The biggest revelation from Harry and Meghan’s interview with Oprah Winfrey has received the meme treatment, after the programme aired in the UK on Monday evening.
The US broadcaster was left visibly shocked after Meghan alleged that a member of the royal family had expressed “concerns” to Harry over the skin colour of the couple’s first child, Archie.
“So we had in tandem the conversation of [Archie] won’t be given security, he’s not going to be given a title, and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he’s born,” she said.
Winfrey, stunned by the allegation, simply replied: “What? Who is having that conversation with you?”
While neither Harry or Meghan revealed the identity of the person behind the alleged remarks, Winfrey later said that it was neither the Queen nor Prince Phillip.
She told CBS’ This Morning programme: “[Harry] didn’t share the identity with me, but he wanted to make sure that I knew - and if I had an opportunity, to share it - that it was not his grandmother nor his grandfather that were a part of those conversations.”
Winfrey’s look of astonishment has since been the subject of online memes, with Twitter users joking about the revelation which left her so stunned:
https://t.co/dg3eFITnth— Slade (@Slade) 1615248086
https://t.co/D4fVKzQupp— Patch (@Patch) 1615246509
This is so wild I can’t believe he said that https://t.co/6xKTzBo15q— Vittorio (@Vittorio) 1615196685
https://t.co/sYsXQWoDCB— Tim Stillman (@Tim Stillman) 1615243577
Wow. https://t.co/LMnaSqsfsI— Nic Sampson (@Nic Sampson) 1615190726
https://t.co/WTqZKX9lTq— Elliot Hackney (@Elliot Hackney) 1615241598
https://t.co/vO9bHNy1nT— anja (@anja) 1615239135
Tfw Gene Parmesan reveals himself https://t.co/pkG5WgLL0G— Darren Richman (@Darren Richman) 1615212131
Some suggested Oprah was more shocked by a UK-US culture clash. America has cookies, we have biscuits.
We also have Mr Bean:
Jesus. https://t.co/9i5MNAf8yv— Michael A. Balazo (@Michael A. Balazo) 1615213401
heartbreaking https://t.co/cWtE8poX2j— Ben Rosen (@Ben Rosen) 1615168082
https://t.co/40G9hhHHAE— Jonny Sharples (@Jonny Sharples) 1615240836
It also became an iconic moment from Irish television.
https://t.co/tqTJC8PKGz— andy (@andy) 1615225132
Meanwhile, one user suggested the next possible couple for Oprah to interview:
so hyped already for the next oprah interview https://t.co/yJXNivlBqT— Dave Itzkoff (@Dave Itzkoff) 1615223911
While the Internet continues to digest Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s explosive revelations, Buckingham Palace is yet to comment on the allegation regarding Archie’s skin colour.