Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's highly-anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey reportedly cost millions for CBS. "There is no question they went to California with the good wishes of the Queen and her family. "I couldn't be left alone.". Meghan told Oprah that her regret was believing that the royal family would protect her, something she said would have made all the difference. 3,200 migrant children stuck in Border Patrol custody, Meghan's dad says he's apologized to duchess "at least 100 times", Derek Chauvin trial jury selection slated to start after delay, Here's what the CDC says fully vaccinated people can do, Tokyo Olympics to go ahead, but no foreign fans allowed, South Dakota lawmakers delay attorney general's impeachment, Rare meteorite found in U.K. may contain "building blocks of life", South Dakota gov. "What has [the interview] achieved, apart from saying stuff that can't be undone? More portions of the interview aired on Monday exclusively on "CBS This Morning.". A rift between Prince Harry and his father so deep that Harry said his father at one point "stopped taking my calls." ", He added: "There were some real obvious signs, before we even got married, that this was going to be really hard.". ", Meghan nodded and said "so, um" and Oprah said "hold up there is a conversation," with Meghan interjecting "there were several conversations" and "with Harry. Past and present employees are to be invited to speak in confidence about their experiences of working for the duchess, after it was alleged she drove out two personal assistants and that staff were "humiliated" on several occasions. CBS Presents Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A Primetime Special will be broadcast on Sunday 7 March. "Meghan Markle is a private citizen and so is Harry at this point. The testing times experienced by so many have led to a deeper appreciation of the mutual support and spiritual sustenance we enjoy by being connected to others.". Their job was to ensure that by breakfast time, the Queen, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge were up to speed with the devastating claims made by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to Oprah Winfrey, and to present options on how to respond. The Queen is busy, she's busy all week'. "They tend to treat these family matters privately - not to do it all over the airwaves.". Earlier on Monday, Boris Johnson refused to comment on the allegations: Buckingham Palace has yet to respond to claims made by the Sussexes in the interview. In lengthy comments Mrs Clinton said: "It was just heartbreaking that this incredibly accomplished woman, Meghan Markle, who falls in love with Prince Harry, was not fully embraced by not just the so-called Firm - the name for the permanent bureaucracy that surrounds the Royal family - but by the media in the UK. ", Harry replied: "She'd just invited me. Are there more bombshells to come from still-unseen portions of the Harry and Meghan interview? ', "I will probably have a conversation with them later on today. Now we've got our family, we got the four of us and our two dogs. She mentioned being worried about safe Archie would be, especially given her treatment in the tabloids. In her interview with talk show host Oprah Winfrey, the Duchess said the wedding at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle on May 19, 2018 was a "spectacle for the world". The Duchess described Harry cradling her and looking back on an event where he gripped her tightly by the hand to protect her. Watch the video below for Rozina's full analysis. "It was really hard to see those as compartmentalized conversations," Meghan said. If they had protected us, "we wouldn't have left," Harry said. Oprah asked if she googled it, but Meghan laughed "we were in the car." Oprah told CBS This Morning that the Duke had wanted to make clear that neither his grandmother nor grandfather were involved in "those conversations". But she added that the wider Palace institution denied her access to mental health help. "For my perspective, all I needed was enough money to pay for security to keep my family safe," he said. Misan Harriman, a friend of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and who has photographed them, has congratulated them on the news that they are expecting a baby girl. The Sussexes' decision to stand down as senior members of the royal family was always going to cause a great deal of upset. She safely delivered Archie during a period of time that was so cruel, so mean.". Williams added that she knows "first hand the sexism and racism institutions and the media use to vilify women and people of colour". He said it was "basically saying 'please pass on to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex that he cannot come to Norfolk. As devastating accusations of racism played out in public after Harry and Meghan’s interview, the family held grimly to trusted PR strategy, Gordon Rayner writes. ", Winfrey asks if Meghan's story with a prince "does have a happy ending". "They don't have a voice. They said they would have stayed had they gotten support from the royal family. