghan Markle Can't Win in the UK—and This Week Proved it | KQED","description":"Markle has come under more scrutiny than any other royal this week—even Prince Andrew, an accused abuser.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Meghan Markle Can't Win in the UK—and This Week Proved it","datePublished":"2022-09-19T23:29:45.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T20:52:45.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Commentary ","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/artscommentary","sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/arts/13919284/meghan-markle-queens-funeral-harry-kate-william-gohome","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The U.K. found itself at a standstill throughout most of Monday, as Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral took place at Westminster Abbey in London. And there was a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> of hullaballoo surrounding the event that won’t make a lot of sense to Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The public \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-62949220\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">standing in a 10-mile line for up to 24 hours\u003c/a>, just to spend mere seconds next to the queen’s coffin, lying in state\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hospitals \u003ca href=\"https://people.com/health/u-k-hospitals-canceling-non-urgent-appointments-due-to-the-queens-funeral-being-declared-a-holiday/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">canceling many “non-urgent” procedures\u003c/a> (including caesarean sections!) because of the funeral\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Therapists—notoriously difficult to access within the U.K.’s public health system—postponing desperately awaited appointments for weeks at a time\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The adoration granted to one of the queen’s ponies because, according to \u003cem>The Sun\u003c/em>, she “\u003ca href=\"https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19854954/brits-tears-queens-favourite-pony-emma/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lifted her leg as if in an attempt to curtsy as the Queen’s cortege passed\u003c/a>“\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/sep/13/jokes-about-the-queens-death-cut-from-uk-version-of-last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Last Week Tonight with John Oliver\u003c/em> being censored on U.K. television\u003c/a> for sarcastically referring to Elizabeth’s passing as “a shocking death of a 96-year-old woman from natural causes”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Television channels forgoing the broadcast of commercials on Monday in favor of a silent black screen\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13919285\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13919285\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/20220919_111530-800x614.jpg\" alt='A black screen with white text says: As a mark of respect to Her Majesty The Queen, we are not showing commercials across the Channel 4 network today. Programmes will continue shortly.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/20220919_111530-800x614.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/20220919_111530-1020x783.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/20220919_111530-160x123.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/20220919_111530-768x590.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/20220919_111530.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">What British television viewers saw instead of commercial breaks the day of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. \u003ccite>(Rania Adwan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the most confounding aspects, however, is the way Meghan Markle has been put under a microscope by the press and public alike all week, despite not putting a foot wrong. The scrutiny is especially astounding when one considers how quietly Prince Andrew has been reintegrated into royal procedures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13908090","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In case you need a refresher, Meghan Markle’s controversies include speaking out about racism within the royal ranks, suing a prominent British newspaper for invasion of privacy (and winning), and moving back to America with her husband for the sake of her mental health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prince Andrew, on the other hand, was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13908090/prince-andrew-sexual-abuse-trial-virginia-giuffre-jeffrey-epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-queen-elizabeth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stripped of his titles and removed from public duties\u003c/a> as he battled a sexual assault case brought by Virginia Giuffre. Giuffre has alleged for years that she was the victim of sex trafficking by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, and forced to have sex with Prince Andrew at the age of 17. (Both Maxwell and Prince Andrew settled with Giuffre out of court; Andrew is reported to have avoided a trial by \u003ca href=\"https://time.com/6149123/prince-andrew-settlement-virginia-giuffre-royal-finances/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">paying her an estimated $16 million\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet, this week, as Andrew stepped back into the public eye, it’s Markle who has inspired the most scrutiny and criticism in the days leading up to the funeral.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For much of the U.K. media, coverage has been primarily concerned with presenting the remaining royal family members as putting on a united front out of respect for the queen. This means that both television and print media has actively avoided discussing Prince Andrew’s legal and reputational woes—except to report the arrest of a Scot who dared to heckle Andrew during a funereal procession in Edinburgh. (The 22-year-old was charged with breaching the peace after shouting, “Andrew! You’re a sick old man.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13893693","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Something more insidious is at play in the tabloids, however. Search the \u003cem>Daily Mail\u003c/em>‘s website for stories about Prince Andrew, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?sel=site&searchPhrase=prince+andrew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">general funeral coverage\u003c/a> pops up. Conduct the same search for Meghan Markle and, alongside that same funeral coverage, a wealth of other articles seek to paint her in a very specific (negative) light. There’s analysis of \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11227181/Meghan-Markle-Prince-Harry-sit-second-row-Queens-funeral.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Markle crying at the funeral\u003c/a>, while Princess Kate is presented as “the picture of poise.” There are several stories about Markle and Harry being “uninvited” to a Buckingham Palace state reception. Worst of all, there are a series of articles bending over backwards to report other people’s criticisms of Markle. This serves as a clever way to paint Markle in a bad light without the \u003cem>Daily Mail\u003c/em>‘s writers being directly responsible for the nasty things being said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This methodology has, in the last week, prompted the paper to publish articles with the following headlines:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Australian senator brands Meghan Markle a ‘horrible human’ with a ‘terrible influence on Prince Harry’ and declares they are ‘awful, revolting people’ in an extraordinarily scathing live TV rant”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Meghan’s new favorite magazine ‘The Cut’ launches vicious attack on father-in-law King Charles for being a ‘big, fussy baby and a jerk to his staff’ as he mourns loss of beloved mother, Queen Elizabeth II”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“‘They say the cause of death was Meghan Markle’s podcast’: Bill Maher takes a jab at Meghan’s Archetypes podcast”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>No such secondhand coverage has been published on Andrew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Twitter, things for Markle were even worse. While Prince Andrew failed to make it into the top trending topics during his return to the spotlight, #GoHomeMeghanMarkle dominated the website on Sept. 12. The hashtag started after Markle accompanied Prince Harry, Prince William and Princess Kate to greet mourners in London. Had Markle not accompanied her husband in this task, she would likely have been accused of discarding the feelings of the British public and disrespecting the queen. Showing up and doing her duty unfortunately did not mean she fared any better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While some of the gathered crowds (especially younger people) greeted Markle warmly that day, those that didn’t were praised online for giving her the cold shoulder.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1568899377175085056"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1568689504583819264"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1568668323004694530"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Markle must have known in advance that she would be in a no-win situation as soon as she set foot on British soil. And she has sailed through the scrutiny with as much dignity as any human could possibly muster under the circumstances. What has been forgotten this week is that Markle and Harry were careful during their Oprah tell-all to paint Queen Elizabeth II in a very positive light. Also forgotten? The fact that they named their daughter after Elizabeth’s childhood nickname, Lilibet. It matters not. The damage in the U.K. is done and as far as the royal supporters there are concerned, Meghan Markle is and always will be a pariah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13866072","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Though stateside the presumed cause of all this is racism, the real reasons behind the ostracizing of Markle are more complex. The color of her skin is undoubtedly a factor for some, yes—but so is her nationality. (Lest we forget that the last senior royal that married an American was \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VIII\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">forced to live in exile after abdicating the throne\u003c/a> in order to do so.) It’s OK for members of the British royal family to marry so-called “commoners.” But the commoners who marry in usually do so having been groomed to understand and revere every aspect of royal life. Markle had no such life-long training, and the royalists of Britain know (and resent) it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The truth of the matter is that the U.K. public is willing to live with royal overlords only so long as the people at the top of that hierarchy are willing to keep their mouths shut and play the game. Part of that game—as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13866072/the-bullying-of-meghan-markle-continues-a-long-tradition-for-royal-wives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">every woman who’s ever married into the Windsor family\u003c/a> could tell you—is putting up with bullying from both the press and the public. Middleton, the new Princess of Wales, for example, endured a decade of mockery. She silently withstood that hardship and humiliation and is now talked about only in the most glowing of terms. She put her time in and she was rewarded. When Markle was unwilling to put up with such treatment—a hazing of sorts—her fate was sealed.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13919284/meghan-markle-queens-funeral-harry-kate-william-gohome","authors":["11242"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_2303","arts_75"],"tags":["arts_14452","arts_2767","arts_10342","arts_10278","arts_8302","arts_3423","arts_9748","arts_8126","arts_5292"],"featImg":"arts_13919291","label":"source_arts_13919284"},"arts_13901947":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13901947","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13901947","score":null,"sort":[1630440819000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"prince-andrew-virginia-roberts-giuffre-meghan-markle-the-crown-prince-charles-princess-diana-william-kate","title":"America's Love Affair with the British Royals is Exiting its Honeymoon Phase","publishDate":1630440819,"format":"standard","headTitle":"America’s Love Affair with the British Royals is Exiting its Honeymoon Phase | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>When I moved from the U.K. to San Francisco in 2002, I quickly grew accustomed to answering random questions about the royal family from curious Americans. Most of them were either about the family tree (“Who’s Harry and William’s dad again?”), the power structure (“Can the queen make laws?”) and the culture (“Do British people actually like them?”). But since \u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em> premiered in 2016 and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/103656/i-stayed-up-all-night-to-watch-the-royal-wedding-so-you-didnt-have-to\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harry and Meghan tied the knot\u003c/a> in 2018, I’ve noticed the American appetite for royal gossip has increased to a degree that feels—to me at least—rather unprecedented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No royal spouse has ever so swiftly or smoothly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13893693/after-oprah-interview-harry-and-meghan-slammed-by-british-press\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called the royal family out on their BS\u003c/a> the way Markle recently did. And no TV show (or book for that matter) has ever highlighted the deep dysfunctions within the British royal family quite so effectively or succinctly as \u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em>. Crucially, what both have done so successfully in tandem, is to expose the rot that lies beneath what was previously perceived by many Americans to be a dignified institution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While aspects of the show are fictionalized, \u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em> alone has, in short shrift, made Americans aware of scandals long known to the British people. Storylines include \u003ca href=\"https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/television/fact-checking-the-crown-season-two\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">King Edward VIII and Prince Philip’s ties to Nazi Germany\u003c/a>; Prince Charles’ appalling treatment of Princess Diana; Princess Diana’s prolonged attempts at self-destruction; \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-04-06-mn-239-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Queen Elizabeth’s secret cousins\u003c/a>, hidden away because they were developmentally disabled; \u003ca href=\"https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a14382214/antony-armstrong-jones-illegitimate-child-polly-fry/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Princess Margaret’s husband’s secret child\u003c/a> with another woman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13882981']Running in tandem with all of this retroactive tea-spilling is a real-time horror story involving the queen’s middle son, Prince Andrew. He is currently being sued in a federal court by Virginia Roberts Giuffre over sexual assault allegations. Giuffre says that when she was 17, she met Andrew (41 at the time) through Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell is currently awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges in the same Brooklyn prison where Epstein died in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Giuffre—who is only four years older than Andrew’s eldest daughter—has spent the last decade publicly asserting that she was abused and trafficked by Epstein and Maxwell. She says this led to her being sexually assaulted by the prince on three separate occasions in 2001. Prince Andrew has denied any and all knowledge of Giuffre, despite photographic evidence proving that the two at least met in Maxwell’s London apartment that year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901985\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13901985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-26-at-12.45.39-PM-800x487.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"487\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The now infamous photo of Prince Andrew with his arm around Virginia Giuffre in 2001, at Ghislaine Maxwell’s London apartment, when Giuffre was 17.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Between those allegations, \u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em>’s exposés, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13893693/after-oprah-interview-harry-and-meghan-slammed-by-british-press\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harry and Meghan’s Oprah interview\u003c/a> in March, the questions I get asked about the royal family have recently taken quite the turn. Now, they’re less about the family structure and the royal duties, and more about whether or not the family is a racist institution that gets away with whatever the hell it likes. Indeed, the family is now seen as messy enough over here to garner comparisons by my American friends to the Kardashians. I keep having to dejectedly point out that the analogy only works if all of the Kardashians’ homes, vehicles, bank balances and bodyguards were funded by American taxpayers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new American understanding of just how much drama the royal family produces means an increasing amount of American interest in content about the Windsors. Season 2 of \u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em> directly inspired \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTeLsRxbSAY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Margaret: The Rebel Princess\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a PBS series about the queen’s sister, which is also available on Amazon Prime. Netflix offered up \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNILDb-wXW8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Royal House of Windsor\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a documentary series that rehashes storylines from \u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em> through a purely factual lens. In 2017, to mark the 20th anniversary of her death, National Geographic released \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9EKvOJ_d8Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Diana: In Her Own Words\u003c/em>\u003c/a>—a documentary about William and Harry’s mother that also lived on Netflix for a while. That same year, the brothers presented their own film about her—\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hkdZSOGK58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, on HBO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>HBO’s most recent royal offering, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGxOken3-lc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Prince\u003c/em>\u003c/a>—an animated series that presents Prince George as a tyrant, a la Stewie from \u003cem>Family Guy—\u003c/em>demonstrates that the cracks in the royals’ overseas image are beginning to show. The cartoon drew ire for its satirical focus on the real-life prince—George is 8 years old, the oldest son of Prince William and Kate, and third in line to the throne. But the entire family is presented as over-privileged, insular and grossly out of touch with the real world—arguments that have been made about them for decades in the U.K.