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- Buckingham Palace had no response to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Oprah interview as of Tuesday morning.
- In the interview, the couple accused the royals of racism and not helping when Meghan felt suicidal.
- Reports suggested senior royals were holding crisis talks on how to respond, and needed more time.
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More than a day has passed since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's interview with Oprah Winfrey was aired in the US, and the royal family has not responded to the couple's claims.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey was broadcast on CBS on Sunday, and on ITV in the UK on Monday night.
They spoke about their experiences as working members of the royal family and their relationships with other family members, making explosive claims including that there were "concerns and conversations" about how "dark" their son's skin color would be,
Meghan said she contemplated suicide after joining the royal family, but was not given support even when she asked for it.
The interview was a sensation: It had 17 million viewers on CBS alone, another 11.3 million in the UK, made the front page of every major UK newspaper, and was commented on by the White House.
But the royal family is yet to respond.
The BBC reported on Tuesday that "crisis meetings" involving senior royals took place after the interview. They had yet to produce any obvious result.
A royal source told Reuters that the Queen wanted to take time more before the palace issued a response.
The royal family typically doesn't comment publicly on media stories, even to rebut them. However, it made an exception last week, responding to claims that Meghan had bullied palace staff by launching an investigation.
Daniela Relph, a BBC royal correspondent, said that Buckingham Palace "will not want to feel rushed into saying something" about the interview.
In the interview, Harry also said Prince Charles stopped taking his calls when the couple announced their plans to change their relationship with the royal family.
He also said the family cut him off financially in the first quarter of 2020.
You read more about the biggest bombshells from the interview here.
Harry and Meghan announced in January 2020 that they were stepping back from the royal family, and have since moved to the US.