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. She said in fact the "reverse happened" and the Duchess of Cambridge made her cry. Deals have been struck in more than 17 countries across the world for the rights to screen Oprah's interview, according to BBC News. The Duchess of Sussex claimed during her interview with Oprah Winfrey that the Duchess of Cambridge made her cry during wedding planning - not the other way round as had been reported, writes Josie Ensor. Credit: CBS It was billed as “Oprah with Meghan and Harry” but as the two clips show - the prince appears to be the main attraction. The Duke and Duchess revealed Hollywood mogul Tyler Perry provided a home and security for the couple when they moved from Canada to the US. He added that it happened "right at the beginning" of their relationship. Harry and Meghan were going to lunch at the royal lodge - where Andrew, Fergie, Eugenie and Beatrice live - and Meghan says the Queen made an … What wonderful news to celebrate on International Women’s Day! The sum was invested and gathered substantial interest, so Prince Harry inherited around £10 million on his 30th birthday. In a previously unseen clip from the bombshell interview which aired on CBS this morning, the Duke and Duchess discuss racism in the UK in greater detail. The Duchess, 39, said in the extraordinarily candid interview that the “stress and isolation” drove her to contemplate taking her own life while pregnant with son Archie. It is understood that palace officials have prepared a statement but the Queen had not signed off on it on Monday night as she wanted more time to consider it. Oprah With Meghan And Harry: A CBS Primetime Special, is a two-hour televised event and the first sit-down interview with the couple since their BBC engagement interview in November 2017. On Sunday, two 30-second excerpts from the sit-down Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special, were released. The Queen stepped in ahead of Prince George's birth to issue a Letters Patent to ensure all the Cambridges' children, not just George, would have fitting titles. She also expressed gratitude that she hadn't researched the family more as it helped her get rid of nerves before her first interactions with the Queen and other members of the royal family. "The most shocking moment came when the Duchess confessed to having had suicidal thoughts and not wanting to go on in the face of relentless media scrutiny. "I never blindsided my grandmother," Harry said. Oprah With Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special promises to be … Prince Harry adds that he will always love his father but "there's a lot of hurt that's happened". Prince Harry revealed that his father Prince Charles stopped taking his calls while discussions about the couple's future role were ongoing. The two-hour blockbuster will be broadcast by ITV and on ITV hub on Monday at 9pm. Have a look back at her greatest TV moments here. For a monarch determined to slim down and modernise the Royal family for the 21st century, the Queen’s decision not to give her great-grandson Archie the title of prince made perfect sense. After being rebuffed, Meghan said she reached out to one of Princess Diana's best friends, but continued to have those thoughts, which she called a breaking point. Despite the explosive nature of the revelations made to Ms Winfrey, the Sussexes consider the interview their last word on the subject and want to move on. He is asked whether this has damaged the UK and, the Queen aside, he believes the Royal Family is racist. Meghan also suggested that the decision was taken because of Archie's race. Earlier today, sources within both the Church of England and those working for the Sussexes moved to clarify that the vows presided over by the Most Rev Justin Welby in the garden did not constitute a legal marriage. He offers a glimpse of their most trying moments in London, describing how his wife would sometimes cry while breastfeeding their son. The Duchess opens the interview by invoking the infamous interview done by Diana, Princess of Wales in 1995. Contrary to reports that the Duchess of Sussex made the Duchess of Cambridge cry at her wedding rehearsal, Meghan says the "reverse" was true. Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, was asked if Joe Biden had watched the interview, and what he thought about "the racism they [the Duke and Duchess] felt.". Winfrey pressed Harry to disclose the content of a conversation Meghan referred to earlier in the interview about Archie's skin tone. The two-hour Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special pulled in 2.6 rating among adults 18-49 and 17.1 million viewers for the network in early numbers. If you're just waking up, our video team have this clip of highlights for you from the extraordinary two-hour interview of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's claims. Gripping Meghan's hand, he said: "Their justification was a change in status. However, Meghan said that she did not receive royal training, and was instead up late and night googling protocols like the national anthem to prevent embarrassment. "She teaches me every day what it means to be truly noble. "It was very clear they would remain as very close members of the family.". Oprah asked. The Duchess of Sussex said she felt so low at one point that she told the Duke of Sussex that she could not be left alone because she was afraid she might harm herself. Here's what we've learnt from the interview so far: Meghan revealed that, the first time she met the Queen, Prince Harry asked her if she knew how to curtsey. The princes were left about £6.5 million each when their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, died 23 years ago. Harry added: "The biggest concern was while we were in Canada, in someone else's house, I then got told, short notice, that security was going to be removed. Kate, following protocol, felt that they should. “I’m acutely aware of where my family stand and how acutely scared they are of the tabloids turning on them,” he told Oprah. The Duchess grew tearful as she told Oprah: "I was really ashamed to say it at the time, and ashamed to have to admit it, to Harry especially, because I know how much loss he suffered. One source told The Times: “The institution just protected Meghan constantly. He said: "I certainly recall at the time of the wedding when I was working as a commentator - and the overwhelming sense of welcome for Meghan and for their marriage, "That was both evident in the press and the reaction of the public - and I don't think there's a strand of racism in that within the Royal household at all.". "When it comes to matters to do with the Royal Family, the right thing for Prime Ministers to say is nothing, and nothing is the thing that I propose to say today about that particular matter.". The TV star also discussed Harry's relationship with the Prince of Wales and said: "I was surprised he was open and vulnerable because we could feel his pain when he was speaking about his father. Congratulations my friends, and welcome to the #girldad club H ❤️#internationalwomensday #womenshistorymonth #remoteshoot #shotonipad #shotbymisan #itsagirl pic.twitter.com/OONzZrBBYK. She clarified: "I was surprised that they were telling me about it" rather than shocked that the conversations on race had taken place. Harry said his relationship with Charles has not been repaired, The front pages of some British newspapers this morning, Harry claims his father stopped answering the phone to him, The couple stepped back from royal life in 2020, The couple announced they were expecting a second child in February, Meghan says she was told Archie would not get a title or security, The Duchesses of Sussex and Cambridge at Wimbledon in 2018, Rumours in the press suggested that Meghan and Kate did not get on, On the balcony of Buckingham Palace in 2018, The couple announcing their engagement in 2017, Clinton accused the British press of "cruelty", Harry and Meghan pictured with Jacinda Ardern on their visit to New Zealand in October 2018, Princess Diana and Prince Harry at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in 1994, Meghan and Archie pictured on the beach in California, The Duchess of Cambridge and Meghan Markle pictured during Trooping the Colour 2018, Harry and Meghan walk down the west steps of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle after their public wedding ceremony in May 2018, I certainly recall at the time of the wedding when I was working as a commentator - and the overwhelming sense of welcome for Meghan and for their marriage, The couple said this is 'just the beginning' for us. Appearing on CBS This Morning, Oprah Winfrey said her two biggest surprises during the interview came when the Duchess discussed her suicidal thoughts and the conversations about Archie's skin colour, writes Rozina Sabur in Washington. After Meghan described the conversations about how Archie would not be given the title of prince and how he wouldn't have security, Meghan said there were discussions while she was pregnant about "how dark" Archie's skin color would be. The Duke and Duchess’s “secret wedding” was an exchange of vows, and not a legal ceremony as they claimed. "That was relayed to me from Harry," she said. "Meghan Markle, my selfless friend, lives her life - and leads by example - with empathy and compassion," she wrote on Twitter. Laurence Dodds has more on the life described by Meghan as "greater than any fairytale you've ever read". "They don't get to leave," he says, adding he has "huge compassion for that". These were some of the shocking details described by Harry and Meghan in an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey, the first they have given since they stepped away from official royal duties last year. He claims the Daily Mail told the world about their location. ", He said he does not think Harry will regret doing the interview, adding: "Obviously something needed to be said.". The Duchess said she entered the Royal family "naively", but had since become aware of Diana's "famous" tell-all interview with Martin Bashir. Oprah finished the question by saying "about how dark your baby is going to be?". But why give this deeply destructive interview now when Prince Philip, within three months of his century, is in hospital and the Queen waits at Windsor for her “liege man of life and limb” who has been by her side for 73 years? Asking whether the couple have watched The Crown, Harry replied: "I've watched some of it. Since leaving the UK last year, the pair have signed lucrative deals - thought to be worth well over £100 million - with Spotify and Netflix to give them the capital to pursue their new lifestyle and public goals. He said that any racism that existed was on social media. "I feel really let down" by him, he said, "because he's been through something similar", adding "Archie is his grandson.". I know that's a loaded question. "I think specifically what emerged was his anger about his father," she said. But Archie was not entitled to be a prince because of rules set down by King George V more than 100 years ago. She claimed that Samantha only changed her surname back to Markle