Conversations about “how dark” the baby’s skin tone would be. A feud between Prince Harry and his father so deep that Harry said that his father at one point “stopped taking my calls.” And Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, saying that “I just didn’t want to be alive anymore.”
These were some of the shocking details described by Harry and Meghan in an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey, the first they have given since stepping away from official royal duties last year. They said they would have stayed if they had obtained the support of the royal family.
In one of the only moments of joy, the couple revealed that their second child, due this summer, will be a girl.
But Harry and Meghan have spent most of the discussion trying to give their version of many of the tabloid stories that have circulated about them since they came together, including one about how Meghan once made her sister-in-law, Catherine, cry.
Although they received harsh words about the treatment they received in the press, the most disturbing parts of the interview focused on how they were treated by members of the royal family. Harry said that he had a “very good relationship” with the Queen, but said that he was “disappointed” with his father and that although he loves his brother William “in pieces”, they are in “different ways”.
Meghan said that “in the months that I was pregnant … we had a side talk about him he will not be safe, he will not receive a title and also worries and conversations about how his skin can turn dark when he is born.” Harry said it was not a conversation he wanted to discuss.
Meghan said she had a “clear, real and scary thought” about suicide while working as a member of the royal family. Harry said that she received no support from the royal family about her mental health, saying, “it was not a conversation to be had.”
The pair focused heavily on the royal family’s refusal to provide security for them, an especially serious concern for Harry due to his mother’s death. He said his experience with Meghan showed how difficult it must have been for his mother.
More parts of the interview will air on Monday morning exclusively on “CBS This Morning”, starting at 7 am
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