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_103656']Still, pop culture has more royal content coming to feed the appetites of American audiences. On Sept. 6, Lifetime is releasing its third (third!) \u003cem>Harry and Meghan\u003c/em> drama—\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCWVDn2Xku8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Escaping the Palace\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. On Nov. 5, we’ll get \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYTtrABWy_o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Spencer\u003c/em>\u003c/a>—a dramatization of the week in 1992 that Princess Diana decided to leave Prince Charles, starring Kristen Stewart. Social media blew up last week after the first trailer was released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Season 5 of \u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em> doesn’t even drop until late-2022, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/ceciliarodriguez/2021/08/20/first-photos-of-new-princess-diana-prince-charles-the-queen-in-netflixs-the-crown-season-5/?sh=fae09ba43e83\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">photos of the new cast\u003c/a> also trended on Twitter in August, after Netflix released them with some fanfare. The new season will probably be the juiciest yet, given the fact that the conduct of the queen’s children—and their spouses—throughout the ’90s was mortifying for all concerned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em> will have its work cut out choosing from potential storylines from that decade. After all, that was the period in which three out of four of the queen’s children broke up with their spouses, even though divorce was a royal taboo. To make matters worse, a cringeworthy, \u003ca href=\"https://honey.nine.com.au/royals/royal-scandal-camilla-parker-bowles-charles-tampon-conversation/fa0fa78d-8494-4595-a2f5-4f808fa0dfd2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sexually explicit phone conversation\u003c/a> between Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles—recorded when he was still married to Diana—leaked to the public in 1993. Around that same time, Princess Diana’s 1986 affair with Major James Hewitt was exposed. Then Prince Andrew’s wife, \u003ca href=\"https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/toe-sucking-photo-drove-sarah-22405395\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson was photographed\u003c/a> poolside, having her feet kissed by a new boyfriend. And, of course, there was the national outcry that Queen Elizabeth faced when she and the royal household took five days to publicly respond to the death of Princess Diana. That miserable week in 1997 was well dramatized in 2006’s \u003cem>The Queen\u003c/em>, for which Helen Mirren won the Best Actress Oscar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqL42sjb96I\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I assumed for many years that Americans asked me about the royal family because they thought the institution was glamorous. That idea certainly seemed to be at the forefront of conversations when Markle joined their ranks. Now, I wonder if the American fascination with the Windsors has quickly turned into something else—relief to be from a country founded on democratic principles instead of regal bloodlines. Just as Markle was rudely awoken to the inner workings, protocols and messes of the royal family, so too was America. And, as Prince Andrew’s legal troubles unfurl, stateside perceptions of the royal family are bound to get worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13866072']A \u003ca href=\"https://today.yougov.com/topics/entertainment/articles-reports/2021/02/17/british-royals-popular-america-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouGov survey\u003c/a> this year about which royals are most popular with Americans is revealing. Prince Charles (the next king) and Prince Andrew are already regarded as the least popular, with, respectively, 47% and 43% of respondents viewing them as “very/somewhat unfavorable.” Their lesser-known siblings, Princess Anne and Prince Edward, scored only 12% and 19% in the same category.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the queen remains a popular figure on both sides of the Atlantic (68% of surveyed Americans viewed her as “very/somewhat favorable”), it would be foolish to assume that such reverence extends to the rest of her family. America is merely in the middle of getting a crash course in what the royal family is all about. And what will soon become evident is what has been obvious on British soil for much longer—when it comes to the royal family, the more you know about them, the less likable they become.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Prince Andrew, Meghan Markle and 'The Crown' have all had a hand in breaking the facade of nobility that used to protect the Windsors.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705007837,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":16,"wordCount":1406},"headData":{"title":"America's Love Affair with the British Royals is Exiting its Honeymoon Phase | KQED","description":"Prince Andrew, Meghan Markle and 'The Crown' have all had a hand in breaking the facade of nobility that used to protect the Windsors.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"America's Love Affair with the British Royals is Exiting its Honeymoon Phase","datePublished":"2021-08-31T20:13:39.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T21:17:17.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"WpOldSlug":"prince-andrew-virgina-roberts-giuffre-meghan-markle-the-crown-prince-charles-princess-diana-william-kate","templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/arts/13901947/prince-andrew-virginia-roberts-giuffre-meghan-markle-the-crown-prince-charles-princess-diana-william-kate","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When I moved from the U.K. to San Francisco in 2002, I quickly grew accustomed to answering random questions about the royal family from curious Americans. Most of them were either about the family tree (“Who’s Harry and William’s dad again?”), the power structure (“Can the queen make laws?”) and the culture (“Do British people actually like them?”). But since \u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em> premiered in 2016 and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/103656/i-stayed-up-all-night-to-watch-the-royal-wedding-so-you-didnt-have-to\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harry and Meghan tied the knot\u003c/a> in 2018, I’ve noticed the American appetite for royal gossip has increased to a degree that feels—to me at least—rather unprecedented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No royal spouse has ever so swiftly or smoothly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13893693/after-oprah-interview-harry-and-meghan-slammed-by-british-press\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called the royal family out on their BS\u003c/a> the way Markle recently did. And no TV show (or book for that matter) has ever highlighted the deep dysfunctions within the British royal family quite so effectively or succinctly as \u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em>. Crucially, what both have done so successfully in tandem, is to expose the rot that lies beneath what was previously perceived by many Americans to be a dignified institution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While aspects of the show are fictionalized, \u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em> alone has, in short shrift, made Americans aware of scandals long known to the British people. Storylines include \u003ca href=\"https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/television/fact-checking-the-crown-season-two\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">King Edward VIII and Prince Philip’s ties to Nazi Germany\u003c/a>; Prince Charles’ appalling treatment of Princess Diana; Princess Diana’s prolonged attempts at self-destruction; \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-04-06-mn-239-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Queen Elizabeth’s secret cousins\u003c/a>, hidden away because they were developmentally disabled; \u003ca href=\"https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a14382214/antony-armstrong-jones-illegitimate-child-polly-fry/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Princess Margaret’s husband’s secret child\u003c/a> with another woman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13882981","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Running in tandem with all of this retroactive tea-spilling is a real-time horror story involving the queen’s middle son, Prince Andrew. He is currently being sued in a federal court by Virginia Roberts Giuffre over sexual assault allegations. Giuffre says that when she was 17, she met Andrew (41 at the time) through Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell is currently awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges in the same Brooklyn prison where Epstein died in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Giuffre—who is only four years older than Andrew’s eldest daughter—has spent the last decade publicly asserting that she was abused and trafficked by Epstein and Maxwell. She says this led to her being sexually assaulted by the prince on three separate occasions in 2001. Prince Andrew has denied any and all knowledge of Giuffre, despite photographic evidence proving that the two at least met in Maxwell’s London apartment that year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901985\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13901985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-26-at-12.45.39-PM-800x487.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"487\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The now infamous photo of Prince Andrew with his arm around Virginia Giuffre in 2001, at Ghislaine Maxwell’s London apartment, when Giuffre was 17.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Between those allegations, \u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em>’s exposés, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13893693/after-oprah-interview-harry-and-meghan-slammed-by-british-press\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harry and Meghan’s Oprah interview\u003c/a> in March, the questions I get asked about the royal family have recently taken quite the turn. Now, they’re less about the family structure and the royal duties, and more about whether or not the family is a racist institution that gets away with whatever the hell it likes. Indeed, the family is now seen as messy enough over here to garner comparisons by my American friends to the Kardashians. I keep having to dejectedly point out that the analogy only works if all of the Kardashians’ homes, vehicles, bank balances and bodyguards were funded by American taxpayers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new American understanding of just how much drama the royal family produces means an increasing amount of American interest in content about the Windsors. Season 2 of \u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em> directly inspired \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTeLsRxbSAY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Margaret: The Rebel Princess\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a PBS series about the queen’s sister, which is also available on Amazon Prime. Netflix offered up \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNILDb-wXW8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Royal House of Windsor\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a documentary series that rehashes storylines from \u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em> through a purely factual lens. In 2017, to mark the 20th anniversary of her death, National Geographic released \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9EKvOJ_d8Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Diana: In Her Own Words\u003c/em>\u003c/a>—a documentary about William and Harry’s mother that also lived on Netflix for a while. That same year, the brothers presented their own film about her—\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hkdZSOGK58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, on HBO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>HBO’s most recent royal offering, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGxOken3-lc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Prince\u003c/em>\u003c/a>—an animated series that presents Prince George as a tyrant, a la Stewie from \u003cem>Family Guy—\u003c/em>demonstrates that the cracks in the royals’ overseas image are beginning to show. The cartoon drew ire for its satirical focus on the real-life prince—George is 8 years old, the oldest son of Prince William and Kate, and third in line to the throne. But the entire family is presented as over-privileged, insular and grossly out of touch with the real world—arguments that have been made about them for decades in the U.K.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"pop_103656","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Still, pop culture has more royal content coming to feed the appetites of American audiences. On Sept. 6, Lifetime is releasing its third (third!) \u003cem>Harry and Meghan\u003c/em> drama—\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCWVDn2Xku8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Escaping the Palace\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. On Nov. 5, we’ll get \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYTtrABWy_o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Spencer\u003c/em>\u003c/a>—a dramatization of the week in 1992 that Princess Diana decided to leave Prince Charles, starring Kristen Stewart. Social media blew up last week after the first trailer was released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Season 5 of \u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em> doesn’t even drop until late-2022, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/ceciliarodriguez/2021/08/20/first-photos-of-new-princess-diana-prince-charles-the-queen-in-netflixs-the-crown-season-5/?sh=fae09ba43e83\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">photos of the new cast\u003c/a> also trended on Twitter in August, after Netflix released them with some fanfare. The new season will probably be the juiciest yet, given the fact that the conduct of the queen’s children—and their spouses—throughout the ’90s was mortifying for all concerned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em> will have its work cut out choosing from potential storylines from that decade. After all, that was the period in which three out of four of the queen’s children broke up with their spouses, even though divorce was a royal taboo. To make matters worse, a cringeworthy, \u003ca href=\"https://honey.nine.com.au/royals/royal-scandal-camilla-parker-bowles-charles-tampon-conversation/fa0fa78d-8494-4595-a2f5-4f808fa0dfd2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sexually explicit phone conversation\u003c/a> between Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles—recorded when he was still married to Diana—leaked to the public in 1993. Around that same time, Princess Diana’s 1986 affair with Major James Hewitt was exposed. Then Prince Andrew’s wife, \u003ca href=\"https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/toe-sucking-photo-drove-sarah-22405395\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson was photographed\u003c/a> poolside, having her feet kissed by a new boyfriend. And, of course, there was the national outcry that Queen Elizabeth faced when she and the royal household took five days to publicly respond to the death of Princess Diana. That miserable week in 1997 was well dramatized in 2006’s \u003cem>The Queen\u003c/em>, for which Helen Mirren won the Best Actress Oscar.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/mqL42sjb96I'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/mqL42sjb96I'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>I assumed for many years that Americans asked me about the royal family because they thought the institution was glamorous. That idea certainly seemed to be at the forefront of conversations when Markle joined their ranks. Now, I wonder if the American fascination with the Windsors has quickly turned into something else—relief to be from a country founded on democratic principles instead of regal bloodlines. Just as Markle was rudely awoken to the inner workings, protocols and messes of the royal family, so too was America. And, as Prince Andrew’s legal troubles unfurl, stateside perceptions of the royal family are bound to get worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13866072","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://today.yougov.com/topics/entertainment/articles-reports/2021/02/17/british-royals-popular-america-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouGov survey\u003c/a> this year about which royals are most popular with Americans is revealing. Prince Charles (the next king) and Prince Andrew are already regarded as the least popular, with, respectively, 47% and 43% of respondents viewing them as “very/somewhat unfavorable.” Their lesser-known siblings, Princess Anne and Prince Edward, scored only 12% and 19% in the same category.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the queen remains a popular figure on both sides of the Atlantic (68% of surveyed Americans viewed her as “very/somewhat favorable”), it would be foolish to assume that such reverence extends to the rest of her family. America is merely in the middle of getting a crash course in what the royal family is all about. And what will soon become evident is what has been obvious on British soil for much longer—when it comes to the royal family, the more you know about them, the less likable they become.