Throughout their comprehensive interview with Oprah, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry unraveled the reasoning behind their decision to step away from their duties as members of senior royalty in January 2020.
In an additional undisclosed clip – exclusive to OprahMag.com – Meghan talked about the privacy invasions she experienced after dating, and then marrying, Prince Harry. The couple eventually filed a lawsuit against these violations, winning a privacy case against the The Mail on Sunday, the publication that published a letter she wrote to her father, Thomas Markle, in 2021.
ÇWhile talking to Meghan, Oprah asked a question that many asked in response to Meghan and Harry’s requests for privacy: When dating a nobleman, shouldn’t there be an expectation that you would lose a certain degree of privacy? In the clip below, Meghan replied, “I think Worldwide has a basic right to privacy. Basic. We are not talking about anything that no one else would expect. “
She went on to illustrate her definition of the “basic right to privacy” using an example based on daily life.
“If you are at work and have a picture of your child on the table, and your co-worker says: ‘Oh, my God, your son is so cute. This is fantastic! I can see your phone to see all your son’s photos? ‘You go,’ No. It is it’s the image that I feel comfortable sharing with you, ‘”said Meghan.
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Meghan continued adding an analogy to show how far photographers invade their privacy. “And then if they fold and say, ‘No, but you already showed me this one. So you have to show me everything. You know what, I’m just going to hire someone to sit in front of your house or hide in the woods and take pictures in your backyard, because you lost your right to privacy … because you shared an image with me, ‘”she said.
Ultimately, Meghan said, she and Harry were not asking for complete privacy, nor were they isolating themselves from their roles as public figures, as some have claimed. “They created a false narrative. I Never talked about privacy, “said Meghan.
Instead, she said, the couple was just asking to share the “parts of their lives” that they felt “comfortable” with giving the public access – just like the rest of us.
“There is no one on Instagram or on social media who would say, ‘Because I shared this single photo, you have the right to have the entire roll of my camera. Nobody would want that. So there are limits. And of respect. “
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