Oprah Winfrey charged $ 9 million for interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry
The CBS network paid the presenter's production company an exorbitant amount, but recovered it thanks to doubling the advertising fees. The Sussexes did not charge anything
It was a long-awaited moment, and Oprah Winfrey's interview with the Sussexes did not disappoint. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry emulated Lady Di when she went to the BBC's 'Panorama' program and spoke openly about how the British Royal House has made them feel, without running away from issues such as racism, one of the reasons why both they decided to move to the United States.
"They were worried about how dark his skin was going to be so they denied Archie the title of Prince, something that they have not denied to any other member of the family, and they also took away his security," the actress went on to say.
The interview sought to have an impact and did not disappoint in this regard. It is true that the investment was also up to the task. Talking is not cheap, especially when it comes to Oprah Winfrey, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
As reported by 'The Wall Street Journal', the outlay was huge. CBS paid Winfrey's production company an amount between seven and nine million dollars to acquire the rights to the interview, which aired on a Sunday, the day of television's highest consumption.
The network charged $ 325,000 for a 30-second ad, twice the usual rate on any Sunday night. In principle, and as their spokesperson assured, neither Prince Harry nor Meghan Markle have charged anything for the interview, whose objective, in addition to relieving the penalties of their tensions with Buckingham, is to publicize their audiovisual company to start a new way on the sidelines of the British Royal Family.
And it was not because they did not need it, as Carlos de England's son explained, who acknowledged in the interview with Oprah Winfrey the financial difficulties they suffered after their trip to the other side of the pond: «My family withdrew my security and the money. We have kept from my mother's inheritance.
