Harry and Meghan urged to delay Oprah interview while Prince Philip is in hospital
03 March, 2021
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are under pressure to delay the broadcast of their interview with Oprah Winfrey while Prince Philip remains in hospital.
The interview, filmed in California, is due to be displayed by British broadcaster ITV on Mon, about a day after it is displayed in the US.
Promoted by Oprah because having “not any subjects off-limits”, the programme was extended by 30 minutes for a running time frame of two hours.
The broadcast arrives at an awkward time for Britain's royal family, with the Duke of Edinburgh, 99, even now in hospital with an infection.
On Monday, he was taken from King Edward VII's Hospital in London to St Bartholomew's, blog of Europe’s largest cardiovascular clinic, where he'll undergo tests for a pre-existing heart state and treatment for the undisclosed an infection.
The duke, who turns 100 in June, was admitted to hospital fourteen days ago as a precautionary measure.
His 14-night stay is the longest he has required medical care, although Buckingham Palace said he was comfortable and giving an answer to treatment.
A statement on Mon said the duke would stay in hospital until at least the end of the week.
Royal commentators said that the decision to air Harry and Meghan’s interview would cause ripples.
“They are able to only hope and pray that the duke recovers and goes home. If something happens to him, it would look terrible. Even if Harry and Meghan wished to end it, they most likely can’t and it’s out of their hands,” International Who's Who editor Richard Fitzwilliams advised the Daily Mail.
“Who knows how concerns from the duke’s health might play out over the approaching days?” royal biographer Phil Dampier explained.
However, Buckingham Palace aides advised the Daily Telegraph the royal family was unconcerned with the interview.
“The family is quite concerned about Philip and their thoughts are incredibly much with him rather than this Oprah interview. They contain much more important things to worry about,” one aide said.
Others said that Harry and Meghan weren't to be blamed for the timing because Television set executives can determine when it is broadcast.
Meanwhile, the Duchess of Sussex possesses been granted an interim £450,000 ($628,000) down payment towards her £1.5 million legal costs in her privacy case against the Mail on Sunday.
The payment follows her victory previous month against Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Mail on Sunday and Mail Online, over extracts published from an exclusive, handwritten letter she delivered to her estranged father, Thomas Markle.
Meghan had asked for a great interim payment of £750,000. She actually is likewise demanding a front-site apology, and a higher Court purchase forcing the newspaper at hand over any copies it offers made of the letter, and ruin any copies of it or notes built about it.
Meghan, 39, sued more than five articles published in February 2019. She was granted summary judgment with regards to her privacy promise, and component of her copyright case.
At a remote control hearing on Tuesday, Associated Newspapers argued that Meghan’s “really large costs bill” of about £1.5m was disproportionate. Full costs will be chose at future hearings in the case.
Source: www.thenationalnews.com
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