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13901947/prince-andrew-virginia-roberts-giuffre-meghan-markle-the-crown-prince-charles-princess-diana-william-kate","authors":["11242"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_2303"],"tags":["arts_2767","arts_11178","arts_3423","arts_8581","arts_8580","arts_8583","arts_9748","arts_8126","arts_12327"],"featImg":"arts_13902140","label":"arts"},"arts_13893693":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13893693","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13893693","score":null,"sort":[1615251033000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"after-oprah-interview-harry-and-meghan-slammed-by-british-press","title":"After Oprah Interview, Harry and Meghan Slammed by British Press","publishDate":1615251033,"format":"standard","headTitle":"After Oprah Interview, Harry and Meghan Slammed by British Press | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>Over 17 million people tuned into CBS Sunday night to watch Oprah Winfrey interview Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. And the content—while not entirely unfiltered (names were mostly not named)—was littered with bombshells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most shocking was the revelation that at least one senior royal family member expressed “concerns” about how dark baby Archie’s skin might be. Most heart-wrenching was watching Meghan recall “begging” her extended family for mental health assistance and being denied, despite feeling suicidal in a manner that was “very clear and real and frightening.” Then there was Harry’s casual mention of the fact that his father, Prince Charles—the next king—had at one point stopped taking his phone calls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The response on this side of the Atlantic was decisive and consistently positive. “This wasn’t just celebrity gossip,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/harry-meghan-oprah-interview-recap-1138184/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Rolling Stone\u003c/em> concluded\u003c/a>, “but a story about mental health, about institutionalized racism and inertia, and about how images … can lie.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CNN’s \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/abbydphillip/status/1368747295215263744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abby Philip\u003c/a>, author \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/rgay/status/1368790522760892418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roxane Gay\u003c/a>, poet \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/TheAmandaGorman/status/1368770442916335617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amanda Gorman\u003c/a> and \u003cem>The View\u003c/em>‘s \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ananavarro/status/1368958716419117056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ana Navarro-Cárdenas\u003c/a>—among many others—all spoke out in support. Meghan’s friend Serena Williams noted in a statement on Twitter: “The mental health consequences of systemic oppression and victimization are devastating, isolating and all too often lethal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/serenawilliams/status/1368782412356984832\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even the White House weighed in:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1368972851483643905\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of which leaves America with the overwhelming impression that this was a slam-dunk; a triumph in which Harry and Meghan spoke their truth, explained exactly why their lives in England weren’t working and won a moral victory against the royal family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The press in Britain, however, has been telling a different story entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the interview had even aired, papers were working overtime to make Harry and Meghan look petty and cruel for finally speaking out. The day before the CBS broadcast, the\u003cem> Daily Mirror\u003c/em>‘s front page focused on the “immense sadness” and “anguish” the interview was apparently causing Harry’s father and brother. It also claimed that Charles and William had made “attempts to heal the rift.” (Something later contradicted by Harry’s version of events.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/rjmyers/status/1368689475900047362\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That same day, \u003cem>Sky News\u003c/em>‘ royal correspondent Rhiannon Mills \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SkyRhiannon/status/1368628779753627657\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted\u003c/a>: “One palace insider said to me in some ways it’s hard to understand why Harry and Meghan have done this interview when they have their new home, baby on the way, lucrative deals ‘when the war is over it’s probably best to stop bombing’ they said. Tonight we brace for the impact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also on Saturday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14264111/meghan-markle-never-return-britain-royal-family-oprah/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Sun\u003c/em>\u003c/a> went even further, in a story that claimed: “Windsor Castle and Palace staff have dubbed the chat ‘Moperah’ after seeing whingey” previews. The article went on: “Royal staff described Prince Harry as Meghan Markle’s ‘hostage’ before the couple left for a new life in the States, it emerged last night.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though initially about the upcoming interview, the focus of \u003cem>The Sun\u003c/em>‘s story quickly shifted to claims that Meghan bullied palace staff:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Meghan was said to be furious that embroidered blankets as gifts for the guests were not the correct shade of red. Staff at the time have accused Meghan of being ‘genuinely unkind’ to workers. Others are said to be furious that unfounded allegations of racism could stick in their new careers.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The narrative in which Meghan is presented as a cruel and bullying tyrant is currently so present across all U.K. media that citizens are showing signs of fatigue:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/sarahlethbridge/status/1367018815310221316\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The host of \u003cem>Good Morning Britain\u003c/em>, Piers Morgan, made his views on Meghan abundantly clear after the above discussion aired:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/1368789384410042372\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was all before the interview had even aired. [aside postid='arts_13878920']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless of what the Duke and Duchess of Sussex told Oprah, the U.K.’s tabloids were never going to respond favorably or sympathetically. Harry and Meghan’s recent lawsuits against three of Britain’s most popular newspapers—\u003cem>The Sun\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Daily Mirror\u003c/em> over alleged incidents of phone hacking, and a privacy case the couple \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/world/europe/meghan-markle-privacy-mail-on-sunday.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">just won\u003c/a> against the \u003cem>Daily Mail\u003c/em>‘s Sunday edition—did not set them up for positive coverage. Neither did the couple’s choice to publicly instate a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13878920/meghan-and-harry-take-stonewalling-uk-tabloids-to-a-new-level\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">zero engagement\u003c/a>” policy against those three papers, plus the \u003cem>Daily Express\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the tone was set years ago in the way that the British press has always \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13866072/the-bullying-of-meghan-markle-continues-a-long-tradition-for-royal-wives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">singled out and attacked\u003c/a> the newest—and usually most popular—member of the royal family. It happened to Harry’s mother, Diana. And to his aunt, Sarah Ferguson. And before Meghan came along, the press had reveled in mocking both Kate Middleton and Harry’s ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy. Meghan would have been subject to the cruel whims of Britain’s daily tabloids whether the couple had sued them or not. It certainly would have happened regardless of them sitting down with Oprah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, the U.K. tabloids have acted with impunity when it comes to the royal family. In 1992, \u003cem>The Sun\u003c/em> acquired, and leaked, \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squidgygate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">personal phone conversations\u003c/a> between Harry’s mother, Diana and her friend, James Gilbey. In 1993, \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sunday_People\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The People\u003c/em>\u003c/a> shared an \u003ca href=\"https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/how-camillagate-tapes-exposed-secret-10958350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">explicit phone conversation\u003c/a> between Camilla Parker Bowles and Prince Charles from 1989, when he was still married to Diana. Despite the national scandal and humiliation caused by both recordings, no legal action was ever taken against the papers. That was due in part to the royal family’s unofficial motto: “Never complain, never explain.” But it left some outlets with the impression that, when it came to the royal family, no report was too violating. [aside postid='arts_13875053']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harry spent part of his time with Oprah lifting the lid off the toxic relationship between his family and the press in his home country. “I am acutely aware of where my family stands and how scared they are of the tabloids turning on them,” Harry told Oprah. “There is this … invisible contract between the institution and the U.K. tabloids. To simplify, if you as a family member are willing to wine, dine and give full access to these reporters, then you are able to get better press.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a foregone conclusion then, that the U.K. papers would be quick to find fault with Harry and Meghan’s interview, no matter what it contained. And it did, to the point of near-revelry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9336731/I-naive-marrying-Harry-says-Meghan-bombshell-Oprah-interview-gets-underway.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Daily Mail\u003c/em>\u003c/a> asked three “royal experts” to weigh in. The conclusions were, across the board, entirely negative. Russell Myers said Harry and Meghan’s “lack of awareness is breath-taking.” Angela Levin opined, “They have no emotional intelligence.” And Robert Jobson called the interview “self-indulgent and selfish,” and unconvincingly suggested that it was unfair because “the Monarchy can’t fight back.” [aside postid='arts_13866072']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The\u003cem> Daily Express—\u003c/em>arguably Britain’s most fervently pro-monarchy newspaper—led their coverage with \u003ca href=\"https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1406914/meghan-markle-prince-harry-oprah-winfrey-interview-itv-watch-royal-family-twitter-ont\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the headline\u003c/a>: “Meghan Markle and Harry blasted by Twitter users over Oprah interview—‘Kind of stupid’.” \u003ca href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/u-k-press-has-hysterical-reaction-to-oprah-winfreys-interview-with-meghan-markle-and-prince-harry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Piers Morgan said\u003c/a> on \u003cem>Good Morning Britain \u003c/em>that Harry was guilty of “spray-gunning his entire family on global TV.” And \u003ca href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2021/03/07/meghan-can-learn-mrs-simpsons-tell-all-tv-interview/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Telegraph\u003c/em>\u003c/a> compared Meghan unfavorably to Wallis Simpson, for whom Edward VIII abandoned the throne in 1936. “The saddest thing,” the paper reported, “is that Wallis and Edward, despite being banished, were dutiful and patriotic to the end.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Harry and Meghan are being undutiful, the content of the Oprah interview explains exactly why—it was a matter of survival, and one that, in the end, could not be avoided. Their new lives in the U.S. are an inconvenience and an embarrassment not just for the royal family, but also for the U.K. tabloid press. Both of those historic institutions are giants accustomed to getting their own way. That Harry and Meghan have ditched them both for sunnier pastures will be the subject of bad press for years to come. That they just talked so openly about it is an indication that they no longer care.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The outpouring of U.S. support for the couple was matched only by British fury—the reasons are more complex than you might think.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705019380,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":25,"wordCount":1448},"headData":{"title":"After Oprah Interview, Harry and Meghan Slammed by British Press | KQED","description":"The outpouring of U.S. support for the couple was matched only by British fury—the reasons are more complex than you might think.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"After Oprah Interview, Harry and Meghan Slammed by British Press","datePublished":"2021-03-09T00:50:33.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T00:29:40.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13893693/after-oprah-interview-harry-and-meghan-slammed-by-british-press","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Over 17 million people tuned into CBS Sunday night to watch Oprah Winfrey interview Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. And the content—while not entirely unfiltered (names were mostly not named)—was littered with bombshells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most shocking was the revelation that at least one senior royal family member expressed “concerns” about how dark baby Archie’s skin might be. Most heart-wrenching was watching Meghan recall “begging” her extended family for mental health assistance and being denied, despite feeling suicidal in a manner that was “very clear and real and frightening.” Then there was Harry’s casual mention of the fact that his father, Prince Charles—the next king—had at one point stopped taking his phone calls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The response on this side of the Atlantic was decisive and consistently positive. “This wasn’t just celebrity gossip,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/harry-meghan-oprah-interview-recap-1138184/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Rolling Stone\u003c/em> concluded\u003c/a>, “but a story about mental health, about institutionalized racism and inertia, and about how images … can lie.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CNN’s \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/abbydphillip/status/1368747295215263744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abby Philip\u003c/a>, author \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/rgay/status/1368790522760892418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roxane Gay\u003c/a>, poet \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/TheAmandaGorman/status/1368770442916335617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amanda Gorman\u003c/a> and \u003cem>The View\u003c/em>‘s \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ananavarro/status/1368958716419117056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ana Navarro-Cárdenas\u003c/a>—among many others—all spoke out in support. Meghan’s friend Serena Williams noted in a statement on Twitter: “The mental health consequences of systemic oppression and victimization are devastating, isolating and all too often lethal.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1368782412356984832"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even the White House weighed in:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1368972851483643905"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>All of which leaves America with the overwhelming impression that this was a slam-dunk; a triumph in which Harry and Meghan spoke their truth, explained exactly why their lives in England weren’t working and won a moral victory against the royal family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The press in Britain, however, has been telling a different story entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the interview had even aired, papers were working overtime to make Harry and Meghan look petty and cruel for finally speaking out. The day before the CBS broadcast, the\u003cem> Daily Mirror\u003c/em>‘s front page focused on the “immense sadness” and “anguish” the interview was apparently causing Harry’s father and brother. It also claimed that Charles and William had made “attempts to heal the rift.” (Something later contradicted by Harry’s version of events.)\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1368689475900047362"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>That same day, \u003cem>Sky News\u003c/em>‘ royal correspondent Rhiannon Mills \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SkyRhiannon/status/1368628779753627657\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted\u003c/a>: “One palace insider said to me in some ways it’s hard to understand why Harry and Meghan have done this interview when they have their new home, baby on the way, lucrative deals ‘when the war is over it’s probably best to stop bombing’ they said. Tonight we brace for the impact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also on Saturday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14264111/meghan-markle-never-return-britain-royal-family-oprah/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Sun\u003c/em>\u003c/a> went even further, in a story that claimed: “Windsor Castle and Palace staff have dubbed the chat ‘Moperah’ after seeing whingey” previews. The article went on: “Royal staff described Prince Harry as Meghan Markle’s ‘hostage’ before the couple left for a new life in the States, it emerged last night.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though initially about the upcoming interview, the focus of \u003cem>The Sun\u003c/em>‘s story quickly shifted to claims that Meghan bullied palace staff:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Meghan was said to be furious that embroidered blankets as gifts for the guests were not the correct shade of red. Staff at the time have accused Meghan of being ‘genuinely unkind’ to workers. Others are said to be furious that unfounded allegations of racism could stick in their new careers.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The narrative in which Meghan is presented as a cruel and bullying tyrant is currently so present across all U.K. media that citizens are showing signs of fatigue:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1367018815310221316"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>The host of \u003cem>Good Morning Britain\u003c/em>, Piers Morgan, made his views on Meghan abundantly clear after the above discussion aired:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1368789384410042372"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>That was all before the interview had even aired. