1 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:09,210 narrator: 2 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:09,210 They grew up worlds apart, 3 00:00:09,230 --> 00:00:11,050 but somehow found each other. 4 00:00:11,070 --> 00:00:14,009 Prince Harry was raised 5 00:00:11,070 --> 00:00:14,009 in royal palaces. 6 00:00:14,029 --> 00:00:16,160 Meghan Markle, 7 00:00:14,029 --> 00:00:16,160 a bi-racial American, 8 00:00:16,179 --> 00:00:19,019 lived a middle-class life 9 00:00:16,179 --> 00:00:19,019 in Los Angeles. 10 00:00:19,039 --> 00:00:22,250 Though an unlikely pair, Harry 11 00:00:19,039 --> 00:00:22,250 and Meghan had much in common, 12 00:00:22,269 --> 00:00:26,170 outsiders destined to be 13 00:00:22,269 --> 00:00:26,170 together against all odds. 14 00:00:27,089 --> 00:00:30,149 - They had very similar ideals. 15 00:00:27,089 --> 00:00:30,149 Very similar goals in life. 16 00:00:30,170 --> 00:00:32,219 Some of the toughest 17 00:00:30,170 --> 00:00:32,219 family challenges. 18 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:36,170 - They have the fact that they 19 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:36,170 are both children of divorce 20 00:00:36,189 --> 00:00:38,219 to bond them together. 21 00:00:39,090 --> 00:00:41,170 - Meghan bounced 22 00:00:39,090 --> 00:00:41,170 from mother to father. 23 00:00:41,189 --> 00:00:43,219 narrator: When Harry's mother, 24 00:00:41,189 --> 00:00:43,219 Lady Diana, 25 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:47,159 died in a car crash hounded 26 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:47,159 by the tabloids and paparazzi, 27 00:00:47,179 --> 00:00:50,109 young Harry felt 28 00:00:47,179 --> 00:00:50,109 even more like an outsider. 29 00:00:50,130 --> 00:00:52,070 - His parents got divorced. 30 00:00:52,090 --> 00:00:54,070 His mother 31 00:00:52,090 --> 00:00:54,070 was tragically killed. 32 00:00:54,090 --> 00:00:56,090 That creates chaos 33 00:00:54,090 --> 00:00:56,090 within a person. 34 00:00:56,109 --> 00:00:58,020 - He spiraled out of control. 35 00:00:58,039 --> 00:00:59,259 He was into drink. 36 00:00:58,039 --> 00:00:59,259 He was into drugs. 37 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,240 narrator: As an actress, 38 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,240 Meghan's mixed ethnicity 39 00:01:02,259 --> 00:01:04,150 made her a Hollywood outsider. 40 00:01:04,170 --> 00:01:07,189 - She either wasn't considered 41 00:01:04,170 --> 00:01:07,189 African-American enough 42 00:01:07,209 --> 00:01:10,060 or too ethnic 43 00:01:07,209 --> 00:01:10,060 for certain roles. 44 00:01:10,079 --> 00:01:11,260 narrator: Meghan and Harry 45 00:01:10,079 --> 00:01:11,260 both longed 46 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,129 for acceptance and love, 47 00:01:13,150 --> 00:01:15,269 but their roads 48 00:01:13,150 --> 00:01:15,269 to romance were rocky. 49 00:01:15,289 --> 00:01:17,129 - Chelsy found dating 50 00:01:17,150 --> 00:01:20,210 the second-most 51 00:01:17,150 --> 00:01:20,210 famous prince too much. 52 00:01:20,230 --> 00:01:22,019 - For Trevor and Megan, 53 00:01:22,039 --> 00:01:24,289 it was a very brief 54 00:01:22,039 --> 00:01:24,289 but bitter breakup. 55 00:01:25,180 --> 00:01:28,069 narrator: When Harry met 56 00:01:25,180 --> 00:01:28,069 Meghan, these kindred spirits 57 00:01:28,090 --> 00:01:30,170 finally found a place 58 00:01:28,090 --> 00:01:30,170 they both belonged: 59 00:01:30,189 --> 00:01:32,009 with each other. 60 00:01:35,210 --> 00:01:37,189 narrator: But this 61 00:01:35,210 --> 00:01:37,189 untraditional royal couple 62 00:01:37,210 --> 00:01:40,150 soon faced tabloid harassment 63 00:01:37,210 --> 00:01:40,150 and racism. 64 00:01:45,219 --> 00:01:48,140 - Absolutely nothing 65 00:01:45,219 --> 00:01:48,140 can prepare you 66 00:01:48,159 --> 00:01:50,280 for that jet blast 67 00:01:48,159 --> 00:01:50,280 of publicity 68 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,229 that comes with dating 69 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,229 a member of the Royal Family. 70 00:01:53,250 --> 00:01:55,219 - My British friends 71 00:01:53,250 --> 00:01:55,219 said the British tabloids 72 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,189 will destroy your life. 73 00:01:57,210 --> 00:02:00,090 narrator: Under siege, 74 00:01:57,210 --> 00:02:00,090 their bond grew stronger. 75 00:02:00,109 --> 00:02:03,090 - I never thought that 76 00:02:00,109 --> 00:02:03,090 this would be easy, 77 00:02:03,109 --> 00:02:04,280 but I thought it would be fair. 78 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,269 - I'll not be bullied 79 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,269 into playing a game 80 00:02:06,290 --> 00:02:08,080 that killed my mum. 81 00:02:08,099 --> 00:02:09,280 narrator: Shocking the world, 82 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:11,110 they abandoned 83 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:11,110 their royal roles 84 00:02:11,129 --> 00:02:13,180 to build a new life 85 00:02:11,129 --> 00:02:13,180 for themselves. 86 00:02:13,199 --> 00:02:16,090 - It brings me great sadness 87 00:02:13,199 --> 00:02:16,090 that it has come to this. 88 00:02:16,110 --> 00:02:18,189 - Going it alone, 89 00:02:16,110 --> 00:02:18,189 the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. 90 00:02:18,210 --> 00:02:20,199 - I was like, 91 00:02:18,210 --> 00:02:20,199 "What is going on? 92 00:02:20,219 --> 00:02:21,199 No." 93 00:02:22,229 --> 00:02:24,150 - You decide eventually, 94 00:02:22,229 --> 00:02:24,150 "I can't do this." 95 00:02:24,170 --> 00:02:25,289 - Marker. 96 00:02:26,009 --> 00:02:27,199 narrator: Exclusive 97 00:02:26,009 --> 00:02:27,199 interviews and new insights 98 00:02:27,219 --> 00:02:29,060 illuminate 99 00:02:27,219 --> 00:02:29,060 the most-talked-about 100 00:02:29,079 --> 00:02:30,289 royal romance in decades. 