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After a difficult few years,

Harry and Meghan's scandalous departure-

Scrutiny has proved too much

and Palace life too stifling,

leaving the Queen with no option

but to agree they can step away at the end of this month.

There may be a point that at some stage

that the Queen, Charles, and William

believe that what Meghan and Harry are proposing

is a threat to the institution of the British monarchy,

then they will act.

All the way through this relationship,

we've seen examples of Harry trying to protect Meghan

from the scrutiny.

Malicious rumors-

They both suggested that someone in the family

had made a racist remark about the color of the baby's skin.

And the passing

of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Buckingham Palace has announced the death

of Queen Elizabeth II,

the longest-reigning monarch in British history.

The King and the Queen Consort

will remain at Balmoral this evening

and will return to London tomorrow.

The royal family that we all knew

has undergone an immense transformation.

And one must remember

that this is an unelected institution

that relies upon media, publicity,

the public support for its life's blood.

Four figures emerged, closer than ever

and ready to take on anything for the sake of the Crown.

They are the Royal four,

and they are stronger together.

On November the 28th, 2023,

a new tell-all book of royal hearsay and scandal

drew international attention

when it was withdrawn from sale.

The Dutch version of the book reignited a scandal

stirred up by Harry and Meghan previously

on their appearance with Oprah Winfrey in 2021,

with the couple claiming that the skin color

of their unborn child was the topic of conversation.

Yeah, there are certainly things that Harry

and Meghan kept to themselves.

I think there were even friends,

close friends of the couple,

who were quite surprised by just how bad things got

in terms of Meghan's mental health.

You know, we know that Oprah's a close friend of Meghan,

and even she was also surprised.

But, you know, I think what I'm hearing today

from those close to them is a feeling of relief

that these stories are actually out there, you know?

They feel for the past few years,

they've been silenced by the institution,

unable to talk by, of course, an institution that stands by

its "never complain, never explain" mantra.

And now that they've officially

stepped away from their royal roles,

of course, we had that confirmation last month,

they're finally free to do so,

and this really truly is the beginning

of their next chapter.

Harry and Meghan left as working members of the family,

left the country, went to Canada first, then America,

and then gave that devastating interview to Oprah Winfrey.

Whilst Harry and Meghan claimed

that these discussions were racist,

they have never divulged the nature of the conversation

or what was said,

leading many to believe it was an innocently naive question.

They both suggested that someone in the family

had made a racist remark about the color of the baby's skin.

Flash forward to November 2023,

and whether for some easy PR or through a publishing era,

Omid Scobie's new book named King Charles III

and Princess Catherine as the two royal family members

at the heart of the debate.

One of the things I get charged with the most

is being Meghan's secret friend,

that I have this direct line of communication with her.

I'm not her friend, and I think that's something

I really tried to make clear in the book.

Of course, "Endgame"

has already caused controversy.

The book has been pulled from shops in the Netherlands

because the Dutch version reportedly revealed the name

of the senior royal who questioned Archie's skin color

before he was born.

Omid's response, "There has never been a version

"that I've produced that has names in it."

The Palace acted first,

denouncing these claims,

and many came to their defense publicly.

But Harry and Meghan remained silent.

When Harry and Meghan first made these accusations

to Oprah Winfrey, the late Queen responded with that phrase,

"Recollections may vary."

Now, however, a royal source says,

"All options are being considered,"

which means they're not ruling out legal action

since the publication of these names.

And so far tonight, no plausible explanation has been given

for how two names, which didn't appear

in the English edition, suddenly turned up in the Dutch one.

I doubted myself, and I wondered,

wondered if I was good enough to even be there.

If what I was doing in the world,

albeit important and meaningful as far as I saw it,

was it deserving to have a seat at this table?

You'll watch that series and think,

"The Royal family need looking after,

"they've come out of it better."

Or you'll be on the side of Harry and Meghan

and think, "Wow, they had to put up with a lot,

"and I'm on their side."

However, just a few weeks later,

and without any words, the new Royal family, the Royal four,

made a public appearance together

at the white tie and tiaras annual reception for diplomats,

posing for a photo,

which sends a clear message of their unity:

"The future of the monarchy looks like this."

