Oprah interview: Harry compares the couple's scrutiny to that of Princess Diana - The Times

Dramatic extracts from Oprah Winfrey’s imminent interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have teased “shocking” claims by the couple.

A pair of brief clips from the first interviews that the two of them have given about their decision to leave the royal family screened on American television last night.

They showed the duke apparently comparing the couple’s predicament to the public scrutiny that his late mother, Princess Diana, endured.

“You know, for me, I’m just really relieved and happy to be sitting here, talking to you with my wife by my side because I can’t begin to imagine what it must’ve been like for her going through this process by herself all those years ago,” he told Winfrey. “Because it has been

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Covid in Scotland: Contact tracing after Brazilian strain detected - BBC News

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An enhanced contact tracing effort is under way after the Brazilian variant of Covid-19 was detected in Scotland.

Three Scottish residents tested positive for the new strain after flying into Aberdeen from Brazil, via Paris and London.

Other passengers who were on the same flight from London are now being contacted.

Experts believe this variant (P1) - first detected in northern Brazil in January - could be more contagious.

Three other cases have also been detected in England, but they are not linked to the Scottish cases.

Officials are still trying to track down one of those who tested positive for the new variant in England.

Jillian Evans, head of health intelligence at NHS Grampian, said the three Scottish travellers had arrived in Aberdeen in early February, before new rules on hotel quarantine came into force.

She told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme they had isolated together for 10 days after arrival in accommodation provided by their employer.

They tested positive while in isolation.

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She said that health protection specialists were now following up "contacts of their contacts" in an effort to ensure that any further cases were found quickly.

Anyone traced will be offered a Covid-19 test.

"That's not standard procedure, that's going one stage further," Ms Evans said.

"But of course they have been quarantined for 10 days in managed isolation for that period of time, so you would think that they wouldn't have many contacts to follow up.

"Nonetheless, that's an added precaution that's been taken by health protection specialists."

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Scotland's national clinical director, Prof Jason Leitch, said it was the first time the Brazilian variant had been detected in Scotland, but told BBC Scotland there was "no evidence" of community spread.

He said the three travellers had tested negative before leaving Brazil.

"The measures that were in place at the time of this were really quite rigorous," he said.

"These individuals self-isolated. They were from a high risk country, so they followed the instructions and there is no suggestion of any blame or concern about their behaviour. I think that's very important."

Prof Leitch added that "enhanced" contact tracing was necessary in this case because of concerns about the Brazil strain's resistance to immunity.

"The reason why we're worried scientifically is we're not absolutely certain that this version is amenable to the natural immunity some people already have and the artificial immunity we are creating with vaccination," he said.

"Everything we know says it's still very effective, but we just can't be sure yet because it hasn't been around long enough and the trials haven't completed."

Both the Scottish government and Public Health England said the variant had been designated "of concern" as it shared some important mutations with the variant first identified in South Africa (known as B.1.351).

One of these mutations - called E484K - may help the virus evade parts of the immune system called antibodies.

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Covid-19: Hunt for Brazilian variant, and extra money for vaccine rollout - BBC News

Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday morning. We'll have another update for you this evening.

1. Hunt for Brazilian variant in England

The P1 variant of Covid-19 emerged in Manaus in northern Brazil. Experts fear that, like other variants, it could be more contagious than "regular" Covid, and less responsive to vaccines. Six cases of the variant have now been found in the UK - and officials don't know where one patient is. In England, two patients are from the same household in South Gloucestershire after someone returned from Brazil on 10 February - five days before the hotel quarantine rule came into force. Three Scottish residents have also tested positive - they flew to north-east Scotland from Brazil via Paris and London. But the identity of the sixth case is unknown, because the person did not complete their test registration card. Anyone without a result from a test on 12 or 13 February is now being asked to come forward. Labour said news of the Brazilian variant was "further proof that the delay in introducing a hotel quarantine was reckless".

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2. Extra money for vaccine rollout

The UK's vaccination rollout will receive an extra £1.65bn in the Budget to help it reach its target of offering a first dose to every adult by 31 July. The chancellor will also announce that £22m of the existing funding will be used in a trial to see if mixing different vaccine doses works. More than 20 million people in the UK have had a first dose. Watch more about the rollout below.

