Meghan Markle: “Not many people have asked if I’m ok”

The Duchess of Sussex has opened up about the pressure of being under the spotlight in an interview with ITV

SPEAKING OUT: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

MEGHAN MARKLE has opened up about the pressures of living under the spotlight as a member of the royal family in a new interview with ITV.

Reflecting on the impact of press coverage, a lot of which has been critical, Meghan said: “Any woman, especially when they’re pregnant, you’re really vulnerable and so that was made really challenging. And then when you have a newborn, you know? And especially as a woman, it’s really, it’s a lot. So you add this on top of just trying to be a new mum or trying to be a newlywed.”

When asked by ITV’s Tom Bradby if it would be fair to say that she was “not really ok” and it’s “really been a struggle”, the duchess replied “yes”.

She also told the News at Ten anchor: “Thank you for asking because not many people have asked it I’m ok. But it’s a very real thing to be going through behind the scenes.”

During the short excerpt of the interview, which will air on ITV on Sunday at 9pm, the duchess looks emotional as she talks about her experiences.

Bradby interviewed both Meghan and Harry during their 10-day tour of southern Africa, which ended earlier this month.

During the tour, Prince Harry criticised British tabloid press for publishing “relentless propaganda” and the “almost daily” vilification of his wife.

“I have been a silent witness to her private suffering for too long. To stand back and do nothing would be contrary to everything we believe in,” the duke said.

The statement also revealed that the pair would be taking legal action in response to the publication of a private letter Meghan wrote to her father. 

The Mail on Sunday, the publication that the royal couple are suing has defended publishing contents of the letter and said it will “vigorously” defend the case.

Harry & Meghan: An African Journey airs on Sunday at 9pm on ITV

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3 Comments

  1. | Yawn

    Is this still a newpaper for black people? Yesterday Gina Miller bleeting. Today Meghan Markle, a white adjacent biracial who only has white friends and married two white men. What has she ever done for black people except use us as props. Here were are reporting on her white (adjacent) woman tears.

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  2. | Delores Gordon

    Leave Meghan alone, the media won’t leave her alone, if she was white and not a woman of colour, people like Jan Moir and Pearce Morgan would not be writing every day are Morgan on GMTV going off about her. If she had invited Pearce Morgan to her wedding he would have stop talking about her. So what if she has no black friends, she is a woman and one of colour.
    I love Meghan before Harry met Meghan and will continue to do so

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  3. | Delores Gordon

    Piers Morgan is at it again, the big bully on GMTV. Asking why Meghan his feeling venerable, let see? because of you and people like you.
    What wrong with this man, I do hope no one bully your daughter the way you are bullying Meghan

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