MONTECITO, California (AP) – The latest on Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Meghan and Harry, the first since she left royal life:
6:20 p.m.
Meghan and Harry say their second child is a girl.
The two made the revelation in their interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Sunday night, a rare positive moment in a conversation that focused primarily on their struggles within the royal family.
Her first child, son Archie, turns 2 in May.
Harry said “to have a boy and then a girl, what more could you ask for? But now we have our family. We have our two dogs. ”
Harry, dressed in a gray suit while sitting next to his wife at a distance from Winfrey, joined the interview after Meghan spoke alone with Winfrey.
He refused to blind the queen with the news that he and Meghan were no longer fulfilling their royal duties, saying that he was preceded by several conversations.
“I’ve never blinded my grandmother,” Harry said. “I have too much respect for him.”
However, he said his father, Prince Charles, has stopped receiving his calls.
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18:05 h
Meghan Markle told Oprah Winfrey that she had suicidal thoughts after marrying Prince Harry, and that the palace prevented her from getting help.
Meghan told Winfrey in the interview aired Sunday night that she “just didn’t see a solution” to the mental suffering she had experienced since joining the royal family and told Harry that “already I didn’t want to be alive. ”
He said he had gone to look for a member of the royal staff and said he needed help with his mental health, but was told it would be bad for the family if he did.
She described the moment as a breaking point that drove her and Harry set aside his royal duties.
Meghan said she “had no intention of saying anything shocking” during the interview, “I’m just telling you what happened.”
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17.45 h
Meghan Markle told Oprah Winfrey that she realized shortly after marrying Prince Harry that the institution of the royal family would not protect her.
In her recorded Sunday night interview, Meghan told Winfrey that “not only were they not protecting me, 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. ”He gave no concrete examples.
She said that when she was pregnant with her son Archie, there were “worries and conversations about the darkness her skin might have when she was born.” The statement led Winfrey to ask “What,” in disbelief and to sit in silence for a moment.
Meghan refused to say who held this conversation with Harry who passed it on to her, saying revealing her name would be “very harmful”.
Meghan also said she was surprised when she was told she would not be a prince and would not receive security from the palace.
Meghan said she didn’t care about being a divorced, mixed-race American actress entering the British royal family, but later “thought about it because they made me think about it.”
Meghan said it was not the members of the royal family themselves who treated her in this way, but the people behind the institution.
He stressed that the queen herself “has always been wonderful to me.”
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5:15 p.m.
Meghan Markle told Oprah Winfrey that she didn’t “fully understand the job” when she married Prince Harry.
The long-awaited two-hour recorded interview of Winfrey 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, with Meghan saying that “there was no way to understand what day-to-day life would be like.
“That’s what was really complicated in the last few years, when perception and reality are two very different things,” Meghan said. “And you’re judged by perception, but you’re living the reality.”
Meghan also revealed that she and Harry were technically married a few days before the ceremony watched by the world.
After a brief introduction with Winfrey narrating the couple’s wedding story and the next announcement that they would leave their royal duties, Meghan entered the garden of the interview garden.
“You really have a baby!” Winfrey screamed when she saw Meghan’s baby lying under her empire black dress.
Meghan said she would reveal the sex of the baby later in the interview when Harry joined them.
Winfrey and Meghan said they were at a Winfrey friend’s house because they liked the surroundings.
They clarified that there would be no off-limits questions and that Meghan and Harry would not be remunerated for the interview.