Missed Meghan and Harry’s Oprah interview? How to rewatch the whole thing

Sunday night’s Oprah Winfrey interview of American-born Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, and her husband, Prince Harry, was nothing less than explosive.  

In it, Meghan said she endured “constant” suicidal thoughts and that no one in the palace would help her. She and Harry said a royal family member expressed concern about how dark baby Archie’s skin color might be. Harry said his father, Prince Charles, wouldn’t take his phone calls for a while, and cut him off from royal money. The two said the palace cut them off from royal protection despite death threats, some based on Meghan being biracial. It was a grim two-hour recitation that sent “American Twitter” raring to fight “British Twitter” after it was over.

Author Nicole Chung tweeted, “We’re going to England, we ride at dawn.”

And writer George M. Johnson tweeted, “Oprah just woke up one day and was like, ‘You know what, I’m bored. Lemme take down the British monarchy.'”

How can I watch Oprah’s interview with Prince Harry and Meghan?

If you missed the Oprah, Meghan and Harry special, it’s not too late. It’s available to watch for free on CBS.com as well as on the CBS app, which is available for free on iOS and Android. Don’t look for it on CBS’ premium streaming service, Paramount Plus, however. A source said the streaming rights for the special belong not to CBS, but to Winfrey’s own production company, Harpo, and thus it can’t be added to Paramount Plus.

And if you do want to watch, make the time soon. CBS will remove the interview in 30 days.

The interview begins with Winfrey and Meghan chatting, as the veteran talk-show host skillfully gets the duchess to discuss what it’s been like in the bubble of royal life. Later on, Harry joins, and Winfrey shows no hesitation in being as blunt with the prince as she was with his wife. Winfrey isn’t a self-made billionaire for nothing — she knows how to sympathetically ask a question and circle back at it if the subject doesn’t quite deliver an answer.

Don’t have two hours?

Yes, the full interview is two hours long. CBS released a number of teaser clips before the broadcast in case you just want to see snippets. 

Oprah’s Monday follow-up

Even if you’ve watched the entire two-hour special, Monday brought fresh fodder. Winfrey went on CBS This Morning, where her BFF Gayle King works, and shared some of her thoughts, as well as snippets that didn’t air.

Winfrey said she told her production team the most important question to be answered about Meghan and Harry and their departure from England was “Why did they leave?” She emphasized that the couple did not blindside the 94-year-old queen with news of their plan, saying Queen Elizabeth II was kept informed. She said that she believed the couple chose to speak to her because of the pain of being lied about by the palace, and that they wanted to set the record straight about how they were treated.

Winfrey also revisits the revelation that someone in the royal family talked to Harry about his son’s skin color, and said again that it was neither the queen nor her husband, Philip, who had this discussion with the prince.

In another part of the CBS This Morning interview, an unaired clip from the interview shows Meghan discussing her controversial father, Thomas Markle, and her half-sister Samantha. Tabloid employees dug up Thomas Markle’s address and moved in near him, watching him and giving him gifts, Meghan said. She also admitted that her father lied to her about whether he’d been talking to the publications, though she danced around calling it a “betrayal.”

Samantha Markle, her half-sister, released a book recently called The Diary of Princess Pushy’s Sister Part 1. Markle said she didn’t really have a relationship with Samantha, grew up as an only child, and hasn’t seen her in nearly 20 years.

Oprah also said she could tell it was painful for Harry to discuss his fraught relationship with his…