Meghan and Harry: the 5 shocking statements of their interview at Oprah Winfrey
She confided in suicidal thoughts, he lifted the veil on her grievances against her father. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have indulged in Oprah Winfrey in an interview that will mark the history of the Crown.
The reasons for their withdrawal from the royal institution, their exhaustion in the face of fierce tabloids, but also their more peaceful life in California today: these are the main points of the interview broadcast Sunday night on CBS in the United States.
Meghan: "I didn't want to be alive anymore"
The 39-year-old ex-American actress explained that the countless damning articles in the British press led her to have suicidal thoughts. “I knew if I didn't say it, then I would. And I just didn't want to be alive anymore. And they were constant, terrifying, real and very clear thoughts, ”she said, explaining that she had these thoughts while she was pregnant with her son Archie.
She says she asked for help from the royal family, which was refused: "I needed to go somewhere to get help. I said that I had never felt like this before (...) and I was told that I could not, that it would not be good for the institution ".
"Conversations (...) about how dark the child's skin would be"
Meghan Markle, whose father is white and mother black, said her husband told her that some in the royal family were concerned about the color of their baby's skin color. Harry was told "concerns and conversations (...) about how dark his skin (would be) when he (was born)," she told Oprah Winfrey of her son.
Oprah then asked him if those in question were concerned that he might be "too dark." “If that's the assumption you're making, I think you're not taking a risk,” Meghan replied.
Neither Queen Elizabeth II nor her husband took part in conversations within the British royal family which allegedly raised concerns about Archie's color, Oprah Winfrey said Monday.
Kate's tears at the wedding? "I was not protected"
The story had been taken up in chorus by British tabloids: Meghan would have made Kate, the wife of Prince William, cry after a dress fitting by the little Princess Charlotte before her marriage to Harry in 2018. Meghan assures it: c 'is false, and on the contrary, it was she who cried. "Everyone in the institution knew that was not true," said the ex-actress. Kate even "apologized," Meghan said. The revelation of this incident and the way it was covered was "a turning point" in her relationship with the royal family, she said.
Extrait de l'interview de Meghan et Harry à Oprah Winfrey, dans lequel la duchesse de Sussex accuse le palais de Buckingham de "colporter des mensonges" sur son couple.
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She would have understood by then that "not only was [she] unprotected, they were willing to lie to protect other family members."
Harry "disappointed" by Charles and William: "My father and my brother are prisoners"
Harry said he felt "really disappointed" with his father, Prince Charles, feeling that he had not supported him during the ordeal he went through, but clarified that they were talking to each other again. “My father and my brother are prisoners” of the system, he said. "They can't go," as Harry did after realizing that he himself was "a prisoner," he said. "And I have enormous compassion for it."
" It's a girl ! "
Despite the seriousness of the questions raised on Sunday evening, Meghan and Harry also gave more joyful news. They announced that their second child, due to be born in the summer, is a girl. By specifying that they did not intend to have a third one afterwards.
Bucolic passage, the couple then lifted the veil on their life in Montecito, California, "better than all the fairy tales you've read", according to the Duchess of Sussex - including chickens "saved" from a farm industrial. "We moved to the other side" after months of turmoil, said Meghan Markle.
“All of the things I was hoping for have come true. And, in a way, that's just the start for us. "