Meanwhile, the annexed Sussexes

are beginning to feel the consequences of their actions

that have led to their isolation,

both publicly and privately.

The media prospect really speaks

to the culture war that's happening in this country

between the older generation

is outraged by Harry and Meghan's decision,

and the younger generation, which is mostly supportive.

A lot of you tonight have told me you have my back.

Well, I'm also here to tell you, I've always got yours.

On December the 8th,

the all-access documentary series was released,

titled "Harry and Meghan."

I think there's a sort of sense of both disappointment

and exasperation at the Palace

that the couple feel the need to keep going on about

how miserable they were in their royal existence,

at the same time, the couple feel

that they need to keep telling the world why they left.

She's becoming a royal rockstar.

And then...

Everything changed.

There's a hierarchy in the family.

You know, there's leaking,

but there's also planting of stories.

There was a war against Meghan

to suit other people's agendas.

It's about hatred. It's about race.

It's a dirty game.

The pain and suffering

of women marrying into this institution,

this feeding frenzy.

I realized they're never gonna protect you.

I was terrified.

I didn't want history to repeat itself.

No one knows the full truth.

The Sussex brand, both in the UK and America,

is being helped in one way

by this Netflix documentary series

by bringing the Sussex back onto our radar screens,

if not our TV screens.

So there is perhaps a fear

that out of sight means out of mind,

and by cooperating with Netflix on a documentary like this,

it gets us all talking about them again,

and it keeps them in the limelight,

and it keeps their brand of Harry and Meghan alive.

This was the couple's attempt

to get across their own side of the story,

from their meeting

and attempts to integrate into the royal family

through to their departure.

The series is unlike anything seen before,

only close in comparison to the Panorama interview

with Princess Diana in 1995.

How prepared were you for the pressures

that came with marrying into the royal family?

At the age of 19,

you always think you're prepared for everything,

and you think you have the knowledge of what's coming ahead.

But although I was daunted at the prospect at the time,

I felt I had the support of my husband-to-be.

Years of stories half told

and whispered through the media,

were expanded and clarified.

The couple's first introduction

was via an Instagram post, Harry Revealed.

Meghan spoke about the whirlwind of pressure

meeting Prince William and Princess Kate for the first time.

Meghan even demonstrated her curtsy

from the first nailbiting visit

to the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Meghan claims that her wardrobe was strictly controlled

during her tenure as a royal.

Barred from bright colors to avoid clashing with the Queen,

Meghan chose to wear camel and beige

in order to blend in and not stand out.

Harry, the Duke of Sussex, is seen in the show

proclaiming that royals don't marry for love.

Instead, they feel incredible pressure

to marry someone that fits the mold.

The fallout from this series

has seemingly caught the entire world in a fierce debate,

and it seems everybody has a view

about what the couple had to say.

When they were growing up,

William and Harry's relationship was incredibly close.

The two of them really needed one another.

They had, you know, an unhappy home environment.

Luckily, they did have nannies

and they were therefore kept away

from quite a lot of the acrimony

that was going on between their parents.

The resentment towards his brother

for the protection that he's had is palpable throughout.

Of course, those who would be supporters of Prince William

would say, "Look, Prince William is just doing his duty."

But nonetheless, you know, children pick up on things.

They're very sensitive.

And it was also fortunate

that they went away to boarding school

because, again, that removed them

from most of the nastiness that was going on.

But they did rely on one another.

They were very close.

The two are very different characters,

but they complement one another very well.

And they've always had a great banter.

They tease each other mercilessly, or used to.

And then, when their mother died,

I think that brought them even closer together

because they couldn't share with anyone else

what they had experienced.

It wasn't, you know, like the death of any normal parent

because, with the death of a normal parent,

you don't have the world grieving, as well.

It was almost as though their grief was being devalued

by the grief of strangers.

So I think it was a very difficult time for them.

And during that, sort of the years after Diana's death,

there was a bond which was closer, arguably,

than most siblings.

