The 10 most shocking revelations of the interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, broadcast on Antena 3
The interview with the marriage of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry about their experience in the British Royal Family has become one of the most mediatic in history, and in Spain, as we have seen on Antena 3. These are the points event keys.
Just over a year after announcing their departure from the British Royal Family, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have given an interview to Oprah Winfrey where they have made shocking confessions about their time at the Palace and why they decided to leave that life.
The media interview that has been broadcast this Saturday exclusively to Spain by Antena 3, completing its programming with the premiere of the movie 'Meghan and Harry: a royal link' and the broadcast of 'Meghan and Harry: a royal romance '.
These are some of the most shocking statements that are going around the world:
Meghan never sought information from the Royal Family before entering it
At the beginning of the interview, Meghan makes the first revelation that surprises even the presenter: the ex-actress assures that she knew very little about British royalty and that she did not investigate anything nor has she ever looked for her husband on the Internet.
"I never felt the need," she confesses. Thus, Meghan arrived at Buckingham with her innocence intact and even thinking that from the inside they were a family like any other. A perception that she soon changed when she met the Queen and she had to learn minutes before how to bow in her presence.
Meghan had suicidal thoughts and begged for help in seeking help
"I was very ashamed to say it at the time, and especially to admit it to Harry because I know how much loss she has suffered, but I knew that if I didn't say it, I would. And I didn't want to stay alive [...] It was a constant thought very real, and very scary. "
With much contained emotion, Meghan is sincere about her worst moment, and the conversation she had with Harry in which she confessed that she did not want to continue living and saw no solution. This same day they had to attend a public event because the Duchess knew that "they could not leave me alone."
She also reveals that she begged Human Resources to let her ask for help for her mental health, but that they refused because she "would not look good" for the Crown.
There was 'concern' about Archie's skin color before he was born
Both Meghan in the first place and Harry when the prince joins the conversation, confirm that the family shared their concern about how dark the skin of their son, Archie, could be and the implications that would entail.
The marriage refuses to say who exactly expressed that concern, to Oprah's astonishment, but later the presenter has assured that, according to the dukes they entrusted to her, it is neither Queen Elizabeth nor her husband Prince Philip .
Throughout the interview, the Prince insists that what made the situation untenable for Meghan was precisely the question of race, in addition to the attacks from social networks, and the "lack of support" in the system in which she had lived all his life.
Prince Harry sees great similarities between Meghan and her mother, Princess Diana
"My biggest concern was that history would not repeat itself," Harry acknowledges, referring to the hard times his mother spent also within the Royal Family.
He also reveals that her family's dealings with Meghan changed after her first tour in Australia, where like Lady Di she dazzled everyone with a natural talent. "I wish we could learn from the past," he laments.
On her relationship with Queen Elizabeth
Meghan and Harry make it clear at various points that her relationship with her Majesty remains good. The prince assures that he "never surprised" her grandmother with the statement that they were leaving the Royal Family, and that he has and will always have great respect for her.
Markle also told a tender anecdote of how he has always cared about her, in addition to confirming that today they are still talking, making video calls with Archie or that he called her directly when he saw the news of the hospitalization of Prince Felipe.
The dukes had no intention of completely abandoning their service to the Crown
With their move to Canada, one of the countries that are part of the Commonwealth of British Nations, Harry and Meghan say that they intended to continue serving the Queen in a role in the background, a position that already exists for many other members. "junior" of royalty.
However, plans changed last year when the family decided to cut Harry entirely, both financially and with his security team. It was at that moment, seeing themselves unprotected and on the verge of confinement due to the pandemic, that they decided to move to Los Angeles to the mansion of actor Tyler Perry, who offered them their private security.
They also emphatically add that if they had felt the support they needed, "without a doubt" they would continue with their obligations in the family.
Meghan didn't make Kate Middleton cry, the story was reversed
Not without reluctance and making it clear that Kate is "a good person", the Duchess of Sussex clarifies one of the most damaging news that has been published against her: it was actually Kate who made her cry a few days before her wedding for a disagreement with the girls' dresses.
"I think it's not fair to go into details because she apologized, and she sent me flowers, and I have forgiven her," she admits. "But it was difficult for her to blame me for something that not only had I not done, but I had also suffered."
Meghan adds that this was for her a "point of no return", in which she realized that they were not really protecting her image in the media as she believed. The 'Institution' never denied the story.
Prince Harry thinks his father and his brother are 'trapped' too
Oprah makes the compromised question to Prince Harry as to whether his wife Meghan has "saved" him, to which after a long silence Harry admits that he absolutely has. He acknowledges that he felt "trapped within the system", albeit without knowing it.
"I didn't know how trapped he was. Then I met Meg and our worlds collided in the most incredible way."
Regarding his brother Prince William and his father Prince Charles, it can be seen that Harry is still suffering about how their relationship is currently, although he reveals that, for him, they are also "trapped".
"My brother and my father are trapped. They cannot escape ... And I feel compassion for them."
On the rumors that Meghan already had the 'Megxit' planned and she forced Harry to leave the Royal Family
Markle looks visibly upset when Oprah shares with her the rumors that continue to circulate about her person, although she eventually takes it with resignation.
"Can you imagine how little sense that makes? I left my career, my life, because I love him. And our plan was to do this forever," he says emphatically, saying that when he arrived he sent letters to his entire new family assuring that I was there, willing and committed 100%. "I told them, 'use me' for whatever you need."
They reveal the sex of her second baby and that they do not plan to have more
When Meghan and Harry meet again in the interview, together they announce that they are expecting a girl, who will be born in summer.
"And we're done," Harry confesses to Oprah's question. "There are two of us, two of them, and our dogs," he continues. "Having any child ... would have been amazing. But having a boy and then a girl, what more could you ask for?"
