US, UK reactions on Meghan, Harry interview

Commentators in Britain and the United States on Monday labelled revelations that Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex had considered suicide and that she and husband Prince Harry had encountered racist attitudes during life inside the royal household as "bombshell" and "shocking".

Britain's royal family was on Monday absorbing the tremors from a sensational television interview by Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex gave TV personality Oprah Winfrey, which aired Sunday in the United States.

The couple gave a deeply unflattering depiction of life inside the royal household, depicting a cold, uncaring institution that they had to flee to save their lives.