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- culture
- March 5, 2021
Meghan says it's 'liberating' to speak for herself
Meghan and Harry are under more pressure to delay their Oprah Winfrey interview.
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Another friend, Lindsay Jill Roth, a writer and television producer who met Meghan as an undergraduate at Northwestern University, wrote on Instagram, \"Meg’s M.O. has always been kindness; goodwill runs in her bones. I know this to be true after 22 years of very close friendship. I have seen firsthand how she treats her friends and their families, and her colleagues.\"
Harry and Meghan are also facing pressure to delay the airing of their interview with Winfrey because of the hospitalization of Harry's grandfather, Prince Philip. The 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth has been hospitalized in London since Feb. 17 and underwent a procedure this week to treat a pre-existing heart condition, according to Buckingham Palace.
ABC News royal contributor Omid Scobie explained that Harry and Meghan waited to do a sit-down interview with Winfrey until the conclusion of Meghan's privacy case with Associated Newspapers' Ltd., publisher of The Mail on Sunday, a U.K. tabloid.
A judge in the U.K. ruled last month that the Mail on Sunday invaded Meghan's privacy by publishing large parts of the personal letter she sent to her now-estranged father Thomas Markle before her wedding to Harry. On Friday, the judge ruled that Associated Newspapers' Ltd. needs to publish an official notice laying out what happened in their legal battle with Meghan.
\"It wasn't until they won that case, or proved their point, that they were able to confirm with Oprah [Winfrey] that they finally wanted to set the record straight,\" said Scobie. \"From what I hear, they're very looking forward to having their story finally out there.\"
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