The couple, who moved to the United States a year ago, revealed their experiences of the British monarchy in an interview with TV host Oprah Winfrey.
Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex and the wife of British Prince Harry, said there were concerns about the darkness her son Archie’s skin would have before his birth and that those concerns explained why he was not given the title of prince.
Markle, whose mother is black and whose father is white, said she was naive before marrying the British royal family in 2018, but ended up having suicidal thoughts and considering self-harm after asking for help. but get none.
“They didn’t want me to be a prince or a princess, without knowing what the gender would be, that it would be different from the protocol and that I wouldn’t be safe,” Markle said in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, which aired on CBS Sunday afternoon in the United States, where she and Harry live.
“In those months when she was pregnant, at that same time, so we hold the thesis of,‘ You won’t be given security, you won’t be given a title ’and also worries and conversations about the darkness of her skin it can be when he is born ”.
She refused to say who had issued these concerns. Asked if she was silent or if she had been silenced, she replied, “The latter.”
The long-awaited interview takes place amid an acid dispute between Markle and Harry on the one hand and the British monarchy on the other.
The couple, who married in 2018, have left their royal roles and now live in California.
His critics accuse them of wanting all the glamor of their positions without the dedication it requires or the scrutiny it entails.
For her supporters, her treatment shows how an obsolete British institution has confronted a modern biracial woman with nuances of racism. This accusation is likely to gain momentum in light of Markle’s comments about his son.
There have also been allegations of intimidation against Markle that first appeared in The Times newspaper during the build-up to the interview.
Buckingham Palace, which did not comment on the interview, said in an unprecedented move that it would investigate the harassment claims and added that it was “very concerned”.
In response to the report, a Markle spokeswoman said she was “saddened by this latest attack on her character, especially as someone who has been targeted for intimidation.”
British Prince Harry and his wife, Markle, with their newborn son, Archie, at Windsor Castle. Markle says questions were asked about Archie’s skin color and that he was not given the title of prince. [File: Dominic Lipinski/ AFP]‘Crucial moment’
Markle said the people at the royal institution not only did not protect her from malicious claims, but lied to protect others.
“It was only once we were married and it all started to get really worse that I realized that not only were they not protecting me, but they were willing to lie to protect other family members,” Markle said.
“There’s the family and then there’s the people who run the institution. It’s two different things and it’s important to be able to compartmentalize it because the queen, for example, has always been wonderful to me.”
Markle denied a newspaper report that had made Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William’s wife before the wedding, cry, and said it was a turning point in her relations with the media.
“It was a turning point,” Markle said. When asked if he made Middleton cry, Markle replied, “The opposite happened.”
“A few days before the wedding, she (Kate) was upset about something, as for herself, the subject was right about the flower girl dresses, and it made me cry. And it really hurt my feelings.” , said Markle.
Markle told Winfrey that she had been naive before her wedding and did not realize what she was getting married to when she joined the British royal family.
“I’ll say I got into it naively because I didn’t grow up knowing much about the royal family,” Markle said.