I think the time when that bond started to fracture a bit

was when Harry probably came out of the Army

and started going into royal work.

And I think there was a little bit of

the space was quite small within their charitable world

for the two brothers together.

And I think Harry slightly railed at the hierarchy.

Here was his brother, you know, his mate,

but who was slightly pulling rank at times

because he was the senior member of the family.

So I think there were one or two

little niggles going on there.

I suspect that when William married Kate...

I mean, Harry adored Kate, and Kate adored Harry.

But I suspect that, as with every family,

when one sibling marries, their focus turns slightly

onto their new wife or husband

and then their children,

where previously their full focus had been on the sibling.

I'm gonna move on with a bit of breaking news tonight.

And the Duke Duchess of Sussex

have announced that they are carving out

what they call a "new role" for themselves.

In a statement released in the last few minutes,

they say they intend to step back

as senior members of the royal family

and work to become financially independent.

On January the 13th, 2020,

royal watchers were on the edge of their seats

as Harry and Meghan entered

what was infamously called a crisis meeting

with Her Majesty The Queen, Prince Charles,

and Prince William.

This was the deal or no deal moment.

The future of the royal family

was hanging on the outcome of this critical talk.

This is the real problem for the Queen and Prince Charles.

They are dealing with this as a grandmother

and as a father on the one hand,

and they're also dealing with it as the protector

of an ancient dynasty.

And we have seen

that how as protectors of the ancient dynasty

when they need to, they act brutally,

as they did with Prince Andrew

when they removed him from public office.

There may be a point that at some stage

that the Queen, Charles, and William

believe that what Meghan and Harry are proposing

is a threat to the institution of the British monarchy,

then they will act.

Well, I think these decisions

have all got to be made in the future.

Anybody who's high profile needs protection.

Former prime ministers and ministers of defense

get security for a long period after they've left office,

so I think that's something that everybody would suggest,

that they're required to get security.

But these decisions will surely all be made

in the next few days.

After several tense hours,

Buckingham Palace announced with a heavy heart

that arrangements had been reached for Harry and Meghan

to leave royal duties behind

and pursue an independent future.

Our royal editor, Chris Ship, is here to tell us more.

This is pretty dramatic stuff, isn't it?

I mean, it's a bit of a "Wow!" moment, isn't it?

I mean, basically, as far as I can tell,

I mean, this statement landed in my inbox

less than 10 minutes ago,

they are resigning from the royal family, simple as that.

They're stepping back as what they call senior royals.

All the way through this relationship we've seen examples

of Harry trying to protect Megan from the scrutiny.

You have to remember,

Megan comes in the legacy of Princess Diana.

And Harry saw the way his mother was treated by the press,

and I think he's very keenly aware

of how that happened

and ensuring that that doesn't happen to Meghan.

The decision to move away from Central London

to go to Frogmore Cottage and move to Windsor

is very much about protecting Meghan.

You know, they had just redecorated the place in Kensington.

They had just done it up the way they wanted to

when they announced they were actually decamping

and moving to Windsor.

By moving to Windsor, Harry and Meghan are hoping

to preserve some semblance of normalcy for themselves

and for their child.

Even if you look at the birth of the new baby,

whereas Kate Middleton was trotted out in hosiery

and full makeup just hours after delivering her babies,

Megan said from the beginning, "I won't be doing that."

They didn't even announce she was in labor

until after the baby was safely born.

All the way through the birth,

even in the last weeks of her pregnancy, Megan was not seen.

And all the way through her birth,

Megan has maintained a determination, along with Harry,

to keep certain things private,

to keep protective their family.

And they are not following the royal script.

They are consistently deviating

from what's been done before.

And some people think it's admirable,

and some people think it's not.

But ultimately, Meghan and Harry

are doing things their own way.

Public reaction was divided, to say the least.

While some wish the couple nothing but happiness

and success, others felt resentment

in abandoning Crown and country.

I think the whole plan that Harry and Meghan have

is a really problematic one

because they're talking about stepping back.

They're talking, their critics would argue,

about having their cake and eat it.

