2021-03-08 19:24:00, Helen Lewis, The Atlantic
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After the couple decided to "step back" from royal life, Harry told Oprah, his father-the heir to the throne, Prince Charles-stopped taking his calls and asked for his plans in writing instead.
Meghan's version goes like this: The Queen was lovely, but the wider institution of the monarchy-known colloquially as "The Firm" or "The Palace"-failed to help her as she was ripped apart by the British press.
He spoke of the Royal Family's "invisible contract" with the British tabloids, hosting reporters for Christmas parties in the palace in exchange for favorable stories (or at least the absence of unfavorable stories).
"There is a lot that has been lost already," Meghan told Oprah Winfrey in a two-hour interview broadcast last night on CBS-her relationship with her father, the baby she miscarried last year, even her surname.
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