Prince Harry’s TV interview should give the British broadcaster ITV dream ratings. But the interest in Harry’s revelations seems to be limited.
London – “38 years, 38 years of having my story told by so many different people, with deliberate twisting and distortion,” reasoned Prince Harry (38) in an interview with ITV journalist Tom Bradby (55) the timing of his memoirs. “Reserve” is set to finally reveal Harry’s point of view “rather than using someone else, an unnamed source, to feed lies or narratives to a tabloid outlet that is literally radicalizing its readers with the potential to harm my family.” ‘ said Prince Harry in an interview that aired two days before the ‘Reserve’ release.
Defeat for Prince Harry: Brits prefer drama series to his revealing interview
Royal fans can now have the whole truth from and about Prince Harry, his autobiography “Reserve” will be released on January 10th. But the ratings for Harry’s interview with British broadcaster ITV show a trend – the British seem to have had enough of Prince Harry’s revelations. According to mirror.co.uk tuned in to just 4.1 million viewers in the UK as Prince Harry answered Tom Bradby’s questions.
So “Harry – The Interview” was not even the ratings winner, but had to give way to the drama series “Happy Valley”, which was running at the same time on the BBC. The British Mirror refers to figures from the Broadcasters Audience Research Boards (BARB) which measured 5.25 million viewers in the UK tuned in to the new episode of Season 3 of Happy Valley. A slap in the face for Prince Harry – and a major disappointment for broadcaster ITV.
Prince Harry’s memoirs go on sale
On January 10, 2023, Prince Harry’s memoir entitled “Spare” will be published by Penguin Random House. Even the title made headlines in advance. It’s a reference to the phrase “the heir and the spare.” As the younger brother of Prince William, heir to the throne, Harry has been on the bench all his life. Now there are fears that Prince Harry will settle accounts with the British royal family.
Prince Harry’s “Reserve” Talk: Oprah’s interview with Harry and Meghan saw three times as many viewers
The interest of the British in their former favorite Prince Harry seems to have decreased significantly. It was very different two years ago. When Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle (41) gave their joint disclosure interview to US presenter Oprah Winfrey (68) in March 2021, 12.4 million viewers tuned in to British broadcaster ITV, three times as many as Harry’s current “reserve” – talc.
In Germany, the Harry interview provided mixed ratings. According to dwdl.de the RTL special was able to reach 1.6 million people on January 9 with Frauke Ludowig and Royal expert Michael Begasse at 5:00 p.m. At prime time, ntv broadcast the interview with Prince Harry, with 300,000 viewers. And around 400,000 viewers watched the “Celebrity Special” on Prince Harry’s interview at 11:15 p.m. on Vox. It remains to be seen how well Prince Harry’s memoir “Reserve” actually sells. According to Diana biographer Andrew Morton, Harry’s memoir ‘won’t destroy the institution’ – Prince Harry is simply not relevant enough for that. Sources used: mirror.co.uk, dwdl.de