They're talking about one day representing the Queen

on a foreign tour to another country,

on another day, say in North America, earning serious money

with some sort of endorsement of some sort of product.

The risk is that those two things aren't compatible.

The risk is that their pursuit of money

will tarnish the Windsor brand

and tarnish the House of Windsor.

There's no doubt

that the reaction inside the Palace was just as divided.

It's felt like their farewell UK tour:

Five engagements in five days, covering off the official,

the causes that matter to them,

and taking time to say thanks to their friends.

But it is the event they'll attend here,

at Westminster Abbey, that is the most significant

since they've returned from Canada

because when they arrive at the Commonwealth Day Service,

it will be the first time that we've seen them

alongside other members of the family

since they announced they want to step back as senior royals

and everyone will be watching the body language.

Every year since they got married,

they've been to the service.

Reaching out to the Commonwealth

has been a big passion for both of them.

Their attendance this year will be a reminder

that whatever has gone on behind the scenes,

they are still family, as this is one event

that is hugely important to the Queen.

The now free couple

announced a new future of financial independence,

stepping back from the royal family,

but insisted they would continue to support their causes

and, of course, Her Majesty The Queen.

They shared plans to split their time between North America

and the UK.

On their new website, the Duke and Duchess published

what was effectively a manifesto

of how they're gonna deal with the media in future.

And part of it was an attack on this,

and specifically British media and royal correspondents,

for their monopoly on royal coverage,

and essentially accusing the media of making private profit

from their very public lives.

They talk specifically about the Royal Rota,

where British media cover royal events

to be distributed around the world.

Obviously, claims they feel

they've been hounded by the media, et cetera.

But in reality, there's been nothing like that.

Oh, come on! You would say that!

No, the Royal Rota system works.

I think it's given them an awful lot of...

It's been going since the 1950s.

When they got engaged,

there was a sense this was a couple

excited about what they could achieve together.

A few days later, they carried out their first walkabout,

but the scrutiny has proved too much

and Palace life too stifling,

leaving the Queen with no option but to agree

they can step away at the end of this month.

In just over two years,

they have fulfilled every aspect of royal life,

today is expected to be the last of those official duties.

In the end, their life together had to come first.

And, just like that,

as quickly as the whirlwind romances had started

back in July 2016, less than three years on, they were gone.

As a first step into independence,

the couple founded Archewell Inc.,

a nonprofit foundation for change.

The couple went on to found Archewell Productions

and signed multiple huge media deals with Netflix

and Spotify for a series of inspirational documentary

and podcast productions

reportedly worth around 18 million pounds.

Meghan's pregnancy was actually announced

during her first royal tour,

and there was a backlash actually

because it was announced so soon

after Princess Eugenie's wedding.

A lot of people felt that it had stolen the thunder

from poor Eugenie, who had gotten married

literally, like, the day or two days before.

It was ridiculous because Megan has the right, first of all,

to announce her pregnancy anytime she wants to.

And probably they waited until after Eugenie's wedding

to announce it because they didn't wanna steal her thunder.

But Megan was in the middle of a royal tour

in which she was probably going to miss engagements

due to morning sickness or fears for her getting pushed

and jostled too much in the crowd.

She had to explain herself,

and she had the right to stay home

if she was tired one morning

when she was in the early throes of pregnancy.

So I think Meghan and Harry felt

they had to announce in a way

because she was in the middle of a royal tour,

she probably was gonna get a little more tired,

and there might be obvious bump pictures,

which would just set off a fury of speculation.

Meghan showed very early in her pregnancy.

She was only a little bit pregnant,

and she already had a bump.

So I think it was a necessity, really,

for Harry and Meghan to announce the pregnancy

as early as they did.

Price Harry, have you got any news

you want to share with us and the world?

Yes, I'm very excited to announce that Meghan

and myself had a baby boy early this morning.

A very healthy boy.

Mother and baby are doing incredibly well.

It's been the most amazing experience

I could ever possibly imagine.

How any woman does what they do is beyond comprehension.

But we're both absolutely thrilled

and so grateful to all the love

and support from everybody out there.