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13878920","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless of what the Duke and Duchess of Sussex told Oprah, the U.K.’s tabloids were never going to respond favorably or sympathetically. Harry and Meghan’s recent lawsuits against three of Britain’s most popular newspapers—\u003cem>The Sun\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Daily Mirror\u003c/em> over alleged incidents of phone hacking, and a privacy case the couple \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/world/europe/meghan-markle-privacy-mail-on-sunday.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">just won\u003c/a> against the \u003cem>Daily Mail\u003c/em>‘s Sunday edition—did not set them up for positive coverage. Neither did the couple’s choice to publicly instate a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13878920/meghan-and-harry-take-stonewalling-uk-tabloids-to-a-new-level\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">zero engagement\u003c/a>” policy against those three papers, plus the \u003cem>Daily Express\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the tone was set years ago in the way that the British press has always \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13866072/the-bullying-of-meghan-markle-continues-a-long-tradition-for-royal-wives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">singled out and attacked\u003c/a> the newest—and usually most popular—member of the royal family. It happened to Harry’s mother, Diana. And to his aunt, Sarah Ferguson. And before Meghan came along, the press had reveled in mocking both Kate Middleton and Harry’s ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy. Meghan would have been subject to the cruel whims of Britain’s daily tabloids whether the couple had sued them or not. It certainly would have happened regardless of them sitting down with Oprah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, the U.K. tabloids have acted with impunity when it comes to the royal family. In 1992, \u003cem>The Sun\u003c/em> acquired, and leaked, \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squidgygate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">personal phone conversations\u003c/a> between Harry’s mother, Diana and her friend, James Gilbey. In 1993, \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sunday_People\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The People\u003c/em>\u003c/a> shared an \u003ca href=\"https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/how-camillagate-tapes-exposed-secret-10958350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">explicit phone conversation\u003c/a> between Camilla Parker Bowles and Prince Charles from 1989, when he was still married to Diana. Despite the national scandal and humiliation caused by both recordings, no legal action was ever taken against the papers. That was due in part to the royal family’s unofficial motto: “Never complain, never explain.” But it left some outlets with the impression that, when it came to the royal family, no report was too violating. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13875053","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harry spent part of his time with Oprah lifting the lid off the toxic relationship between his family and the press in his home country. “I am acutely aware of where my family stands and how scared they are of the tabloids turning on them,” Harry told Oprah. “There is this … invisible contract between the institution and the U.K. tabloids. To simplify, if you as a family member are willing to wine, dine and give full access to these reporters, then you are able to get better press.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a foregone conclusion then, that the U.K. papers would be quick to find fault with Harry and Meghan’s interview, no matter what it contained. And it did, to the point of near-revelry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9336731/I-naive-marrying-Harry-says-Meghan-bombshell-Oprah-interview-gets-underway.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Daily Mail\u003c/em>\u003c/a> asked three “royal experts” to weigh in. The conclusions were, across the board, entirely negative. Russell Myers said Harry and Meghan’s “lack of awareness is breath-taking.” Angela Levin opined, “They have no emotional intelligence.” And Robert Jobson called the interview “self-indulgent and selfish,” and unconvincingly suggested that it was unfair because “the Monarchy can’t fight back.” \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13866072","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The\u003cem> Daily Express—\u003c/em>arguably Britain’s most fervently pro-monarchy newspaper—led their coverage with \u003ca href=\"https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1406914/meghan-markle-prince-harry-oprah-winfrey-interview-itv-watch-royal-family-twitter-ont\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the headline\u003c/a>: “Meghan Markle and Harry blasted by Twitter users over Oprah interview—‘Kind of stupid’.” \u003ca href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/u-k-press-has-hysterical-reaction-to-oprah-winfreys-interview-with-meghan-markle-and-prince-harry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Piers Morgan said\u003c/a> on \u003cem>Good Morning Britain \u003c/em>that Harry was guilty of “spray-gunning his entire family on global TV.” And \u003ca href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2021/03/07/meghan-can-learn-mrs-simpsons-tell-all-tv-interview/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Telegraph\u003c/em>\u003c/a> compared Meghan unfavorably to Wallis Simpson, for whom Edward VIII abandoned the throne in 1936. “The saddest thing,” the paper reported, “is that Wallis and Edward, despite being banished, were dutiful and patriotic to the end.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Harry and Meghan are being undutiful, the content of the Oprah interview explains exactly why—it was a matter of survival, and one that, in the end, could not be avoided. Their new lives in the U.S. are an inconvenience and an embarrassment not just for the royal family, but also for the U.K. tabloid press. Both of those historic institutions are giants accustomed to getting their own way. That Harry and Meghan have ditched them both for sunnier pastures will be the subject of bad press for years to come. That they just talked so openly about it is an indication that they no longer care.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13893693/after-oprah-interview-harry-and-meghan-slammed-by-british-press","authors":["11242"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_2303","arts_235"],"tags":["arts_8481","arts_2767","arts_3423","arts_8581","arts_8580","arts_8126","arts_5422"],"featImg":"arts_13893702","label":"arts"},"arts_13893711":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13893711","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13893711","score":null,"sort":[1615226203000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"harry-and-meghan-10-takeaways-from-the-big-oprah-interview","title":"Harry and Meghan: 10 Takeaways From the Big Oprah Interview","publishDate":1615226203,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Harry and Meghan: 10 Takeaways From the Big Oprah Interview | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":137,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>When Britain’s Prince Harry got married in May 2018 to American actress Meghan Markle—who had found success as a regular on the basic-cable series \u003cem>Suits\u003c/em>—they became the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. For a short time, they lived their lives as royals. They did events, they were affiliated with charities, and they were—she was, in particular—unceasingly, often brutally, covered by the British press. Her clothes, the way she sat, the personality she supposedly had and her general suitability were under constant scrutiny. And, of course, there was from both the press and the public an undercurrent of racism that was sometimes less “under” and more simply “current.” Black women have spoken and written about this \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/07/almost-embodies-fear-black-women-treatment-meghan\">again\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.teenvogue.com/story/meghan-markle-critics-are-using-internet-troll-tactics-to-perpetuate-misogynoir\">again\u003c/a>, right up until now, and Harry himself decried it in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/11/08/in-rare-blast-at-british-media-prince-harry-says-his-american-girlfriend-meghan-markle-faces-wave-of-abuse/\">public statement\u003c/a> well before they were married. [aside postid='arts_13866072']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the spring of 2020, they stepped back from that life. They’re still officially the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, but you don’t call them “His/Her Royal Highness” anymore. The couple has relocated to southern California, where they now have deals with Netflix and Spotify and a production company called Archewell. They are pursuing a very different kind of unusual life. And they do not ask for permission to do or say things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That brings us to Sunday’s two-hour interview that Meghan alone, and then the couple together, did with Oprah Winfrey, which aired on CBS in prime time. In the days leading up to it, both the couple and perhaps others as well seemed to be preparing people to receive it in opposite ways. Harry did a jovial segment with James Corden for late-night television, in which he FaceTimed with Meghan and talked warmly about Zoom calls with his grandparents, and about how his grandmother—the queen—sent a waffle maker at Christmas for their son, Archie. (Meghan is currently pregnant with their second child.) At the same time, a fresh flurry of negativity about Meghan appeared in the British press, most prominently an accusation that she “bullied” staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What wasn’t clear going into Sunday evening was how much there would be in this interview that the royal family—or more precisely the larger business enterprise around it, often called The Firm—wouldn’t want them to say. Based on the Corden interview, Harry wasn’t spoiling for a fight with his grandmother, at least. But once the flood of dirt started to flow about Meghan, it was easy to wonder whether somebody somewhere was nervous about what they might say and was trying to get out ahead of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in the end, it was painful and personal and unsparing about the cost of all this to Meghan particularly, and it was not anything the royal family would be excited to have people hear. It wound up being a discussion more profoundly sad than juicy. [aside postid='arts_13872986']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oprah proved quite willing to press for details when an answer was a little … artificially diplomatic. This was a carefully managed backyard sunlit chat, where a pair of expectant parents faced an interviewer who was persistent but also deeply empathetic to them, and where they had two straight hours to get their side of the story on the record. Whether any other sides will emerge remains to be seen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the major takeaways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Meghan says she had serious and frightening thoughts of suicide during her pregnancy with Archie as she began to understand what the life that lay ahead would really mean, but the institution around the royal family told her she could not get the help she wanted. \u003c/strong>The most revealing conversation may have been about mental health. Meghan described having serious thoughts of suicide. She approached a senior person working for the royal family, who she says forbade her from seeking treatment in the way she asked. (A friend of Diana, Harry’s mother, did offer support.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. They’re having a girl. \u003c/strong>You need at least one straight-up headline out of this, right? The headline that doesn’t require much detail is that the baby Meghan is due to deliver this summer is, they believe, a girl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Meghan says the royal family declined to make her baby, Archie, a prince or offer him the protection that would come with that title—and expressed concern about his skin color before he was born. \u003c/strong>Meghan told Oprah that when she was pregnant, the family informed her that they would not make her first child (who turned out to be Archie) a prince or princess, and the child would not get the protection that accompanies that title. She says she received no clear reason why and stopped short, just barely, of saying it was because she’s Black. But she says there were also discussions (with Harry, not with her) in which members of the family expressed concerns over what the baby’s skin color might be. She didn’t say which family members, even when prodded, saying she thought revealing that would be “damaging” to them. Harry, too, later acknowledged that at least one such discussion had taken place, but he wouldn’t offer any specifics. Not sharing who was behind these discussions of the baby’s skin color was the firmest boundary the couple drew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. They both cite security concerns as having played a huge role in their choices. \u003c/strong>Harry and Meghan said their hands were forced with regard to moving to California because after they initially moved to Canada (a Commonwealth country), they were informed by the Firm that all their security was being taken away. This left them exposed at a time when, Harry says, the \u003cem>Daily Mail\u003c/em> had revealed where they were living. They moved to the United States and took advantage of the hospitality of Tyler Perry, who could offer them safe harbor until they got settled. Harry also says he was cut off financially by the royal family in early 2020, and that he and Meghan have been able to get by because of what his mother left him—he even speculated that in some way, she “saw this coming.” And he added that the deals he and Meghan now have with Netflix and Spotify are in part to meet their ongoing security needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Harry described what he called the “invisible contract” between the royal family and the tabloid press, in which currying favor with particular reporters leads to more favorable press. \u003c/strong>While this might seem self-evident, Harry used it to explain what he called “how scared they [in the family] are of the tabloids turning on them,” and said that he believes this is partially why the family and the Firm failed to offer support to him when it came to bad press. Repeatedly, they both said that the biggest issue that lead to their departure from their duties was this same lack of support from within the family and the institution. No one would stand up for them, they said—which Harry found galling especially when Meghan was suffering racist harassment that earned her the public support of more than 70 members of Parliament—but not the royal family. Meghan summed it up starkly: “They were willing to lie to protect other members of the family”—she did not say who—”but they weren’t willing to tell the truth to protect me and my husband.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. Meghan says a story about her making her sister-in-law, Kate Middleton, cry was quite the opposite.\u003c/strong> The closest thing to a refutation of specific tabloid tales—as well as the only real revelation about the behavior of the other royals—came when Oprah and Meghan spoke about reports that just before her wedding, Meghan had made Kate (her sister-in-law, Prince William’s wife) cry during an argument about flower-girl dresses. According to Meghan, the truth was quite the opposite, but the palace refused to let anyone refute it. She says Kate actually made \u003cem>her\u003c/em> cry—though she says the idea that it was over flower-girl dresses is actually accurate—and that Kate later apologized and even sent her flowers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7. Harry’s relationships with his father and brother seem … complicated. \u003c/strong>Harry was quick to speak warmly about his relationship with his grandmother, even now. But long pauses when he was asked to talk about his relationships with his father and his brother William suggested more tension. Of his father’s lack of support when he and Meghan felt so miserable, he said, “I feel really let down. Because he’s been through something similar, he knows what pain feels like, and Archie’s his grandson.” At one point, he says, Prince Charles even stopped taking his calls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8. They both say they did not blindside the family and never planned to quit their roles entirely; they only wanted to step back. \u003c/strong>Harry and Meghan said that they never intended to entirely leave their roles with the royal family. They say they wanted not to be \u003cem>senior \u003c/em>members, but to play the smaller roles many other less prominent royals play. They told Oprah they did not get the support they needed to make that possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>9. \u003cstrong>Harry says that he was “trapped” within the system of the royal family—and that his relatives are, too. \u003c/strong>Oprah asked him about stories that present Meghan as a manipulator who coerced him into leaving the family. Would he have left if not for her? she asked. He spun this question in precisely the opposite direction. He would probably not have left if not for Meghan, he acknowledges. He says he was trapped. He says he didn’t realize how trapped he was, and it was meeting her that ultimately let him understand that he wanted something different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>10. \u003cstrong>They got married before they got married. \u003c/strong>It may have been an early sign of what was to come that Harry and Meghan, seemingly overwhelmed by the public spectacle of their wedding, wound up getting married three days early in what Meghan said was a backyard ceremony, although who knows what that looks like for these folks? She says that those are the vows they keep framed. It seems like for them, that wasn’t just their legal wedding, but their true one as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"http://npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/div>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Meghan, duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry talked to Oprah Winfrey about darkest moments, the persistence of racism and the symbiosis between the royal family and the tabloid press.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705019384,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":1810},"headData":{"title":"Harry and Meghan: 10 Takeaways From the Big Oprah Interview | KQED","description":"Meghan, duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry talked to Oprah Winfrey about darkest moments, the persistence of racism and the symbiosis between the royal family and the tabloid press.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Harry and Meghan: 10 Takeaways From the Big Oprah Interview","datePublished":"2021-03-08T17:56:43.