When she and Prince Harry officially left the royal family in March, Meghan Markle reportedly said tearfully to a friend: “I gave up my whole life for this family. I was willing to do whatever it takes. But here we are. It is very sad.”
“The powers [of the institution] they are unfortunately older than me, “she is also said to have said. She compared the tabloid criticism to” death by a thousand cuts. “
Meanwhile, Prince Harry “immediately felt used for his popularity, pursued by the press due to the public’s fascination with this new breed of royal couple, and belittled within the institution’s walls for being overly sensitive and outspoken. He and Meghan did not want to get away from the monarchy; rather, they wanted to find a happy place within him. “
The explosive details of Harry and Meghan’s departure from the royal family are revealed in the first excerpt from the revealing biography. Seeking Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Creation of a Modern Royal Family, by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, which has been published by the London Times.
The excerpt was released when Harry and Meghan launched a new lawsuit over an alleged paparazzi intrusion into their Los Angeles home, in which photographs of their son Archie were taken.
The book says that Harry felt “unprotected” by his family, and “as if he and Meghan had been marginalized by the institution and were not a fundamental part of their future. ”
Harry feels “that there were so many times the institution and his family could have helped them, defended them, supported them, and never did,” a source told the authors.
“Fundamentally, Harry wanted to get out. Deep down, he was always fighting within that world. She has opened the door for him about it.“
– Source close to Meghan and Harry
“Fundamentally, Harry wanted to get out,” revealed a source close to the couple. “Deep down, he was always fighting within that world. She has opened the door for him about it.
“Courtiers blame Meghan, and some families do,” another source said of the couple who left the royal family.
Harry compared the negotiations around his and Meghan’s actual departure to “standing in front of a firing squad,” the book states.
At one point, as Harry was scrolling through negative online comments about his and Meghan’s behavior, he is said to have said: “He is a sick part of the society we live in today, and nobody is doing anything about it. Where’s the positivity? Why is everyone so miserable and angry?
After their final royal engagement, the book reveals that Meghan took the first flight back to Canada. “Meg just wanted to get home,” said a friend. The authors described Meghan as “emotionally bruised and exhausted.” The friend added: “At the time, I couldn’t imagine wanting to set foot on something real again.”
Prince William, a source at Kensington Palace told the authors, that he was upset that Harry and Meghan made “private” family matters public, presumably as when Harry and Meghan discussed their discontent with ITV journalist Tom Bradby. “It is not anger,” the source said of William’s feelings. “It’s hurt.”
Harry and Meghan had taken as a significant sign the absence of a photo of them with baby Archie in the background of the Queen’s 2019 Christmas speech, in which there were visible photos of William and Kate and their children, Charles and Camilla, Prince Philip, and a black and white image of George VI.
“What is difficult’? Hard is aggressive, aggressive. They are all the things that we throw at black women as a society, regardless of what their real personality is.“
– Omid Scobie
While the excerpt from Saturday, more are planned for Sunday and Monday, it does not contain any reference to the alleged rumors of racism in the palace experienced by Meghan, in a separate interview with The timesScobie, of Iranian and British descent, said: “She was a biracial woman entering the Windsor House. That was going to stir the feathers. We just need to look at the Duchess’s Difficult narrative. What is difficult’? Hard is aggressive, aggressive. They are all the things that we throw at black women as a society, regardless of what their real personality is. ”
Some of the key claims in the book are that Harry believed that some of the old guard “just did not like Meghan and would stop at nothing to make life difficult for her”, and that courtiers in other homes felt that global popularity The Duke and Duchess of Sussex “needed to be controlled” because the royal “establishment” feared that the popularity of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex “might overshadow that of the royal family”.
In the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey, their final official royal engagement, Harry and Meghan were left out of the royalty procession, which “more than disappointed” Harry.
Then there was the scant recognition between Harry and Meghan and William and Kate at the Abbey. “It should have been the only public moment when the royal family hugged the couple to show their support,” a source close to Harry and Meghan told the authors. “They deliberately decided not to put them in the procession and not be welcoming. It was most unpleasant.
“It has been made very clear that they can come back whenever they want, when they are ready.“
– Palace fountain
Having negotiated his royal family outings, the queen reportedly told Harry during a private barbecue lunch, “just grandma and grandson,” as the authors put it, that she would always support him and that he and Meghan they could return to their traditional royal roles. if they ever choose it. “It has been made very clear that they can return whenever they want, when they are ready,” a source involved in the negotiations told the authors.
Scobie tells the Times that Harry and Meghan did not speak to him and Durand in or out of the book record, adding: “I think it can be deduced from the reports, my time around the couple is enough for him to know my issues.”
A spokesman for the couple told The Daily Beast: “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were not interviewed and did not contribute to Find freedom. This book is based on the authors’ own experiences as members of the royal press corps and their own independent reports. “
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