Meghan Markle said the palace prevented her from speaking to Oprah Winfrey ‘in person’ in 2018 – but that she now feels ‘liberated’ to speak up after Megxit, according to an excerpt from her and Prince Harry’s highly anticipated interview. .
In part of the tell-all teased on “CBS This Morning” on Friday, Winfrey recalls that he first reached out to Markle for an interview in February or March 2018 before the royal wedding.
“And finally we can sit down and have this conversation,” Winfrey said in the interview, which airs in full on “Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A Primetime Special” on CBS Sunday at 8pm.
“Well, I remember that conversation well,” replied Markle. “I wasn’t even allowed to have that conversation with you in person, right.”
“There were other people in the room when I had that conversation,” Winfrey said.
“Yes, even on that phone call,” replied Markle.
Markle suggested that it was not her choice to make, and Markle turned down Winfrey, saying it was “not the right time” – prompting the veteran journalist to ask, “What’s right about this time?”
After a long pause, Markle replied, “Well, so many things. That we are on the other side of much of the life experience that has happened. And also that we have the ability to make our own choices in a way that I couldn’t say yes to you at the time. That was not my choice to make.
So, as an adult living a truly independent life and then going into this construction that is different from what I think people think it is, it’s really liberating to have the right and privilege to be able in some ways. to say yes. “
“And to say it for yourself,” Winfrey agreed.
‘I’m ready to talk. To say it for yourself, ”added Markle.
Winfrey’s unopposed interview with Markle and Harry is also about racism and mental health, as well as what led the couple to leave the famous Buckingham Palace last year.