Meghan Markle: her baby Archie victim of racism? What the royal family did to him because of his skin color
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry make shocking revelations during interview with Oprah Winfrey. Without uttering the word racism, the former actress notably reveals that some members of the royal family had conversations about the color of little Archie's skin, before his birth.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry confide in Oprah Winfrey during an interview broadcast this Sunday, March 7 on the American channel CBS. If the couple decides to distance themselves from royalty at the start of 2020, it is above all for the preservation of their family and their well-being. Very quickly nicknamed the Megxit, this departure created a storm within the royal family and many rumors were circulating. This interview is an opportunity for Meghan Markle and Harry to share their side of the story. The former Suits actress lifts the veil on a dark period in her life, then a new member of the royal family. Meghan Markle, being mixed race, claims that some members of the royal family had several conversations about Archie's skin color while she was pregnant.
Oprah Winfrey, dumbfounded, exclaims, "What? Before asking, "Who was having these conversations with you?" ". The actress remains silent, unable to come up with a single name, contenting herself with nods. Without uttering the word racism, Meghan Markle specifies that these remarks were reported to her by Prince Harry, who reveals himself to have "been in shock" following these exchanges. Meghan Markle, pregnant with her second child, reports that some royalty have voiced "Concerns" and had "conversations about how dark his skin would be once he was born. "What it would mean or what it would look like."
Buckingham Palace and members of the institution wanted to impose a different treatment on little Archie. Meghan Markle explains that they did not want to grant him a security service and that they felt he did not have to be awarded a nobility title. The couple do not name the people behind these conversations because "it would be very damaging to them." He doesn't use the word racism either.
Pain and resilience
Meghan Markle recalls that according to the decree George V, Archie will inherit the title of prince when Prince Charles takes the throne. Does the royal family plan to deviate from this rule? Meghan Markle argues that the firm then expressed the wish to modify this decree.
During the interview given, Meghan Markle displays eye makeup highlighted with black eyeliner, which is reminiscent of the one worn by Princess Diana during the shock interview given to the BBC in 1996. By elsewhere, the former actress of Suits put on an Armani dress, decorated with flowers of lotus. The Telegraph newspaper sees in this choice a message: "The daily resurrection of the lotus flower is considered a proof of determination and will to live" and to specify: "The Duchess understands that a lotus seed can resist thousands of years without water while being able to germinate two centuries later ”. The paper even goes so far as to claim that: "This refusal to accept defeat is how she sees her own battle against the pressures of royal life."
