Plans had reportedly been put in place to temporarily shelve the explosive Meghan and Harry interview with Oprah Winfrey if Prince Philip died before it aired stateside on March 7.
The Duke of Edinburgh, 99, underwent his longest ever stay in hospital in the run-up to the interview. He battled an infection and required surgery for an underlying heart problem.
He had been in hospital since February 16 and had surgery on March 3 before returning home on March 16.
But American TV presenter Gayle King has said that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had no intention of letting the interview go public if Prince Philip passed away.
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The 66-year-old said the pair had an agreement in place to make sure Prince Philip‘s health was at the forefront of the news.
On her radio show called Gayle King in the House, she said: “Well, just so you know, they had done that interview before Prince Phillip went into the hospital.
“And if something, God forbid, had happened to him, the interview would not have run at this particular time.”
She made the comment after a caller described the former royals’ interview with Oprah – who is Gayle’s best friend – as having “terrible timing”.
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Gayle also revealed that she’d been in touch with Meghan and Harry.
She said she was told that Harry’s talks with his dad Prince Charles and brother Prince William hadn’t gone too well.
“The word I was given was that those conversations were not productive,” she added.
“But they are glad that they have at least started a conversation.”
The tell-all interview has thrown up many controversial claims.
But former Suits star Meghan has claimed that she has “documents to back up everything she said on Oprah’s interview”.
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It was reported that Prince Philip was “protected” from the fallout as he recovered from his illness in hospital.
Royal expert Katie Nicholl told Australian outlet 9Honey: “The family are very keen that he’s not aware of the full extent of the interview.”
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Originally from https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/meghan-harry-agreed-postpone-oprah-23749748