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Meghan Markle tells Oprah Winfrey that she was not allowed to make her own choices as royalty
Rosa Woods – Pool / Getty Images Meghan Markle said she was not allowed to make her own choices when she was a member of the royal family. The comments were made in a new sample clip of Oprah Winfrey’s eagerly awaited interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, which came out on Friday morning on CBS This Morning. In the new clip, Meghan said she had not been “authorized” to give an interview before. In the clip, Oprah told Meghan that she remembered to call her before her wedding and ask for an interview. Meghan said: “I remember that conversation very well. I wasn’t even allowed to have this conversation with you in person. Right? There should be people from [communications team] sitting there … “Oprah then said,” You have kindly rejected me … What’s right now? Meghan replied, “Well, so many things. That we are on the other side of many life experiences that have happened. And also that we have the ability to make our own choices in a way that I couldn’t have said yes to you then. That was not my choice to make. So, as an adult who has lived a really independent life, to enter this construction, that is, different from what I think people think it is, it is really liberating to be able to have the right and the privilege of some ways of saying: , I am ready to speak ‘. To say for yourself…. Being able to just make a choice on your own, being able to speak for yourself. ”Meghan’s new comments seem to reiterate her frequent complaint that her voice and agency were denied when she was a member of the royal family. The new clip came when tensions between Meghan and Harry and Buckingham Palace spilled over into total war, with British media reports suggesting that several witnesses were ready to come forward and give evidence of a hurriedly announced investigation into Meghan’s alleged bullying. of his team at Buckingham Palace. Meghan’s friends responded to the allegations of intimidation by launching a social media rematch against Buckingham Palace, calling her a “warm, kind and caring person”. In a previous clip, Meghan accused the palace of “perpetuating lies” about them. An emotional Meghan said: “I don’t know how they could hope that after all this time we would still be silent if there was an active role that the company is playing. in perpetuating falsehoods about you. ”Read more at The Daily Beast. Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Subscribe now! Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper into the stories that matter to you. To know more.