The Mirror reports that the Queen and Kate Middleton are planning a special TV show on the very day Meghan Markle is to be interviewed by Oprah

The Mirror reports that the Queen and Kate Middleton are planning a special TV show on the very day Meghan Markle is to be interviewed by Oprah. Well, well, what scheming minxes. But here is how it really is. The Queen and Kate will appear in a programme in place of the annual Commonwealth Day service, held with the participation of the royal family in Westminster Abbey every year on the second Monday in March since 1958, and inheriting the traditions of its celebration from Empire Day, marked on the birthday of Queen Victoria since 1902. So it turns out that it is Meghan Markle who is going to be interviewed by Oprah on the very day the Queen is to address the nation in honour of the Commonwealth

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The Mirror reports that the Queen and Kate Middleton are planning a special TV show on the very day Meghan Markle is to be interviewed by Oprah

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