Former Australian PM says Harry and Meghan interview bolsters case for republic

Harry and Meghan receive Invictus Games jackets from Malcolm Turnbull, then prime minister of Australia and his wife Lucy Turnbull, as they attend a reception at Australian High Commission in London, celebrating the forthcoming Invictus Games in 2018 (Alastair Grant/PA)

Former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull said the television interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex bolstered his argument for Australia severing its constitutional ties to the British monarchy.

Mr Turnbull met Meghan and Harry in April 2018 four months before he was replaced by the current prime minister Scott Morrison in an internal power struggle.