3. Don't raise taxes yet, say MPs

Now is "not the time for tax rises" as they could undermine the UK's economic recovery from Covid - but they may be needed at a later date, MPs have said. Ahead of the Budget on Wednesday, a Treasury Committee report warns that public finances are on an "unsustainable long-term trajectory". Government borrowing for this financial year has now reached £270.6bn - which is £222bn more than a year ago, according to the Office for National Statistics.

4. Wedding venues reopen in Wales

Wedding and civil partnership ceremonies can take place at licensed venues in Wales from Monday, as lockdown restrictions are slightly relaxed. But as wedding receptions are still not allowed in Wales, some couples have delayed their big day until later in the year. Previously, only register offices and places of worship were allowed to perform marriages. "Licensed venues" include places such as hotels and stately homes.

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COVID-19: Hunt for mystery person infected with Brazilian 'variant of concern' after six cases confirmed in Britain - Sky News

A hunt is under way for one of the first people in the UK believed to have contracted a Brazilian "variant of concern".

The COVID-19 variant, first seen in the city of Manaus, is thought to spread more rapidly than the original virus and to be more capable of evading existing vaccines.

Three cases pf the P.1 variant have been confirmed in England and three in Scotland, Public Health England said.

Two of the cases in England come from a household in South Gloucestershire, where one person returned from Brazil in mid-February, before hotel quarantine measures were introduced.

The third case is unlinked and the whereabouts of the individual unknown, as they did not complete their test registration card, PHE said.

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The person's test was processed on 14 February so officials have said it is likely to have been taken a day or two before then.

It appears to have been done at home or as part of local surge testing, as regional test sites have staff checking contact details are provided.

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Anyone who took a test on February 12 or 13 and has not received a result, or has an uncompleted test registration card, is being asked to come forward immediately.

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Moves are also under way to contact the passengers on Swiss Air flight LX318 from Sao Paulo through Zurich to London Heathrow on 10 February.

And surge testing will be carried out in the Bradley Stoke, Patchway and Little Stoke areas of South Gloucestershire.

Scotland's three variant cases have been identified in the Grampian region after three people flew from Brazil to Aberdeen via Paris and London in February.

All the other passengers who were on their final flight from London to Aberdeen have been contacted, the Scottish government said.

The Scotland and England cases are not thought to be connected.

There are concerns that the variant may be more resistant to existing vaccines.

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Immunology expert Lawrence Young: 'Brazil variant is a worry'

Lawrence Young, a professor of molecular oncology, told Sky News of the variant: "We know it's more transmissible. We also know it's more resistant to the immune system - both vaccine induced protection and the natural protection that comes from previous infections is likely to be diminished by this variant, so it is a real concern."

NHS England national medical director Professor Stephen Powis said vaccines can be quickly altered to tackle new strains.

"The new vaccines which are being used for COVID-19 can be adapted very rapidly so it's likely that if we do need to change the vaccine that can be done in months, rather than years, which was the case with the more traditional vaccines," he told the BBC.

It comes after the government said that 20 million people in the UK have had at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, described by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as a "huge national achievement".

Meanwhile, a further 144 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for COVID-19 as of Sunday, bringing the official UK death toll to 122,849.

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Harry and Meghan open up to Oprah about 'breaking point' in 'shocking' interview - Daily Mail

'You've said some shocking things': Dramatic trailer for Harry and Meghan's Oprah interview shows him saying he feared 'history repeating itself' and leaving Royal family was 'unbelievably tough' while pregnant Meghan stays silent

• Prince Harry has always been protective of his wife Meghan Markle
• He blames the press for the death of his own mother Princess Diana
• Prince Harry appears to fear that Meghan could suffer the same fate as his mother
• Later in the interview, Oprah refers to comments Meghan appears to have made about life in the royal family being 'almost un-survivable'
•  At the end of the teaser for the 90-minute interview, Oprah says: 'You've said some pretty shocking things here'
• In a second teaser posted online, Harry said he is 'relieved' to be talking to Oprah with Meghan by his side - and said he can't imagine what his mother went through 'going through this process by herself' 
• CBS interview due for broadcast on March 7 may have to be re-shot and edited due to turmoil in royal family
• CBS' Gayle King claimed this sit-down is 'the best Oprah has ever done' 

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Published: 00:35 GMT, 1 March 2021 | Updated: 02:03 GMT, 1 March 2021

Prince Harry said his 'biggest fear was history repeating itself' in a new teaser for the couple's 'shocking' sit down interview with Oprah Winfrey, where he also revealed that leaving the Royal Family was 'unbelievably tough'.

