The interview given on American television by Meghan Markle and her husband, Prince Harry, grandson of Elizabeth II, fell like a bomb in the United Kingdom for their harsh accusations to the monarchy, the British media stressed on Monday.

“Whatever the royal family expected from this interview, this was worse,” said the conservative newspaper The Times.

“Meghan was suicidal. She was concerned for her psychological well-being. She cried in an official act. And the royal family did not help”, the newspaper continues, stating that these are “damaging accusations” for the monarchical institution.

In this interview with the American television star Oprah Winfrey, broadcast on Sunday in that country before its broadcast on Monday night in the UK, “They gave the image of a vulnerable couple, who felt trapped in their role and who felt unprotected by the institution,” he added.

In the opinion of the also conservative Daily Telegraph, the royal family needs a “bulletproof vest” in view of an interview that contained “enough projectiles to sink a flotilla.” “And possibly, as some fear, to inflict the same damage on the British monarchy.”

“It is fair to say that this two-hour interview without concessions is the worst scenario for those who the couple did not stop referring to as ‘the company’ (The Firm),” adds the newspaper, alluding to the racist reflections that Meghan and Harry reported suffering from an unidentified person from the palace before the birth of their first child, Archie.

The ITV channel also used a military metaphor: “The couple loaded a B-52 bomber, flew over Buckingham Palace with it and unloaded their arsenal right above it.”

For the BBC, “it is a devastating interview” that reveals “the terrible pressures within the palace” and draws “the image of insensitive individuals lost in an institution” as lost as they are.

The Daily Mirror tabloid insisted on the “immense sadness” of Crown Prince Charles, father of Harry, and his older brother Guillermo, while the Daily Express denounced “a televised conversation with Oprah that serves the couple’s own interests,” who have lived in the United States since their withdrawal from the monarchy in the spring of 2020.

Like other newspapers, which closed their editions before the broadcast of the interview, the Daily Mail titled in contrast to the “powerful” message on “duty” launched by Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday during a speech broadcast on television British on the occasion of Commonwealth Day.

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