hello and thanks forjoining us. it s a big night for anyone interested in the royals, because harry and meghan s highly anticipated tv interview with oprah winfrey is just getting under way. it was recorded last month in los angeles. it comes after the duke and duchess of sussex decided to step back as senior members of the british royal family last year. our north america correspondent peter bowes says there is huge interest in the royal family as celebrities but the issue of racism is likely to be discussed. it is an issue but i think also, and just watching some of the commentary over the last few days, many americans are watching this because of the soap opera style interest in the activities of the british royal family. they have watched the crown here, which is raised on a fit dishes interpretation of real life events. i think thatis that is the fishbone through which many people see the royal family. what they are looking at this interview for is some real life and rea
here, which is based on a fictitious interpretation of real life events. i think that is the fishbowl through which many people see the royal family. what they are looking at this interview for is some real life and real life stories and whether racism comes into that, it seems very unlikely that oprah winfrey will not address that issue head on but they are looking for detail. so what will american audiences make of the couple s interview and are they likely to be more sympathetic than a british audience? i think people will be watching for the way they come across, the body language, exactly what they have to say. but, yes, especially in america and especially in los angeles, this is where she was born and brought up and this, of course, is where she began to work in the entertainment industry as an actress. there is a lot of affection towards her in the city and across the board, across the country, you may find different views of this too as a couple as you recognise in t
hello and thanks forjoining us. we start with breaking news. the duchess of sussex has told oprah winfrey that she considered taking her own life doing her lowest point while living as a royal. in a wide ranging interview broadcast on cbs, meghan admitted she had been a even her expectations of what royal life would be like. she said things turned against her following an untrue story in the british press that she made her sister in law, the british press that she made hersister in law, kate her sister in law, kate middleton, cry. hersister in law, kate middleton, cry. prince harry said he spoke to the queen about his decision to step down as a senior royal and revealed that his father, charles, had stopped taking his calls. the couple said they were expecting a baby girl. our north america correspondent peter bowesjoins me now. peter, this was two hours of revelation after revelation. take us through the main points, please. points, please. yes. it ended just a few moments
a new court case. the duchess of sussex has told oprah winfrey that she considered taking her own life during her lowest point while living as a royal. in a wide ranging interview on cbs, meghan admitted she had been naive in her expectations of what royal life would be like. she said things turned against her following an untrue story in the british press that she made her sister in law, kate, cry. prince harry said he spoke to the queen about his decision to step down as a senior royal, and revealed his father, prince charles, had stopped taking his calls. the couple also said they were expecting a baby girl. our north america correspondent peter bowes watched the 2 hour interview and picked out the key points. it was full of just claim after claim about the life that meghan says she lived as a member of the royal family. as you have explained, that she contemplated self harm because she believed at the time that it would be the best way to deal with the hurt and the dark p