The royal, who blames the press for the death of his own mother Princess Diana, has always been very protective of his now-pregnant wife Meghan who he appears to fear will suffer the same fate.

Later in the interview, Oprah refers to comments Meghan appears to have made about life in the royal family being 'almost un-survivable.'

''Almost un-survivable' sounds like there was a breaking point,' Oprah says to Meghan in the clips.

At the end of the teaser for the 90-minute interview, Oprah says: 'You've said some pretty shocking things here', while the couple holds hands.

In a second teaser posted online, Harry said he is 'relieved' to be talking to Oprah with Meghan by his side - and said he can't imagine what his mother went through 'going through this process by herself.'

'I'm just really relieved and happy to be sitting here talking to you with my wife by my side because I can't begin to imagine what it must have been like for her going through this process by herself all those years ago,' Harry said.

'Because it's been unbelievably tough for the two of us but at least we have each other.' 

Sitting down with Meghan alone, Oprah asks her in the first teaser: 'Were you silent or were you silenced?'

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Prince Harry reveals his 'biggest fear was history repeating itself' in new teaser for bombshell sit down interview with Oprah

Prince Harry appears to fear that Meghan could suffer the same fate as his mother Princess Diana

 

CBS' Gayle King claimed this sit-down with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle  is 'the best Oprah has ever done'

Oprah's very rare sit-down interview with Prince Harry and Meghan is scheduled to air on CBS at 8pm on March 7.

Oprah called her interview with the royal couple 'the best she has ever done', according to her best friend Gayle King said.

King, 66, who is an anchor for CBS, made the comments on This Morning on Friday while reporting on the Duke of Sussex's appearance on James Corden's Late Late Show.

King said the interview with Oprah, which was filmed before Harry's appearance with Corden, is the couple's 'first major broadcast interview since giving up their senior royal duties.'

'I've heard from reliable sources, this is Oprah talking, that it's the best interview she's ever done so I'm curious. That's saying something,' King said.  

King revealed on February 16 that Oprah had been given permission to ask Harry and Meghan 'anything she wanted' and that 'nothing was off limits' during the interview. 

News of the interview likely sparked fresh fears for Buckingham Palace over what embarrassing revelations could come to light - particularly in the wake of the Queen's decision to remove the couple's remaining royal patronages and honorary titles, a move that prompted the Sussexes to bite back in a petty public statement. 

On Monday, it was revealed that the Queen address the UK in a pre-recorded speech that will air on BBC One before the interview with Harry and Meghan. 

The Queen was due to attend the annual Commonwealth Service on March 8 - but this has been cancelled for the first time in nearly half a century due to COVID-19, Westminster Abbey announced on Monday.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were pictured holding hands in the interview while discussing their decision to leave the Royal Family

Sitting down with Meghan alone, Oprah asks her in the first teaser: 'Were you silent or were you silenced?'

Buckingham Palace previously announced that Harry and Meghan had been stripped of their remaining roles following their move to California

Instead, the Queen has chosen to share her annual message 24 hours earlier with a show of support from Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, Prince William and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, and Sophie, the Countess of Wessex.

The Royal Family will also take part in the Queen's A Celebration For Commonwealth Day show, hosted by Anita Rani to share their royal perspectives on the importance of Britain's Commonwealth links.

On Monday, it also emerged that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's incendiary interview with Oprah may have to be re-edited or even partially re-shot due to the rift it has caused with the royal family and 99-year-old Prince Philip's hospitalization. 

Some previously claimed that the interview, believed to be completed two weeks, could even be toned down - though new trailers show that seems unlikely.

It has also emerged that Meghan is expected to speak about the feud with her own family on her father Thomas' side in the interview with Oprah.

This Morning host Holly Willoughby said that Oprah's team had been in contact with ITV for footage of an interview with her half-sister. 

In the January 2020 broadcast Samantha Markle said the former Suits actress and Harry owed her and their father an apology for 'incredibly wrong, untoward, and shocking' behavior after the royal wedding in 2018.

