of harry dunn would be willing to do community service and make a contribution in his memory, her lawyer says. sports coaches and priests who have sexual relationships with 16 and 17—year—olds will be breaking the law, under new government plans to close legal loopholes. and coming up this hour: the film world awaits this afternoon's bafta nominations, amid efforts to make the line—up more diverse after last yea r�*s #baftassowhite controversy, when the four acting categories were all white and no female film—makers were nominated for best director for a seventh consecutive year. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. crisis meetings involving senior royals have taken place following the duke and duchess of sussex's interview with oprah winfrey. buckingham palace still hasn't commented on the interview, which was broadcast last night on itv. in the programme, meghan said, before their son was born, an unnamed member of the royal family voiced concerns about how dark his skin colour might be. prince harry later clarified to winfrey that the comments were not made by either the queen or the duke of edinburgh. this morning, meghan�*s father, thomas markle, said he thought the question about skin colour was just a dumb question and he didn't think the british royal family is racist at all. meghan also said she had suicidal thoughts but didn't receive support from the palace. keith doyle reports. viewers in the uk got to watch the full interview last night, and the fallout this morning is nuclear. the headlines could not be worse for the palace. turmoil and crisis. they are no less forgiving on the other side of the atlantic. tonight, oprah's interview with the duke and duchess of sussex just aired for the first time in the uk. now britain braces for fallout... despite being previewed, teased and dominating the news, the claims made and heard in the context of the full two—hour interview are still able to shock. claims that meghan was driven close to suicide and that a member of the royal family discussed the skin colour of the duke and duchess�*s soon—to—be born child. in those months when i was pregnant, all around this same time, so we have in tandem the conversation of, "he won't be given security, he's not going to be given a title." and also, concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born. what? throughout the interview, the picture painted was one of an uncaring and unsupportive institution, at odds with the image of being at the head of a multicultural country and commonwealth. in america, this summer, wejust went through the black lives matter movement and the killing of george floyd. now, what we see, when we see this monarchy, we see an institution that we revere, and now we find out that you guys have the same issues of racial and racism, systemic racism, that we do in the united states. so, yes, it does hurt us. it almost seems like a fairy tale shattered for many of us. overnight, there's been no comment from buckingham palace which is sure to be reeling from such explosive claims by those at the very heart of the royal family. all eyes and the media spotlight is on here today to see how or if it responds. i don't see buckingham palace as being like the kremlin. on the whole, they are a very civilised organisation. but i also don't think that they are likely to engage in this kind of war between two parties, which, of course, the tabloid press would greatly enjoy. the harry and meghan love story was a fairy tale and brought young, modern vitality into the royal family. this interview has brought up real issues that can't easily be ignored — security, mental health and trust. just a few years on from the fairy tale, and for buckingham palace, all that has turned to crisis management on an epic scale. keith doyle, bbc news. i've been speaking to our royal correspondent daniela relph about if and when we might hear a response from buckingham palace. i think it is hard to see how they can't say something. it is now more than 2a hours since the interview first aired in the us, and there are two substantive allegations that are a real problem for buckingham palace in the interview, the allegations of racism and around the support given to meghan when she felt suicidal. can they really ignore those allegations, especially when you look at the headlines, the kind of comments that are being raised around the interview, is it really something they can ignore? yesterday there were a number of meetings, as you would expect, within the palace walls, involving senior members of the royal family, including the queen, the prince of royals, the duke of cambridge, and they will have to make an assessment on what they say next. will they deal directly with the allegations made during the interview, or will they make a statement that is more general about support for harry and meghan and what happens next and what they do going forward? that is hard to assess, but my gut feeling is that we will hear from them in some form today. this morning, we have heard from thomas markle, who was given an interview this morning, where he talked about a number of areas around their relationship it could just be that simple, it could be somebody asking a stupid question, uh, ratherthan being a total racist. and thomas markle there speaking from his home in mexico, where he lives. but it is interesting, looking at the reaction to the interview from the us more broadly, and there is a huge amount of sympathy for harry and meghan there, and also a huge amount of criticism of the royal family at the highest levels in the us. you know, we have said a spokesperson forjoe biden praise meghan�*s courage, and we also heard from hillary clinton saying, look, this is 2021, perhaps they monarchy needs to look differently at how it addresses some of these issues. i am just wondering what the palace could say by way of explanation or mitigation about the conversation meghan claimed was hard regarding how dark archie's skin would be. what can you say to defend that? yeah, i don't know, victoria. it is really difficult, because we don't know who the person was that was that said that, and there is this terrible game of who the person was that said that, and there is this terrible game of whodunnit going on in terms of the identity of will want to get into any kind of tit—for—tat around that or in any way identify that person. but is there anything they can say more broadly about the royal family's position. it is difficult to see how they would address the specifics of that in any great detail. let's speak now to the author nadifa mohamed, who has written a piece for the guardian newspaper here in the uk on meghan markle�*s racism allegations. nadifa mohamed, hello. this claim that an unnamed member of the royal family wanted to know how dark are cheap�*s skin might be, what does that tell you about the british monarchy? —— how dark archie's skin 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from buckingham palace it alive in this country. what do - you want from buckingham palace now? i am a republican, so what i would want and what i would get are two different things. they need to reach out to harry and meghan, at the end of the day they are a family, we are bystanders, witnesses to this drama, and there is room for some sort of reconciliation and the strange attitudes within the royal family, not just on attitudes within the royal family, notjust on race but on various levels of discrimination, to be tackled and for something more positive to emerge. i tackled and for something more positive to emerge.