101 00:02:31,009 --> 00:02:34,250 This is "True Hollywood Story: 102 00:02:31,009 --> 00:02:34,250 Meghan and Harry." 103 00:02:34,270 --> 00:02:37,289 [upbeat music] 104 00:02:38,009 --> 00:02:45,060 ♪ ♪ 105 00:02:46,259 --> 00:02:48,099 [cheers and applause] 106 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:49,180 narrator: When Prince Harry 107 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:49,180 and Meghan Markle 108 00:02:50,259 --> 00:02:52,229 fell in love, their 109 00:02:50,259 --> 00:02:52,229 groundbreaking royal marriage 110 00:02:52,250 --> 00:02:56,069 marked a promising new era 111 00:02:52,250 --> 00:02:56,069 for the British monarchy. 112 00:02:56,090 --> 00:02:59,159 - Here was an American, 113 00:02:56,090 --> 00:02:59,159 a biracial woman, 114 00:02:59,180 --> 00:03:03,090 an outsider that would come 115 00:02:59,180 --> 00:03:03,090 into the Royal Family 116 00:03:03,110 --> 00:03:06,270 and manage to be 117 00:03:03,110 --> 00:03:06,270 the perfect partner to Harry. 118 00:03:06,289 --> 00:03:09,159 narrator: But while Meghan and 119 00:03:06,289 --> 00:03:09,159 Harry were in perfect harmony, 120 00:03:09,180 --> 00:03:12,060 their romance was rocked 121 00:03:09,180 --> 00:03:12,060 by the tabloid press 122 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,000 and critics inside the palace. 123 00:03:14,020 --> 00:03:16,199 - Meghan came into 124 00:03:14,020 --> 00:03:16,199 the Royal Family 125 00:03:16,219 --> 00:03:19,120 on Harry's arm 126 00:03:16,219 --> 00:03:19,120 with no protection. 127 00:03:19,139 --> 00:03:22,050 - She had no clue 128 00:03:19,139 --> 00:03:22,050 what she was getting into. 129 00:03:22,069 --> 00:03:25,150 She had no clue about British 130 00:03:22,069 --> 00:03:25,150 culture or the British media. 131 00:03:25,170 --> 00:03:29,060 - Britain is based 132 00:03:25,170 --> 00:03:29,060 on this class system. 133 00:03:29,079 --> 00:03:32,009 Maybe they would never 134 00:03:29,079 --> 00:03:32,009 accept Meghan for who she was, 135 00:03:32,030 --> 00:03:35,270 because she was an American, 136 00:03:32,030 --> 00:03:35,270 an outsider, an actress. 137 00:03:35,289 --> 00:03:37,159 [dramatic music] 138 00:03:37,180 --> 00:03:39,240 narrator: Meghan's remarkable 139 00:03:37,180 --> 00:03:39,240 and controversial rise 140 00:03:39,259 --> 00:03:42,110 to royalty began 141 00:03:39,259 --> 00:03:42,110 in a quiet middle-class suburb 142 00:03:42,129 --> 00:03:44,009 of Los Angeles. 143 00:03:44,030 --> 00:03:45,270 Her parents met in Hollywood 144 00:03:45,289 --> 00:03:49,009 while working on the 145 00:03:45,289 --> 00:03:49,009 soap opera "General Hospital." 146 00:03:49,030 --> 00:03:50,259 Meghan's dad, Tommy Markle, 147 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,210 was one of the lighting 148 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,210 designers working on the show. 149 00:03:53,229 --> 00:03:55,170 I would see him every day 150 00:03:53,229 --> 00:03:55,170 that he was in, 151 00:03:55,189 --> 00:03:57,219 and I thought 152 00:03:55,189 --> 00:03:57,219 he was a really nice guy. 153 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:00,110 - Doria Ragland was 154 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:00,110 a trainee makeup artist 155 00:04:00,129 --> 00:04:03,080 when she and Tom met 156 00:04:00,129 --> 00:04:03,080 and married in 1979. 157 00:04:03,099 --> 00:04:04,189 - This was his second wife. 158 00:04:04,210 --> 00:04:06,020 This was Doria's 159 00:04:04,210 --> 00:04:06,020 first husband, 160 00:04:06,039 --> 00:04:09,129 and they went to live 161 00:04:06,039 --> 00:04:09,129 in Woodland Hills, 162 00:04:09,150 --> 00:04:11,180 a nice, leafy part 163 00:04:09,150 --> 00:04:11,180 of Los Angeles. 164 00:04:11,199 --> 00:04:13,199 - Doria gave birth 165 00:04:11,199 --> 00:04:13,199 to her only child, 166 00:04:13,219 --> 00:04:16,089 Rachel Meghan Markle, 167 00:04:13,219 --> 00:04:16,089 two years later 168 00:04:16,110 --> 00:04:18,139 on August 4, 1981. 169 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,149 - When Meghan was born, 170 00:04:20,170 --> 00:04:22,149 Thomas already had 171 00:04:20,170 --> 00:04:22,149 two children, 172 00:04:22,170 --> 00:04:24,269 Tom Jr. and Samantha. 173 00:04:24,290 --> 00:04:26,290 Thomas Jr. didn't get on 174 00:04:24,290 --> 00:04:26,290 with Samantha. 175 00:04:27,009 --> 00:04:29,189 She wanted to be an actress 176 00:04:27,009 --> 00:04:29,189 and wanted her father 177 00:04:29,209 --> 00:04:32,110 to get her roles 178 00:04:29,209 --> 00:04:32,110 in various soaps. 179 00:04:32,129 --> 00:04:34,279 It was a pretty 180 00:04:32,129 --> 00:04:34,279 fractious household, 181 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:39,129 and Tom Markle absolutely 182 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:39,129 doted on the little baby 183 00:04:39,149 --> 00:04:41,290 he called Bud. 184 00:04:39,149 --> 00:04:41,290 That's Meghan Markle. 185 00:04:42,009 --> 00:04:45,009 - She was really, really into, 186 00:04:42,009 --> 00:04:45,009 like, the Disney movies 187 00:04:45,029 --> 00:04:47,029 with "Beauty and the Beast" 188 00:04:45,029 --> 00:04:47,029 and "Cinderella." 189 00:04:47,050 --> 00:04:48,279 Definitely all princess. 190 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:50,279 narrator: Three years 191 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:50,279 after Meghan was born, 192 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,220 real-life Princess Diana 193 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:57,029 gave birth to her second son, 194 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:57,029 Harry, on September 15, 1984. 