Interview for up to $ 9 million. The television broadcasts an interview between Prince Harry and Meghan with Oprah Winfrey on Sunday World

New york / praha CBS on Sunday broadcasts a two-hour interview with Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, led by renowned host Oprah Winfrey. According to The Wall street Journal, CBS will pay up to $ 9 million for broadcasting rights. So far, the television has published short trailers with statements by the couple about life in the royal family, thanks to which the interest in the announced conversation has increased even more.

In the case of the upcoming interview of the popular presenter Oprah Winfrey with a well-known couple, it will not be a cheap conversation. As the letter writes The Wall street Journal, US CBS will pay a license fee of $ 7 million to $ 9 million for broadcasting the expected interview.

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As part of the television agreement with the production company Harpo Productions, which is owned by the aforementioned Winfrey, it is also true that CBS has the right to broadcast the interview elsewhere in the world. In the UK, the interview will be seen a day later, Monday.

In return, the television network charges $ 325,000 for 30 seconds of advertising time during the show. This is twice the price of airtime than is usual during this period.

A spokeswoman for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle said the couple would not receive any financial compensation for giving the interview. Interest in the interview grew after television published short trailers.

Possibility to make your own decisions

In a recent speech released Friday, Oprah Winfrey recalls that when she called Markle in 2018 before the royal wedding to ask for an interview, Meghan politely declined at the time, saying it was not the time.

#EXCLUSIVE: In this extended first clip from @Oprah‘s interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex says what it means to be able to speak for herself.

It comes one year after the couple left England and stepped back from full-time royal life.#OprahMeghanHarry pic.twitter.com/o3AdxpmLrh

— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) March 5, 2021

But times have changed. She resorted to the current interview because, according to her, they have the opportunity to make their own decisions. She added that the then rejection of her decision was not.

“As an adult who used to live an independent life and embark on this construct, which is different from what people imagine, it is really liberating to have the right and privilege to say yes in some cases -” she added.

This is the third trailer before the broadcast itself. In the second trailer, Markle accused Buckingham Palace of constantly lying about her and her husband. In the sequence of events then The Times referring to unnamed sources, he stated that Meghan Markle was to bully her subordinates in Kensington Palace when she was still a member of the royal family. A spokesman for Markle said it was a disinformation campaign.