Meghan Markle, Prince Harry feel palace didn’t take ownership of Oprah interview allegations

A friend of the Duchess of Sussex has revealed Meghan and Harry are annoyed over how the Queen handled their Oprah interview.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are reportedly disappointed with how the Queen handled their explosive allegations in their infamous Oprah Winfrey interview.

In a new epilogue for the explosive royal tell-all Finding Freedom, a close friend of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has revealed the royal couple feel ownership has not been taken over their claims they were mistreated by the institution, which they detailed in the televised sit-down with Winfrey in March.

Famed royal authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand have penned an updated epilogue for their 2020 book Finding Freedom, which is being republished in paperback later this month.

In it, they reference the Queen’s statement which was released after Meghan and Harry’s interview, in which the monarch said she was “saddened” by their claims but added, “some recollections may vary”.

People published an excerpt of the new epilogue, in which the authors write: “The Queen’s ‘recollections may vary’ comment did not go unnoticed by the couple, who a close source said were ‘not surprised’ that full ownership was not taken.

“Months later and little accountability has been taken,” Meghan’s friend told the authors. “How can you move forward with that?”

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Meghan and Harry were reportedly disappointed with how the Queen responded to their Oprah claims. Picture: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images

Scobie and Durand added the Sussexes were entering their “thrive chapter” and a “new era of visibility” after surviving the fallout of their exit from the royal family in March last year.

Scobie told People the couple are eager to throw themselves into work, including on their $190 million deal with Netflix and Spotify to produce content, after welcoming their second child, Lilibet Diana, in June.

“They’re a couple who do very well in those moments of human interaction. They need to be on the ground,” Scobie said.

“They say that the proof is in the pudding, and what we are about to see is that pudding.

“They seem to be existing in a different place, and that place is much healthier. Meghan famously spoke about that it was not enough to survive – we are now in the thrive chapter.”

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Harry and Meghan during their interview with Oprah Winfrey, in which they claimed a member of the royal family made racist remarks about what Archie’s skin colour would be. Picture: CBS

It comes after Meghan and Harry released a statement amid the ongoing crisis situation in Afghanistan, which appeared to reference parallels to their own journey.

“When any person or community suffers, a piece of each of us does so with them, whether we realise it or not,” the couple wrote.

“And though we are not meant to live in a state of suffering, we, as a people, are being conditioned to accept it. It’s easy to find ourselves feeling powerless, but we can put our values into action – together.”