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T00:29:44.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"nprImageCredit":"Joe Pugliese","nprByline":"Linda Holmes","nprImageAgency":"CBS","nprStoryId":"974630523","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=974630523&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"https://www.npr.org/2021/03/08/974630523/harry-and-meghan-where-things-stand-and-ten-takeaways-from-the-big-oprah-intervi?ft=nprml&f=974630523","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Mon, 08 Mar 2021 05:37:00 -0500","nprStoryDate":"Mon, 08 Mar 2021 00:08:00 -0500","nprLastModifiedDate":"Mon, 08 Mar 2021 05:37:02 -0500","templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","path":"/arts/13893711/harry-and-meghan-10-takeaways-from-the-big-oprah-interview","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When Britain’s Prince Harry got married in May 2018 to American actress Meghan Markle—who had found success as a regular on the basic-cable series \u003cem>Suits\u003c/em>—they became the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. For a short time, they lived their lives as royals. They did events, they were affiliated with charities, and they were—she was, in particular—unceasingly, often brutally, covered by the British press. Her clothes, the way she sat, the personality she supposedly had and her general suitability were under constant scrutiny. And, of course, there was from both the press and the public an undercurrent of racism that was sometimes less “under” and more simply “current.” Black women have spoken and written about this \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/07/almost-embodies-fear-black-women-treatment-meghan\">again\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.teenvogue.com/story/meghan-markle-critics-are-using-internet-troll-tactics-to-perpetuate-misogynoir\">again\u003c/a>, right up until now, and Harry himself decried it in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/11/08/in-rare-blast-at-british-media-prince-harry-says-his-american-girlfriend-meghan-markle-faces-wave-of-abuse/\">public statement\u003c/a> well before they were married. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13866072","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the spring of 2020, they stepped back from that life. They’re still officially the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, but you don’t call them “His/Her Royal Highness” anymore. The couple has relocated to southern California, where they now have deals with Netflix and Spotify and a production company called Archewell. They are pursuing a very different kind of unusual life. And they do not ask for permission to do or say things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That brings us to Sunday’s two-hour interview that Meghan alone, and then the couple together, did with Oprah Winfrey, which aired on CBS in prime time. In the days leading up to it, both the couple and perhaps others as well seemed to be preparing people to receive it in opposite ways. Harry did a jovial segment with James Corden for late-night television, in which he FaceTimed with Meghan and talked warmly about Zoom calls with his grandparents, and about how his grandmother—the queen—sent a waffle maker at Christmas for their son, Archie. (Meghan is currently pregnant with their second child.) At the same time, a fresh flurry of negativity about Meghan appeared in the British press, most prominently an accusation that she “bullied” staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What wasn’t clear going into Sunday evening was how much there would be in this interview that the royal family—or more precisely the larger business enterprise around it, often called The Firm—wouldn’t want them to say. Based on the Corden interview, Harry wasn’t spoiling for a fight with his grandmother, at least. But once the flood of dirt started to flow about Meghan, it was easy to wonder whether somebody somewhere was nervous about what they might say and was trying to get out ahead of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in the end, it was painful and personal and unsparing about the cost of all this to Meghan particularly, and it was not anything the royal family would be excited to have people hear. It wound up being a discussion more profoundly sad than juicy. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13872986","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oprah proved quite willing to press for details when an answer was a little … artificially diplomatic. This was a carefully managed backyard sunlit chat, where a pair of expectant parents faced an interviewer who was persistent but also deeply empathetic to them, and where they had two straight hours to get their side of the story on the record. Whether any other sides will emerge remains to be seen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the major takeaways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Meghan says she had serious and frightening thoughts of suicide during her pregnancy with Archie as she began to understand what the life that lay ahead would really mean, but the institution around the royal family told her she could not get the help she wanted. \u003c/strong>The most revealing conversation may have been about mental health. Meghan described having serious thoughts of suicide. She approached a senior person working for the royal family, who she says forbade her from seeking treatment in the way she asked. (A friend of Diana, Harry’s mother, did offer support.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. They’re having a girl. \u003c/strong>You need at least one straight-up headline out of this, right? The headline that doesn’t require much detail is that the baby Meghan is due to deliver this summer is, they believe, a girl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Meghan says the royal family declined to make her baby, Archie, a prince or offer him the protection that would come with that title—and expressed concern about his skin color before he was born. \u003c/strong>Meghan told Oprah that when she was pregnant, the family informed her that they would not make her first child (who turned out to be Archie) a prince or princess, and the child would not get the protection that accompanies that title. She says she received no clear reason why and stopped short, just barely, of saying it was because she’s Black. But she says there were also discussions (with Harry, not with her) in which members of the family expressed concerns over what the baby’s skin color might be. She didn’t say which family members, even when prodded, saying she thought revealing that would be “damaging” to them. Harry, too, later acknowledged that at least one such discussion had taken place, but he wouldn’t offer any specifics. Not sharing who was behind these discussions of the baby’s skin color was the firmest boundary the couple drew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. They both cite security concerns as having played a huge role in their choices. \u003c/strong>Harry and Meghan said their hands were forced with regard to moving to California because after they initially moved to Canada (a Commonwealth country), they were informed by the Firm that all their security was being taken away. This left them exposed at a time when, Harry says, the \u003cem>Daily Mail\u003c/em> had revealed where they were living. They moved to the United States and took advantage of the hospitality of Tyler Perry, who could offer them safe harbor until they got settled. Harry also says he was cut off financially by the royal family in early 2020, and that he and Meghan have been able to get by because of what his mother left him—he even speculated that in some way, she “saw this coming.” And he added that the deals he and Meghan now have with Netflix and Spotify are in part to meet their ongoing security needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Harry described what he called the “invisible contract” between the royal family and the tabloid press, in which currying favor with particular reporters leads to more favorable press. \u003c/strong>While this might seem self-evident, Harry used it to explain what he called “how scared they [in the family] are of the tabloids turning on them,” and said that he believes this is partially why the family and the Firm failed to offer support to him when it came to bad press. Repeatedly, they both said that the biggest issue that lead to their departure from their duties was this same lack of support from within the family and the institution. No one would stand up for them, they said—which Harry found galling especially when Meghan was suffering racist harassment that earned her the public support of more than 70 members of Parliament—but not the royal family. Meghan summed it up starkly: “They were willing to lie to protect other members of the family”—she did not say who—”but they weren’t willing to tell the truth to protect me and my husband.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. Meghan says a story about her making her sister-in-law, Kate Middleton, cry was quite the opposite.\u003c/strong> The closest thing to a refutation of specific tabloid tales—as well as the only real revelation about the behavior of the other royals—came when Oprah and Meghan spoke about reports that just before her wedding, Meghan had made Kate (her sister-in-law, Prince William’s wife) cry during an argument about flower-girl dresses. According to Meghan, the truth was quite the opposite, but the palace refused to let anyone refute it. She says Kate actually made \u003cem>her\u003c/em> cry—though she says the idea that it was over flower-girl dresses is actually accurate—and that Kate later apologized and even sent her flowers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7. Harry’s relationships with his father and brother seem … complicated. \u003c/strong>Harry was quick to speak warmly about his relationship with his grandmother, even now. But long pauses when he was asked to talk about his relationships with his father and his brother William suggested more tension. Of his father’s lack of support when he and Meghan felt so miserable, he said, “I feel really let down. Because he’s been through something similar, he knows what pain feels like, and Archie’s his grandson.” At one point, he says, Prince Charles even stopped taking his calls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8. They both say they did not blindside the family and never planned to quit their roles entirely; they only wanted to step back. \u003c/strong>Harry and Meghan said that they never intended to entirely leave their roles with the royal family. They say they wanted not to be \u003cem>senior \u003c/em>members, but to play the smaller roles many other less prominent royals play. They told Oprah they did not get the support they needed to make that possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>9. \u003cstrong>Harry says that he was “trapped” within the system of the royal family—and that his relatives are, too. \u003c/strong>Oprah asked him about stories that present Meghan as a manipulator who coerced him into leaving the family. Would he have left if not for her? she asked. He spun this question in precisely the opposite direction. He would probably not have left if not for Meghan, he acknowledges. He says he was trapped. He says he didn’t realize how trapped he was, and it was meeting her that ultimately let him understand that he wanted something different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>10. \u003cstrong>They got married before they got married. \u003c/strong>It may have been an early sign of what was to come that Harry and Meghan, seemingly overwhelmed by the public spectacle of their wedding, wound up getting married three days early in what Meghan said was a backyard ceremony, although who knows what that looks like for these folks? She says that those are the vows they keep framed. It seems like for them, that wasn’t just their legal wedding, but their true one as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"http://npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13893711/harry-and-meghan-10-takeaways-from-the-big-oprah-interview","authors":["byline_arts_13893711"],"categories":["arts_1"],"tags":["arts_3423","arts_9749","arts_1377","arts_8580","arts_8126"],"affiliates":["arts_137"],"featImg":"arts_13893712","label":"arts_137"},"arts_13889948":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13889948","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13889948","score":null,"sort":[1608233415000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"2020-the-year-small-pleasures-finally-eclipsed-celebrity-culture","title":"2020: The Year Small Pleasures Finally Eclipsed Celebrity Culture","publishDate":1608233415,"format":"standard","headTitle":"2020: The Year Small Pleasures Finally Eclipsed Celebrity Culture | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>If you’re looking for a perfect encapsulation of what happened to celebrity culture in 2020, look no further than this Twitter thread that emerged last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/warrenleightTV/status/1336817740078845955\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/warrenleightTV/status/1336817747699904512\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/warrenleightTV/status/1336817757455872005\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enthusiastic bird watching is nothing new, of course, especially in New York City. But in December 2020, seeing a large group of photographers raving over a bird instead of a celebrity isn’t just less surprising than it would’ve been in January, it’s somehow infinitely more relatable. Because as everyone has struggled to keep their heads above the proverbial flood waters for the last 10 months, these kinds of small pleasures have dominated all of our lives. And they’ve come remarkably close to decimating celebrity culture as a national pastime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There can be no doubt that 2020 has forced us to reevaluate all priorities: our careers, homes, families, relationships—even \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13883244/how-sheltering-in-place-is-shifting-womens-beauty-standards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our appearances\u003c/a>. But caring about celebrities was one of the very first things to go by the wayside when normal life unceremoniously shut down in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not hard to pinpoint the exact moment when we turned our backs either. It was this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/ashleyfeinberg/status/1240484129222856705\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gal Gadot et al.’s ill-advised, cringe-worthy, patronizing, self-indulgent response to a global pandemic was a cold bucket of water on the head, at the precise moment we neither wanted nor needed one. But it also woke us up. Overnight, celebrity culture went from providing a casual mental escape to being so far beyond the realms of real—the real stress, real fear, real discomfort we were all feeling—that it became utterly and instantaneously unpalatable. [aside postid='arts_13877066']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was exacerbated by celebrities telling us how to handle the pandemic from the comforts of their \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tv/B92YsciHcUu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mansions\u003c/a>, their \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HtpM7XvUnQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hot tubs\u003c/a>, their \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B90q7dpAnHW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">meditation retreats\u003c/a>, and their \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B9BxGPqFfpw/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first-class seats\u003c/a> on \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B9kwcbPnFPo/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">airplanes\u003c/a>. By the time a group of\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13881801/anti-racism-celeb-psa-i-take-responsibility-is-the-new-imagine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> overwrought white actors declared\u003c/a> in June—in the aftermath of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11823403/george-floyd-anti-racism-and-protests-against-police-violence-echo-globally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">killing of George Floyd\u003c/a>—that they were taking responsibility for turning blind eyes to racial injustice, the public greeted it by collectively rolling theirs. Hell, by the end of 2020, even Ellen DeGeneres—previously one of America’s most beloved TV hosts—was \u003cem>persona non grata, \u003c/em>after allegations of her \u003ca href=\"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/krystieyandoli/ellen-employees-allege-toxic-workplace-culture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">toxic workplace\u003c/a> emerged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In my role as a pop culture journalist this year, the shift has been palpable. By the end of spring, it was abundantly clear that KQED Arts & Culture readers were suddenly more interested in hearing about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13879872/dont-worry-your-new-jigsaw-puzzle-obsession-is-perfectly-normal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">jigsaw puzzles\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13880317/escaped-goats-in-san-jose-live-out-our-shelter-in-place-fantasies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">escaped goats\u003c/a> than about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13878920/meghan-and-harry-take-stonewalling-uk-tabloids-to-a-new-level\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harry and Meghan\u003c/a>. (I knew I was really in trouble after a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13877883/dolly-parton-wants-to-read-us-bedtime-stories-so-everything-is-fine-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">story about Dolly Parton\u003c/a> flopped.) My job, almost overnight, became about self-care and self-contained pastimes that were firmly outside of the realms of the rich and the famous. The upper crust, it seemed, had been rendered largely irrelevant, almost overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The public’s relationship with celebrities was further disconnected after the entertainment industry all but ground to a halt. