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Will the British royal family survive recent shock?

Wednesday, 10 March 2021 1:39 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 10 March 2021 1:39 AM ]

Saeed Pourraza
Press TV, London

The fallout from the bombshell interview involving former British royals Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markel continues to dominate the front pages in the UK. After the initial shock from the couple’s accusations of racism and animosity in the royal court, questions are being asked about what it all means for the royal family that they left.

The "Worst royal crisis in 85 Years," says one headline today, one of the many others in the British press following that tell-all tale by the British Queen’s grandson and his wife. Perhaps the most damning of allegations, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s claims of racist conversations by a senior royal about the color of their unborn baby's skin.

From the UK’s political elite, cautious reaction to the former royal’s explosive allegations: Labour party leader Keir Starmer said they had to be taken "very seriously", and the Prime Minister refused to be drawn on the controversy.

Watched by an average of 11.1 million people in the UK, the interview bears eerie similarities to another one a quarter-century ago: Of Princess Diana, Prince Harry’s mother, who broke her silence about life among the British royals.

Decades later and as the world digests the incendiary details about the Windsor family, questions are being asked questions are being asked about the British monarchy's continued relevance in the 21st century.

The mantra at Buckingham palace is usually to say very little. But whatever the response, there's no escaping that the claims made in that interview are extremely serious and the British royal family won’t come of this crisis unscathed.

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