https://www.scmp.com/rss/509133/feed Laura Clancy is a lecturer in media at Lancaster University, UK. Her research explores the cultural politics of the British monarchy, considering the role of the monarchy in producing consent for global inequalities and class power. Her book 'Running the Family Firm: how the monarchy manages its image and our money', is set to be published by Manchester University Press (2021). en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The Sussexes’ interview with Oprah Winfrey is shaping up to be the most published critique of the British monarchy in years. In it, Meghan confessed her suicidal feelings while pregnant as well as claims that someone in the royal family questioned how dark Archie – her son with Prince Harry – would be. In much of the commentary, the interview has been framed as an attack on the royal family. But royalist demands that Meghan and Harry should “just stay quiet” speak to longer histories of the... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3124629/why-royal-confessionals-meghan-and-harrys-oprah-interview?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3124629/why-royal-confessionals-meghan-and-harrys-oprah-interview?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Mar 2021 02:38:41 +0000