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13890093/2020-decimated-the-concert-industry-and-it-cant-rebuild-without-government-help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Concert tours were delayed\u003c/a> indefinitely, a shocking number of \u003ca href=\"https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/breakdown-of-2020-movie-delays-and-when-they-will-hit-theaters/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">movie releases were postponed\u003c/a> until 2021, and TV shows either stopped dead in their tracks, or were forced to come up with complicated production solutions. (Oddly, this actually worked to benefit viewers in some cases. \u003cem>The Great British Baking Show\u003c/em>’s quarantined contestants were closer than ever, for one. And in lieu of making Season 2, HBO’s \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em> aired a two-person, one-hour\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY0_7wPGJlk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> special\u003c/a> in December that should be remembered as one of the most thought-provoking hours of television … well, \u003cem>ever\u003c/em>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another factor influencing our level of interest in famous people was a sudden drop in commuting time across the nation. According to Stanford University economist Nicholas Bloom, since March, almost twice as many \u003ca href=\"https://news.stanford.edu/2020/06/29/snapshot-new-working-home-economy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">employees are working from home\u003c/a> than those at workplaces. The non-commuters are now 42% of America’s labor force. Without mundane journeys to fill with distractions, workers are less in need of frivolous celebrity tidbits. [aside postid='arts_13879872']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The erasure of all those commutes and early morning Starbucks lines undoubtedly contributed to the death of short-form streaming channel \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2020/10/22/quibi-shuts-down-after-six-months-heres-why/3725358001/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quibi\u003c/a>, just six months after it launched. And not even the biggest names on its roster—the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Liam Hemsworth, Queen Latifah, Kevin Hart and Chrissy Teigen—provided enough of a lure to get people to tune in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Gen Z’s desire for short-form entertainment remained intact, they really only wanted it from TikTok. This was thanks in part to a format that allowed for a sense of community and connection while sheltering in place. On TikTok, the stars weren’t celebrities in the traditional sense either. They were \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@addisonre\">Addison Rae\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@bellapoarch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bella Poarch\u003c/a>, who currently have 71.1 million and 47.6 million followers respectively, simply for miming while cute. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@badwiggies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bad Wiggies\u003c/a> (3.4 million followers)—an anonymous trio of Miami girls dancing in empty parking lots—inspired dance moves and fashion choices. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@iamtabithabrown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tabitha Brown\u003c/a> (4.5 million followers)—a.k.a. “the world’s favorite mom”—provided cooking videos that proved to be both entertaining and soothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s not forget that TikTok was also the platform that gave us Nathan Apodaca, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13887427/the-viral-fleetwood-mac-challenge-guy-just-got-10000-in-donations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">skateboarding cranberry juice guy\u003c/a>. Apodaca acted as the ultimate symbol of how regular people stay zen in dire circumstances, and the nation fell in love with him because of it. (Let’s hope the Fleetwood Mac fan can hang onto that spirit as he \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9500868/nathan-apodaca-tests-positive-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">battles coronavirus\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not even our most famous reality stars could keep up this year. As was evidenced by \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KSI_vs._Logan_Paul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake and Logan Paul\u003c/a> moving into amateur boxing, and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/kuwtk-ending-everything-the-kardashians-have-said/the-beginning-of-the-end-3/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kardashians finally calling it quits\u003c/a> on their TV show. (After 14 years and 20 seasons, no less.) In 2020, between Kim casually mentioning \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/1277752179877527554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North West’s $25,000 Freesian horse\u003c/a>, Kanye announcing Kim had become \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/1277766033844121601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a billionaire\u003c/a>, and the now-infamous “\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/1321151217482014726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trip to a private island\u003c/a>,” the family never seemed more out of touch. (Which is an impressive feat considering their track record.) [aside postid='arts_13888949']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the future, when we think about what kept us amused in 2020, we won’t remember movies or TV, we’ll remember the puzzles, the potted plants, the baking and the books. And when we look back and recall the biggest stars of the year, most won’t be from stage and screen. They’ll be the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kron4.com/health/coronavirus/howling-for-healthcare-workers-across-the-bay-area/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">healthcare\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13885071/watch-that-time-project-runway-tried-to-redesign-the-usps-uniform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USPS\u003c/a> workers who worked tirelessly to get us through it. They’ll be the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13885235/hit-hard-by-pandemic-youth-of-color-are-leading-activism-new-poll-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">teens who organized\u003c/a> and dominated Black Lives Matter marches. And of course we’ll remember \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13888949/the-internet-is-very-worried-about-msnbcs-steve-kornacki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Kornacki and his khakis\u003c/a>, both of which stayed up for days to provide America with up-to-the-minute results during the weirdest election in living memory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It won’t stay like this forever, of course. In a few years, once we get to a post-coronavirus world, celebrity culture will return. But for now, let’s appreciate the reset 2020 gave us. For 10 months now, instead of following famous people’s lives in our spare time, we’ve become almost entirely focused on our own, down here with everyone else, enduring what is sure to be one of the most stressful years of our lives. What we’ve learned about ourselves in the process will be of more value for years to come than anything the world of celebrity could have conjured.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"When we think about what kept us going in 2020, we’ll remember puzzles, plants, baking and books.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705019721,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":17,"wordCount":1293},"headData":{"title":"2020: The Year Small Pleasures Finally Eclipsed Celebrity Culture | KQED","description":"When we think about what kept us going in 2020, we’ll remember puzzles, plants, baking and books.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"2020: The Year Small Pleasures Finally Eclipsed Celebrity Culture","datePublished":"2020-12-17T19:30:15.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T00:35:21.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"2020 in Review","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/2020inreview","sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","path":"/arts/13889948/2020-the-year-small-pleasures-finally-eclipsed-celebrity-culture","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>If you’re looking for a perfect encapsulation of what happened to celebrity culture in 2020, look no further than this Twitter thread that emerged last week.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1336817740078845955"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1336817747699904512"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1336817757455872005"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Enthusiastic bird watching is nothing new, of course, especially in New York City. But in December 2020, seeing a large group of photographers raving over a bird instead of a celebrity isn’t just less surprising than it would’ve been in January, it’s somehow infinitely more relatable. Because as everyone has struggled to keep their heads above the proverbial flood waters for the last 10 months, these kinds of small pleasures have dominated all of our lives. And they’ve come remarkably close to decimating celebrity culture as a national pastime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There can be no doubt that 2020 has forced us to reevaluate all priorities: our careers, homes, families, relationships—even \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13883244/how-sheltering-in-place-is-shifting-womens-beauty-standards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our appearances\u003c/a>. But caring about celebrities was one of the very first things to go by the wayside when normal life unceremoniously shut down in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not hard to pinpoint the exact moment when we turned our backs either. It was this:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1240484129222856705"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Gal Gadot et al.’s ill-advised, cringe-worthy, patronizing, self-indulgent response to a global pandemic was a cold bucket of water on the head, at the precise moment we neither wanted nor needed one. But it also woke us up. Overnight, celebrity culture went from providing a casual mental escape to being so far beyond the realms of real—the real stress, real fear, real discomfort we were all feeling—that it became utterly and instantaneously unpalatable. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13877066","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was exacerbated by celebrities telling us how to handle the pandemic from the comforts of their \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tv/B92YsciHcUu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mansions\u003c/a>, their \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HtpM7XvUnQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hot tubs\u003c/a>, their \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B90q7dpAnHW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">meditation retreats\u003c/a>, and their \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B9BxGPqFfpw/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first-class seats\u003c/a> on \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B9kwcbPnFPo/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">airplanes\u003c/a>. By the time a group of\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13881801/anti-racism-celeb-psa-i-take-responsibility-is-the-new-imagine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> overwrought white actors declared\u003c/a> in June—in the aftermath of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11823403/george-floyd-anti-racism-and-protests-against-police-violence-echo-globally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">killing of George Floyd\u003c/a>—that they were taking responsibility for turning blind eyes to racial injustice, the public greeted it by collectively rolling theirs. Hell, by the end of 2020, even Ellen DeGeneres—previously one of America’s most beloved TV hosts—was \u003cem>persona non grata, \u003c/em>after allegations of her \u003ca href=\"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/krystieyandoli/ellen-employees-allege-toxic-workplace-culture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">toxic workplace\u003c/a> emerged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In my role as a pop culture journalist this year, the shift has been palpable. By the end of spring, it was abundantly clear that KQED Arts & Culture readers were suddenly more interested in hearing about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13879872/dont-worry-your-new-jigsaw-puzzle-obsession-is-perfectly-normal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">jigsaw puzzles\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13880317/escaped-goats-in-san-jose-live-out-our-shelter-in-place-fantasies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">escaped goats\u003c/a> than about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13878920/meghan-and-harry-take-stonewalling-uk-tabloids-to-a-new-level\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harry and Meghan\u003c/a>. (I knew I was really in trouble after a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13877883/dolly-parton-wants-to-read-us-bedtime-stories-so-everything-is-fine-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">story about Dolly Parton\u003c/a> flopped.) My job, almost overnight, became about self-care and self-contained pastimes that were firmly outside of the realms of the rich and the famous. The upper crust, it seemed, had been rendered largely irrelevant, almost overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The public’s relationship with celebrities was further disconnected after the entertainment industry all but ground to a halt. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13890093/2020-decimated-the-concert-industry-and-it-cant-rebuild-without-government-help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Concert tours were delayed\u003c/a> indefinitely, a shocking number of \u003ca href=\"https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/breakdown-of-2020-movie-delays-and-when-they-will-hit-theaters/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">movie releases were postponed\u003c/a> until 2021, and TV shows either stopped dead in their tracks, or were forced to come up with complicated production solutions. (Oddly, this actually worked to benefit viewers in some cases. \u003cem>The Great British Baking Show\u003c/em>’s quarantined contestants were closer than ever, for one. And in lieu of making Season 2, HBO’s \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em> aired a two-person, one-hour\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY0_7wPGJlk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> special\u003c/a> in December that should be remembered as one of the most thought-provoking hours of television … well, \u003cem>ever\u003c/em>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another factor influencing our level of interest in famous people was a sudden drop in commuting time across the nation. According to Stanford University economist Nicholas Bloom, since March, almost twice as many \u003ca href=\"https://news.stanford.edu/2020/06/29/snapshot-new-working-home-economy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">employees are working from home\u003c/a> than those at workplaces. The non-commuters are now 42% of America’s labor force. Without mundane journeys to fill with distractions, workers are less in need of frivolous celebrity tidbits. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13879872","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The erasure of all those commutes and early morning Starbucks lines undoubtedly contributed to the death of short-form streaming channel \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2020/10/22/quibi-shuts-down-after-six-months-heres-why/3725358001/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quibi\u003c/a>, just six months after it launched. And not even the biggest names on its roster—the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Liam Hemsworth, Queen Latifah, Kevin Hart and Chrissy Teigen—provided enough of a lure to get people to tune in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Gen Z’s desire for short-form entertainment remained intact, they really only wanted it from TikTok. This was thanks in part to a format that allowed for a sense of community and connection while sheltering in place. On TikTok, the stars weren’t celebrities in the traditional sense either. They were \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@addisonre\">Addison Rae\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@bellapoarch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bella Poarch\u003c/a>, who currently have 71.1 million and 47.6 million followers respectively, simply for miming while cute. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@badwiggies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bad Wiggies\u003c/a> (3.4 million followers)—an anonymous trio of Miami girls dancing in empty parking lots—inspired dance moves and fashion choices. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@iamtabithabrown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tabitha Brown\u003c/a> (4.5 million followers)—a.k.a. “the world’s favorite mom”—provided cooking videos that proved to be both entertaining and soothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s not forget that TikTok was also the platform that gave us Nathan Apodaca, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13887427/the-viral-fleetwood-mac-challenge-guy-just-got-10000-in-donations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">skateboarding cranberry juice guy\u003c/a>. Apodaca acted as the ultimate symbol of how regular people stay zen in dire circumstances, and the nation fell in love with him because of it. (Let’s hope the Fleetwood Mac fan can hang onto that spirit as he \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9500868/nathan-apodaca-tests-positive-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">battles coronavirus\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not even our most famous reality stars could keep up this year. As was evidenced by \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KSI_vs._Logan_Paul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake and Logan Paul\u003c/a> moving into amateur boxing, and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/kuwtk-ending-everything-the-kardashians-have-said/the-beginning-of-the-end-3/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kardashians finally calling it quits\u003c/a> on their TV show. (After 14 years and 20 seasons, no less.) In 2020, between Kim casually mentioning \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/1277752179877527554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North West’s $25,000 Freesian horse\u003c/a>, Kanye announcing Kim had become \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/1277766033844121601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a billionaire\u003c/a>, and the now-infamous “\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/1321151217482014726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trip to a private island\u003c/a>,” the family never seemed more out of touch. (Which is an impressive feat considering their track record.) \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13888949","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the future, when we think about what kept us amused in 2020, we won’t remember movies or TV, we’ll remember the puzzles, the potted plants, the baking and the books. And when we look back and recall the biggest stars of the year, most won’t be from stage and screen. They’ll be the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kron4.com/health/coronavirus/howling-for-healthcare-workers-across-the-bay-area/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">healthcare\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13885071/watch-that-time-project-runway-tried-to-redesign-the-usps-uniform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USPS\u003c/a> workers who worked tirelessly to get us through it. They’ll be the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13885235/hit-hard-by-pandemic-youth-of-color-are-leading-activism-new-poll-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">teens who organized\u003c/a> and dominated Black Lives Matter marches. And of course we’ll remember \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13888949/the-internet-is-very-worried-about-msnbcs-steve-kornacki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Kornacki and his khakis\u003c/a>, both of which stayed up for days to provide America with up-to-the-minute results during the weirdest election in living memory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It won’t stay like this forever, of course. In a few years, once we get to a post-coronavirus world, celebrity culture will return. But for now, let’s appreciate the reset 2020 gave us. For 10 months now, instead of following famous people’s lives in our spare time, we’ve become almost entirely focused on our own, down here with everyone else, enduring what is sure to be one of the most stressful years of our lives. What we’ve learned about ourselves in the process will be of more value for years to come than anything the world of celebrity could have conjured.