195 00:04:57,050 --> 00:05:00,019 - Princess Diana 196 00:04:57,050 --> 00:05:00,019 has issued forth 197 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,040 with a second child. 198 00:05:02,060 --> 00:05:03,149 It is a boy. 199 00:05:03,170 --> 00:05:05,240 [cheers and applause] 200 00:05:05,259 --> 00:05:07,180 - Princess Diana's first son, 201 00:05:05,259 --> 00:05:07,180 William, 202 00:05:07,199 --> 00:05:09,040 was the all-important heir. 203 00:05:09,060 --> 00:05:11,149 Baby Harry was the spare. 204 00:05:11,170 --> 00:05:13,040 - Harry hates being called 205 00:05:11,170 --> 00:05:13,040 the "spare," 206 00:05:13,060 --> 00:05:16,250 but it's a title that was given 207 00:05:13,060 --> 00:05:16,250 to him by his father. 208 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,259 Princess Diana never treated 209 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,259 her boys differently, 210 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:23,149 but other people would bow 211 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:23,149 and curtsy to William 212 00:05:23,170 --> 00:05:26,129 as a six-year-old. 213 00:05:23,170 --> 00:05:26,129 They never did that to Harry. 214 00:05:26,149 --> 00:05:29,009 Harry knew that his brother 215 00:05:26,149 --> 00:05:29,009 would be king one day, 216 00:05:29,029 --> 00:05:30,160 and he wouldn't. 217 00:05:30,180 --> 00:05:32,120 Harry was just a little boy 218 00:05:32,139 --> 00:05:34,129 who wanted to be a soldier 219 00:05:34,149 --> 00:05:36,209 running around the palace 220 00:05:34,149 --> 00:05:36,209 with a BB gun. 221 00:05:36,230 --> 00:05:39,069 Harry was such a wild child. 222 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,040 narrator: Princess Diana 223 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,040 often took her sons with her 224 00:05:42,060 --> 00:05:44,240 as she did humanitarian 225 00:05:42,060 --> 00:05:44,240 and charitable work. 226 00:05:44,259 --> 00:05:47,009 - They'd sit and talk 227 00:05:44,259 --> 00:05:47,009 to homeless people, 228 00:05:47,029 --> 00:05:49,189 and the princess would take 229 00:05:47,029 --> 00:05:49,189 the two boys to see 230 00:05:49,209 --> 00:05:52,129 HIV and AIDS patients 231 00:05:49,209 --> 00:05:52,129 at London Lighthouse. 232 00:05:52,149 --> 00:05:55,029 - I've taken the children 233 00:05:55,050 --> 00:05:56,159 to all sorts of areas 234 00:05:56,180 --> 00:05:59,110 where I'm not sure 235 00:05:56,180 --> 00:05:59,110 anyone of that age 236 00:05:59,129 --> 00:06:01,029 in this family has been before. 237 00:06:01,050 --> 00:06:04,019 - She wanted them to have 238 00:06:01,050 --> 00:06:04,019 an appreciation of life 239 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:05,240 beyond the palace gates. 240 00:06:05,259 --> 00:06:09,009 - That's really penetrated 241 00:06:05,259 --> 00:06:09,009 Harry's mind. 242 00:06:09,029 --> 00:06:11,110 Harry has a huge heart. 243 00:06:11,129 --> 00:06:12,269 He loves people, 244 00:06:12,290 --> 00:06:15,149 and those traits 245 00:06:12,290 --> 00:06:15,149 come from his mother. 246 00:06:15,170 --> 00:06:17,250 Harry was always 247 00:06:15,170 --> 00:06:17,250 the most generous one. 248 00:06:17,269 --> 00:06:19,149 - It's an 249 00:06:17,269 --> 00:06:19,149 interesting comparison 250 00:06:19,170 --> 00:06:21,279 what Harry was doing age 10 251 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,220 and what Meghan was doing 252 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,220 age 10 or 11. 253 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,220 - Anti-war protests 254 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,220 in this country are growing. 255 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,060 narrator: While still 256 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,060 in elementary school, 257 00:06:28,079 --> 00:06:31,060 Meghan organized a protest 258 00:06:28,079 --> 00:06:31,060 against the Iraq War. 259 00:06:31,079 --> 00:06:32,250 - It was so well-attended, 260 00:06:32,269 --> 00:06:36,129 a local TV station 261 00:06:32,269 --> 00:06:36,129 actually took footage of it. 262 00:06:36,149 --> 00:06:37,250 narrator: The next year, 263 00:06:37,269 --> 00:06:39,129 Meghan took blue chip 264 00:06:37,269 --> 00:06:39,129 corporation, 265 00:06:39,149 --> 00:06:41,009 Procter & Gamble, to task 266 00:06:41,029 --> 00:06:43,259 over what she felt 267 00:06:41,029 --> 00:06:43,259 was a sexist ad campaign. 268 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:46,269 - She complained 269 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:46,269 about the advertising 270 00:06:46,290 --> 00:06:50,220 for a detergent which said 271 00:06:46,290 --> 00:06:50,220 women around America 272 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,110 are using this 273 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,110 cleaning product. 274 00:06:52,129 --> 00:06:55,139 She thought it should be 275 00:06:52,129 --> 00:06:55,139 people around America. 276 00:06:55,159 --> 00:06:57,029 - I don't think it's right 277 00:06:55,159 --> 00:06:57,029 for kids to grow up 278 00:06:57,050 --> 00:07:00,069 thinking these things, 279 00:06:57,050 --> 00:07:00,069 that just Mom does everything. 280 00:07:00,089 --> 00:07:02,180 - She wrote to the company, 281 00:07:00,089 --> 00:07:02,180 Procter & Gamble, 282 00:07:02,199 --> 00:07:05,000 and to her delight, 283 00:07:05,019 --> 00:07:06,290 that slogan was changed 284 00:07:07,009 --> 00:07:08,240 to "people" 285 00:07:07,009 --> 00:07:08,240 instead of "women." 286 00:07:08,259 --> 00:07:11,009 narrator: But while young 287 00:07:08,259 --> 00:07:11,009 Meghan was finding her voice 288 00:07:11,029 --> 00:07:12,240 as an American schoolgirl, 289 00:07:12,259 --> 00:07:14,180 Harry was living 290 00:07:12,259 --> 00:07:14,180 the privileged life 291 00:07:14,199 --> 00:07:16,019 of an English prince. 