London – Commentators in the British media were quick to express their views Prince HarrySunday evening’s interview with ITV’s Tom Bradby, with The Guardian calling her “horribly sad” and The Times of London wondering when the “nostalgia will fade”.
The ITV session was one of the television interviews he gave Prince Harry In an effort to promote her acclaimed memoir, The Spear, which is due for release on Tuesday. The Spanish version was incredibly released last week, giving critics their first look at King’s revelations.
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The Duke of Sussex made his first television appearance in Harry: The Interview. British broadcaster ITV aired an hour and 40 minute interview with journalist Tom Bradby. Soon after, CNN aired its pre-recorded interview between Anderson Cooper and Prince.
And Sunday evening The Telegraph dedicated its front page Prince Harrywith a live blog detailing his revelations in the ITV interview, followed by nine stories breaking down what Prince said to Bradby.
The stories explored Harry’s claims that the Prince and Princess of Wales had “stereotyped” Meghan and his allegations that The king’s wife Camila leaked the stories to the press.
The newspaper also concluded that the Princess of Wales “will have a better Christmas when Harry drags her into Meghan’s ranks”. Kate Middleton’s birthday is Monday.
The Guardian gave the interview a two-star rating, with the newspaper’s TV critic Lucy Mangan writing that it was “so sad, it could have pitted the Queen against the Monarchy”.
Mangan goes on to describe the prince as “charming and articulate, and unless the Windsors have produced a world-class actor who tells the truth as he sees it. It will certainly serve the purpose of him in terms of public relations. The book will sell millions and his story will appeal to a new demographic, increase his fame and perhaps allow him to have a more manageable fame than he was born into, which is probably his best hope at this point.
He added: “Speaking as a member of the larger demographic who remember Harry and William’s birth, Diana’s death, funeral and everything in between, I’m left with nothing but a bitter weariness from grief. what has been done wrong, all that has been lost, and how sad and ordinary any little life can be, however golden, in the end.
Meanwhile, Sky News was tagged commenting on breaking news as “Harry accuses royals of ‘sleeping with the devil’ and admits Meghan hasn’t worked with William and Kate ‘from the start'”.
In the interview, Harry accused Camilla of leaking negative stories about him to the British press in an attempt to polish his image. He also said that Kate and William didn’t get along with Meghan from the start.
Of nine major British newspapers, Prince Harry’s name appeared on seven covers on Monday.
Carole Midley of The Times of London asked: “Will there come a point, Harry, where this grumbling will cease?”
The Independent’s chief television critic Nick Hilton also rated The Interview two stars out of five, describing the production as “gradual and unchallenged from start to finish”.
“The rest is the kind of word salad I usually see on LinkedIn (maybe once the book tour is over Harry can use it to get a job),” she said.
At the same time, Hilton praises Harry for his “crusade. He is clearly the least of the generations and generations of evil.”
The Irish Times described the prince as “a lost man looking for purpose in a life of privilege” and asked: “Does anyone read more tabloids than Harry? Probably not.”
Spear was released last week in Spain, ahead of its official release date. The British media were quick to translate this, publishing the details of Harry’s loss of virginity; he took illegal drugs to compete with his brother and – most controversially – revealed how many people he had killed in Afghanistan while with the British army.
These latest revelations not only harm the British military, but also threaten his safety and that of his colleagues.
Expected are several television appearances with Anderson Cooper on “60 Minutes,” as well as an interview with Michael Strahan on “Good Morning America,” followed by an evening special on ABC News Live.
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