ITV forced to remove ‘misleading’ headlines from Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s tell-all Oprah Winfrey interview

ITV has been forced to edit Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey to remove ‘misleading’ headlines.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex made a number of shocking revelations about life inside the royal family, including Meghan sharing how she had suicidal thoughts as she struggled with life in the spotlight.

She also alleged an unnamed member of the royal family raised ‘concerns and conversations’ about how dark her son Archie’s skin might be when he’s born.

Headlines popped up on-screen which were said to have been manipulated to support the couple’s claim they were subjected to racist coverage during their two-hour chat.

Associated Newspapers lodged a complaint to American TV network CBS, which first aired the interview over ‘deliberate distortion and doctoring’ in a segment of the interview.

It argued that the portion was designed to showcase the British tabloid coverage of Meghan may have been racist was ‘seriously inaccurate and misleading’.

In a letter sent to CBS on Friday, Associated Newspapers’ legal director, Elizabeth Hartley, said: ‘Many of the headlines have been either taken out of context or deliberately edited and displayed as supporting evidence for the programme’s claim that the Duchess of Sussex was subjected to racist coverage by the British press.

‘This editing was not made apparent to viewers and, as a result, this section of the programme is both seriously inaccurate and misleading.’

An ITV spokesman told the Telegarph it would remove three manipulated Daily Mail, MailOnline and Mail on Sunday headlines, plus a headline wrongly attributed to the Guardian.

Oprah’s company, Harpo Productions, said: ‘We stand by the broadcast in its entirety.’

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