292 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,019 - An awful lot of his life 293 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,019 was traditional: 294 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:21,290 hunting, shooting, 295 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:21,290 and fishing, riding horses, 296 00:07:22,009 --> 00:07:25,040 playing polo, going out 297 00:07:22,009 --> 00:07:25,040 with his aristocratic friends. 298 00:07:25,060 --> 00:07:27,250 narrator: But Harry's life 299 00:07:25,060 --> 00:07:27,250 was not all fun and games. 300 00:07:27,269 --> 00:07:29,199 He and William were well aware 301 00:07:29,220 --> 00:07:32,009 their parents were leading 302 00:07:29,220 --> 00:07:32,009 separate lives. 303 00:07:32,029 --> 00:07:34,149 Prince Charles 304 00:07:32,029 --> 00:07:34,149 was involved in a love affair 305 00:07:34,170 --> 00:07:35,290 with Camilla Parker Bowles 306 00:07:36,009 --> 00:07:39,040 that had begun even 307 00:07:36,009 --> 00:07:39,040 before he married Diana. 308 00:07:39,060 --> 00:07:40,269 - She was living a lie. 309 00:07:40,290 --> 00:07:43,220 Effectively, her husband was 310 00:07:40,290 --> 00:07:43,220 living with another man's wife. 311 00:07:44,149 --> 00:07:45,199 - I remember the day 312 00:07:45,220 --> 00:07:47,269 when a letter 313 00:07:45,220 --> 00:07:47,269 arrived from the Queen. 314 00:07:47,290 --> 00:07:50,090 In the letter, 315 00:07:47,290 --> 00:07:50,090 the Queen had written, 316 00:07:50,110 --> 00:07:53,019 "We've decided that 317 00:07:50,110 --> 00:07:53,019 it's best for the country 318 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:54,149 if you have a divorce." 319 00:07:54,170 --> 00:07:56,079 "They decide," she said. 320 00:07:56,100 --> 00:08:00,060 "I don't get a say in this? 321 00:07:56,100 --> 00:08:00,060 I don't want a divorce." 322 00:08:00,079 --> 00:08:03,009 - The divorce of Charles 323 00:08:00,079 --> 00:08:03,009 and Diana had an impact 324 00:08:03,029 --> 00:08:04,290 both on William 325 00:08:03,029 --> 00:08:04,290 and especially on Harry. 326 00:08:05,009 --> 00:08:08,050 The harsh words, 327 00:08:05,009 --> 00:08:08,050 The slamming doors, the tears. 328 00:08:08,069 --> 00:08:09,269 ♪ ♪ 329 00:08:09,290 --> 00:08:13,209 - Harry learned that people 330 00:08:09,290 --> 00:08:13,209 get divorced, and he learned, 331 00:08:13,230 --> 00:08:16,040 when his father Charles 332 00:08:13,230 --> 00:08:16,040 came out with his affair 333 00:08:16,060 --> 00:08:17,240 with Camilla Parker Bowles, 334 00:08:17,259 --> 00:08:20,170 that people will betray you 335 00:08:20,189 --> 00:08:22,240 when you're in a relationship 336 00:08:20,189 --> 00:08:22,240 with them. 337 00:08:22,259 --> 00:08:26,100 So that foundation 338 00:08:22,259 --> 00:08:26,100 begins to set the tone 339 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:29,019 for a very 340 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:29,019 untrusting individual. 341 00:08:29,180 --> 00:08:31,019 - It's interesting to compare 342 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:32,210 Harry and Meghan's 343 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:32,210 upbringings, 344 00:08:32,230 --> 00:08:35,100 because both of them 345 00:08:32,230 --> 00:08:35,100 are products of divorce, 346 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:38,120 but both experienced divorce 347 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:38,120 in very different ways. 348 00:08:39,070 --> 00:08:40,259 - Meghan was six years old 349 00:08:40,279 --> 00:08:43,059 when her parents 350 00:08:40,279 --> 00:08:43,059 divorced in 1987. 351 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,059 - Doria and Thomas 352 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,059 really tried their best 353 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,179 to make it work 354 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,179 when it came to co-parenting. 355 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:51,149 - She enjoyed time 356 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:51,149 with her mother. 357 00:08:51,169 --> 00:08:53,149 Doria was quite 358 00:08:51,169 --> 00:08:53,149 a disciplinarian. 359 00:08:53,169 --> 00:08:56,059 Taught her yoga. 360 00:08:53,169 --> 00:08:56,059 They went jogging together. 361 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:58,110 Both Doria and Thomas 362 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:58,110 were quite sensitive 363 00:08:58,129 --> 00:09:01,110 to Meghan's feelings 364 00:08:58,129 --> 00:09:01,110 about her biracial background. 365 00:09:01,129 --> 00:09:03,019 And on one occasion, 366 00:09:03,039 --> 00:09:05,279 she had to fill in various 367 00:09:03,039 --> 00:09:05,279 boxes in a questionnaire, 368 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,159 and there was nothing that said 369 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,159 biracial, and so she was torn. 370 00:09:09,179 --> 00:09:12,080 Do I enter white 371 00:09:09,179 --> 00:09:12,080 or do I enter Black? 372 00:09:12,100 --> 00:09:15,139 And she asked her father, and 373 00:09:12,100 --> 00:09:15,139 he said, "Make your own box." 374 00:09:15,159 --> 00:09:16,190 narrator: When Meghan entered 375 00:09:16,210 --> 00:09:19,019 Immaculate Heart School 376 00:09:16,210 --> 00:09:19,019 in 1993, 377 00:09:19,039 --> 00:09:21,250 she stayed with her father 378 00:09:19,039 --> 00:09:21,250 who lived nearby. 379 00:09:21,269 --> 00:09:24,190 - I met Meghan in eighth grade 380 00:09:24,210 --> 00:09:27,110 when I was at 381 00:09:24,210 --> 00:09:27,110 Immaculate Heart Middle School, 382 00:09:27,129 --> 00:09:29,250 and she came in 383 00:09:27,129 --> 00:09:29,250 as a seventh-grader. 