Buckingham Palace finally responded to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey on Tuesday.
“The whole family is sad to hear how challenging the past years have been for Harry and Meghan,” read the Buckingham Palace statement on behalf of Queen Elizabeth. “The issues at stake, especially those of race, are worrying. While some memories may differ, they are taken very seriously and will be treated privately by the family. ”
“Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be beloved family members,” added the statement, shared with HuffPost.
The response comes two days after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s prime-time CBS special with the media mogul that aired Sunday night. In the two-hour interview, Harry and Meghan first presented their side of their step-back-from-royalty story.
Meghan told Winfrey that she had contemplated suicide during her lowest moments in ‘The Firm’, as the royal family establishment is known, and she also revealed that certain (unnamed) members of the royal family had expressed ‘concerns and conversations’ for their son Archie. was born about how dark his skin could be.
Raising out his struggles with an ‘bigoted’ British press, the Duke felt ‘trapped’ in the royal family, correcting reports that he had blinded his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, with news of the couple’s decision to step down as senior members. of the royal family.
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