“That was passed on to me by Harry. Those were conversations family had with him,” added Meghan, refusing to reveal who was involved in those conversations. “That would be very harmful to them,” she said.
The Duchess said concerns were raised around the same time the couple was told Archie would have no security or an official title.
Harry was asked about the matter when he joined his wife for part of the TV special, which was screened on CBS Sunday night and dominated the UK headlines on Monday morning.
“I’m never going to share that conversation,” said Harry. “It was uncomfortable at the time, I was a bit shocked.”
When Winfrey asked if he could share the questions raised during the conversation, he declined, saying, “I don’t feel comfortable sharing that.”
“But it was right at the beginning,” he added. What will the children look like? That was in the beginning when she wasn’t going to get security, when my family suggested she keep acting (because there wouldn’t be any money for her). ‘
In another part of the broadcast, Harry also criticized the royals for not supporting them when lawmakers pointed to “colonial undertones” in the way Meghan was covered in the British press.
“For us, for this union and the specifics of its breed, there was an opportunity – many opportunities – for my family to show some public support,” said Harry. The couple themselves regularly criticize parts of the media for racist elements in their coverage.
“One of the most telling and the saddest parts, I think, was that over 70 women MPs, both Conservative and Labor, came out and brought out the colonial undertones of articles and headlines about Meghan. That hurts, ”Harry said to Winfrey.
“It takes a day or those first eight days in this case to live in her shoes to see where it would go and how far they would take it, and get away with it,” he said of the British. media coverage of the Duchess, adding that he was unaware of that element of the media until he met Meghan.
The interview will air on British TV Monday night, but Meghan’s allegations of racism had already hit the headlines in the UK on Monday morning.
Asked about the allegations on Monday, Britain’s Children’s Secretary, Vicky Ford, said there was “no place” for racism.
“I didn’t see the full interview, so I won’t comment on it, but to reaffirm there is absolutely no place for racism in our society. And we all need to work together to make sure this doesn’t happen,” Ford told British broadcaster Sky News Monday.
The pair have spoken of racism before, but have never made allegations at the institution itself before.