Queen Elizabeth: Sad for the difficulties of the Harry-Meghan couple

Meghan Markle, in an interview with Oprah Winfrey on Sunday on American television, accused the royal family of raising concerns about how dark the skin of their unborn son Archie could be and that she had ignored her prayers for help when she was watching the possibility of suicide.

The whole family is sad when it fully learned how challenging it has been for the Harry and Meghan couple in recent years,” said Bouckingham Palace in a statement issued on behalf of Queen Elizabeth.

The “issues raised, especially that of race, are disturbing. While some episodes may be remembered differently, they will be taken very seriously and treated by the family privately...Hary, Meghan and Archie will always be very dear family members”, It was said in the statement.

The TV interview has plunged the royal couple into the biggest crisis since the death of Harry's mother, Diana, in 1997, when the family, led by Queen Elizabeth, was widely criticised after answering too late.

One royal source said that the palace calls this a family issue and that the royal couple should be given the opportunity to discuss issues raised privately as a family.

The source added that they needed to weigh carefully the answer before it was published.

In the two-hour interview, Harry also said that his father, heir to Prince Charles' throne, had abandoned him and that he had felt powerless during his lifetime within the royal family.

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Buckingham Palace had hoped Prince Harry's marriage to Meghan would modernise the family. In contrast, it has caused a stir in the press.

Prince Harry's wife Meghan Markle, whose mother is colored and white father, told him during an interview with Oprah Winfrey that the royal family had refused to give the title prince to her son Archie and that a member of the kingdom had raised concerns about his skin color.

I was told that there would be no defense offered, no title given, and no worries and conversation about how dark his skin can be when he's born,She said.

Harry and Megan withdrew from their court duties last March following the pressures of royal life and settled in California.

Meghan said Queen Elizabeth had treated her very well. The former actress said she faced what the couple viewed as a racial attack on the press. She said she thought about suicide when she was pregnant and when she didn't get support. Prince Harry told how their financial support was cut off while he said that Prince Charles, the future king, had not opened his phone.

I had three conversations with my grandmother and two with my father before he didn't answer my calls. ”

The developments will be painful for Queen Elizabeth, whose husband is in the hospital. Separation with the royal court has already come out, says analyst Richard Fitzilliams.

They feel angry and angry. Finally it is revenge, and it is unclear what the palace's reaction will be. When such accusations are dropped, there must be reaction. Especially the charge of racism, which will be absolutely toxic. But I stress that this is only one side of the coin. ”

The British public is divided over the charges.

“As a woman of color, she was not easy inside the royal family, and the press was not mild about this”Says photographer Karen Louise.

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They've done wrong and I'm sorry, because they haven't done themselves any good. Shame. ”

The royal couple visited South Africa in 2019, a land with which Harry had developed a close bond. Johannesburg residents expressed support for Meghan.

“The British Pharmacies just got married, they started attacks on her. I think there's racism”Says Johannesburg resident Timmy Mathebula.

The interview could affect Britain's image in the world, says analyst Fitzwilliams.

Maybe there's a problem. Young people and colored people may have different views. It would be interesting to observe the polls. But this is incredibly devastating. ”

Harry and Meghan discovered in the interview that they are waiting for the second child, a baby girl. The interview will be remembered on shocking charges against the royal family, while the world expects its reaction.