Oprah: So when I ask the question, ‘Why did you leave?’ the simplest answer is . . ?
Harry: Lack of support and lack of understanding.
Oprah: So, I want clarity. Was the move about getting away from the UK Press? *Because the Press, as you know, is everywhere* . Or was the move because you weren’t getting enough support from The Firm?
Harry: It was both.
Oprah: Both.
Harry: Yeah.
He wanted to "get away" from the press in the UK but unhelpfully there is no explanation for what "getting away" means or how that could be implemented. That leaves room for speculation and I think that is where the privacy derives from. They haven't been out of the UK press for years. He's saying here that getting away meant that staying in the working role would involve them having to begrudgingly deal with the sections of the press who were hostile and unflatteting towards them, that this was frustrating and they didn't want to play the expected role of non confrontation with the press packs. They were not allowed to fight such outlets while stimied by the constraints of the working role. So they had to move away and instead are free to engage with whatever entities they specifically wanted to engage with. Obviously only positive outlets would suffice but to their detriment having this luxury doesn't work.
They still need media and spotlight to generate income and since that interview we’ve certainly learned more about them, their motivations and their hates but nothing substantial regarding their actual goals. See them clinging on to whatever was in vogue (Vaccines, Mental Health, Climate Change). Not a whole lot has fundamentally changed since Harry was recorded on camera plugging Meghan at an official royal duty appearance to do voice overs. They think just because they are Royal means they get to cut in at the front of the line. Not every talented voice over artist could get a one to one with the Disney CEO. They thought this formula would travel to America as well with offers and gigs landing on them just because they were Royal.
Besides the need to actually make money, and now the need to dream up ways to be both relevant and on brand compassionate I’m struggling to see what they can bring and I think they are too. They’re living in one of the most fickle places in the world where everyone there is trying to do the same thing - be relevant, in vogue and of course make lots of money in parallel.
That’s why I think South Park was just so brilliant- they “got” it e.g. Meghan is empty. Utterly hollow. All brand, no cattle. I think it’s given her one hell of a wake up call. South Park annihilated what remains of their brand, a brand predicated on their status and not their actual talents. A brand which was already over the hill before they got eviscerated by SP.