It's been amazing.

So, we just wanted to share this with everybody.

I'm so incredibly proud of my wife.

And as every father and parent would ever say,

you know, "Your baby is absolutely amazing,"

but this little thing is absolutely to die for,

so I'm just over the moon.

Megan's baby shower was very much

a baby shower for a celebrity,

not a baby shower for a royal.

I don't even know if Kate Middleton had a baby shower,

but if she did, it was probably, like, in someone's house

with a cup of tea and, like, a few finger sandwiches.

This was not gonna be this, like, amazing,

over-the-top celebrity-fueled-filled event.

Megan did her baby shower as a celebrity.

It was thrown by a celebrity, Serena Williams,

and it was attended by celebrities

and it looked like something celebrities would go to.

Megan unfairly, really, got a lot of backlash

because the truth is, how many women are involved

in the planning of their own baby shower?

The answer is zero.

Megan had probably nothing to do with it,

knew nothing about it,

except that she was supposed to show up

in New York on this date.

And Amal Clooney said,

"Look, I'll give you a ride in my jet."

The over-the-top extravagance of the shower

has more to do with Megan's friends

than it does with Megan herself.

One thing that was very sweet about the baby shower

was Megan actually didn't open any of the presents,

she wanted to wait and open them together with Harry.

She took them all home with her,

and they opened them together as a couple.

This is really unprecedented.

I mean, normally, one of the highlights of a baby shower

is watching the mother-to-be open everything.

So this broke with tradition,

but she didn't want Harry to miss out.

In the lead-up to the birth, Harry and Meghan both said

they didn't wanna know the sex,

they wanted it to be a surprise,

so they had to obviously then choose girl and boy names.

Had it been a girl, Diana was very much a favorite name,

and I believe it was very likely that Diana

would've been the first name,

or at least, in the middle of that long name.

And the reason is, you know, from the beginning,

Harry and William, both have included their mother

whenever possible in their relationship.

And I think it grieved them both

that she wasn't there when they married.

She wasn't there to see her grandchildren.

And so I believe with all my heart Diana is probably,

in future, going to be a girl's name for this pair.

In terms of boys' names,

there were a lot of names initially floated around.

They were all connected with royal tradition,

but not typically traditional.

So, for example, Alexander,

which is a perfectly acceptable English royal name,

but not as commonly used.

And other sort of middle names that the royals have had,

like Arthur, were two of the names

that were favored at the beginning.

On March 7th at 8:00 p.m.,

CBS aired the landmark interview,

led by TV legend Oprah Winfrey.

CBS reportedly paid at least $7 million

to air the interview, which hit prime time in North America

just hours after the Queen's own message.

Looking forward,

relationships with others across the Commonwealth

will remain important.

In that broadcast,

there was no hint of the rift

or some of the dark revelations made in the interview.

The two-hour interview

has caused an incredible fallout,

the magnitude of which still cannot be fully understood.

It was the interview that some within Buckingham Palace

must have feared,

but Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's discussion with Oprah

was more revealing, explosive,

and potentially damaging to the royal family

than many could have imagined.

Harry and Meghan left as working members of the family,

left the country, went to Canada first, then America,

and then gave that devastating interview to Oprah Winfrey,

in which Meghan said that Kate had made her cry

just before her wedding over a bridesmaid's fitting,

where there had been a rumor long before

that Meghan had made Kate cry.

So, in this interview, she wanted to correct that story

and make it clear that Kate had made her cry.

Allegations of racism within the family itself

and Meghan's admission that she felt suicidal

during her pregnancy have been splashed across newspapers

in the United Kingdom.

Throughout their two-hour TV special,

both Harry and Meghan spoke with eye-opening candor,

delivering accusations and rebukes

that outweigh even Princess Diana's landmark interview

more than two decades earlier.

It was a terrible interview,

which really did huge damage to the monarchy,

to Britain as a whole

because Meghan talked about the country,

really, being racist.

And did huge damage to Harry's relationship with his father

and with William.

Prince Harry's relationship with the media went bad

and has got progressively worse ever since his mother died.

