The British Royal That Reminds RHONY’s Carole Radziwill Of Friend Carolyn Kennedy

Oprah Winfrey’s famed interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex was an overnight bombshell, with Meghan recalling the racist microaggressions and attacks she and her family endured after she joined the royal family. The backlash against the couple was swift and fierce, with royal author Lady Antonia Fraser telling The Telegraph that the Oprah interview was a huge mistake.

To Carol Radziwill, who was the last person Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy called before she died, the widespread condemnation of Meghan reminded her of the predatory way the paparazzi would follow her friend and cousin-in-law wherever they went. Bessette-Kennedy seemed to be on the receiving end of much of the public scrutiny. “The paparazzi treated her horribly,” author Steven M. Gillon told Town & Country. “She went from being this vivacious and energetic person, and now she feels captive.”

Radziwill continued her sentiments about the connection between her late friend and Meghan in a second post on X: “I’ll always be on the opposite side of those perpetuating, willfully or not, misogynistic, and perhaps in this case, racist narrative tropes about women marrying into powerful, controlling families.”