The interview was a bombshell and shocked many people, including journalist Chris Shaw, who has now broken his silence about what went on behind the scenes. Shaw, who was the former ITN editorial director, accused the Duke and Duchess of Sussex of having a "contradiction" between their desire for privacy and their international media campaign promoting their various projects.
In an interview with Deadline, Shaw was asked whether he knew the interview with Meghan was "explosive," to which he responded by saying, "That little conversation in South Africa seemed so outlandishly unexpected and shocking … we knew we had something pretty extraordinary."
The interview was part of the ITV documentary Harry & Meghan: An African Journey, which charted the royal couple's tour of areas of Africa.
It was during this documentary that Meghan publicly reflected on alleged challenges she faced within the royal household. She spoke emotionally to ITV presenter Tom Bradby, a long-time friend of Harry, and stated that the previous year as a member of the royal family had been “hard.”
The Sussexes have since been involved in other high-profile interviews to criticize members of the royal family, including a tell-all chat with American TV host Oprah Winfrey, where the couple claimed that a member of the royal family had speculated on the skin color of their first child.