He believes deeply and profoundly

that the media contributed to his mother's untimely death.

So ever since her death,

he has tried to find an accommodation

and that accommodation has been his acceptance

that the intense interest in him could be used by him

to throw focus on issues that he is passionate about.

Megan, can you tell me what's it like

becoming a new mom,

and tell us a little bit about Baby Sussex,

as we're calling him?

It's magic.

It's pretty amazing.

And I mean, I have the two best guys in the world,

so I'm really happy.

Tell us a little bit about your son.

What's he like?

Is he sleeping well? Good baby?

Yes.

He has the sweetest temperament.

He's really calm and-

Don't know who he gets that from.

Yeah. And he's just been a dream.

So it's been a special couple days.

Who does he take after?

Does he look like anyone?

We're still trying to figure that out.

Everyone says that babies changed so much over two weeks.

We're basically sort of monitoring

how the changing process happens

over this next month, really.

But his looks are changing every single day.

- Yeah. - So, who knows?

And how are you find parenting, generally?

Is it still a special moment?

Yeah, it's great.

I mean, parenting is amazing.

It's only been, what?

2 1/2 days? Three days?

Yeah.

But we're just so thrilled to

have our own little bundle of joy,

be able to spend some precious times with him

as he slowly starts to grow up.

And I hear you're off to see

two special people in the minute.

Yes.

The Queen and the Duke.

Yes, and we just bumped into the Duke

as we were walking by, which was so nice.

So it'll be a nice moment

to introduce the baby to more family.

And my mom's with us, as well, so it's been a really...

Here we go.

- Guys, thank you. - Thank you all so much.

- Thanks for your time. - Thank you.

- Thanks a lot. - And thank you, everybody,

for all the well wishes and the kindness.

It really just means so much.

Behind the tall walls of Windsor Castle

is where fewer than 25 guests

were invited to witness the newest royal baptism.

Those invited, taken discreetly to the tiny private chapel.

Outside, though, the streets were thronging with people.

Those hoping to catch a glimpse

of the royal christening, though, were left disappointed.

We do pay for the royal family,

including Meghan and Harry,

and I think that they could have given us,

you know, a little something.

I think it should be public, you know?

It always has been. Why change it?

It's their decision, it's their family.

It's not as if they're direct in line.

And this royal watcher

says the public may have to get used

to this royal couple's desire for privacy.

Well, it seems to be the case that Harry has decided

he wants his little boy to have more of a private life.

He feels he's a long way from the throne

and wants to enjoy some type of privacy.

But it could be a problem because no matter what you do,

he is growing up in a royal goldfish bowl.

He has got two of the most famous parents in the world.

Today's christening is a very different royal event,

part of the continuing desire

by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex

to raise their son, Archie, out of the spotlight.

And they're a couple determined to do things their own way.

Harry claimed

that when they left the UK for Canada,

Prince Charles stopped returning his calls,

and this left them feeling they were on their own.

According to Harry, the royal family

completely cut him off financially

around the first quarter of 2020

when they decided to become independent

from the royal family.

This left him concerned for the safety of both him

and his family.

He said that he is now living off his inheritance

from his mother.

The most complicated of all the issues

raised by the couple's decision to step down

is their protection, specifically what form it will take,

who will provide it, and who will pay for it.

Prince Charles has agreed to keep funding the couple

and their son from his own private income,

but by stepping back,

Harry and Meghan will now be able to work.

There are still lots of details to work out,

but Harry and Meghan will soon be embarking on a new life

and a different kind of royalty.

Meghan claimed that she experienced racism

from certain undisclosed members of the royal family

who questioned her about Archie's skin color.

Harry also accused his father

of cutting him off financially.

They both suggested that someone in the family

had made a racist remark about the color of the baby's skin.

And Harry talked about William being trapped in a lifestyle

from which he had been trapped himself

and hadn't realized he was trapped

until Meghan had made it clear to him.

Oprah went on to clarify

that the couple made clear that it wasn't the Queen

or Prince Philip that made these remarks.

Either way, the Palace released a statement

addressing the alleged racism.

