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CBS ‘paying Oprah Winfrey’s company up to $9MILLION’ to air Harry and Meghan’s bombshell interview
CBS is paying Oprah Winfrey up to $9million to air her tell-all interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Sunday, it has been reported.
The network has dished out between $7million and $9million in license fees for rights to air the bombshell chat, according to .
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Under the agreement between CBS and Winfrey’s company Harpo Productions, the network can also license the interview internationally.
and , who is subject to a Buckingham Palace probe on allegations she bullied staff, are not being paid for the special, a spokeswoman for them told the newspaper.
CBS is asking for $325,000 for 30 seconds of commercial time during the special, which is around double the cost of a normal ad aired during the Sunday night slot, according to ad buyers.
The two-hour special is set to air on CBS at 8pm ET on Sunday and on ITV in the UK on Monday.
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Harpo Productions had also pitched the interview to ABC and NBC, the sources said.
Winfrey is connected to CBS in a several ways.
The talk show host was a special contributor for the network’s 60 Minutes show and has long been a friend of CBS News anchor Gayle King.
CBS also owns the company that distributed Winfrey’s talk show.
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Meghan and Prince Harry’s interview will be broadcast as the world watches the ongoing clash between the couple and the Royal Family that includes a new probe.
On Tuesday, The Times reported that royal staff accused Meghan of “driving out” two personal assistants and a former aide and called her and her husband “outrageous bullies”.
Buckingham Palace launched an investigation into the claims the following day and hours later, a 30-second clip of Meghan and Prince Harry’s interview with Winfrey was released.
In the preview, Winfrey asked Meghan how she felt about “the Palace hearing you speak your truth".
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“I don't know how they could expect that after all of this time we would still just be silent if there is an active role that The Firm is playing in perpetuating falsehoods about us,” .
She continued: “And, if that comes with risk of losing things, there is a lot that has been lost already.”
Meghan also with Winfrey and said “I’m finally able to speak for myself.”
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Royal aides said the of the interview and will have access to it at the same time as other viewers, The Mirror reported.
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