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13889948/2020-the-year-small-pleasures-finally-eclipsed-celebrity-culture","authors":["11242"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_75"],"tags":["arts_9535","arts_12958","arts_11272","arts_10342","arts_12226","arts_10278","arts_12322","arts_11003","arts_2291","arts_12993","arts_3505","arts_3423","arts_8580","arts_10587","arts_12710","arts_8017"],"featImg":"arts_13890561","label":"source_arts_13889948"},"arts_13878920":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13878920","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13878920","score":null,"sort":[1587422128000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"meghan-and-harry-take-stonewalling-uk-tabloids-to-a-new-level","title":"Meghan and Harry Take Stonewalling UK Tabloids to a New Level","publishDate":1587422128,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Meghan and Harry Take Stonewalling UK Tabloids to a New Level | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>It speaks volumes about the Hulk-level rage of Harry and Meghan Markle that, even in the middle of one of the biggest health crises in living memory, they just can’t leave their fight with the British tabloids alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday evening, the ex-royal highnesses put four major U.K. tabloids on notice. The editors of \u003cem>The Daily Mail\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Sun\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Daily Mirror\u003c/em> and\u003cem> Daily Express \u003c/em>all received letters that said in part:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will not be engaging with your outlet. There will be no corroboration and zero engagement. This is also a policy being instated for their communications team, in order to protect that team from the side of the industry that readers never see.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Though the move makes very little practical sense (aren’t more falsehoods likely to be published if the publications can’t reach the couple for comment?) it remains refreshing to behold yet another example of the couple’s pushback against the outlets that have actively sought to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13866072/the-bullying-of-meghan-markle-continues-a-long-tradition-for-royal-wives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">torment Meghan Markle\u003c/a>.[aside postid='arts_13866072']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trajectory of Harry and Meghan’s recent lives has been almost entirely dictated by their ongoing struggles with the British press. In addition to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13872986/prince-harrys-rejection-of-the-royal-lifestyle-is-only-his-latest-rebellious-move\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quitting their roles\u003c/a> as senior royals, both are currently embroiled in official battles with the U.K. tabloids. Harry’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/04/prince-harry-begins-legal-proceedings-against-sun-and-mirror-meghan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">legal proceedings\u003c/a> against the owners of the \u003cem>Sun\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Mirror,\u003c/em> over alleged incidents of phone hacking, are ongoing. The couple’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/01/meghan-sues-mail-on-sunday-for-publishing-letter-to-her-father\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lawsuit against the \u003cem>Daily Mail\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>over the publishing of a private letter from Markle to her father, has a hearing this Friday. [aside postid='arts_13875053']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the 1930s, the royal family’s unofficial motto has been “\u003ca href=\"https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/heres-what-the-royal-family-motto-never-complain-never-explain-really-means.html/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Never complain, never explain\u003c/a>.” It was a position initially adopted by Harry’s great-grandmother—known affectionately in the U.K. as “the Queen Mum”—after her husband, King George, found himself unexpectedly on the throne. (His brother Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcée. \u003cem>Ahem\u003c/em>. Sound familiar?) It is remarkable, then, just how much Harry and Meghan have taken to both complaining \u003cem>and\u003c/em> explaining.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A fight like this is probably overdue though. As \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13875053/the-suicide-of-caroline-flack-tabloid-gossip-and-the-power-of-uk-newspapers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KQED Arts reported\u003c/a> in February after the suicide of popular British TV presenter Caroline Flack, the daily tabloids wield an enormous degree of power in the U.K.—and they don’t always behave responsibly with it. And though questions around press conduct have swirled in Britain since the death of Princess Diana in 1997, no royal entity has ever fought the press like Harry and Meghan are currently doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given their ongoing legal battles, and the fact that Harry and Meghan don’t have a history of collaborating with those four newspapers anyway, the letters sent out over the weekend feel symbolic. Harry and Meghan aren’t just doubling down on their position: they’re setting a precedent for other British public figures to throw down similar gauntlets. If Harry and Meghan are successful in their legal battles, the rules of press engagement in the U.K. may never be the same again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harry and Meghan’s letter to the newspapers can be read in full below:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>As The Duke and Duchess of Sussex now settle into the next chapter of their lives and no longer receive any publicly funded support, we are writing to set a new media relations policy, specifically as it pertains to your organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like you, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex believe that a free press is a cornerstone to any democracy—particularly in moments of crisis. At its best, this free press shines light on dark places, telling stories that would otherwise go untold, standing up for what’s right, challenging power, and holding those who abuse the system to account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It has been said that journalism’s first obligation is to the truth. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex agree wholeheartedly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is gravely concerning that an influential slice of the media, over many years, has sought to insulate themselves from taking accountability for what they say or print—even when they know it to be distorted, false, or invasive beyond reason. When power is enjoyed without responsibility, the trust we all place in this much-needed industry is degraded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a real human cost to this way of doing business and it affects every corner of society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have watched people they know—as well as complete strangers—have their lives completely pulled apart for no good reason, other than the fact that salacious gossip boosts advertising revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With that said, please note that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will not be engaging with your outlet. There will be no corroboration and zero engagement. This is also a policy being instated for their communications team, in order to protect that team from the side of the industry that readers never see.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This policy is not about avoiding criticism. It’s not about shutting down public conversation or censoring accurate reporting. Media have every right to report on and indeed have an opinion on The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, good or bad. But it can’t be based on a lie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also want to be very clear: this is not in any way a blanket policy for all media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are looking forward to working with journalists and media organizations all over the world, engaging with grassroots media, regional and local media, and young, up-and-coming journalists, to spotlight issues and causes that so desperately need acknowledging. And they look forward to doing whatever they can to help further opportunities for more diverse and underrepresented voices, who are needed now more than ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What they won’t do is offer themselves up as currency for an economy of click bait and distortion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We are encouraged that this new approach will be heard and respected.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The Duke and Duchess of Sussex just formally cut all communication with four major U.K. newspapers. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705020874,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":24,"wordCount":1017},"headData":{"title":"Meghan and Harry Take Stonewalling UK Tabloids to a New Level | KQED","description":"The Duke and Duchess of Sussex just formally cut all communication with four major U.K. newspapers. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Meghan and Harry Take Stonewalling UK Tabloids to a New Level","datePublished":"2020-04-20T22:35:28.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T00:54:34.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","path":"/arts/13878920/meghan-and-harry-take-stonewalling-uk-tabloids-to-a-new-level","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It speaks volumes about the Hulk-level rage of Harry and Meghan Markle that, even in the middle of one of the biggest health crises in living memory, they just can’t leave their fight with the British tabloids alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday evening, the ex-royal highnesses put four major U.K. tabloids on notice. The editors of \u003cem>The Daily Mail\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Sun\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Daily Mirror\u003c/em> and\u003cem> Daily Express \u003c/em>all received letters that said in part:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will not be engaging with your outlet. There will be no corroboration and zero engagement. This is also a policy being instated for their communications team, in order to protect that team from the side of the industry that readers never see.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Though the move makes very little practical sense (aren’t more falsehoods likely to be published if the publications can’t reach the couple for comment?) it remains refreshing to behold yet another example of the couple’s pushback against the outlets that have actively sought to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13866072/the-bullying-of-meghan-markle-continues-a-long-tradition-for-royal-wives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">torment Meghan Markle\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13866072","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trajectory of Harry and Meghan’s recent lives has been almost entirely dictated by their ongoing struggles with the British press. In addition to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13872986/prince-harrys-rejection-of-the-royal-lifestyle-is-only-his-latest-rebellious-move\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quitting their roles\u003c/a> as senior royals, both are currently embroiled in official battles with the U.K. tabloids. Harry’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/04/prince-harry-begins-legal-proceedings-against-sun-and-mirror-meghan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">legal proceedings\u003c/a> against the owners of the \u003cem>Sun\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Mirror,\u003c/em> over alleged incidents of phone hacking, are ongoing. The couple’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/01/meghan-sues-mail-on-sunday-for-publishing-letter-to-her-father\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lawsuit against the \u003cem>Daily Mail\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>over the publishing of a private letter from Markle to her father, has a hearing this Friday. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13875053","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the 1930s, the royal family’s unofficial motto has been “\u003ca href=\"https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/heres-what-the-royal-family-motto-never-complain-never-explain-really-means.html/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Never complain, never explain\u003c/a>.” It was a position initially adopted by Harry’s great-grandmother—known affectionately in the U.K. as “the Queen Mum”—after her husband, King George, found himself unexpectedly on the throne. (His brother Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcée. \u003cem>Ahem\u003c/em>. Sound familiar?) It is remarkable, then, just how much Harry and Meghan have taken to both complaining \u003cem>and\u003c/em> explaining.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A fight like this is probably overdue though. As \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13875053/the-suicide-of-caroline-flack-tabloid-gossip-and-the-power-of-uk-newspapers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KQED Arts reported\u003c/a> in February after the suicide of popular British TV presenter Caroline Flack, the daily tabloids wield an enormous degree of power in the U.K.—and they don’t always behave responsibly with it. And though questions around press conduct have swirled in Britain since the death of Princess Diana in 1997, no royal entity has ever fought the press like Harry and Meghan are currently doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given their ongoing legal battles, and the fact that Harry and Meghan don’t have a history of collaborating with those four newspapers anyway, the letters sent out over the weekend feel symbolic. Harry and Meghan aren’t just doubling down on their position: they’re setting a precedent for other British public figures to throw down similar gauntlets. If Harry and Meghan are successful in their legal battles, the rules of press engagement in the U.K. may never be the same again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harry and Meghan’s letter to the newspapers can be read in full below:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>As The Duke and Duchess of Sussex now settle into the next chapter of their lives and no longer receive any publicly funded support, we are writing to set a new media relations policy, specifically as it pertains to your organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like you, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex believe that a free press is a cornerstone to any democracy—particularly in moments of crisis. At its best, this free press shines light on dark places, telling stories that would otherwise go untold, standing up for what’s right, challenging power, and holding those who abuse the system to account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It has been said that journalism’s first obligation is to the truth. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex agree wholeheartedly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is gravely concerning that an influential slice of the media, over many years, has sought to insulate themselves from taking accountability for what they say or print—even when they know it to be distorted, false, or invasive beyond reason. When power is enjoyed without responsibility, the trust we all place in this much-needed industry is degraded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a real human cost to this way of doing business and it affects every corner of society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have watched people they know—as well as complete strangers—have their lives completely pulled apart for no good reason, other than the fact that salacious gossip boosts advertising revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With that said, please note that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will not be engaging with your outlet. There will be no corroboration and zero engagement. This is also a policy being instated for their communications team, in order to protect that team from the side of the industry that readers never see.