The Palace said, "Recollections may vary,"

but the matters would be addressed privately.

Sir, have you spoken to your brother

since the interview?

No, I haven't spoken to him yet, but I will do.

And can you just let me know,

is that the royal family a racist family, sir?

We're very much not a racist family.

You know, Megan herself has talked about

the challenges of being biracial.

She has said, you know,

"I wasn't black enough for the black roles,

"I wasn't white enough for the white roles,

"and I was in the middle as a mixed-race woman."

And her journey has been, in part, to find the strength,

and dignity, and passion for that role

and embody a beautiful, strong mixed-race woman

and all of that means.

You know, Meghan is reeducating people.

There's never been a mixed-race royal baby as we have now,

and this is an incredible thing.

I remember I was at the royal wedding

when Meghan and Harry got married, I was in Windsor,

and I remember there were a lot of women there

who were black, with little girls, with daughters,

who were celebrating this special day.

And people can't have any idea what a big deal this is,

for there to be a black princess,

for there to be a mixed-race princess

because we haven't had that before.

And I think that just by virtue of the fact

that Meghan is who she is, inspires people,

inspires young girls, inspires women,

and that's a beautiful thing.

The royal family cannot survive if it doesn't evolve

and it reflect the world at large,

and to be entirely white, it certainly does not do that.

So Megan is representing just by virtue of the fact

that she's accomplished and beautiful and smart and talented

and mixed race, and it's a wonderful thing.

It's great for the royal family.

It's great for everyone else.

The big royal wedding

that cost 40 million pounds and was watched by the world,

turns out it was all a performance.

The couple claimed that they actually tied the knot

in a secret ceremony three days before the big event

in their backyard.

Perhaps most troubling of all were Meghan's claims

that she experienced real and frightening suicidal thoughts

as a result of such intense tabloid scrutiny

and isolation at the Palace.

Becoming a royal meant giving up a lot

of personal luxuries and independence.

Meghan also claimed that it was disparaging

that the Palace refused to correct

false statements about her.

The main event in the Sussexes' lives has, of course,

been the birth of their second child, Lilibet, in June 2021.

Just days after their daughter's birth,

Meghan released her children's book, "The Bench,"

inspired by a Father's Day poem she wrote for Harry.

It became a New York Times Best Seller

within a week of release.

My husband and I are thrilled

to soon be welcoming a daughter.

It's a feeling of joy

we share with millions of other families around the world.

When we think of her, we think of all the young women

and girls around the globe who must be given the ability

and support to lead us forward.

Their future leadership depends on the decisions we make

and the actions we take now to set them up

and to set all of us up for a successful, equitable,

and compassionate tomorrow.

I know, it's incredibly impressive,

and I'm just so proud to be able to witness

so much of this activism

and this energy that we have in this room

because it's how we are going to see the impact

in the world that we weed.

The couple have also taken part

in their fair share of activism.

On her 40th birthday, Meghan filmed a video

with US actress Melissa McCarthy

to launch her 40X40 mentorship campaign,

raising awareness about the women globally

who have lost their jobs as a result of COVID.

As campaign chairs of Vax Live,

my husband and I believe it's critical

that our recovery prioritizes the health, safety,

and success of everyone, and particularly women,

who have been disproportionately affected by this pandemic.

With the surge in gender-based violence,

the increased responsibility of unpaid care work,

and new obstacles that have reversed so much progress

for women in the workplace,

we're at an inflection point for gender equity.

Women, and especially women of color,

have seen a generation of economic gain wiped out.

Since the pandemic began,

nearly 5 1/2 million women have lost work in the US,

and 47 million more women around the world

are expected to slip into extreme poverty.

But if we work together

to bring vaccines to every country and continent,

insist that vaccines are equitably distributed

and fairly priced,

and ensure that governments around the world

are donating their additional vaccines to countries in need,

then we can begin to fully rebuild.

Not only to restore us to where we were before,

but to go further and rapidly advance the conditions,

opportunity, and mobility for women everywhere.

