Buckinghan Palace has issued a statement on behalf on the Queen following an explosive interview by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex with Oprah Winfrey.
The statement said: “The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan.
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“The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning. Whilst some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately.
“Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be much loved family members.”
In the interview Meghan Markle claimed that she had been denied help by the royal family while suffering from suicidal thoughts, and also alleged that members of the monarchy had expressed concern about ‘how dark’ her then-unborn son’s skin would be.
She and Harry also shared some happy news and announced that their second child, due in the summer, will be a baby girl.
MSN reports: The interview was aired on Sunday night to US audiences, before being shown in the UK on Monday evening.
During the candid conversation, Meghan suggested her son was not made a prince because of his race – although rules set by George V meant he was not entitled to be one.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the allegations made by the duchess must be taken seriously.
He said: “Nobody, but nobody, should be prejudiced (against) because of the colour of their skin or because of their mental health issues.”
Harry also said it “hurts” that none of his relatives spoke out in support of Meghan following the racism he said she faced in the media.
Meanwhile in the US, where race is recognised to be a big issue, former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton backed Meghan.
In a clip shown on BBC Breakfast, she said: “This young woman was not about to keep her head down, you know, this is 2021.”
The duchess also spoke about having suicidal thoughts but said her approaches to the monarchy for help were turned down.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki praised Harry and Meghan’s courage when asked if US President Joe Biden had watched the interview.
Ms Psaki told journalists on Monday: “For anyone to come forward and speak about their own struggles with mental health and tell their own personal story, that takes courage.
“That’s certainly something the president believes.”
Meanwhile, Meghan’s estranged father, Thomas Markle, has spoken of his “great respect” for the royals, adding: “I don’t think the British royal family are racist at all.”
Mr Markle told ITV’s Good Morning Britain that “yes, a racist comment should be investigated” but said he hoped the comment on skin tone was “just a dumb question”.
He said: “It could just be that simple, it could be somebody asked a stupid question, rather than being a total racist.”
Winfrey asked Meghan of Archie’s lack of title: “Do you think it’s because of his race? I know that’s a loaded question.”
Meghan replied: “I can give you an honest answer. In those months when I was pregnant, all around this same time, so we (had) the conversation of he won’t be given security, he’s not going to be given a title.
“And also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he’s born.”
The chat show host was told it had been raised by a member of the royal family with Harry, but the couple did not reveal who.
Royal biographer Andrew Morton said the fallout from the interview will “shudder down through the generations in the same way that Diana’s did”.
In her now infamous Panorama interview in 1995, Harry’s mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, called royal officials “the enemy” and questioned Charles’s suitability to be king.
Life behind palace doors has not been exposed to this degree since the days of the “War of the Waleses”, when the turmoil of Charles and Diana’s disintegrating marriage was laid bare in the 1990s.
The interview was watched by more than 11 million people on ITV, according to the head of home news at the broadcaster.
Commenting on a tweet from Variety, Matt Williams wrote: “Over 11 million people watched the Oprah iv with Meghan and Harry on @ITV last night. There was a peak of over 12 million.”
It is a year on Tuesday since Meghan and Harry carried out their final official public engagement as senior working royals, attending the Commonwealth Day service in Westminster Abbey.
Other revelations included Harry’s admission that he has become estranged from his father, saying: “I feel really let down”, but added that he would make it one of his priorities “to try and heal that relationship”.
Meghan said the Duchess of Cambridge had made her cry ahead of her wedding – the opposite of reports circulating ahead of the Sussexes’ nuptials that Meghan left Kate in tears at Princess Charlotte’s bridesmaid dress fitting.
In a lighter moment, the couple, who announced in February that they are expecting their second child, said they are due to have a baby girl in the summer.
Commenting on her mental health crisis, when she felt she did not “want to be alive anymore”, the duchess said: “I went to the institution, and I said that I needed to go somewhere to get help. I said that I’ve never felt this way before, and I need to go somewhere.
