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Meghan and Harry v The Firm

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The Times

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3.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In a bombshell world exclusive interview, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, sat down with Oprah Winfrey and talked at lengths about reasons for their departure from the Royal Family. What's the future for the couples relationship with the palace?

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Guest: Valentine Low, Royal Correspondent for The Times.

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm John Curtis, and I'm Rachel Wolf.

0:05.2

We want to tell you about our new podcast, Trendy from Toy Toys.

0:09.6

It's all about what people think and why politicians do what they do.

0:14.1

Each week we're going to look at the most important social, political and economic trends,

0:18.8

in the hope that we can come to a better understanding of where we are as a country.

0:23.0

New episodes will be available every Thursday morning.

0:25.9

Search for Trendy, wherever you get your podcast.

0:36.7

It's become one of the most talked about interviews of our time.

0:41.1

The interview in which Megan and Harry told the world their side of the story.

0:46.9

But we never left.

0:48.8

We never left the family, and we only wanted to have the same type of role that exists, right?

0:53.4

There's senior members of the family.

0:55.7

And then there are non-senior members.

0:57.4

Just days before the interview aired, bullying allegations exposed by the Times cast the Duchess of Sussex in a different light.

1:07.6

There are members of the Royal Family who might have occasionally behaved robustly with staff, yeah.

1:14.6

Maybe we might have had tempers lost, yes.

1:18.4

But that's different from being a bullying boss.

1:21.9

After a week of jaw-dropping revelations,

1:25.2

where does it leave the Royal Family?

1:27.3

This is devastating for the Royal Family,

1:29.9

who have spent so long trying to cultivate modern images.

1:34.8

And then you get this, which literally blows the whole thing right out of the water.

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