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Duchess Sophie’s ‘gentle’ dig at Oprah after explosive Meghan Markle interview…Full story below👇👇👇
Sophie hit out at the bombshell TV special in her own very understated way – whilst still managing to navigate royal protocol.
The Royal Family motto is never complain, never explain.
So it’s little wonder that frontline royals made little comment on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s infamous interview with Oprah Winfrey, which aired in 2021.
But the American TV special was littered with allegations which took aim at the Firm, with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex claiming they’d not been supported as they struggled with their mental health.
Harry also claimed his brother Prince William and King Charles were “trapped” inside the monarchy – and seemed to criticise his father’s parenting in subsequent interviews.
Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh and Prince Edward’s wife, made her own subtle dig at the Sussexes’ appearance on the TV show in a very understated way.
Sophie and Edward joked by claiming “Oprah who?” when asked whether they had sat down and watched the Sussexes’ CBS chat.
This was followed up when Sophie then admitted there was “no reason to know who” the US chat show legend was.
She was criticised at the time by some on social media as the 59-year-old visited the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in 2013.
Sophie visited the course and its students in Meyerton, South Africa, as part of a week-long visit to the country with her husband Edward