Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are apparently preparing for a brand new media offensive: “CBS Sunday Morning” revealed that the couple filmed an interview with Jane Pauley that may air this weekend.
The chat would mark the primary time the California-based couple have taken part in a joint interview since their blockbuster sessions with Oprah Winfrey in 2021 and their 2022 Netflix documentary series. In those interviews, which got here after they stepped back from royal duties in 2020, they sparked a three-year media storm wherein they shared sensational revelations concerning the British royal family, alleging types of racism, cruelty and dysfunction, and specifically amplifying criticism of certain members.
But a brief clip from Harry and Meghan's interview with Pauley posted on social media suggests the California-based couple may avoid discussing Harry's relatives, from whom they’re notoriously estranged. In fact, a report in People magazine this week said King Charles III has stopped taking his son's calls. For the American and British public, Harry and Meghan's revelations have also develop into increasingly polarizing, as evidenced by the controversy that followed Harry receiving an award named in honor of American war hero Pat Tillman on the ESPYs.
The CBS Sunday interview could concentrate on one other latest initiative the Duke and Duchess try out with their Archewell Foundation, which involves children and social media. Page Six reported.
In the clip, the couple talks about continuing their work with parents who’ve lost their children to online bullying and abuse. Last October, the couple headlined a Project Healthy Minds festival in New York City, where they discussed the damaging effects of social media on young people's mental health.
This “CBS Sunday” interview comes amid what may very well be a serious latest media cycle for the couple, who’re still trying to search out their footing as media moguls, entrepreneurs and influential public figures.
Meghan was the subject of reports about ending filming a brand new cooking series for Netflix, which was a part of her five-year, $100 million take care of the platform. Harry can also be said to be working on his own show about skilled polo. Meghan has also announced plans to sell luxury home and lifestyle items through her latest American brand, Riviera Orchard. However, no launch dates for the cooking and polo shows or Meghan's lifestyle band have been announced.
Still, the couple has been making headlines currently. Following the ESPY controversy, Harry made more global headlines by giving an interview to British television about his high-profile legal battle with the British tabloids over their past phone-tapping and other illegal practices.
However, the once-popular British duke sparked fresh criticism when he said within the documentary “Tabloids on Trial” that his determination to fight against the tabloid press was “central” to his fractured relationship together with his father, brother Prince William and sister-in-law Kate Middleton. In various online forums, Harry was criticised for blaming his falling out together with his family on his court battles, relatively than taking responsibility for his decision to “talk incessantly about his family on a global scale”.
As a part of Harry and Meghan’s latest media cycle, the Duke can also be the quilt star for this week's People magazine, with a protracted story specializing in his other legal battle: getting the British government to provide him armed police protection when he visits the United Kingdom together with his wife and family. Harry was not interviewed for the story, but “sources” near him suggested he or his PR team approved the story.
The story allows Harry to argue that his estrangement from his family also stems from not getting the police protection he robotically enjoyed when he and Meghan were working members of the royal family. The Harry sources say he doesn't feel protected bringing his wife and youngsters, Archie and Lilibet, to the UK and that he’s frustrated that his father, as royal, is unwilling to assist him.
“Harry is scared and believes his father is the only one who can do something about it,” a royal insider told People. Another source acquainted with the situation said: “Harry is determined to protect his own family at all costs.”
Since losing the automated right to police protection, Harry has been waging an unsuccessful legal battle with the British government to have his protection restored, something he believes Charles could easily achieve.
But People reported, citing sources at Buckingham Palace, that under the British structure the monarch has no governing power and that the authority to supply police protection doesn’t lie with Charles but with the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (RAVEC), which acts on behalf of the British government.
While people near Harry said the problem had created “an impenetrable wall” between him and his father, sources near the king accused his son of resorting to “emotional blackmail” and threatened the king that he may never see his grandchildren Archie and Lilibet again if he didn’t address his son's safety concerns.
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