384 00:09:29,269 --> 00:09:31,269 I remember this 385 00:09:29,269 --> 00:09:31,269 vivacious little girl 386 00:09:31,289 --> 00:09:34,080 who was always smiling, 387 00:09:31,289 --> 00:09:34,080 and happy, 388 00:09:34,100 --> 00:09:37,019 and just really a sweetheart. 389 00:09:34,100 --> 00:09:37,019 We had done a play 390 00:09:37,039 --> 00:09:39,029 together called 391 00:09:37,039 --> 00:09:39,029 "On the Twentieth Century," 392 00:09:39,049 --> 00:09:41,080 and that's where 393 00:09:39,049 --> 00:09:41,080 I really got a chance 394 00:09:41,100 --> 00:09:42,279 to start to get to know her. 395 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,080 You can't fake kindness. 396 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,080 You can't fake compassion. 397 00:09:46,100 --> 00:09:49,120 - From the moment that I saw 398 00:09:46,100 --> 00:09:49,120 her come in from middle school, 399 00:09:49,139 --> 00:09:51,029 I thought, "Hmm. 400 00:09:51,049 --> 00:09:53,250 I think this young lady 401 00:09:51,049 --> 00:09:53,250 really wants to be an actress." 402 00:09:53,269 --> 00:09:56,159 She definitely 403 00:09:53,269 --> 00:09:56,159 had something special. 404 00:09:56,179 --> 00:09:58,120 She sparkled 405 00:09:56,179 --> 00:09:58,120 when she performed. 406 00:09:58,139 --> 00:10:01,230 - From the outside, 407 00:09:58,139 --> 00:10:01,230 her school days looked perfect. 408 00:10:01,250 --> 00:10:03,169 She got the great grades. 409 00:10:03,190 --> 00:10:05,289 She was popular. 410 00:10:03,190 --> 00:10:05,289 She helped others. 411 00:10:06,009 --> 00:10:08,059 But as a mixed-race girl 412 00:10:06,009 --> 00:10:08,059 growing up, 413 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,070 her identity 414 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,070 came with stereotypes 415 00:10:11,090 --> 00:10:12,129 and cliches along the way. 416 00:10:12,149 --> 00:10:15,240 And she was often the outsider 417 00:10:12,149 --> 00:10:15,240 in her school, as well. 418 00:10:16,070 --> 00:10:18,279 - Meghan and Thomas Markle, 419 00:10:16,070 --> 00:10:18,279 her father, were very close. 420 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,289 When Meghan 421 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,289 was at Immaculate Heart, 422 00:10:21,009 --> 00:10:23,100 Thomas Markle 423 00:10:21,009 --> 00:10:23,100 was there all the time. 424 00:10:23,230 --> 00:10:27,200 - Mr. Markle was amazing. 425 00:10:23,230 --> 00:10:27,200 He did all of our lighting, 426 00:10:27,220 --> 00:10:29,009 'cause he worked 427 00:10:27,220 --> 00:10:29,009 for "General Hospital." 428 00:10:29,029 --> 00:10:31,220 He was very much the stage dad. 429 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:34,059 - When Tom was watching 430 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:34,059 Meghan onstage, 431 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:35,240 you could just see 432 00:10:35,259 --> 00:10:38,139 the absolute adoration 433 00:10:35,259 --> 00:10:38,139 on his face. 434 00:10:38,159 --> 00:10:40,000 He was very proud of her. 435 00:10:40,019 --> 00:10:42,139 - She had two 436 00:10:40,019 --> 00:10:42,139 very present parents that, 437 00:10:42,159 --> 00:10:44,129 through the ups and downs, 438 00:10:44,149 --> 00:10:47,200 still provided that same level 439 00:10:44,149 --> 00:10:47,200 of support that she needed 440 00:10:47,220 --> 00:10:49,080 as she was growing up 441 00:10:47,220 --> 00:10:49,080 in the world. 442 00:10:49,100 --> 00:10:52,000 narrator: Prince Harry 443 00:10:49,100 --> 00:10:52,000 was not so fortunate. 444 00:10:52,019 --> 00:10:54,059 Coming up, 445 00:10:52,019 --> 00:10:54,059 Harry's heartbreak... 446 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:56,100 - The world has 447 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:56,100 lost Princess Diana. 448 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,049 - Had the media not been 449 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,049 chasing the princess, 450 00:10:59,070 --> 00:11:00,019 she would still be here. 451 00:11:00,279 --> 00:11:02,230 - He absolutely hated 452 00:11:00,279 --> 00:11:02,230 the mass media. 453 00:11:02,250 --> 00:11:04,190 narrator: 454 00:11:02,250 --> 00:11:04,190 An angry young prince... 455 00:11:04,210 --> 00:11:07,259 - Now back off the vehicle! 456 00:11:04,210 --> 00:11:07,259 - He spiraled out of control. 457 00:11:07,279 --> 00:11:09,289 narrator: And a royal wedding 458 00:11:07,279 --> 00:11:09,289 like no other. 459 00:11:10,009 --> 00:11:11,200 - When love is the way, 460 00:11:11,220 --> 00:11:14,000 then no child 461 00:11:11,220 --> 00:11:14,000 will go to bed hungry. 462 00:11:14,019 --> 00:11:15,259 - This wedding has turned 463 00:11:14,019 --> 00:11:15,259 so Black. 464 00:11:15,279 --> 00:11:17,100 - We gotta get you all married. 465 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,080 [laughter] 466 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,110 [dramatic music] 467 00:11:24,129 --> 00:11:26,139 narrator: Both Meghan Markle 468 00:11:24,129 --> 00:11:26,139 and Prince Harry 469 00:11:26,159 --> 00:11:28,009 shared the pain of divorce. 470 00:11:28,029 --> 00:11:30,019 And like Meghan, 471 00:11:28,029 --> 00:11:30,019 12-year-old, Harry, 472 00:11:30,039 --> 00:11:31,139 and his older brother, 473 00:11:30,039 --> 00:11:31,139 William, 474 00:11:31,159 --> 00:11:33,120 moved from parent to parent. 475 00:11:33,139 --> 00:11:37,240 - Harry and his father had 476 00:11:33,139 --> 00:11:37,240 an edgy relationship 477 00:11:37,259 --> 00:11:39,269 after the divorce. 478 00:11:39,289 --> 00:11:41,259 Charles, although 479 00:11:39,289 --> 00:11:41,259 he loved Harry, 480 00:11:41,279 --> 00:11:43,129 was not a disciplinarian, 481 00:11:43,149 --> 00:11:45,240 and I'm sure that was 482 00:11:43,149 --> 00:11:45,240 because he felt guilty 483 00:11:45,259 --> 00:11:48,029 over the pain and suffering 484 00:11:45,259 --> 00:11:48,029 of Harry 485 00:11:48,049 --> 00:11:50,279 caused by his own affair 486 00:11:48,049 --> 00:11:50,279 with Camilla Parker Bowles. 