Anderson Cooper and Michael Strahan every made it clear that they hadn’t compromised with the calls for of Buckingham Palace ― or its legal professionals ― over latest interviews with Prince Harry.
After Cooper’s interview with the Duke of Sussex aired on CBS’s “60 Minutes” Sunday night, the journalist spoke about his communications with King Charles’ crew.
“We reached out to Buckingham Palace for remark,” Cooper mentioned in a now-viral clip, now considered over 1.3 million occasions on Twitter.
“Its representatives demanded that earlier than contemplating responding, ‘60 Minutes’ present them with our report previous to airing it tonight, which is one thing we by no means do,” Cooper mentioned.
Strahan issued an identical assertion after his sit-down with Harry aired on “Good Morning America” Monday. He revealed that palace legal professionals contacted ABC whereas the interview aired that morning.
“We acquired a response from the legislation agency representing Buckingham Palace this morning, whereas we had been on the air, saying that the palace wanted to ‘contemplate precisely what is claimed within the interview, within the context during which it seems’ and requested that we provide them instantly with a duplicate of your complete interview, which we don’t do as a information group, as a matter of our coverage,” Strahan mentioned.
JHB reached out to ITV’s Tom Bradby, whose interview with Harry aired Sunday, to see if the palace additionally positioned calls for on the interviewer in an effort to remark.
A supply near the community instructed JHB on Monday that the palace was not proven this system earlier than it aired. The supply added that the palace was “given particulars of its content material and provided the chance to reply, however declined to take action on the idea of not having seen the movie.”
Buckingham Palace didn’t instantly reply to JHB’s request for remark.
Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace, which represents Prince William and his household, beforehand requested to see clips earlier than commenting on claims made in Netflix’s latest “Harry & Meghan” docuseries.
A royal supply instructed JHB that Netflix made no try and contact members of the royal family, however a CNN journalist later revealed {that a} third-party manufacturing firm had reached out for remark.
The manufacturing firm, Story Syndicate, later instructed Buzzfeed Information that the Prince and Princess of Wales’ communication secretary had requested to see footage from the collection.
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