when she began dating Harry. When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex left Britain last March it was the Duchess of Cornwall who pointedly commented: “Our loss is America’s gain”, recalls Katie Nicholl. The Prince said the turning point for the couple came after their tour of Australia. But after the wedding, things got worse, the Duchess says. However she employs a favoured phrase, adding: "We've actually not just survived but are thriving" calling it a "miracle". ", Harry replied: “Yeah, basically. And we've begun. The Duchess says her one regret was "believing them when they said I would be protected". “They didn't want him to be a prince,” the Duchess told Oprah Winfrey, “which would be different from protocol ... we have in tandem the conversation of, ‘He won't be given security. Prince Harry and his pregnant wife Meghan Markle joined Oprah for CBS interview airing on CBS on March 7 Royals are warned to 'hide behind the sofa' … Prince Harry said he still felt compassion for his father and brother because they are also "trapped". "And that's certainly something the president believes. The incident was first reported in The Telegraph which claimed that there had been a “row” over whether the young bridesmaids should wear tights for the Sussexes' wedding in 2018. Having reflected on the astonishing interview, here is our Associate Editor Camilla Tominey's take on the revelations, the Sussexes and where they and the Royal family go from here. To people who would say they were "money-grubbing royals," he said "first off, this was never our intention.". Prince Harry has joined his wife and Oprah for the second part of the interview and the couple reveal they are expecting a baby girl. It's almost time to watch Oprah Winfrey's interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. I am so proud of my wife. The interview ends with the Duchess declaring: "It is in some ways just the beginning for us. "To have any child, any one or any two, would have been amazing. He said that despite being "trapped", he "didn't see a way out" or realise he was trapped until he met Meghan. Meghan said the two were married in a private ceremony without family, with only the Archbishop of Canterbury. ", In January 2020, Prince Harry and Meghan announced plans to step back as senior members of the Royal family. But the extent of that rift was underlined when Harry disclosed his father, the Prince of Wales, stopped taking his phone calls during the build-up to the announcement that he and Meghan were leaving the royal family. "But they weren't willing to tell the truth to protect me and my husband.". The Duchess said she and Harry then practiced her curtsey before meeting the Queen. Meghan revealed the first time she met the Queen, Prince Harry asked her if she knew how to curtesy. Billed as Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special, the clips bowed during the Eye network’s 60 Minutes newsmagazine. Prince Harry hopes that the brothers can present a united front at Kensington Palace on July 1, which would have been the Princess’s 60th birthday, in an attempt to move past their rift. The interview begins with the Duchess of Sussex invoking the famous BBC interview with Princess Diana in 1995. "I just wanted to make them proud," said Meghan. Asked if his father, the Prince of Wales, thinks it is a "toxic environment", Harry said: "I think he's had to make peace with it.". On one of the most extraordinary days in the recent history of the Royal family, allegations by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have shocked the Palace and the world. The programme, their first major television interview since stepping down as … ", Meghan said she had said to her father: "'I just need you to tell me and if you tell me the truth we can help'. "To have any child, any one or any two, would have been amazing. What time and TV channel is Harry and Meghan's Oprah interview on? He sighed, he did a leg judder, he did a tongue poke. According to Meghan, her mother even asked if her late mother-in-law, Diana, had done an exclusive interview. But to have a boy and then a girl, I mean what more can you ask for? ", Winfrey added: "It was filmed at a friend's house, I'm not going to disclose the friend, I don't want people going to try to find the friend, I have friends.". "I look at Archie, I think about this child, and I genuinely can't imagine doing anything to intentionally cause pain to my child. The interview also revealed how Meghan felt suicidal while working as a senior member of the Royal family. Royal watchers will be waiting with baited breath, given the dramatic nature of the first instalment. He said his father is now taking his calls, but "there's a lot to work through there. Oprah Winfrey asked in the televised tell-all: "Do you think it's because of his race? "I thought, this is your grandmother. Meghan said "there wasn't a lot of anxiety about meeting the queen," but she said Harry asked her in the car on the way there "do you know how to curtsy?". we've actually not just survived but are thriving" calling it a miracle". He said "the moment we landed in the UK" he got a message from his private secretary at the time, passing on a message from the Queen's private secretary. Harry said the Queen had told him to come and see her there after he and Meghan arrived back in the UK from Canada. ", "Apparently I did a very deep courtesy — I don't remember it," Meghan said. The special will be