Paula Lugones
03/08/2021 12:28 AM
Clarín.com
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Updated 03/08/2021 12:28 AM
Amid huge global anticipation - and deep
nervousness from the British royal family
- the resigning Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle appeared Sunday night in an interview with American star Oprah Winfrey.
Meghan denounced that there was
a Buckingham Palace campaign against her
, that they were concerned
about the skin color
her son would have and that she reached
the point of wanting to take her own life
.
"I didn't want to live anymore," he said.
Meanwhile, the son of Princess Diana -who lived harassed by Buckingham Palace, divorced and died persecuted in 1997 by the paparazzi-, justified the reasons that led the couple to abandon their royal obligations just over a year ago :
"My biggest concern was that history would repeat itself," he said
.
Millions of people tuned in on Sunday at 8 pm (22 in Argentina) on the primetime television show Oprah, which had
the exclusive dialogue of the couple
who left the duties of British royalty a little more than a year ago and then From a period in Canada, he settled in Montecito, a small town in Southern California.
The interview began with a compilation of the royal wedding and a
voiceover
that told that the wedding had been seen by 2 billion people.
And that, suddenly, that character as popular as Meghan had become a "villain" by a smear campaign of
the Royal House, which let the press transcend that she was selfish, ambitious
and even made Princess Kate cry Middleton, his sister-in-law and wife of Prince William.
The interview was
in the home of the Dukes of Sussex
in a bucolic landscape, in the middle of a well-kept garden.
It started first with Meghan, who wore a long black dress with white flowers on the chest, which barely disguised the pregnancy of her second child.
Then Harry joined in, wearing a light gray jacket and white shirt.
From time to time other parts of the interview were previously recorded in other parts of the house where aspects of his new life were highlighted.
They have a chicken coop, rescued dogs
and a place where the couple, Meghan said, found "peace."
Meghan, a 39-year-old American actress of mixed race (her mother is African American), said that she had met Queen Elizabeth one day without warning, when she was arriving at Windsor Palace after a mass.
Harry said, "Do you know the protocol?"
She said that she thought that was for the public, but understood that it was also for the family because
she was not a grandmother like everyone else
.
Meghan repeatedly
referred to the royal family as "the Firm" or "the Institution"
an internal nickname she used when accusing her of telling "falsehoods" about the couple.
For example, she said there was news that she had made Kate, her sister-in-law, cry over
an alleged flower dress
.
"It was the other way around,
she made me cry
," Meghan said.
"It was very difficult to be accused for something that not only did I not do, but they did to me," he added.
"The entire Institution knew and nobody did anything."
That, for her, was a turning point.
In addition,
Meghan denounced racism in the crown
, especially when Archie, the first child of the couple, was about to be born.
"There were
conversations about how dark the baby's skin would be
," Meghan said, adding that she had been warned that the little one would not receive the title or have security.
Although the interviewer insisted on asking who had made these observations in the palace, she maintained that they had transmitted them to Harry, but that she was not going to reveal who because it would be very harmful to the crown.
Everything stated in the interview made her feel very unhappy and tormented to the point of thinking about suicide.
Until -as he related- he took courage and spoke with Harry.
“I didn't want to live anymore.
I had that very clear fear and that constant thought
,
"he
said.
He added that he told someone important of the "Institution" about this situation.
But that "they never did anything to find a solution."
Then Harry appeared and gave a scoop:
the baby they are expecting is a girl and will be born "in the summer"
of the northern hemisphere.
He then explained to Oprah the reasons for the waiver of royal obligations:
"My biggest concern was that history would repeat itself,
" he said.
The prince was referring to the divorce of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, and the harassment his mother suffered from the royal family and the press.
Lady Di died with her then partner Dodi al Fayed in a car accident in Paris in 1997, when the driver of her car tried to escape from paparazzi persecution.
"I'm very relieved and happy to be sitting here, talking to you, with my wife by my side," Harry told Oprah.
“Because I can't even imagine what life must have been like for her (for Diana), going through this process alone, so many years ago.
Because it
has been incredibly difficult for both of us
, but at least we had each other, "he added.
Harry revealed that there was a “lack of support from the Royal House”, but did not blame the Queen.
He said that
she had been good to him
.
Instead, she said her father, Prince Charles, stopped answering her calls.
Americans know Meghan well, a compatriot and former television actress who decided to abandon her career when she married Harry in 2018, who revolutionized the palace by choosing a commoner with an African-American mother.
In the United States, the wedding was followed closely, and then the resignation of the royal titles and benefits last year.
The couple were welcomed here when they decided to settle in this country, where they feel less harassed by the press.
In fact, when many
royal family analysts called the couple reckless and selfish
, many in the United States saw signs of racism towards Meghan.
With last night's interview, she confirmed that impression.
Since they arrived in this country, the couple created a charitable foundation called Archewell and with Netflix they produce documentaries, feature films and other content.
To give this exclusive interview, the couple preferred safe ground: O
prah is a personal friend of both
- she was invited to the royal wedding - and now she
is
also a
neighbor in Montecito
.
The host sold the interview to
CBS
for a sum of
between $ 7 million and $ 9 million
, according to The Wall Street Journal, and reserved international rights.
Buckingham Palace was on fire all this time because
an advance version of the interview was denied
and they feared that the couple would throw a television bomb that would cause immense damage to their image.
It is no coincidence that they have decided to anticipate a counterattack this week:
Meghan is just now facing an internal palace investigation
into allegations that she harassed royal house staff during her stay in Britain.
The interview will shock Buckingham and the Palace's reaction is eagerly awaited.
Washington. Correspondent
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