Why is Prince Harry very confident that the British press won't stop until Meghan Markle dies like Princess Diana?
The Duke of Sussex has spoken about the racist treatment Meghan Markle received at the hands of the British press, and compared it to how Princess Diana was treated.
Speaking during the third episode of the documentary series, "The Me You Can't See," for which he serves as a co-creator and executive producer, Prince Harry said he was told "you can't do this" when he first wanted to leave the royal family.
"I was like, well, 'How bad does it have to get until I am allowed to do this? When she was going to end her life?' It shouldn't have to get to that," Harry said.
Markle previously spoke about the suicidal thoughts she experienced in her interview with Oprah in March. The duchess said that when she was a working member of the royal family she "didn't want to be alive anymore" due to the constant, often damaging coverage from the British tabloids.
"I was ashamed to say it at the time and ashamed to have to admit it to Harry. But I knew that if I didn't say it - then I would do it," Markle said in the interview.
Harry compared the racist treatment Markle received to Princess Diana and her boyfriend
"Do I have any regrets? Yeah, my biggest regret is not making more of a stance earlier on in my relationship with my wife and calling out the racism when I did," Harry said in the documentary series.
The Duke of Sussex issued a statement condemning the racist attacks Markle faced from the press and social media trolls in November 2016, four months after they started dating.
Some of the racist headlines Markle was subjected to over the years included that she was "fueling human rights abuses, drought, and murder" for eating avocados and that her mother's hometown was "(almost) straight outta Compton" and "gang-scarred." "History was repeating itself," Harry added. "My mother was chased to her death while she was in a relationship with someone who wasn't white, and now look what's happened. You want to talk about history repeating itself? They're not gonna stop until she dies."
Princess Diana and her boyfriend Dodi Fayed died in a car crash in 1997 in Paris after the vehicle they were traveling in was chased by paparazzi.
Fayed was the son of the Egyptian-born businessman and former Harrods owner Mohammed Al-Fayed, who previously accused the royal family of being racist towards Dodi, CNN reported in 2008.
Al-Fayed had referred to the royals as a "Dracula family," saying they couldn't bear the prospect of a Muslim marrying the princess, the publication added.
