Highly-anticipated prime time two-hour special with Duke and Duchess of Sussex airs as transatlantic public relations war mounts
We are likely to hear Meghan using the term, “The firm” in today’s interview. Here is a brief history of the term by my colleague Caroline Davies:
“The firm” has long been shorthand for the royal family, ever since Prince Philip is said to have coined it on his marriage to Princess Elizabeth. It was used by Diana, Princess of Wales, and often not in a complimentary way.
Over the years it has acquired more negative connotations, perhaps more than Philip could have foreseen, conjuring a juggernaut of monarchy, resisting interference and obstacle.
Oprah asks how Meghan was silenced.
From the moment the pair started dating, her people were told to respond to all questions with “no comment.”
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