broadcast on Sunday, March 7. And then he said, can you put this all in writing? "We have also taken encouragement from remarkable advances in developing new vaccines and treatments. They told how Perry provided them with security after their UK tax payer-funded protection was removed. Read more: The Royals’ case for the defence. The Queen and Prince Philip have been ruled out after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex claimed a senior member of the Royal family made racist comments about their unborn son. I said I completely disagree but unfortunately if the source of information is inherently corrupt or biased then that filters out into society. "But they weren't willing to tell the truth to protect me and my husband.". Meghan's revelation that the Duchess of Cambridge previously made her cry is unlikely to be well received at the palace, given the long-standing tradition that disputes are not aired publicly. Harry said his first thought was "amazing" when he discovered they were having a girl, adding: "Just grateful. Asked why Prince Charles had stopped taking his calls, Prince Harry said: "By that point I took matters into my own hands, it was like, I needed to do this for my family. Whether you watched it live, have been keeping abreast of the bombshell claims in our live blog or you are waiting for the re-run tonight - you can have your say now. “I was ashamed to have to admit it to Harry, especially, because I know how much loss he’s suffered,” she said. Video: CBS. The Duchess of Sussex said she knows the gender of her baby and it will be revealed later on during the interview, which was filmed at a friend's house. According to Meghan, she went to the "Institution," meaning several senior officials, to receive help for her suicidal thoughts, or to be checked into a hospital, but she was told it wouldn't be good for optics. "As I've said before, I love William to bits — he's my brother and we've been through hell together and we have a shared experience but we're on different paths," Harry said. Following controversy over the roles and publicly funded privilege of minor members of The Firm, the Queen and the Prince of Wales had already decided to shift the focus to Her Majesty and just six others. It's really sad that it's got to this point, but I've got to do something for my own mental health, my wife's and for Archie's as well.". He said he will "always be there for him (William), and I will always be there for my family and as I've said I've tried to help them to see what has happened". Clearly emotional, the Duchess said her life in the palace was an example of why people should be kind, since you never know what people are going through "behind closed doors.". Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie's security is no longer paid for by the taxpayer. Meghan said it was important to make a distinction between some members of the royal family and the administration that runs the family. Instead, the “marriage” was merely a personal and private exchange of vows between the couple. Meghan revealed that three days before her televised "Royal Wedding," she and Prince Harry got married in a secret ceremony. Harry said she did not receive any support from the royal family over her mental health, saying, "it was not a conversation to be had.". The interview ended with the Duchess declaring: ", Harry said 'I love my brother to bits' but their relationship had been tested, would "feel very angry with how this has panned out and very sad. A post shared by O, The Oprah Magazine (@oprahmagazine). And then – nothing. CBS expects a huge audience to tune in Sunday evening to watch the network’s exclusive interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle—and the network is … "She's a good person," the Duchess added. The Duchess said she reached "a breaking point" where she came to find her life unsurvivable and began to have suicidal thoughts. She accused the British media of "outrageous cruelty" and criticised the Royal family for not protecting the Duchess. We've watched some of it. Oprah Winfrey's explosive interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle drew a huge audience to CBS on Sunday, attracting more than 17.18 million viewers during the two-hour broadcast. However, he says he did not blindside the "Firm" but continually discussed his plans with multiple people, including the Queen. Mr Anson said: "I think the Palace's instinct will reflect how the Queen has carried her role in last 69 years. I've tried to … I've tried to educate them through the process that they've been educated.". Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, told Oprah Winfrey about their exit from the royal family in an exclusive interview on CBS. You can follow the reaction on Tuesday in our live blog here. What? It’s the fairytale that every girl of my generation grew up with: the prince falling for the cool, independent ‘just like us’ woman in jeans, and then going on to marry her against all the odds, writes Radhika Sanghani. Second, the furore over allegations of bullying made against the duchess by former royal staff. ", Asked if they were "done" with two children, Prince Harry said "done" and the Duchess said: "Two is it.". Harry said: "That conversion, I am never going to share. Megan Markle said in a blockbuster interview that The Duchess of Cambridge made her cry during a discussion about the bridesmaid outfit that her daughter, Princess Charlotte, would wear.