487 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:54,210 - Diana brought up 488 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:54,210 those two boys, not Charles. 489 00:11:54,230 --> 00:11:57,269 narrator: Then suddenly, 490 00:11:54,230 --> 00:11:57,269 Diana was gone. 491 00:11:57,289 --> 00:12:01,129 - The world has lost 492 00:11:57,289 --> 00:12:01,129 Princess Diana at age 36. 493 00:12:01,269 --> 00:12:06,019 - On August 31, 1997, 494 00:12:01,269 --> 00:12:06,019 the world was stunned 495 00:12:06,039 --> 00:12:08,240 when Harry's beloved mother 496 00:12:06,039 --> 00:12:08,240 was killed in a car crash, 497 00:12:08,259 --> 00:12:10,230 after a high-speed chase 498 00:12:08,259 --> 00:12:10,230 through Paris 499 00:12:10,250 --> 00:12:13,080 pursued by 500 00:12:10,250 --> 00:12:13,080 a swarm of paparazzi. 501 00:12:13,100 --> 00:12:16,159 - Had the media not been 502 00:12:13,100 --> 00:12:16,159 chasing the princess 503 00:12:16,179 --> 00:12:19,019 on that night, 504 00:12:16,179 --> 00:12:19,019 she would still be here. 505 00:12:19,039 --> 00:12:22,169 - They were there photographing 506 00:12:19,039 --> 00:12:22,169 her as she lay dying. 507 00:12:23,090 --> 00:12:25,159 - That's something 508 00:12:23,090 --> 00:12:25,159 that Harry had to live with 509 00:12:25,179 --> 00:12:27,080 his entire life, 510 00:12:27,100 --> 00:12:31,230 and it does begin to build a 511 00:12:27,100 --> 00:12:31,230 hatred for anyone in the media. 512 00:12:31,250 --> 00:12:33,279 ♪ ♪ 513 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:35,070 narrator: 514 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:35,070 As the world mourned 515 00:12:35,090 --> 00:12:36,220 the death 516 00:12:35,090 --> 00:12:36,220 of the People's Princess, 517 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:38,129 a heartbroken 518 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:38,129 13-year-old Harry 519 00:12:38,149 --> 00:12:40,110 and 15-year-old William 520 00:12:40,129 --> 00:12:43,029 were forced 521 00:12:40,129 --> 00:12:43,029 to grieve in public. 522 00:12:43,049 --> 00:12:47,000 - The last-minute decision 523 00:12:43,049 --> 00:12:47,000 by William and Harry, 524 00:12:47,019 --> 00:12:50,169 at the prompting of their 525 00:12:47,019 --> 00:12:50,169 grandfather, Prince Philip, 526 00:12:50,190 --> 00:12:53,049 to walk behind Diana's coffin, 527 00:12:53,070 --> 00:12:56,149 had a profound effect 528 00:12:53,070 --> 00:12:56,149 on both boys. 529 00:12:56,169 --> 00:12:57,169 [somber music] 530 00:12:57,190 --> 00:12:59,070 - I don't know 531 00:12:57,190 --> 00:12:59,070 how Harry did it. 532 00:12:59,090 --> 00:13:01,159 I think he did it 533 00:12:59,090 --> 00:13:01,159 because his brother said, 534 00:13:01,179 --> 00:13:03,129 "I'll take care of you. 535 00:13:03,149 --> 00:13:06,049 Let's do this for Mummy, 536 00:13:03,149 --> 00:13:06,049 this one last thing." 537 00:13:06,070 --> 00:13:08,039 - He had to hold himself 538 00:13:06,070 --> 00:13:08,039 together 539 00:13:08,059 --> 00:13:11,080 and be dignified 540 00:13:08,059 --> 00:13:11,080 while going along 541 00:13:11,100 --> 00:13:13,289 in the funeral procession 542 00:13:11,100 --> 00:13:13,289 of his mother. 543 00:13:14,009 --> 00:13:16,110 What that does to a person 544 00:13:16,129 --> 00:13:19,139 is it begins to teach them 545 00:13:19,159 --> 00:13:21,210 to neglect their own feelings-- 546 00:13:21,230 --> 00:13:23,259 that the image 547 00:13:21,230 --> 00:13:23,259 is more important 548 00:13:23,279 --> 00:13:26,159 than what's actually 549 00:13:23,279 --> 00:13:26,159 going on inside. 550 00:13:26,179 --> 00:13:29,029 ♪ ♪ 551 00:13:29,049 --> 00:13:31,269 - Harry and William came 552 00:13:29,049 --> 00:13:31,269 to Kensington Palace 553 00:13:31,289 --> 00:13:33,029 for one last time. 554 00:13:33,049 --> 00:13:35,269 And I said to William, 555 00:13:35,289 --> 00:13:37,250 "You must take 556 00:13:35,289 --> 00:13:37,250 something of Mummy's." 557 00:13:37,269 --> 00:13:41,179 So he said, 558 00:13:37,269 --> 00:13:41,179 "I'd like Mummy's watch." 559 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,000 And I said to Harry, 560 00:13:43,019 --> 00:13:44,049 "And what are you gonna 561 00:13:43,019 --> 00:13:44,049 take, Harry?" 562 00:13:44,070 --> 00:13:46,240 He said, 563 00:13:44,070 --> 00:13:46,240 "Can I have her hairbrush? 564 00:13:46,259 --> 00:13:48,100 I'd like to take that," 565 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:50,059 because 566 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:50,059 it still had her hair in it. 567 00:13:51,019 --> 00:13:52,179 We held each other, 568 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:55,159 and Harry's tears wet my shirt. 569 00:13:55,179 --> 00:13:58,070 His heart was broken. 570 00:13:58,090 --> 00:13:59,279 narrator: Harry's grief 571 00:13:58,090 --> 00:13:59,279 led to struggles 572 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:01,269 as he grew older. 573 00:14:01,289 --> 00:14:03,139 - His parents got divorced. 574 00:14:03,159 --> 00:14:05,230 His mother was 575 00:14:03,159 --> 00:14:05,230 tragically killed. 576 00:14:05,250 --> 00:14:08,149 That sense of chaos 577 00:14:08,169 --> 00:14:10,289 creates chaos within a person. 578 00:14:11,009 --> 00:14:12,100 What you'll often see 579 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:15,159 is them acting out 580 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:15,159 and doing things 581 00:14:15,179 --> 00:14:18,240 that can ultimately 582 00:14:15,179 --> 00:14:18,240 be self-destructive. 