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This policy is not about avoiding criticism. It’s not about shutting down public conversation or censoring accurate reporting. Media have every right to report on and indeed have an opinion on The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, good or bad. But it can’t be based on a lie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also want to be very clear: this is not in any way a blanket policy for all media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are looking forward to working with journalists and media organizations all over the world, engaging with grassroots media, regional and local media, and young, up-and-coming journalists, to spotlight issues and causes that so desperately need acknowledging. And they look forward to doing whatever they can to help further opportunities for more diverse and underrepresented voices, who are needed now more than ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What they won’t do is offer themselves up as currency for an economy of click bait and distortion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We are encouraged that this new approach will be heard and respected.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13878920/meghan-and-harry-take-stonewalling-uk-tabloids-to-a-new-level","authors":["11242"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_2303","arts_235"],"tags":["arts_2767","arts_3423","arts_8580","arts_8126","arts_10021"],"featImg":"arts_13878933","label":"arts"},"arts_13876533":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13876533","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13876533","score":null,"sort":[1584058375000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"a-russian-duo-prank-called-prince-harry-and-probably-did-him-a-favor","title":"A Russian Duo Prank-Called Prince Harry and Probably Did Him a Favor","publishDate":1584058375,"format":"standard","headTitle":"A Russian Duo Prank-Called Prince Harry and Probably Did Him a Favor | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>This week, Russian prank callers, Vovan and Lexus, released secretly recorded audio of two conversations they had with Prince Harry while they posed as climate activist Greta Thunberg and her father, Svante.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though no official confirmation that it’s the prince has come from either the Sussex household or Buckingham Palace, not only does the voice on the tape sound an awful lot like Mr. Meghan Markle, but \u003cem>ET Canada\u003c/em> is reporting they’ve \u003ca href=\"https://etcanada.com/news/606364/sources-confirm-prince-harry-was-tricked-by-russian-pranksters-pretending-to-be-greta-thunberg-talks-leaving-the-royals-donald-trump-more/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">received confirmation\u003c/a> of the prankee’s identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov specialize in trying to catch people off guard and off brand. As such, their targets are usually politicians (Bernie Sanders, Maxine Waters and Lindsey Graham have all been duped), but they do sometimes veer into the world of celebrity. (In 2015, the duo called Elton John, posing as Vladimir Putin.) With that in mind, it was probably only a matter of time before a royal was on the receiving end of one of these calls. [aside postid='arts_13873680']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listening to the content of the just-released audio, and assuming we’ve IDed the prince correctly, it’s difficult to imagine Harry regretting anything he says. For a start, the comments he makes about his and Meghan Markle’s decision \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13873680/harry-and-meghan-look-super-happy-despite-the-queens-harsh-megxit-terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to step away\u003c/a> from their roles as senior royals are nothing but endearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I can assure you, marrying a prince or princess is not all it’s made out to be… This decision certainly wasn’t the easy one but it was the right decision for our family, the right decision to be able to protect my son. And I think there’s a hell of a lot of people around the world that can identify and respect us for putting our family first.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In addition, when he does get onto the subject of climate change, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg6N0DnDm-I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harry speaks\u003c/a> authoritatively and passionately, coming across as a profoundly empathetic person who is desperate to see policy change enacted to protect future generations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“It’s not an easy time, and the world is in a troubled place, and unfortunately the world is being led by some very sick people who stop any change from happening, whether that’s because of their own bias [or] whether that’s because of the fact that it will change how they are able to behave themselves… We have to almost physically shake these people to get them to realize that not only are they stealing from your future… but also that they are directly responsible for actually killing people and wiping out whole communities.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13872986'] Harry has never been (and probably never \u003cem>will\u003c/em> be) permitted to speak like this in any public, official capacity—even post-Megxit. But given his well-established \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13872986/prince-harrys-rejection-of-the-royal-lifestyle-is-only-his-latest-rebellious-move\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rebellious streak\u003c/a>, one has to wonder if the leaking of these \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13872986/prince-harrys-rejection-of-the-royal-lifestyle-is-only-his-latest-rebellious-move\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">real-life personal views\u003c/a> might be a breath of fresh air for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also must come as a bit of a relief to finally let the public know where he stands when it comes to his uncle. When asked about Prince Andrew—who is currently neck-deep in \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Roberts_Giuffre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">allegations\u003c/a> of sexual exploitation related to his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein—Harry does not mince words. Not only does he make zero attempt to defend Andrew, he also gets in \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg6N0DnDm-I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a dig\u003c/a> at the relatives he perceives as more concerned about protecting their ranks than looking out for the welfare of the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Whatever [Andrew] has done or hasn’t done, is completely separate from me and my wife. We operate in a way of inclusivity and we are focusing on community. And so we are completely separate from the majority of my family.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The most controversial part of the recording concerns Donald Trump and the current administration’s energy policies. Whether you find \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg6N0DnDm-I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harry’s comments\u003c/a> about Trump atrocious or a triumph will depend entirely on your political leanings, but either way, one gets the sense that Harry enjoyed getting this off his chest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I think the mere fact that Donald Trump is pushing the coal industry so big in America, he has blood on his hands. Because the effect that that has on island nations far, far away… Again, out of sight, out of mind. We’ve visited those places and I’m sure you have as well and people’s lives have been completely destroyed. People are dying every single month by some form of natural disaster that has been created from this huge change in our climate.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Regardless of the controversy that is now swirling around the prince, Harry’s conversation certainly pales in comparison with what his parents, Diana and Prince Charles were previously caught saying over the phone in secret recordings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squidgygate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a conversation\u003c/a> between Diana and her friend James Gilbey that leaked in 1992, Gilbey affectionately called her “Squidgy” or “Squidge” no less than 53 times, and the Princess said of her then-husband: “He makes my life real torture.” A \u003ca href=\"https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/how-camillagate-tapes-exposed-secret-10958350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1989 conversation\u003c/a> Charles had with his then-mistress Camilla Parker Bowles was even worse, causing such a furor when it leaked years after the fact that it has taken the prince decades to recover. (During the call, Charles memorably told Camilla: “I’ll just live inside your trousers or something. It would be much easier!”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As demonstrated by Harry and Meghan’s recent move to Canada, this is not a couple interested in being trapped within the bounds of British royal protocol. And for Harry, adhering to those standards of public decorum and political neutrality for his entire life must have been inordinately stifling. Harry himself indicates during the recording that he is looking forward to having a louder, more honest voice moving forward. [aside postid='arts_13866072']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being in a different position now gives us the ability to say things and do things that we might not have been able to do,” he says. “And seeing as everyone under the age of 35 or 36 seems to be carrying out an activist’s role, it gives us the opportunity to try and make more a difference without being criticized.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vovan and Lexus may have inadvertently given Harry his first major stepping stone on the road to doing just that.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"It's being touted as an embarrassment, but the leaked audio of Harry being prank called paints the prince in a positive light.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705021101,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":1082},"headData":{"title":"A Russian Duo Prank-Called Prince Harry and Probably Did Him a Favor | KQED","description":"It's being touted as an embarrassment, but the leaked audio of Harry being prank called paints the prince in a positive light.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"A Russian Duo Prank-Called Prince Harry and Probably Did Him a Favor","datePublished":"2020-03-13T00:12:55.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T00:58:21.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13876533/a-russian-duo-prank-called-prince-harry-and-probably-did-him-a-favor","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>This week, Russian prank callers, Vovan and Lexus, released secretly recorded audio of two conversations they had with Prince Harry while they posed as climate activist Greta Thunberg and her father, Svante.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though no official confirmation that it’s the prince has come from either the Sussex household or Buckingham Palace, not only does the voice on the tape sound an awful lot like Mr. Meghan Markle, but \u003cem>ET Canada\u003c/em> is reporting they’ve \u003ca href=\"https://etcanada.com/news/606364/sources-confirm-prince-harry-was-tricked-by-russian-pranksters-pretending-to-be-greta-thunberg-talks-leaving-the-royals-donald-trump-more/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">received confirmation\u003c/a> of the prankee’s identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov specialize in trying to catch people off guard and off brand. As such, their targets are usually politicians (Bernie Sanders, Maxine Waters and Lindsey Graham have all been duped), but they do sometimes veer into the world of celebrity. (In 2015, the duo called Elton John, posing as Vladimir Putin.) With that in mind, it was probably only a matter of time before a royal was on the receiving end of one of these calls. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13873680","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listening to the content of the just-released audio, and assuming we’ve IDed the prince correctly, it’s difficult to imagine Harry regretting anything he says. For a start, the comments he makes about his and Meghan Markle’s decision \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13873680/harry-and-meghan-look-super-happy-despite-the-queens-harsh-megxit-terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to step away\u003c/a> from their roles as senior royals are nothing but endearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I can assure you, marrying a prince or princess is not all it’s made out to be… This decision certainly wasn’t the easy one but it was the right decision for our family, the right decision to be able to protect my son. And I think there’s a hell of a lot of people around the world that can identify and respect us for putting our family first.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In addition, when he does get onto the subject of climate change, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg6N0DnDm-I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harry speaks\u003c/a> authoritatively and passionately, coming across as a profoundly empathetic person who is desperate to see policy change enacted to protect future generations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“It’s not an easy time, and the world is in a troubled place, and unfortunately the world is being led by some very sick people who stop any change from happening, whether that’s because of their own bias [or] whether that’s because of the fact that it will change how they are able to behave themselves… We have to almost physically shake these people to get them to realize that not only are they stealing from your future… but also that they are directly responsible for actually killing people and wiping out whole communities.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13872986","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp> Harry has never been (and probably never \u003cem>will\u003c/em> be) permitted to speak like this in any public, official capacity—even post-Megxit. But given his well-established \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13872986/prince-harrys-rejection-of-the-royal-lifestyle-is-only-his-latest-rebellious-move\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rebellious streak\u003c/a>, one has to wonder if the leaking of these \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13872986/prince-harrys-rejection-of-the-royal-lifestyle-is-only-his-latest-rebellious-move\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">real-life personal views\u003c/a> might be a breath of fresh air for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also must come as a bit of a relief to finally let the public know where he stands when it comes to his uncle. When asked about Prince Andrew—who is currently neck-deep in \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Roberts_Giuffre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">allegations\u003c/a> of sexual exploitation related to his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein—Harry does not mince words. Not only does he make zero attempt to defend Andrew, he also gets in \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg6N0DnDm-I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a dig\u003c/a> at the relatives he perceives as more concerned about protecting their ranks than looking out for the welfare of the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Whatever [Andrew] has done or hasn’t done, is completely separate from me and my wife. We operate in a way of inclusivity and we are focusing on community. And so we are completely separate from the majority of my family.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The most controversial part of the recording concerns Donald Trump and the current administration’s energy policies. Whether you find \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg6N0DnDm-I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harry’s comments\u003c/a> about Trump atrocious or a triumph will depend entirely on your political leanings, but either way, one gets the sense that Harry enjoyed getting this off his chest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I think the mere fact that Donald Trump is pushing the coal industry so big in America, he has blood on his hands. Because the effect that that has on island nations far, far away… Again, out of sight, out of mind. We’ve visited those places and I’m sure you have as well and people’s lives have been completely destroyed. People are dying every single month by some form of natural disaster that has been created from this huge change in our climate.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Regardless of the controversy that is now swirling around the prince, Harry’s conversation certainly pales in comparison with what his parents, Diana and Prince Charles were previously caught saying over the phone in secret recordings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squidgygate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a conversation\u003c/a> between Diana and her friend James Gilbey that leaked in 1992, Gilbey affectionately called her “Squidgy” or “Squidge” no less than 53 times, and the Princess said of her then-husband: “He makes my life real torture.” A \u003ca href=\"https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/how-camillagate-tapes-exposed-secret-10958350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1989 conversation\u003c/a> Charles had with his then-mistress Camilla Parker Bowles was even worse, causing such a furor when it leaked years after the fact that it has taken the prince decades to recover. (During the call, Charles memorably told Camilla: “I’ll just live inside your trousers or something. It would be much easier!”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As demonstrated by Harry and Meghan’s recent move to Canada, this is not a couple interested in being trapped within the bounds of British royal protocol. And for Harry, adhering to those standards of public decorum and political neutrality for his entire life must have been inordinately stifling. Harry himself indicates during the recording that he is looking forward to having a louder, more honest voice moving forward. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13866072","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being in a different position now gives us the ability to say things and do things that we might not have been able to do,” he says. “And seeing as everyone under the age of 35 or 36 seems to be carrying out an activist’s role, it gives us the opportunity to try and make more a difference without being criticized.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vovan and Lexus may have inadvertently given Harry his first major stepping stone on the road to doing just that.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13876533/a-russian-duo-prank-called-prince-harry-and-probably-did-him-a-favor","authors":["11242"],"categories":["arts_2303","arts_75"],"tags":["arts_2767","arts_9387","arts_3423","arts_8581","arts_8580","arts_8126"],"featImg":"arts_13876560","label":"arts"}},"programsReducer":{"possible":{"id":"possible","title":"Possible","info":"Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. 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