Boris Johnson will respond to the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Oprah interview today, the Prime Minister’s spokesman has confirmed.

Mr Johnson will address the nation at 4pm today in Downing Street press conference where he will update the country on the ongoing battle against the coronavirus pandemic.

But as well as updating us on Covid-19 cases and the vaccine rollout, the Prime Minister looks set to address the controversial interview which aired in the US last night.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have plunged the monarchy into a crisis, accusing an unnamed royal of racism, suggesting the family were jealous of Meghan and revealing that she contemplated taking her own life while pregnant.

Meghan and Harry hit out at the institution and members of the royal family in a series of astonishing admissions during their candid Oprah Winfrey interview.

The duchess revealed that working for The Firm – as the royal family is sometimes known – ultimately left her feeling that ending her life was an option, and how she had not been protected by the monarchy.

A member of the royal family – who both Harry and Meghan refused to identify – was worried about how dark their son Archie’s skin tone might be before he was born.

Meghan told Winfrey there had been “concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he is born”.

Harry suggested his family were jealous of Meghan’s popularity with the public – just as the appeal of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, had reportedly been seen as a threat.

And he revealed he has become estranged from his father, the Prince of Wales, saying: “I feel really let down”, but added that he would make it one of his priorities “to try and heal that relationship”.

Labour has said any allegations of racism should be investigated by Buckingham Palace after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex claimed a royal had raised concerns about how dark their son’s skin tone might be before he was born.

Shadow education secretary Kate Green said claims by the American duchess, the first mixed-race person to marry a British senior royal in modern history, were “really distressing, shocking”.

“And if there are allegations of racism, I would expect them to be treated by the palace with the utmost seriousness and fully investigated,” she told Sky News.

Quizzed about whether he would be watching the highly-anticipated interview on Sunday, the Prime Minister said said he will “probably miss it”.

He said: “Of course I’m interested in all sorts of stuff around the news around the world.

“I think it’s quite late our time so I’ll probably miss it.”

However, with a number of shocking claims made about the Royal Family, Boris Johnson is preparing to face questions about the interview during his Downing Street press conference today.