583 00:14:18,259 --> 00:14:20,009 narrator: 584 00:14:18,259 --> 00:14:20,009 While 18-year-old Harry 585 00:14:20,029 --> 00:14:21,220 was beginning to misbehave, 586 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:25,009 21-year-old Meghan 587 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:25,009 was at Northwestern University 588 00:14:25,029 --> 00:14:27,070 in 2002, majoring in theater 589 00:14:27,090 --> 00:14:28,289 and international studies. 590 00:14:29,009 --> 00:14:31,090 - Even though she still was 591 00:14:29,009 --> 00:14:31,090 really interested 592 00:14:31,110 --> 00:14:34,129 in doing humanitarian work 593 00:14:31,110 --> 00:14:34,129 or international work, 594 00:14:34,149 --> 00:14:38,019 acting seemed to be 595 00:14:34,149 --> 00:14:38,019 her true passion at the time. 596 00:14:38,039 --> 00:14:39,200 narrator: In 2002, 597 00:14:39,220 --> 00:14:42,169 Meghan landed her 598 00:14:39,220 --> 00:14:42,169 first small credited TV role, 599 00:14:42,190 --> 00:14:44,019 thanks to her dad, 600 00:14:44,039 --> 00:14:46,100 on the same soap opera 601 00:14:44,039 --> 00:14:46,100 where her parents met. 602 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:49,200 - Tom asked, as a courtesy, 603 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:49,200 if I would meet his daughter. 604 00:14:49,220 --> 00:14:52,269 She was just very poised, 605 00:14:49,220 --> 00:14:52,269 charming, and beautiful, 606 00:14:52,289 --> 00:14:54,149 and so we cast her 607 00:14:54,169 --> 00:14:57,179 in a four-episode 608 00:14:54,169 --> 00:14:57,179 supporting role as Nurse Jill. 609 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:58,279 - Just one second. 610 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:00,169 I have his chart right here, 611 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:00,169 Dr. Lan, 612 00:15:00,190 --> 00:15:01,279 but I don't see the notation. 613 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:03,279 - And she was actually 614 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:03,279 very good. 615 00:15:04,210 --> 00:15:05,289 narrator: It took four years 616 00:15:06,009 --> 00:15:07,159 for Meghan to get 617 00:15:06,009 --> 00:15:07,159 her next break 618 00:15:07,179 --> 00:15:09,210 when she was cast 619 00:15:07,179 --> 00:15:09,210 as a briefcase girl 620 00:15:09,230 --> 00:15:12,179 on the TV game show 621 00:15:09,230 --> 00:15:12,179 "Deal or No Deal". 622 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:14,200 - When Meghan walked 623 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:14,200 into the room, 624 00:15:14,220 --> 00:15:16,100 she had that beautiful smile. 625 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:17,120 The first thing 626 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:17,120 I said was like, 627 00:15:18,129 --> 00:15:20,080 "I wonder what her ethnic 628 00:15:18,129 --> 00:15:20,080 background is, you know?" 629 00:15:20,100 --> 00:15:22,169 For some reason, some of the 630 00:15:20,100 --> 00:15:22,169 producers were not on board 631 00:15:22,190 --> 00:15:25,179 with bringing Meghan on as one 632 00:15:22,190 --> 00:15:25,179 of the models on the show. 633 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:28,120 They never said anything 634 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:28,120 why they were hesitant 635 00:15:28,139 --> 00:15:31,029 about bringing her on, 636 00:15:28,139 --> 00:15:31,029 but for me, I was like, 637 00:15:31,049 --> 00:15:33,159 "You're beautiful. 638 00:15:31,049 --> 00:15:33,159 You're professional. 639 00:15:33,179 --> 00:15:35,190 You have a great personality. 640 00:15:33,179 --> 00:15:35,190 You're in." 641 00:15:35,210 --> 00:15:37,159 narrator: But Meghan 642 00:15:35,210 --> 00:15:37,159 found it difficult 643 00:15:37,179 --> 00:15:39,259 to land 644 00:15:37,179 --> 00:15:39,259 more substantial acting roles. 645 00:15:39,279 --> 00:15:41,149 - Meghan talks 646 00:15:39,279 --> 00:15:41,149 about struggling 647 00:15:41,169 --> 00:15:42,179 in her early years 648 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,289 with being biracial, 649 00:15:45,009 --> 00:15:46,169 and going in for roles, 650 00:15:46,190 --> 00:15:47,289 and feeling she either 651 00:15:48,009 --> 00:15:50,129 wasn't considered 652 00:15:48,009 --> 00:15:50,129 African-American enough 653 00:15:50,149 --> 00:15:52,220 or too ethnic 654 00:15:50,149 --> 00:15:52,220 for certain roles. 655 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,129 narrator: Far from Hollywood, 656 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,129 the British tabloid press 657 00:15:55,149 --> 00:15:57,289 was anointing a restless, 658 00:15:55,149 --> 00:15:57,289 rebellious Harry 659 00:15:58,009 --> 00:16:00,139 with a new title: 660 00:15:58,009 --> 00:16:00,139 the party prince. 661 00:16:00,159 --> 00:16:02,289 - Harry was all over 662 00:16:00,159 --> 00:16:02,289 the place, taking drugs, 663 00:16:03,009 --> 00:16:04,090 he was getting drunk, 664 00:16:04,110 --> 00:16:06,190 he was getting into fights 665 00:16:04,110 --> 00:16:06,190 in nightclubs. 666 00:16:06,210 --> 00:16:08,220 He was a very angry young man. 667 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:10,279 - Whoa, whoa, whoa! 668 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,009 narrator: 20-year-old 669 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,009 Harry's hatred for the press 670 00:16:13,029 --> 00:16:14,220 came to blows in 2004 671 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:18,039 when he got into a physical 672 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:18,039 altercation with a paparazzo. 673 00:16:18,059 --> 00:16:20,029 - Get back off the vehicle! 674 00:16:20,049 --> 00:16:21,190 narrator: A year later, 675 00:16:21,210 --> 00:16:24,029 he was back in the tabloids 676 00:16:21,210 --> 00:16:24,029 when he was photographed 677 00:16:24,049 --> 00:16:26,179 at a costume party 678 00:16:24,049 --> 00:16:26,179 dressed as a Nazi officer. 