No help, disparagement and racist allusions: Meghan and Harry charge the royal family
Meghan Markle said she had suicidal thoughts while living with the British royal family and lamented she received no support. Her husband Harry told her that he was disappointed with his father, Prince Charles.
The British royal family took it for his rank during the long-awaited interview with Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, this Sunday, March 7 on the American channel CBS. The Duchess of Sussex notably revealed that she had suicidal thoughts while living in the institution, which allegedly refused her any psychological help despite repeated requests.
"I just didn't want to be alive anymore. And those were constant, terrifying, real and very clear thoughts," Meghan Markle told presenter Oprah Winfrey in the interview, blaming her psychological state on aggressive British media coverage. She says she went to see members of the royal institution to ask for help and to discuss the possibility of medical treatment, "and I was told that I could not, that it would not be good for the institution, "she added.
Archie's skin color is a cause for concern
The former actress, who is mixed race, also claimed that members of the royal family were concerned about the skin color of her son Archie before he was born. They expressed "concerns (...) about how dark her skin would be", "what that would mean and what it would look like," she explained. The Duchess of Sussex also indicated that Buckingham Palace has refused to grant protection to the child and that members of the institution believe that Archie should not be given a nobility title, although this is the tradition .
If the 39-year-old American denounced a "real smear campaign" on the part of the royal institution and said she did not feel protected by the royal family, she was careful not to personally attack members of the royal family. the crown. She simply claimed that, contrary to what had been reported by the British press, it was not her who made Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, cry, but that the opposite happened during an incident that took place. before her marriage to Prince Harry in 2018. She said Kate apologized shortly after.
Harry went further, admitting to having felt "really let down" by his father, Prince Charles, while he was going through a difficult time. “Because he's been through something similar. He knows what pain is,” the prince said. "There will be work" to improve their relationship, "but at the same time, I will always love her."
The royal family appears united
For its part, the British monarchy had decided to face the threat of this shock interview, offering a few hours before the intervention of the Sussexes the image of a united family during the annual celebrations of the Commonwealth. In a pre-recorded televised speech, the Queen stressed the importance of the "selfless dedication and sense of duty" shown by caregivers during the pandemic, a sign that some are sure to interpret as a criticism of the princely couple .
After confirming to the Queen their final withdrawal from the royal family, after a period of observation, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, married since May 2018, lost their last official titles in February. Installed in Canada, then in California, in Montecito, since March, the duo have already resolutely taken the tangent and capitalized on their image of modern couple, mixed, turned towards the humanitarian, in a country where the opinion is much more to them. favorable than in England.
