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Harry and Meghan: Here’s how much Oprah Winfrey made from the tell-all interview - Face2Face Africa

'Palace in crisis.' That was the dominant headline in many UK newspapers following Oprah Winfrey's bombshell interview with Prince Harry and Meghan in which the Duchess of Sussex revealed that a member of the British Royal Family made comments about the skin color of her baby. In the two-hour, pre-recorded tell-all, the Duke and Duchess...

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