MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry’s blockbuster Oprah Winfrey interview was watched by 11.3MILLION viewers on ITV last night. The explosive tell-all chat was aired at 9pm and the eye-watering viewing figures made it the biggest television show audience of the year. Boris Johnson’s lockdown statement in January received more viewers but this is the most-watched […]
MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry’s blockbuster Oprah Winfrey interview was watched by 11.3MILLION viewers on ITV last night.
The explosive tell-all chat was aired at 9pm and the eye-watering viewing figures made it the biggest television show audience of the year.
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Boris Johnson’s lockdown statement in January received more viewers but this is the most-watched TV show of 2021.
Million of Brits watched in horror last night as Harry and Meghan accused a senior royal of being racist – over the colour of their son Archie.
At its peak, 12.3million people had tuned in to watch but ITV confirmed this morning it had an average of 11.3million viewers.
In the most damaging of a series of incendiary claims made to talk show host Oprah, the exiled couple said the unnamed royal had quizzed them on “how dark” he would be.
Oprah said Harry told her it is NOT the Queen or Prince Philip.
Harry and Meghan also suggested the decision not to make Archie a prince with full HRH status was racist.
The Duke of Sussex went on to say racism was a major factor in their decision to spark Megxit and quit the UK for America.
Bombshell claims made by Harry and Meghan included:
Experts said the Oprah interview had sparked the biggest royal crisis in decades. There were suggestions the couple could be stripped of their titles.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson was asked about the row but would not be drawn on it.
Officials said the Queen and senior royals did not watch the interview – screened in full by ITV last night after being seen by 17 million Americans.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stunned the world by accusing an unnamed family member of raising “concerns” about Archie’s “dark skin”.
But the couple could not agree when it was said.
The pair also suggested in the interview that Archie, 22 months old, had been denied the title of prince because of his mixed race.
Yet last night their claims were mired in confusion – with Meghan saying the comments happened when she was pregnant while Harry suggested they occurred before the couple married in 2018.
During the interview, Meghan also accused her father Thomas of betraying her after lying about working with the media.
But he today hit back and revealed he HUNG UP on “snotty” Prince Harry when he called him about the royal wedding as he lay in hospital.
Speaking to Good Morning Britain, he said Harry phoned him when he was recovering after suffering a heart attack.
He said: “Harry had said to me ‘if you had listened to me, this wouldn’t have happened to you’.
“Me, laying in a hospital bed after having a procedure, I had a stent put here and put here and that was kind of snotty so I hung up on him.”
The 76-year-old, speaking from his home in Mexico, made another swipe at his son-in-law when he discussed Harry’s past.
He told Piers and Susanna: “We all make mistakes… but I’ve never played naked pool and I’ve never dressed up like Hitler.”
Thomas was referring to infamous nude pictures of Prince Harry taken in Las Vegas in 2012, as well as the time he was photographed wearing a Nazi uniform with a swastika armband in 2005.
In her interview with Oprah, the Duchess of Sussex opened up about her relationship with her dad and said she felt crushed when he lied to her about working with the media.
The pair haven’t spoken in four years – the last time being when Thomas told them he couldn’t fly to be at her wedding due to health reasons.
He added: “Like I said, this is actually the first time I’ve heard her speak in about four years.
“The last time we spoke, we actually texted, I was laying in hospital bed after a heart attack.
“I had to tell them that I couldn’t fly for the wedding – at that point we pretty much said goodbye.”
He added: “I’m very disappointed about it, I’ve apologised about this thing, at least 100 times.
“The bottom line is, I’ve never heard back from Meghan and Harry in any way shape or form. I would love to hear from them.”
