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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will “ignore” the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's much-anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey, media reported.
Prince Harry and Meghan's televised conversation with the famous talk show host, which has fuelled tensions within the monarchy, will air in the US on Sunday night before being broadcast on UK’s ITV on Monday.
The Sunday Times reported the monarch will not watch the programme and is instead focusing on national issues, while the paper said royal courtiers have branded the interview a “circus.”
Meanwhile, the Sunday Express reported that the queen's mind is “only on duty and Prince Philip”.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry ‘saddened’ by claims she bullied aides
In extracts of the Oprah Winfrey interview released over the last few days, Meghan has criticised the constraints she faced as a working royal, and said it was “liberating” to be able to “say yes” to a request for an interview with the US chat show host.
She accused The Firm – as the royal family is sometimes known – of “perpetuating falsehoods” about her and Harry.
The Sunday Times reported royal advisers are “prepared to retaliate with fresh disclosures about the couple's behaviour if the monarchy is attacked.”
Buckingham Palace declined to comment on the reports.
Several members of the royal family will appear in their own television special, just hours before Harry and Meghan, on a BBC One programme on Sunday evening.

The queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Countess of Wessex – will appear in the pre-recorded show called A Celebration For Commonwealth Day, which is marked on Monday.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will chat in a video call with Dr Zolelwa Sifumba, from South Africa, an advocate for the rights of health care workers on the front line, while the Prince of Wales will pay tribute to the “extraordinary determination, courage and creativity'' of the Commonwealth's people during the Covid-19 crisis in a speech from Westminster Abbey.”
It was at Westminster Abbey's Commonwealth Day service in March last year when the Sussexes were last seen with their family, sitting close to the queen, Charles, Camilla and William and Kate.
A few months before that they had sent shock waves through the monarchy by announcing they would be stepping down as working royals.
UK’s royals to praise health workers before broadcast of Oprah interview
Buckingham Palace could also question the Duchess of Cambridge in its inquiry into bullying allegations made against Meghan, according to the Sunday Mirror, which claimed aides will name Kate as a witness.
Meghan is facing accusations that she drove out two personal assistants and that staff were “humiliated” on several occasions, with The Sun reporting the probe will focus on the Sussexes' tour of Australia in 2018.
Past and present employees have been invited to speak in confidence about their experiences of working for the duchess, who responded by saying she was “saddened by this latest attack on her character.”
Prince Philip, 99, remains at the private King Edward VII’s Hospital in London, where he was moved back to on Friday following a successful procedure on a pre-existing heart condition at St Bartholomew's Hospital in the City of London on Wednesday.


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Queen Elizabeth to ‘ignore’ Prince Harry and Meghan’s Oprah Winfrey interview

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and Meghan. File photo: AFP

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 10, 2018 file photo Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Meghan the Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry stand on a balcony to watch a flypast of Royal Air Force aircraft pass over Buckingham Palace in London. The timing couldn’t be worse for Harry and Meghan. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will finally get the chance to tell the story behind their departure from royal duties directly to the public on Sunday, March 7, 2021, when their two-hour interview with Oprah Winfrey is broadcast. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth. Photo: PA Wire/DPA

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Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrive for an event in Auckland in October 2018. Photo: AFP

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Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have spoken about their decision to leave royal life and move to the US. Photo: AP

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex holding their son Archie, meet Archbishop Desmond Tutu (not pictured) at the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa, September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo/File Photo

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Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan in London. File photo: AP

Prince Harry and Meghan tell Queen Elizabeth they will not return as working royals

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan. File photo: AFP

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 10, 2018 file photo Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, and Meghan the Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry watch a flypast of Royal Air Force aircraft pass over Buckingham Palace in London. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are to no longer use their HRH titles and will repay £2.4 million of taxpayer's money spent on renovating their Berkshire home, Buckingham Palace announced Saturday, Jan. 18. 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to break silence in Oprah Winfrey interview

Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex leave after attending a Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey in March 2019. Photo: AFP

FILE - This Feb. 8, 2020 file photo shows Oprah Winfrey speaking at "Oprah's 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus" tour in New York. Winfrey reversed her book club selection of Kate Elizabeth Russell's upcoming "My Dark Vanessa" after the novel was briefly the subject of online controversy, a spokeswoman confirmed Thursday. "Ultimately we did not end up moving forward with it as a book club selection," a spokeswoman for Winfrey said. (Photo by Brad Barket/Invision/AP, File)

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According to reports, the monarch will not watch the programme and is instead focusing on national issues
In extracts of the interview released over the last few days, Meghan has accused the royal family of ‘perpetuating falsehoods’ about her and Harry



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