Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Oprah interview is nominated for an Emmy award

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's bombshell Oprah interview has been nominated for an Emmy award.

The explosive interview, which aired in March of this year, has been nominated in the outstanding Hosted Non-Fiction Series or Special category, Deadline reports.

The Duke and Duchess' interview will be up against My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, United Shades of America W. Kamau Bell, VICE, and Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy.

This is the first time that a member of the British Royal Family has ever been nominated for the prestigious award.

Relive key moments from the historic interview below: 

Explaining why she took part in the interview, Meghan said at the time: "As an adult who lived a really independent life to then go into this construct that is different than I think what people imagine it to be, it's really liberating to be able to have the right and the privilege in some ways to be able to say, 'Yes, I'm ready to talk.'

"To say it for yourself...To be able to just make a choice on your own and just be able to speak for yourself."

The Duchess went on to reveal in the interview that her experience as a member of the British Royal Family made her contemplate suicide, but she was denied psychiatric help.

Another bombshell revelation was that an unidentified member of the Royal Family speculated about the color of Archie's skin prior to his birth.

When pushed for a name by Oprah, Meghan said: "That conversation, I am never going to share. At the time it was awkward. I was a bit shocked."

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Oprah later clarified that the comment was not made by Archie's grandmother or grandfather.

"[Prince Harry] did not share the identity with me but he wanted to make sure I knew, and if I had an opportunity to share it, that it was not his grandmother or grandfather that were part of those conversations," she said.

"He did not tell me who was a part of those conversations," the media mogul added.

An investigation at Buckingham Palace was subsequently launched after the claims were made.

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