Oprah Winfreyhas some wise advice forMeghan MarkleandPrince Harry.
The television icon appeared onCBS Morningswith longtime friend Gayle King, who asked Oprah her thoughts about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex attendingKing Charles’coronationon May 6.
Oprah replied, “I think they should do what they feel is best for them and for their family. That’s what I think. That’s what the bottom line — it comes down to: What do you feel like is the best thing for you?”
“They haven’t asked me my opinion,” Oprah, who was aguest at the couple’s May 2018 wedding, added with a smile.
The couple relocated their family to Meghan’s home state of California in 2020 after stepping back from their senior royal roles.
Oprah Winfrey; Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty; Chris Jackson/Getty
Oprah, 69,supported Meghan and Prince Harry’s decision to step back, tellingTMZshortly after the announcement, “I support them 1,000 percent. You know why I support them? I support them because I believe, when you have thought about this as long as they have — and even in the Queen’s statement [she] says, ‘This has been going on for months,’ these discussions have been going on for months — and when Harry said in that charity statement the other day [that] he had to make the decision to move forward in peace with his new family, who doesn’t feel what that takes to make that decision to give up everything you’ve known your whole life to say I’m going to choose this new life or what I believe to be the truest vision for myself?”
In March 2021, Oprah’s wide-ranging interview with the couple aired. In it, Meghandetailed not getting supportwhen she had thoughts of self-harm and how their sonPrince Archiewas denied a royal title and protection, in addition to sharing that there were “concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he’s born.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.Michael M. Santiago/Getty
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King Charles, 74, was said to be eager for the situation “calm down” in time for the crowning ceremony.
A source close to the royal household told PEOPLE: “It is such a momentous occasion for Charles, and he would want his son to be at the coronation to witness it. He would like to have Harry back in the family. If they don’t sort it out, it will always be part of the King’s reign and how he has left his family disjointed. He has had a reputation as a distant parent, and it would be awful for him for that to continue.”
source: people.com
