#How Meghan Markle and Prince Harry lost black Britain

The loyal subjects of Queen Elizabeth II won’t get to see the full broadcast of Oprah Winfrey’s two-hour interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry until Monday evening UK time — 19 hours after it airs in the US. But many of them, it seems, won’t even bother.

A recent poll by The Sun newspaper found that 50 percent of Britons won’t tune in. Meanwhile, a survey by YouGov revealed that 46 percent think it’s inappropriate of the couple to do a bombshell tell-all less than a year after the official “Megxit” date of April 1, 2020.

“I won’t watch. It’s blatant disrespect to the monarchy and, as Meghan has just confirmed, it’s always been in the cards for her,” one mixed-race woman from Manchester, England, told The Post. (She asked to withhold her name for fear of being trolled online by Meghan supporters.) “It’s pre-planned from years ago and it’s her end game.” She’s referring to the duchess’s recollection, in one of the released clips, of telling Oprah in February or March 2018 that she might later consider a recorded conversation with the media maven at “the right time.”

The will-you-watch surveys were carried out before news broke that Harry’s 99-year-old grandfather, Prince Philip, had undergone heart surgery Wednesday at a London hospital — another reason why Brits think the timing is inappropriate. (The Duke and Duchess of Sussex told the Daily Mail that it is up to CBS, not them, when to air the special.)

“The British public are horrified by the interview,” Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of “Majesty” magazine, told The Post. “The mere thought of these two incredibly privileged people sitting in the California sunshine moaning about their lot does not appeal.

“People have been dying, Britain is in lockdown and we’re in the worst financial crisis we’ve ever had.  It’s really so much better to say nothing if you’re dissatisfied.”

In other words, follow the monarchy’s famous old-school motto: “Never complain, never explain.”

Seward is not the only prominent royal commentator to hold that opinion. Her views are shared by Wesley Kerr, a former BBC court correspondent and the first black reporter to be hired by the corporation.

Noting that Meghan and Harry are “launching themselves on the West Coast celeb circuit, which is their right,” he told The Post: “I suppose they need to differentiate their untested brand.”

Kerr added: “There are other, more enduring values on this side of the pond. I’m not sure that what’s claimed in California is always central to the British national conversation.”

Journalists like him aside, there are plenty of other people of color in Blighty who have issues with the Sussex clan — especially when they call Britons out for being racist.

The anonymous Mancunian said that around 70 percent of her black friends “started off loving [Harry and Meghan], but got tired of the drama very quickly.”

A self-described “royal watcher,” she enthusiastically watched the pair’s May 2018 wedding with her mom and sister on TV, throwing what she described as an “afternoon tea-themed party” during the nuptials.

“I was so excited about a woman of color joining the royal family,” said the healthcare worker. “I thought she’d add something different and was looking forward to her taking on patronages to do with the BAME communities as Prince Charles has done.” (BAME, or black Asian minority ethnic, is commonly used in the UK.)

Her hopes were dashed, however, when Meghan, who suffered a culture shock, “handled it totally wrong,” leaving her job as a working member of “The Firm” — the nickname for the Buckingham Palace machine — less than two years in.

“Instead of trying it the royal way, she wanted to branch out and change the way the monarchy worked,” said the Mancunian. “She wanted to do things her way — not exactly a bad thing — but forgot it is an old institution which can’t be changed overnight.”

The 26-year-old now believes the duke and duchess have “betrayed” the royal family by attacking them, “giving out personal details from talks with the queen,” and sending out “very harmful and bitter statements.”

Worst of all is the upcoming interview with Oprah.

As for racism, the woman — who belongs to the social media group #TeamRoyalty — is concerned that the rest of the world, especially America, might perceive the UK as “wholly racist” due to the harassment claims by Harry and Meghan.

“Britain has race issues, 100 percent, and that’s not going to go away any time soon. But every country in the world has race issues,” she said. “But the issue with Meghan and Harry isn’t wholly a racism problem. They’ve over-simplified it into one box and that box is a hot topic right now.”

“Meghan, who doesn’t have any emotional links to the monarchy, will walk away without any regret,” the woman said. “Harry will be the bearer of the guilt.”