Go on 'Oprah'? It's madness! No good will come of it: In the most revealing portrait of the Duke of Edinburgh you'll ever read, his friend of 40 years GYLES BRANDRETH says he sympathised with Harry and Meghan - but thought they were wrong Prince Philip thought Harry and Meghan's interview with Oprah was 'madness' and 'no good would come of it' Philip was sympathetic to Harry's distrust of media and supportive of his desire to 'do his own thing' Gyles Brandreth, Prince Philip's impeccably connected biographer, gives his insights into Philip's thoughts