MONTECITO, California (AP) – The latest on Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Meghan and Harry, their first since leaving the royal life:
18:20
Meghan and Harry say that 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 was mostly devoted to their struggle within the royal family.
Their first child, son Archie, will be born in May 2.
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 four and our two dogs. ”
Harry, wearing a gray suit while sitting next to his wife at a distance from Winfrey, joined the interview after Meghan spoke to Winfrey alone.
He denied that he had blinded the queen by the news that he and Meghan would step down from their royal duties, saying that this was preceded by several talks.
“I’ve never blinded my grandmother,” Harry said. “I have too much respect for her.”
However, he said his father, Prince Charles, was no longer calling.
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18:05
Meghan Markle told Oprah Winfrey that she had suicidal thoughts after marrying Prince Harry, and the palace prevented her from getting help.
In an interview with Winfrey on Sunday night, Meghan said she “just saw no solution” to the mental suffering she had experienced since joining the royal family, and that she had told Harry that she “no longer wanted to live. not.’
She said she went to a senior royal staff member and said she needed help with her mental health, but was told it would be bad for the family if she did.
She describes the moment as a breaking point that causes her and Harry to step down from their royal duties.
Meghan said she “did not intend to say anything shocking” during the interview. I’m just telling you what happened. ‘
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17:45
Meghan Markle told Oprah Winfrey that she realized shortly after the marriage of Prince Harry that the institution of the royal family would not protect her.
In their pre-recorded interview Sunday night, Meghan told Winfrey that “not only are I not protected, but that they are willing to lie to protect other members of the family, but that they are not willing to tell the truth. to protect me and my husband. ”She did not give specific examples.
She said when she first became pregnant with Archie’s son, there were “concerns and conversations about how dark his skin could be when he was born.” The statement led Winfrey to ask incredible ‘What’ and to sit in silence for a moment.
Meghan declined to say who had the conversation with Harry that he passed on to her, saying the disclosure of their name would be ‘very damaging’.
Meghan also said she was stunned when she was told he would not be a prince and that he would not receive security from the palace.
Meghan said she did not worry about being a divorced American mixed actress entering the British royal family, but later she ‘thought about it because they made me think about it.’
Meghan said it was not so much the royal family members themselves who treated her that way, but the people behind the institution.
She emphasized that the queen ‘was always wonderful to me’.
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17:15
Meghan Markle told Oprah Winfrey that she did not “fully understand what the job is” when she married Prince Harry.
Winfrey’s highly anticipated two-hour pre-recorded interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex aired Sunday night on CBS in the US, with Meghan sitting alone with Winfrey.
The two talked about the early days before the royal wedding, with Meghan saying, “there was no way to understand what the day-to-day would be like.
“That’s what’s been difficult over the last few years, because perception and reality are two different things,” Meghan said. “And you are judged according to perception, but you live out the reality of it.”
Meghan also revealed that she and Harry were technically married a few days before the ceremony that the world was watching.
After a brief introduction with Winfrey telling of the couple’s wedding and the subsequent announcement that they would retire from their royal duties, Meghan entered the backyard in the backyard.
“You really have a baby!” Winfrey screamed when she saw Meghan’s baby bump under her black empire-style dress.
Meghan said she would reveal the gender of the baby later in the interview when Harry joins them.
Winfrey and Meghan said they were staying at a friend of Winfrey’s because they liked the area.
They explained that no questions would be out of bounds and that Meghan and Harry would not be paid for the interview.