Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey made headlines
around the world and sent shockwaves through the royal family. There were some happy moments
in the prime-time special. Prince Harry, for example, confirmed their soon-to-be second
child's sex.
"It's a girl!"
When Oprah asked Harry how he felt about having a second child, he told her,
"Amazing. Just grateful. To have any child, any one or two, would be amazing. But to have
a boy and then a girl, what more could you ask for? Now we’ve got our family, the four
of us and our two dogs. It’s great."
But there were also some heavy moments, like when Markle revealed the true extent of her
mental health struggles, and shared that someone in the royal family was "concerned" about
her son Archie's skin color.
Among many other revelations, Markle also debunked a tabloid report that suggested she
had made her sister-in-law Kate Middleton cry in the days leading up to her 2018 wedding.
However, speaking to Winfrey during the interview, Markle revealed that Kate was actually the
one who made her cry. Markle described the palace's response to misleading tabloid reports
as the start of a "character assassination" and a "turning point" in her time spent as
a senior member of the British royal family.
"A few days before the wedding, she was upset about something pertaining, yes, the issue
was correct, about flower girl dresses. And it made me cry."
The Duchess of Sussex went on to clarify that, although Middleton did later apologize in
private with a bouquet of flowers, the media's portrayal of what occurred between the two
was difficult to bear.
"What was hard to get over was being blamed for something that not only I didn't do, but
that happened to me."
Middleton has yet to respond to Harry and Meghan's CBS sit-down. The Duchess of Cambridge
and her husband have been active on social media since the interview, but only to post
a picture of the Queen, in celebration of Commonwealth Day. However, Middleton made
her first public appearance a mere 24 hours after the interview aired.
In a clip posted on the royal family's official YouTube channel, Middleton spoke via video
call to the youngest woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean, Jasmine Harrison.
"I think that so many opportunities are closed off or just aren't out there for a young woman
to see, um, that we don't know that's something you can do?"
The Duchess' conversation with the 21-year-old was held in celebration of International Women's
Day, and throughout the video, the pair discussed Harrison's record-breaking 3,000-mile trip
across the Atlantic.
"I think you're such an inspiration to young women out there. You're so right — unless
these things get spoken about and get showcased, then you never get to realize what opportunities
that are around the corner."
During the video call, Kate appeared emotionally unfazed by Meghan's bombshell interview. But
as Harry pointed out to Oprah, that's par for the course.
"You gotta get dressed, you gotta get in there, wipe the tears away, shake off whatever you're
thinking about, and you gotta be on your A-game."
When Meghan told Oprah her version of events surrounding the highly-publicized pre-wedding
incident, she speculated that Kate would have corrected the story if she could have.
"Maybe in the same way that the palace wouldn't let anybody else negate it, they wouldn't
let her, because she's a good person."
If so, Kate may never speak, in public, at all about Meghan's story. But Buckingham Palace,
on behalf of the queen, has released a statement that might well speak for her. The statement
read, in part,
"The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning. While some recollections may
vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately."
When Entertainment Tonight spoke to royal expert, Katie Nicholl , she had her own theory
about why the Duchess of Sussex would be upset about the interview. Nicholl told ET,
"Behind the scenes [Kate] has tried really hard to be a peacemaker between William and
Harry. She has been deeply saddened by the brothers' falling out. Don't forget she was
incredibly close to Harry herself."
Meanwhile, Page Six interpreted Middleton's accessory selection for her International
Women's day video call as a sign that "there's no bad blood" between Kate and Meghan. According
to the gossip column, the Duchess of Cambridge put on a pair of Missoma earrings featuring,
according to the jeweler's website, "pink heart-based healing crystals." Meghan just
happens to also own several pieces from the same brand. Let the healing begin?
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