Racism, suicidal thoughts and other shocking takeaways from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's tell-all interview to Oprah

Meghan said an unidentified member of the British royal family made comments about how dark Archie, their son, would be. She refused to say who made the remarks. Harry said he would never disclose who said it. Meghan said the royal family refused to make Archie a prince. Harry said no member of the family spoke out against racist articles about Meghan.

Prince Harry said his father Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, refused to take his calls at one point during the split. "I feel really let down because he's been through something similar. He knows what the pain feels like," Harry said of his father. "I will always love him, but there's a lot of hurt that's happened."

Meghan said she was so miserable as a royal that she considered suicide and self-harm. She wiped away tears. Meghan said she pleaded for help from the family but none was given. "I just didn't want to be alive anymore," she said.

Harry said his biggest concern was that history would repeat itself - a reference to the death of his mother Diana who was killed in a 1997 crash as her car sped away from chasing photographers.

Harry said his family had cut him off financially and that he had used money left to him by Diana. He said he was particularly hurt that security had been denied to him and his family. "I think she (Diana) would feel very angry with how this has panned out and very sad. But ultimately, all she's ever wanted is for us to be happy," Harry said.

Harry said Prince Charles and Prince William were trapped in the monarchy. "I was trapped but I didn't know I was trapped," Harry said. "Like the rest of my family are, my father and my brother, they are trapped. They don't get to leave."

Meghan Markle said she and Prince Harry were married in a secret private ceremony three days before the official ceremony on May 19, 2018, in Windsor Castle.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle revealed that their second child, with whom Meghan is pregnant, is a girl.

 

 

 

 

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Meghan denied newspaper reports that she had made Kate, the wife of Prince William, cry. Meghan said it was Kate who made her cry before the 2018 wedding over the dresses for the flower girls.