In the course of their extensive interview with Oprah, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry unpacked the reasoning about their decision to retire from their duties as senior royals in January 2020.
In an additional unreported clip – exclusive to OprahMag.com – Meghan opens up about the invasion of privacy she experienced after dating, and then marrying Prince Harry. The couple eventually took legal action against these offenses and eventually won a privacy lawsuit against the country The Mail on Sunday, the publication that published a letter she wrote in 2021 to her father, Thomas Markle.
WWhile talking to Meghan, Oprah posed a question that many asked in response to Meghan and Harry’s requests for privacy: do not expect to lose a certain amount of privacy if you go with a royal not? In the clip below, Meghan replied, ‘I think everyone has a basic right to privacy. Basic. We are not talking about something that someone else would not expect. ‘
She illustrated her definition of a “basic right to privacy” by using an example based on daily life.
“If you’re at work and you have a picture of your child on your desk, and your colleague says: ‘Oh woe, your child is so cute. This is fantastic! Can I see your phone so I can see everyone the photos of your child? “You’re going,” no. It ” is the picture I can comfortably share with you, ” Meghan said.
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Meghan further compared the analog to indicate how long photographers had to invade her own privacy. “And then when they double down and say, ‘ ‘No, but you showed me all that one. So you have to show me everything. You know what, I’m going to hire someone to sit in front of your house or hide in the woods and take pictures in your backyard because you lost your right to privacy … because you shared one image with me , ‘”she said.
Ultimately, Meghan said, she and Harry did not ask for complete privacy, and they did not exclude themselves from their roles as public figures, as some claimed. ‘They created a false story never talked about privacy, ”Meghan said.
Instead, she said, the couple just asked to share the ‘parts of their lives’ to which they were ‘comfortable’ giving the public access – just like the rest of us.
“There’s no one on Instagram or on social media who would say, ‘Because I shared this one picture, it gives you the right to let my whole camera roll. Go ahead and look through it.’ “Nobody will want it. So it’s about boundaries. And it’s about respect.”
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