The shock interview given by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on American television is an earthquake for the British monarchy, believe many media in the United Kingdom who chose to put this subject on their front page Tuesday.
In this interview, the princely couple launches in particular accusations of racism about the birth of their son.
A day after it aired in the United States, the shocking interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry aired in the United Kingdom on Monday night and made headlines in British media on Tuesday.
Because all the press agrees that the couple's confidences represent an earthquake for Buckingham Palace, the official residence of the British monarchy.
In this interview given to American television, Meghan Markle recounts in particular having thought of suicide when she lived within the British royal family, where we were also worried about the color of the skin that her son would have.
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No reaction from Buckingham Palace
It did not take more for the tabloid
The Daily Mirror to
estimate that the crown is going through "the worst royal crisis in 85 years", as its headline indicates in reference to the abdication of King Edward VIII in 1936. For British media, the rift reached a point of no return between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the rest of the royal family, who had not reacted on Monday afternoon.
Today's #frontpage - Harry & Meghan Bombshell: WORST ROYAL CRISIS IN 85 YEARS
Read more: https://t.co/FFFMxYKqUFpic.twitter.com/sEBZbOMDEK
- Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) March 9, 2021
For the
Times
, these accusations of racism undoubtedly plunge the palace "in turmoil".
The daily also reveals that Queen Elizabeth II would have refused to sign a response statement prepared by the palace on Monday in order to have more time to think before reacting.
It's "worse" than the family expected, the
Times said
.
As for the
Telegraph
, he says that the monarchy would have needed a "bulletproof vest" against the "shells" launched during this interview ...
Overbidding
And the bidding does not stop there: for Chris Ship, commentator of the royal family for the ITV channel, Harry and Meghan simply "loaded a B-52 bomber, flew over Buckingham Palace and dropped their arsenal right above, bomb after bomb, all heavily loaded ".
According to sources quoted by the
Daily Mail
, systematically ruthless towards the couple, this interview caused a wave of shock and great sadness at Buckingham Palace.
The daily is indignant at the "insults" of the prince to his family, its commentator Piers Morgan denouncing a "sickening propaganda" and a "hypocritical" speech on the part of a couple enriched by royalty and who complains in front of millions of media pressure viewers.
Tuesday's @ DailyMailUK # MailFrontPagespic.twitter.com / LOs0mBuorQ
- Daily Mail UK (@DailyMailUK) March 8, 2021
Finally, for the BBC, the monarchical institution is taking a big hit, as if no lesson from Diana's tragedy had been learned.
Prince Harry denounces racism in British media
In a new clip released Monday, Harry, 36 and younger son of Charles and Diana, explained that British media racism "largely" explained the couple's departure to the United States.
Charges dismissed by the Society of Publishers, a group of senior British press officials.
"It is unacceptable that the Duke and Duchesses make such accusations without providing any proof," Ian Murray, the director of the company, said in a statement on Monday evening, saying the British press was "certainly not racist" .
The White House for its part underlined the "courage" of the couple to engage in this way, while stressing that Harry and Meghan were now "private citizens" on its territory.