Neither at Harry and Meghan's house nor at Oprah's ... Where was the explosive interview filmed?
A well-known mutual friend gave her garden to carry out the aforementioned meeting, which has already been compared to Princess Diana's conversation with Martin Bashir for the BBC
From the moment that Oprah Winfrey knew that she was going to conduct the most explosive interview of British royalty, since that unforgettable conversation between Princess Diana and Martin Bashir for the BBC 25 years ago, the journalist knew that the stage to take her to The corporal had to be as comfortable as it was neutral, and it was. Although initially it was speculated that the chosen place had been the mansion that Harry and Meghan have in Montecito, the reality is that it was filmed in the exclusive Californian residence of Gayle King, a CBS journalist and close friend of Oprah for 43 years and his Also known as Meghan.
In fact, it was Gayle King herself, who during one of her television appearances after the broadcast of the interview, denied the hoaxes about the location of the interview although she refused to confirm that it was the mansion of her property. “They filmed at a friend's house. People said it was at Oprah's house or Harry and Meghan's, but it was actually the house of a mutual friend, "said King.
The mansion surrounded by lush vegetation became the perfect place to carry out the interview, giving the couple the intimacy and privacy they so longed for for this meeting. Seated in wicker chairs with a low table in the center set on a natural rattan rug and guarded by several stone pillars, as well as some strategically placed terracotta pots, Oprah carried out what has been described by many as the great interview of his life.
Inside her home, Gayle King, who was one of the guests at Meghan's baby shower, has multiple works of art and sculptures, as well as flower arrangements, colored doors, and green roofs, making her garden so much more. Impersonal and informal and, according to the English press, the best backdrop to show Meghan and Oprah as 'sisters who do not compete' and turn this meeting into a chat “between friends” rather than a typically formal interview.
But in addition to thanking Gayle for selflessly lending her house, the announcer is also responsible for the friendship that emerged between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Oprah, as it was she, a friend of Meghan, who put them in contact by phone. Apparently, and as the Daily Mail points out, the connection was instantaneous and in March of that year Winfrey was spending a few days in London and received an invitation from Meghan Markle to meet her at Kensington Palace. She accepted and that meeting marked the beginning of a friendship that has extended even to Doria Ragland. And it is that just a month after that first meeting, Meghan's mother was with the presenter in the house that she has in Montecito and there they practiced yoga and enjoyed a pleasant aperitif.
That is why both Oprah and King, who, far from competing on the small screen, tend to support and help each other whenever they have the occasion, were among the guests at the royal wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, although the former attended as a guest and the second did so as a reporter, achieving an audience of more than four million viewers during her coverage of the link on CBS.
