Meghan and Harry from Oprah Winfrey: The most devastating words to me aren't those about racism
Last night on Tv8 the full interview, in Italian, that the presenter Oprah Winfrey did with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry was aired - the original version had already been broadcast in the United States on Sunday evening and in the United Kingdom on the day. following. The British crown awaited the couple's revelations with some concern and, according to the comments in the world press that have been circulating for a couple of days, the concern was well founded. The bomb dropped by Meghan Markle while expecting her second child - indeed daughter - concerned above all the accusations of racism launched against the entourage of the English royal family.
The former American actress told an incredulous Oprah Winfrey that, when she was pregnant with her first child, a member of the Royal House had shown concern about the color of the baby's skin. "Whataa?" the astonished exclamation accompanied by an expression on the face of the American anchorwoman who has already passed into the annals of television history: it was probably one of the moments that most attracted the attention of the 17.1 million listeners glued to the TV. last Sunday.
Meghan Markle has never mentioned Queen Elizabeth's name and, indeed, she has declared that she has always had a good relationship with her husband's grandmother. According to Markle, the racist, retrograde, petty and suffocating attitude came from the high officials who revolve around the royal family, take care of their interest and have a do tu des relationship with the British press, in the sense that one guarantees the survival of the other as long as the idea is rooted in public opinion that the monarchy is untouchable and whoever does not blindly obey the protocol is a black sheep to be pointed out as a disturbing element and a foreign body.
Analysis perfectly shared by Prince Harry who, while reiterating the affection that binds him to Queen Elizabeth, goes further by declaring that he realized that he had lived for a long time trapped in a system that still holds his brother William and his father Charles hostage. , the heir to the throne. A father who in recent times would have even denied himself on the phone, despite Harry having informed his grandmother in time of his and his wife's intention to no longer want to be active members of the royal family and to want to move permanently to the United States. But what few commentators have focused attention on is, in my opinion, an even more devastating earthquake than the accusation of racism addressed to what the couple calls "the firm", or rather to the entourage of the royal family.
At one point in the exclusive interview, Markle tells Oprah about the period in which, during her first pregnancy, she felt isolated, relegated to her residence and at the same time watched over by the palace attendants and always under the merciless lens of the tabloid to the point of depression. “I was so bad that I could have done an extreme gesture. I didn't want to live anymore, it was a clear, concrete, terrifying thought that never left me. I remember how Harry rocked me in the worst moments, then I decided to ask the Institution for help, I said that I had never been so bad and that I needed help, and they told me that it would not be good for the Institution. Now I have decided to talk about it with her because there are so many people who are afraid to ask for help ".
These words will probably make the Crown tremble much more than the accusations of racism, not only because of the inevitable approach to the interview that Lady Diana gave to the BBC in 1995, confessing to having suffered from bulimia and depression, but also because it is really difficult not to catch it. a heartfelt and sincere appeal and a request for attention denied in the name of what suits or does not suit the royal family.
Oprah Winfrey in addition to being an undisputed protagonist and queen of overseas show business, which skilfully mixes entertainment and information, is notoriously a public figure engaged in raising awareness on issues related to mental disorders, depression and evil. to live that relegates those who suffer from it to loneliness and misunderstanding, as if the unseen disease did not have the right to exist and the “cupio dissolvi” evoked by Markle was only the whim of bored and spoiled people. If Oprah strongly wanted this interview to air urbi et orbi it is her because she is a profound connoisseur of topics on which she knows she is unassailable, with all due respect to the press and the English Crown.
When the couple talked about the obsessively hostile attitude of British newspapers, amplified by social media that at least did not exist yet in Lady Diana's time, Harry claimed to have removed his wife and son from that toxic environment to prevent the story from becoming repeated. Suddenly finding himself without an escort and without protection for Harry and Meghan was an even stronger signal than the fact that he could no longer count on the financial support of the royal family. Harry specified that his current heritage consists in the inheritance left to him by his mother Lady Diana and that most likely the economic resources on which his new family can count will derive from the revenues of the nascent production company that will be called "Archiewell Production" in honor of the firstborn.
Certainly a little family aware of their privileges and the resources she can count on, but which has told of a suffering and a hardship that have nothing to do with social and economic status. Statements that have led the couple's detractors to portray them as unscrupulous individuals dedicated to plotting behind the queen's back while there are those who, like myself, have grasped sincerity and courage in their words.
Who among journalists, commentators, opinion leaders in these hours is portraying Meghan Markle as an avid climber, able to simulate and disguise thanks to her past as an actress and Harry as a puppet manipulated by his wife, has probably never had to deal with a nervous breakdown or with depression. My wish to these people is to continue to ignore what the terrible suffering suffered by those who suffer or have suffered from it is and my unsolicited advice is to refrain from judgment on something that fortunately they have never had the opportunity to know. .
