MONTECITO, California (AP) – Oprah Winfrey’s latest interview with Meghan and Harry, their first since leaving the royal life:
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Meghan and Harry say their second child is a girl.
The two made the revelation in their interview with Oprah Winfrey, broadcast on Sunday night, a rare positive moment in a conversation that was based mainly on their struggles within the royal family.
Their first child, son Archie, turns 2 in May.
Harry said “have a boy and then a girl, what more can you ask for? 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 away from Winfrey, joined the interview after Meghan spoke to Winfrey alone.
He denied blinding the queen with the news that he and Meghan were relinquishing their royal duties, saying it was preceded by several conversations.
“I never blinded my grandmother,” Harry said. “I respect them too much.”
However, he said his father, Prince Charles, had stopped receiving calls.
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18:05
Meghan Markle told Oprah Winfrey that she had suicidal thoughts after marrying Prince Harry, and the palace prevented her from receiving help.
Meghan told Winfrey in an interview Sunday night that she “just didn’t see a solution” to the mental suffering she’s been experiencing since joining the royal family and that she told Harry that “she doesn’t want to be in life”.
She said she went to a senior royal staff 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 moment of rupture that led to her and Harry relinquished their royal duties.
Meghan said she “didn’t mean 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 shortly after she married Prince Harry that the royal family institution would not protect her.
In the pre-recorded interview on Sunday night, Meghan told Winfrey that “not only were I not 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 gave no specific examples.
She said that when she first became pregnant with her son Archie, there were “worries and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he was born.” The statement prompted Winfrey to ask “What,” with confidence, and to be silent for a moment.
Meghan declined to say who had this conversation with Harry that she passed on to him, saying that revealing their name would be “very harmful”.
Meghan also said that she was amazed when she was told that she would not be a prince and that she would not receive security from the palace.
Meghan said she didn’t worry about being a divorced, mixed-race American actress who joined the British royal family, but later “thought about it because they made me think about it.”
Meghan said that it was not so much the members of the royal family themselves who treated her in this 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 it was” when she married Prince Harry.
Winfrey’s 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, Meghan saying “there is no way to understand what the day will be like.
“This has been really complicated in recent years, when perception and reality are two very different things,” Meghan said. “And you are judged according to perception, but you live its reality.”
Meghan also revealed that she and Harry were technically married a few days before the ceremony.
After a brief introduction with Winfrey recounting a story of the couple’s wedding and the subsequent announcement that she was giving up her royal duties, Meghan entered the backyard garden behind the interview.
“You really have a baby!” Winfrey shouted when she saw Meghan’s baby banging under her empire-style black dress.
Meghan said she would reveal the baby’s gender later in the interview, when Harry joined them.
Winfrey and Meghan said they were at a friend of Winfrey’s house because they liked the scenery.
They clarified that no questions will be ruled out and that Meghan and Harry will not be paid for the interview.