ITV confirm Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s explosive Oprah interview will air on Monday after £1m deal

PRINCE Harry and Meghan Markle's interview with Oprah Winfrey will air on ITV on Monday.

ITV has paid a seven-figure sum to air the explosive TV event and the broadcaster pipped Sky and Discovery for the much-anticipated sit-down, their first since quitting the Royal Family last year.

The two-hour chat - which is costing them at least £1million - will air on Monday at 9pm, meaning popular drama Unforgotten will be moved in the schedules. 

Kevin Lygo, ITV’s Managing Director Media & Entertainment, said: “This interview is already a national talking point and ITV is pleased to be able to offer UK audiences the opportunity to see it.”

It’s thought that Suits actress Meghan and Prince Harry would have also contributed in deciding which channel aired the chat.

ITV previously aired Harry and Meghan: An African Journey in October 2019, where journalist Tom Bradby — one of Prince Harry’s closest allies in the British media — famously asked Markle whether she was “OK”. 

The interview comes two weeks after Buckingham Palace confirmed that the couple, who now live in Los Angeles, California, are no longer working members of the Royal Family.

It also comes a day after she faced allegations of bullying by staff during her time at Kensington Palace. 

She allegedly snapped “it’s not my job to coddle people” after aides were left in tears and humiliated by her “difficult demands”, according to reports. 

A source told The Times she drove two personal assistants out of the household and undermined the confidence of a third.

In 2017, shortly after Harry and Meghan announced their engagement, a senior aide told the happy couple their treatment of staff had caused difficulties.

According to The Times, the pair were told staff needed to be treated well, even if they were not performing to their standards.

But Meghan is said to have replied: “It’s not my job to coddle people.”

Sources said staff were bullied and some were even reduced to tears due to the difficult demands.