The Duchess of Sussex says she and Harry will reveal the sex of their second child to @Oprah during #HarryandMeghanonOprah and reveals how shocked she was when Harry told her she’d need to curtsy to the Queen when meeting her for the first time
Meghan claims before their wedding, the Duchess of Cambridge made her cry over an altercation about flower girl dresses: “It made me cry and really hurt my feelings...She apologised and I’ve forgiven her.” They also married privately with @JustinWelby 3 days before the wedding
@oprah “Were you silent or were you silenced?” Meghan: “The latter...Nothing is like it looks like,” in the royal family. She claims people in the institution told her she couldn’t meet friends for lunch and a member of the royal family told her to “lie low” #MeghanMarkle
Meghan claims “family members had conversations with Harry about how dark Archie’s skin would be” and “They didn’t want him to be a prince or princess” so his lack of royal title wasn’t her choice. She says aides took part in a “character assassination” #MeghanandHarryonOprah
Meghan says that while pregnant, she was on the verge of suicide “That’s the truth” and that she sought help from a member of the royal family and HR, who told her they could not help her. Says she asked for help to check into hospital but was refused #HarryandMeghanonOprah
Meghan: “It takes so much courage to admit you need help...I was ashamed. She tells @Oprah “I wasn’t planning on saying anything shocking...I’ve lost my name, there’s a loss of identity...but I’m still standing.” #HarryandMeghanonOprah
Harry tells Oprah of their next baby: “It’s a girl” and Meghan reveals she is due in “the summer time” #HarryandMeghanonOprah
On discussing plans for #Megxit Harry’s says “When we were in Canada I had 3 conversations with my grandmother and 2 conversations with my father, before he stopped taking my calls...because I took matters into my own hands.” #MeghanAndHarry #MeghanandHarryonOprah
Asked by @oprah if they left because of the coverage by British press or lack of support from the institution, Harry says: “It was both.” #HarryandMeghanonOprah #MeghanAndHarry
Harry says the royal family has an issue with race “For this union and the specifics around race there were opportunities for my family to show some public support. No one from my family ever said anything. That hurts.” #HarryandMeghanonOprah #MeghanAndHarry
Harry: “I’m acutely aware of where my family stand and how scared they are of the tabloids turning on them.” Harry says “I was trapped within the institution like the rest of my family are. My father and my brother...and I have huge compassion for that.” #HarryandMeghanonOprah
Harry: “My family literally cut me off financially.” On Prince William: “I will always love him. There’s a lot of hurt that’s happened that I will continue to feel...I love him to bits, we’ve been through hell together, we have a shared experience” #HarryandMeghanonOprah
Again, Harry on William “The relationship is space at the moment and time heals all things hopefully.” On his relationship with the Prince of Wales: “There’s a lot to work through there. I feel really let down because he’s been through something similar...
He knows what pain feels like and Archie is his grandson but at the same time I will always love him but there’s a lot of hurt that’s happened and I will continue to make it one my of priorities to try and heal that relationship.” #MeghanandHarryonOprah #HarryandMeghan
Asked by @Oprah on the conversation with a family member about the colour of his child’s skin, Harry says “I was a bit shocked. That was right at the start, when my family were saying she [Meghan] could carry on acting because there wasn’t money to pay for her.” #HarryandMeghan
Oprah: “If you’d had the support, would you still be there?” Harry: “Without question.” Meghan says they left “with...respect...we did everything we could to protect them.” Harry said it was “never the intention” to sign deals with @netflix & @Spotify “We’re not complaining.”
On being stripped of their patronages, Harry says: “I am hurt but I completely respect my grandmother’s decision,” and says he has no regrets “I’m really proud of us.” Meghan “My regret is believing them when they said I’d be protected.” #MeghanandHarryonOprah #OprahHarryMeghan
On what Diana would have made of everting, Harry tells @oprah “She would feel very angry at how this has panned out and very sad. But all she’d ever want for us is to be happy.” #HarryandMeghan #MeghanandHarryonOprah #OprahMeghanHarry
Meghan ends saying “This is just the beginning for us” and their story is “Greater than any fairytale you’ve ever read.” She says Harry “made a decision that certainly saved me life.” Harry tells @oprah “Without question, she saved me.” #MeghanandHarryonOprah #HarryandMeghan
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