Oprah with Meghan and Harry: masterstroke or disaster?

The Sussexes are the latest in a line of celebrities to try to rebuild their image by talking to the chatshow queen

You could have forgiven the British royal family for giving primetime, tell-all interviews a wide berth for the foreseeable. The evisceration of Prince Andrew by the BBC's Emily Maitlis in 2019 managed to achieve the near-impossible: making the Duke of York appear more dubious and less sympathetic.

But if we have learned one thing about the Sussexes, Harry and Meghan, it's that they are intent on doing pretty much the opposite of what the other royals want them to do. So next Sunday, 7 March, a 90-minute special, Oprah with Meghan and Harry, will air on the US network CBS. There is also understood to be a bidding war between UK broadcasters - though not the BBC - for the interview, which, it is promised, will be intimate" and wide-ranging".