LONDON — The British monarchy’s immediate survival is assured, despite Prince Harry and his wife Meghan’s claims of racism, experts say, but cultural rifts exposed by the row could signal trouble ahead.
The revelations are a “soft-power disaster for Britain” that raise questions over whether the monarchy “can, or should, survive at all without the Queen at its head,” according to The Times’ diplomatic correspondent, Catherine Philp.
But polling at home suggests the couple’s explosive interview with US chat show host Oprah Winfrey has so far had little impact on the popularity of the 1,000-year-old institution.
Around a third of people told YouGov that their sympathies lie …
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