'Oprah Winfrey's team contacted This Morning requesting footage from our interview with Samantha Markle in preparation for the interview with the Duchess of Sussex,' Willoughby said on Monday.

She added: 'So, we don't know whether or not they used that in the interview, but what we do know is nothing was off limits.'

Insight into the no-holds-barred interview with Oprah has prompted further questions about why Harry and Meghan chose to take part in such an explosive sit-down, in spite of their continued insistence that the media respects their privacy.

Those same questions arose after Harry's interview with Corden aired - while critics also outrage over his decision to defend Netflix show The Crown, despite its very negative portrayal of his grandmother, parents, and wider members of the family.

Let the battle commence: Gayle's comments about Oprah's interview were made just hours after James Corden's sit-down with Prince Harry aired on CBS  

Harry, who, along with his wife, inked a very lucrative deal with Netflix last year, told long-time friend Corden that he has watched The Crown, and said that the show is 'fictional' but 'loosely based on the truth' and captures the feeling of being expected to put 'duty and service above family and everything else'.

While sitting down for the widely-publicized interview, which partly took place on an open-air double-decker bus in Los Angeles, Harry hit out at the 'toxic' media - blaming the press for his decision to quit the royal family and relocate to the US.

The Duke said the pressure of being in London was 'destroying my mental health', but insisted that he never 'walked away' from the royals - instead describing the move as a 'step back'.

'It was never walking away. It was stepping back rather than stepping down. It was a really difficult environment, which I think a lot of people saw. So I did what any father or husband would do and thought: 'How do I get my family out of there?' But we never walked away.'

And while the interview was carried out before the Queen stripped the Sussexes of their royal patronages, Harry appears to know what was coming.

'My life is public service, so wherever I am in the world it's going to be the same thing. As far as I'm concerned, whatever decisions are made on that side [in Britain], I will never walk away,' he said. 

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Budget: Chancellor Rishi Sunak to announce £1.7bn cash injection for vaccine programme - Sky News

A huge boost in spending on the UK's COVID-19 vaccine programme will be announced by the chancellor in the Budget on Wednesday.

Rishi Sunak will pledge a further £1.65bn for jabs, a cash injection hailed by the Treasury as a "shot in the arm" for the vaccine roll-out.

The chancellor will also promise to invest a further £33m in vaccine testing and development to protect against future outbreaks and variants.

And there will be another £22m for what the government claims will be a "world-leading study" to test the effectiveness of combinations of different vaccines.

Figures published by the National Audit Office show the UK has spent £12 billion on its vaccination campaign so far.

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The bill includes £2.9bn paid for 267 million doses of five different vaccines.

The UK is believed to have spent between £24 and £28 per dose on the Moderna jab.

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The UK-manufactured Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has cost the government around £3 per jab, while the Pfizer/BioNTech jab has a price tag of around £15.

The extra spending on vaccines in the Budget was revealed after the UK passed the major milestone of more than 20 million people receiving their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine.

It also follows the detection of three cases of the new Brazil COVID-19 "variant of concern" in Gloucestershire and three more in Scotland.

Mr Sunak claims the extra £1.65bn for vaccines will ensure the entire nation is protected from the virus and every adult offered a dose by 31 July.

Ahead of his Budget statement, he said: "The UK's vaccination programme has been a great success and is protecting lives and livelihoods, with over 19 million people already receiving their first dose.

"But it's essential we maintain this momentum.

"Protecting ourselves against the virus means we will be able to lift restrictions, reopen our economy and focus our attention on creating jobs and stimulating growth."

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The £33m to improve vaccine testing will include a £28m to expand the UK's testing capability and its ability rapidly to acquire samples of new variants

The government says Public Health England's vaccine testing capability is critical to the national and international effort to develop successful COVID-19 vaccines as quickly as possible.

It will also contain £5m for the creation of a "library" of COVID-19 vaccines at the Centre for Process Innovation in Darlington that will work against different variants of the virus.

The £22m study will test if different vaccines can be used together, or if a third dose can be effective.

The government says these studies will provide a key part of evidence for decisions on how to use combinations of vaccines to best protect against variants of COVID-19.

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Brazilian Covid strain found in UK raising fears over vaccine protection - BBC News - BBC News

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