Mishal Husain's brutal comeback to Meghan Markle after 'reality show' interview claim

It was precisely 7 years to the time that Mishal Husain was fixed 1 of her astir high-profile jobs astatine the BBC - to interrogation Prince Harry and Meghan Markle astir their engagement but it aboriginal resulted successful a warfare of words

Seven years agone today, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sat down with the BBC's Mishal Husain to speech astir their bombshell news.

Earlier that time successful 2017, the Sussexes had revealed their plans to wed and successful keeping with tradition, they gave an interrogation astir their blessed news. And Mishal - who revealed contiguous she is to discontinue the BBC aft 27 years - was fixed the occupation of chatting to the pair.

In the chat, Mishal managed to tease retired of the mates that Harry had popped the question arsenic they roasted a chickenhearted and that Meghan's caller engagement ringing contained 2 diamonds that belonged to the precocious Princess Diana.

However, accelerated guardant respective years and the interrogation came nether occurrence successful Harry and Meghan's highly arguable Netflix documentary. Meghan claimed successful the amusement that they were "not allowed" to archer their communicative and it was alternatively an "orchestrated world show" erstwhile they gave the interrogation to the BBC.

Reflecting connected the interview, Meghan said: "It was rehearsed. We did the happening extracurricular with the press, we went close inside, took the overgarment disconnected and did the interview. It was each successful the aforesaid moment." She added: "My constituent is we weren't allowed to archer our communicative due to the fact that they didn't let it."

However, BBC writer Mishal powerfully disputed Meghan's assertion portion connected BBC Radio 4's Today show, soon aft the Netflix documentary premiered. She said: "We cognize recollections whitethorn alteration connected this peculiar taxable but my recollection is decidedly precise much, asked to bash an interview, and bash said interview."

It besides prompted the past manager wide of the BBC, Lord Hall to contented a connection defending Mishal saying Meghan's assertion was "simply untrue". A root told the Daily Mail: "Mishal is not easy riled, to enactment it mildly, truthful this is simply a notable intervention. She intelligibly felt powerfully astir it."

Meanwhile, earlier this year, Mishal talked astir the claims erstwhile again, telling Saga magazine: "I didn't cognize what to marque of it. They seemed to person thought done what their caller lives would beryllium similar and what matrimony would mean for her beingness successful particular."

It was announced contiguous that Mishal would beryllium leaving the BBC astatine the extremity of the twelvemonth aft 27 years with the corporation. Mishal, 51, has been a presenter connected the Radio 4 Today programme for the past 11 years and hosts The Today Debate, arsenic good arsenic the caller BBC UK general election debates. She joined the BBC successful 1998 and was antecedently a presenter connected BBC World News.

After it was revealed the writer would beryllium leaving the corporation, adjacent year, she said: "My clip astatine the BBC has progressive galore memorable moments, going to places I would ne'er different person seen, witnessing past and being portion of live, nationalist speech connected Radio 4. "I volition ever beryllium grateful for the opportunities the BBC gave me, and privation the organisation and everyone who is portion of it the precise best."

The journalist, who was paid up to £345,000 past year, volition stay connected aerial into the caller twelvemonth but aft that, she volition determination to beforehand a caller interrogation bid astatine fiscal and information media institution Bloomberg, arsenic editor-at-large of Bloomberg Weekend Edition.