“And I was told that I couldn’t, that it wouldn’t be good for the institution.”
Meghan described how nothing was done when she contacted other unnamed individuals and she “had to find a solution”.
When Winfrey suggested if the answer was “I don’t want to be alive anymore,” Meghan replied: “Well, I thought it would have solved everything for everyone, right?”
Harry was equally cutting about the financial support he received from his family, saying they “literally cut me off financially” in the first quarter of 2020, and he went for the Netflix and Spotify deals to pay for his security.
He said he had what Diana left him and “without that we would not have been able to do this”.
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Obama killed millions if middle easterners He dropped thousands if bombs over his entire 8 years MSM kept it quiet. He subjected the whole world to AUTOCRACY by declaring ” the Pope is the Moral AUTHORITY for rule I’d law ” Thereby saying the bombings came from the Pope. That he was the Popes Instrument
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Great !
I’ll sue You as I laughed so hard that fell of my chair !
Gut laughs are in short supply these days.
Agreed .
People laugh at serious things Its not funny And your laughter is incriminating of you
It’s not funny Not really Humour is used to deceive people into accepting evil.
You take jokes too seriously !
Relax, take it easy, Boy !
London Knights #1, 2 minutes elbowing, game misconduct. Time of the penalty, 11:11.
Ypur confusing the City of London with the Queen She is not Queen if the Cuty at all Its not her territory Its an INDEPENDENT CITY STATE that USES England and the english as its HUMAN SHIELDS and Defense .It doesn’t pay taxes to fund the military The Queen has to ask PERMISSION of the Mayor to enter THEIR City .
God Save the Queen !
For what ? To protect Andrew To let Ghislane sit on the throne again?
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Don’t even try to understand. Most of his/her comments are nonsensical.
Thx !
They are conditioning the world to accept the upcoming white Christian slaughter. Trying to get people to accept the slaughter. kind of what the central banks did with the Jews. conditioned people to accept that the Jews brought this on to themselves. watch out. genocide is coming.
That made my blood turn a little chilly. Id be curious to see which demographs are getting the vaxes first. Id say White Christians/Catholics are going to be at the head of the trough. But, yessir, you are correct. We can expect more movies about Rwanda just to drive the point home.
i think i gave you this already, but here is a dot to connect.
Deagel(dot)com back slash forecast hover your mouse over the forecasted populations of all the countries. note which ones stay level and which ones drop dramatically. then research what Deagel is all about.
Didn’t the old man Deagle just die yesterday also?
I don’t know.
No Israrl.has the highest vaccination rate on earth with 56 % vaccinated And Israel’s government are invoking vaccine passports as compulsory The israelis are being pushed onto the train first .
yes Israels population will decrease as well.
No they didnt Your confusing tiny few people with a whole race Your confusing a class based war with a racial war .
They don’t want to kill all the pesants do they? I think they still need some children for prey and adrenochrome
They need slaves to do the work, parasites never work. To grow their fine beef and non-gmo crops, while the peasants eat lab grown meat and gmo corn. Someone has to clean their toilets.
and insects
Bleeding Opah stirring the pot for as much money as she can get again. Who cares about ex royals Harry and Meg anyway I didnt watch. Inane crap .
given that Harry has no skin pigment, i’m guessing they were hoping the kid would have at least some skin pigment
Oprah – Harpo backwards. Another mtf. All the world’s a stage folks…don’t fall for it.
The “Royal family” they are just the top of the line criminal monsters who got the world sunken in this mess and now with the help of their pawns
the twisted Mrs. Oprah a girl hunter for feeding sex predators are playing the victims this is just awfully outrageous.
Okra the Obese trying to stay relevant by interviewing a duck and duck-ess that are about as irrelevant to Americans as the price of bat soup in China.
Who cares about this stinking family, we fought a war to get away from these scumbags and their so called royalty , Pay attention to what is really important people, this is but another distraction.
As long as they stay away from Dr Seuss, they’re ok.