Meghan Markle is not someone

who just wants a pretty designer dress

and a glass of champagne, she is actually engaged

and interested in the politics

and the storylines of where they're going.

In fact, she got in trouble when she met someone in Ireland,

who was in Parliament, I believe,

and congratulated them on the defeat of a bill

that would've nullified abortion in Ireland

and said, "You know, that's great."

And ended up getting in trouble because the Irish politician

tweeted, "Oh, I had this great conversation with Megan,

"and she congratulated us on the defeat of this initiative."

And everybody was like, "You can't take a side, Megan.

"You can't defend any position."

I think one of the most difficult challenging things

in this whole experience for Megan,

is the royal tradition of not taking a side,

of not showing your political leanings,

of not having opinions.

That is something that I think Meghan Markle has already

and will very much continue to struggle with.

For all the scrutiny that Harry

and Meghan have to endure,

it's easy to forget the couple is using their platform

as a way to reach out to others

through their work in public service.

From building their Archewell Foundation in 2020

to the small ways the couple gives back,

Harry and Meghan continue to work

and find ways to leave a positive impact on the world

and create a better future for their children.

Two years after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped back

as senior members of the Royal family,

the couple returned to the UK for an exceptional reason.

Harry and Meghan saw the Queen on a low-key visit

before attending the 2020 Invictus Games in the Netherlands.

The secret visit came almost a year

after Prince Philip's funeral,

which had been the last time Prince Harry was believed

to have reunited with the Queen

and the extended royal family.

Just after 12:30 today,

we heard the news from Buckingham Palace

that there were concerns about the Queen's health.

They said doctors were concerned, and they told her to rest,

and she was under medical supervision.

But the concerning thing is that

members of the royal family, her children,

and William, the second line to the throne grandchild,

all traveling up to Balmoral to see as we speak.

So that is the concerning thing,

that the family feel that things are so serious

that they need to be by Queen's side at this moment.

On September the 8th, 2022,

while Meghan and Harry were in London

preparing to attend a charity event,

Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.

The couple chose not to attend the charity event that night,

with Meghan staying in London

and her husband traveling to Balmoral.

Buckingham Palace has announced

the death of Queen Elizabeth II,

the longest-reigning monarch in British history.

The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.

The King and the Queen Consort

will remain at Balmoral this evening

and will return to London tomorrow.

On September the 10th, 2022,

the new Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Catherine,

were joined by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at Windsor

to view the tributes to the Queen

and spend time talking to the crowds.

There were mixed reactions from the people there.

This was the first time since March 2020

that the two couples had been seen together.

The couple then went on to attend the late Queen's funeral,

with Harry marching behind the coffin,

along with his family.

When it was finally announced that the Queen had died,

there was an extraordinary outpouring of grief

amongst the nation

because, you know, the majority of the Queen's subjects

had never known another monarch.

And it was kind of the end of an era.

It wasn't just her death, it was the end of an era.

It was end of the Elizabethan age as we know it.

And, of course, it was all so dramatic

and so beautifully staged

that that made it even more poignant.

You know, the soldiers, the wonderful music,

the people that used to work for the Queen,

walking behind her coffin was very, very moving.

And the crowd, we know, was crying.

Or they were crying, or they were cheering.

Or they were just silent, completely silent.

You could hear a pin drop.

I remember when Diana died

and the day of her funeral, you could just hear the birds.

You couldn't hear anything else.

No sound from the crowd,

and that is a sort of real high emotion.

King Charles III, Queen Camilla,

Prince William, and Princess Catherine

stand strong together in unity,

as they forge a path forward for the royal family

out of these difficult times.

The future of the monarchy looks strong

in the hands of those who are willing to give their lives

in service of the Crown.

Those who are willing to fulfill their God-given duty.

William and Catherine are the future of the monarchy,

and I think they probably are working

quite closely with King Charles and Queen Camilla

on what the monarchy should look like,

how the royal family should move forward.

They are the future of the royal family.

They are hardworking royals,

but most of all, they're popular.

People love to see them,

and people love to see the family all together,

so they can be very effective

in keeping up the profile of the monarchy

and keeping the royal family popular.

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