MONTECITO, California (AP) – The latest news about Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Meghan and Harry, the first since they moved away from real life:
6:20 pm
Meghan and Harry say their second child is a girl.
The two made the revelation in their interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired on Sunday night, a rare positive moment in a conversation that mainly dealt with their struggles within the royal family.
Her first child, son Archie, turns 2 in May.
Harry said “have a boy and then a girl, what more can you want? But now we have our family. We have four of us and our two dogs. “
Harry, wearing a gray suit while sitting next to his wife at a distance from Winfrey, joined the interview after Meghan talked to Winfrey alone.
He denied having blinded the queen with the news that he and Meghan were leaving their royal duties, saying that this was preceded by several conversations.
“I never surprised my grandmother,” said Harry. “I have a lot of respect for her.”
However, he said his father, Prince Charles, had stopped taking his calls.
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6:05 pm
Meghan Markle told Oprah Winfrey that she had suicidal thoughts after marrying Prince Harry, and the palace prevented her from getting help.
Meghan told Winfrey in the interview broadcast on Sunday night that she “simply did not see a solution” to the mental suffering she has experienced since joining the royal family and who told Harry that “she no longer wanted to be alive”.
She said she went to a real senior employee and said she needed help with her mental health, but was told it would be bad for the family if she did.
She described the moment as a breaking point that led her and Harry to move away from their real duties.
Meghan said that “I didn’t plan to say anything shocking” during the interview, “I’m just telling you what happened.”
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17:45
Meghan Markle told Oprah Winfrey that she realized right after marrying Prince Harry that the institution of the royal family would not protect her.
In her pre-recorded interview on Sunday night, Meghan told Winfrey that “not only was I not being protected, but they were willing to lie to protect other family members, but they were not willing to tell the truth to protect me and my husband. ”She did not give specific examples.
She said that when she became pregnant with her son Archie for the first time, there were “concerns and conversations about how his skin might turn dark when he is born”. The statement prompted Winfrey to ask “What?”, Incredulous, and sit in silence for a moment.
Meghan declined to say who had this conversation with Harry that he passed on to her, saying that revealing their names would be “very damaging”.
Meghan also said she was shocked when she learned that he would not be a prince and would not receive security from the palace.
Meghan said she didn’t care about being a divorced and mixed-race American actress joining the British royal family, but then she “thought about it because they made me think about it”.
Meghan said it was not so much the members of the royal family themselves who treated her that way, but the people behind the institution.
She emphasized that the queen herself “has always been wonderful to me”.
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17:15
Meghan Markle told Oprah Winfrey that she “did not fully understand what work was” when she married Prince Harry.
Winfrey’s long-awaited two-hour pre-recorded interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex began airing on CBS in the United States on Sunday night, with Meghan sitting alone with Winfrey.
The two talked about the first days before the royal wedding, with Meghan saying “there was no way to understand what day-to-day life would be like.
“That was what was really complicated in the last few years, when perception and reality are two very different things,” said Meghan. “And you are being judged by perception, but you are living the reality of it.”
Meghan also revealed that she and Harry were technically married a few days before the world-attended ceremony.
After a brief introduction with Winfrey recounting a recount of the couple’s wedding and subsequent announcement that they were leaving their royal duties, Meghan entered the garden in the backyard of the interview.
“You really are going to have a baby!” Winfrey screamed when she saw Meghan’s baby belly under her black empire dress.
Meghan said she would reveal the baby’s sex later in the interview, when Harry joined them.
Winfrey and Meghan said they were at a friend of Winfrey’s because they liked the environment.
They clarified that no question would be off-limits and that Meghan and Harry would not be paid for the interview.