Meghan Markle & Prince Harry’s Oprah Interview Most Watched of Year Odds

One sportsbook thought there is a very good chance the Oprah interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could become the most watch US show this year, with odds implying a 28.6% chance.  It's still early but indications are good for gamblers.

Fox Business offered the following headline ahead of the much ballyhooed special: "Meghan Markle, Prince Harry interview with Oprah Winfrey could be bigger ratings grab than the Super Bowl".

In a wide-ranging interview aired Sunday, Harry and Meghan described painful palace discussions about the color of their son’s skin, losing royal protection and the intense pressures that led the Duchess of Sussex to contemplate suicide.

The interview with Oprah Winfrey was the couple’s first since they stepped down from royal duties and the two-hour special included numerous revelations likely to reverberate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Harry told Winfrey that he felt trapped by royal life and was surprised that he was cut off financially and lost his security last year.

Meghan Markle says there were concerns in Royal family about her child's skin color.

“You’re not going to tell me who had that conversation?" Oprah asks.

“I think that would be very damaging to them.” #OprahMeghanHarry
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— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) March 8, 2021

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Memorable Quotes

• “I just didn’t want to be alive anymore. And that was very clear and real and frightening.” — Meghan, on the suicidal thoughts she had after joining the royal family.
• “I wouldn’t have been able to, because I myself was trapped as well” — Harry, on whether he would have stepped down from his royal duties had he never met Meghan.
• "I left my career, my life. I left everything because I love him. Our plan was to do this forever.” — Meghan, on allegations that she schemed from the start to pull Harry from the royal family.
• “I think she would feel very angry with how this has played out. And very sad. But ultimately, all she’d ever want is for us to be happy.” — Harry on his late mother, Princess Diana.
• “It made me cry and it really hurt my feelings. And I thought in the context of everything else that was going on in those days leading to the wedding that it didn’t make sense to not be just doing whatever what everyone else was doing, which was trying to be supportive.” — Meghan, on a dispute with her sister-in-law Princess Kate, which she said the press got exactly backward by reporting she had made Kate cry.
• “I’ve never blindsided my grandmother. I have too much respect for her.” — Harry, on whether he failed to prepare Queen Elizabeth II for the news he was stepping down from royal duties.
• “The queen has always been wonderful to me.” — Meghan.

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