— tackled and for something more positive to emerge. i wonder whether the interview— positive to emerge. i wonder whether the interview could _ positive to emerge. i wonder whether the interview could lead _ positive to emerge. i wonder whether the interview could lead to _ positive to emerge. i wonder whether the interview could lead to a - positive to emerge. i wonder whether the interview could lead to a debate l the interview could lead to a debate on the nature and size of the monarchy. the queen is the longest serving mother, she became queen in the early 1950s, society has changed dramatically and maybe her lifetime a dedicated service obscures the big demand on those younger than her in the family who might find themselves trapped, to use harry's words. for. trapped, to use harry's words. for, and i trapped, to use harry's words. for, and i completely— trapped, to use harry's words. fri", and i completely understand what he said, and i would feel trapped, keeping young people in the zoo or dish where they are watched constantly, and they have had to develop this relationship with the tabloids are giving them so much so they will not take everything. but a very privileged _ they will not take everything. but a very privileged zoo, _ they will not take everything. but a very privileged zoo, as _ they will not take everything. but a very privileged zoo, as you - they will not take everything. but a very privileged zoo, as you put it. it is not something i would ever want for somebody that i cared about, so i think harry is pretty brave to escape from that, and i am sure that somewhere there is a desire for all of them to escape that. . ~ desire for all of them to escape that. ., ~ , ., desire for all of them to escape that. ., ~' , ., , desire for all of them to escape that. ., ~ i. , . desire for all of them to escape that. . ~ ,, , . ., that. thank you very much for talkin: that. thank you very much for talking to _ that. thank you very much for talking to us _ that. thank you very much for talking to us today, _ that. thank you very much for talking to us today, thank - that. thank you very much for| talking to us today, thank you. nadifa mohamed. the american woman accused over the death of harry dunn would be willing to do community service and make a contribution in his memory, according to her lawyer. 19—year—old harry died when his motorcycle was involved in a collision with a car near an raf base in 2019. anne sacoolas, who was driving the car, later returned to her home in the united states and claimed diplomatic immunity. her lawyer has told the bbc she won't return to the uk to stand trial. this kind of an accident, had it occurred in the united states, would not be prosecuted criminally. so in the united states, these cases are only prosecuted where there is evidence of recklessness that rises to the level of close to intent. so drunk driving, distracted driving, or a hit—and—run situation, or excessive speeding. but there was none of that here. the family of harry dunn have launched civil action against anne sacoolas and her husband in the us state of virginia. harry's mother, charlotte charles said she would continue to push for ms sacoolas to return to the uk to stand trial. i made a promise to harry the night that he died thatjustice would be done. there are no circumstances at all that are going to make me break that promise. this campaign has been all about accountability and ensuring that nobody is above the law. she needs to come back. if she wants to resolve this, like she says she does, then it's easy. face the uk justice system, get this done and dusted. she can then move on with her life and we can start to rebuild ours. burmese activists trapped in apartment blocks in myanmar�*s main city, yangon, say the military has called off its search and they've now managed to escape. but as many as 50 are believed to have been detained during the operation against activists protesting against last month's coup. our south east asia correspondent jonathan head has the latest. it's become an established tactic where the military throughout neighbourhoods where they want to arrest people, they will go in and smashed outdoors and try and grab people from houses. in case, we know the two sons of a man they wanted, an nld figure, were taken on saturday, and they've got no obvious political connections, yet they've disappeared into the notorious insein prison. no—one's had any contact with them. i think this fits a pattern of overall terror, and also an attempt by the military in a rather blunt way to try to capture as many people as they can who may be involved in organising the civil disobedience movement. i mean, they've already arrested, by correlated numbers we have, more than 1800 people since the coup, but it's quite possible those numbers are higher. we are hearing of very large numbers, for example, arrested today in the far south of myanmar. this is going on. what we saw in this neighbourhood last night was well documented and well filmed, and you could really feel the fear of all these locals coming out, trying to pass word about where the military were. at times, useful soldiers going through the streets yelling abuse, yelling really unpleasant things to women, threats, firing their weapons and trying to sort of scare people out, and this goes on for several hours each night. you can imagine how short of sleep people are. so i think it's a bigger tactic than just capturing people. they did get nearly 50 people last night in this one neighbourhood. it's all about this dreadful war of attrition that is now going on between the population in almost complete open rebellion across the country against the coup, and a military thatjust won't accept that its rule is not acknowledged by the people and is determined to stamp its authority in every possible way. there isn't another armed forces i can think of, not in this region anyway, perhaps outside north korea, that has such a complete disregard for human life in the way it tries to enforce its authority. the headlines on bbc news: silence so far from buckingham palace, which has yet to comment on harry and meghan's explosive claims in that tv interview. the suspect in the death of harry dunn would be willing to do community service and make a contribution in his memory, her lawyer says. sports coaches and priests who have sexual relationships with 16 and 17—year—olds will be breaking the law, under new government plans to close legal loopholes. let's talk more about that. sports coaches and faith leaders who have sexual relationships with 16 and 17—year—olds will be breaking the law, under government plans to close a legal loophole in england and wales. it's one of a number of new crime measures being introduced in parliament today, including tougher sentences for murderers. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. ellie gould was 17 when her life was taken by a former boyfriend after she ended their brief relationship. her killer, thomas griffiths, was the same age and a fellow student. he went to ellie's home and stabbed her repeatedly with a kitchen knife. griffiths was sentenced to a minimum of 12 and a half years. ellie's mum, carol, is relieved that under the new m