679 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:28,049 - An ordinary person 680 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:28,049 wouldn't do that, 681 00:16:28,070 --> 00:16:29,179 let alone the prince 682 00:16:28,070 --> 00:16:29,179 of the realm. 683 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:32,059 - He had earned that title, 684 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:32,059 the party prince, 685 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,220 and he was almost going out 686 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,220 of his way to live up to it. 687 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:38,049 And I think this was a guy 688 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:38,049 that felt 689 00:16:38,070 --> 00:16:40,169 he didn't have 690 00:16:38,070 --> 00:16:40,169 that much purpose 691 00:16:40,190 --> 00:16:43,080 within the institution 692 00:16:40,190 --> 00:16:43,080 of the monarchy. 693 00:16:43,100 --> 00:16:45,240 And so he had to go 694 00:16:43,100 --> 00:16:45,240 and find it himself. 695 00:16:45,259 --> 00:16:48,080 - Go! 696 00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:51,090 - Harry found a 697 00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:51,090 four-letter word: the army, 698 00:16:51,110 --> 00:16:53,029 and it was the making of him. 699 00:16:53,049 --> 00:16:54,210 narrator: 700 00:16:53,049 --> 00:16:54,210 Starting in May of 2005, 701 00:16:54,230 --> 00:16:58,080 Prince Harry entered Sandhurst 702 00:16:54,230 --> 00:16:58,080 Royal Military Academy. 703 00:16:58,100 --> 00:17:00,049 - His military career 704 00:16:58,100 --> 00:17:00,049 provided him 705 00:17:00,070 --> 00:17:03,019 with an opportunity 706 00:17:00,070 --> 00:17:03,019 to not only find purpose, 707 00:17:03,039 --> 00:17:05,190 but also to escape 708 00:17:03,039 --> 00:17:05,190 the royal fishbowl. 709 00:17:05,210 --> 00:17:07,210 narrator: 710 00:17:05,210 --> 00:17:07,210 Harry had found his calling, 711 00:17:07,230 --> 00:17:10,059 and that same year he also 712 00:17:07,230 --> 00:17:10,059 found love 713 00:17:10,079 --> 00:17:13,160 with 20-year-old 714 00:17:10,079 --> 00:17:13,160 South African Chelsy Davy. 715 00:17:13,180 --> 00:17:15,079 The tabloids took 716 00:17:13,180 --> 00:17:15,079 a keen interest 717 00:17:15,099 --> 00:17:18,079 in the prince's 718 00:17:15,099 --> 00:17:18,079 budding romance. 719 00:17:18,099 --> 00:17:19,190 - The fact that she was 720 00:17:18,099 --> 00:17:19,190 a young woman 721 00:17:21,009 --> 00:17:22,180 that didn't really care about 722 00:17:21,009 --> 00:17:22,180 the trappings of royal life 723 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,230 really made him able 724 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,230 to trust her 725 00:17:24,250 --> 00:17:27,049 in a way that he couldn't 726 00:17:24,250 --> 00:17:27,049 so many other girls 727 00:17:27,069 --> 00:17:28,210 that he had met. 728 00:17:28,230 --> 00:17:31,069 narrator: A year before 729 00:17:28,230 --> 00:17:31,069 Harry started dating Chelsy, 730 00:17:31,089 --> 00:17:33,150 23-year-old Meghan 731 00:17:31,089 --> 00:17:33,150 had met the man 732 00:17:33,170 --> 00:17:36,079 who would play a leading role 733 00:17:33,170 --> 00:17:36,079 in the next phase of her life, 734 00:17:36,099 --> 00:17:38,250 talent manager 735 00:17:36,099 --> 00:17:38,250 and producer Trevor Engelson. 736 00:17:38,269 --> 00:17:40,029 [light music] 737 00:17:40,049 --> 00:17:42,240 - He was a big producer 738 00:17:40,049 --> 00:17:42,240 in Hollywood, 739 00:17:42,259 --> 00:17:44,119 and she was an actress 740 00:17:44,140 --> 00:17:46,230 who was trying 741 00:17:44,140 --> 00:17:46,230 to really find her way. 742 00:17:46,250 --> 00:17:49,079 - They click, and they travel 743 00:17:46,250 --> 00:17:49,079 the world together. 744 00:17:49,099 --> 00:17:51,259 They seem to be 745 00:17:49,099 --> 00:17:51,259 the perfect power couple. 746 00:17:51,279 --> 00:17:54,099 narrator: Harry and Meghan 747 00:17:51,279 --> 00:17:54,099 were both in love, 748 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:57,059 but they had yet to meet 749 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:57,059 the love of their lives. 750 00:17:57,079 --> 00:17:58,210 [dramatic music] 751 00:17:58,230 --> 00:18:01,019 Coming up, 752 00:17:58,230 --> 00:18:01,019 Harry goes to war... 753 00:18:01,039 --> 00:18:02,230 - I never wanted you guys 754 00:18:01,039 --> 00:18:02,230 to be out here. 755 00:18:02,250 --> 00:18:04,059 - Someone in the media said 756 00:18:04,079 --> 00:18:06,079 that he was serving 757 00:18:04,079 --> 00:18:06,079 in Afghanistan. 758 00:18:06,099 --> 00:18:08,170 He was furious, because 759 00:18:06,099 --> 00:18:08,170 he had to be brought back. 760 00:18:08,190 --> 00:18:10,029 narrator: And Meghan 761 00:18:08,190 --> 00:18:10,029 comes under attack. 762 00:18:10,049 --> 00:18:11,259 - She was of mixed race, 763 00:18:11,279 --> 00:18:14,259 she was American, 764 00:18:11,279 --> 00:18:14,259 and she was a divorcee. 765 00:18:14,279 --> 00:18:16,140 It was impossible for her. 766 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:18,089 ♪ ♪ 767 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:25,160 narrator: The tabloico 768 00:18:25,180 --> 00:18:26,140 with Chelsy Davy 769 00:18:27,150 --> 00:18:29,150 added fuel to his hatred 770 00:18:27,150 --> 00:18:29,150 of the press. 771 00:18:29,170 --> 00:18:32,000 But military life 772 00:18:29,170 --> 00:18:32,000 offered Harry a respite 773 00:18:32,019 --> 00:18:33,210 from the media spotlight. 774 00:18:33,230 --> 00:18:35,069 - He wasn't Prince Harry. 775 00:18:35,089 --> 00:18:38,069 He wasn't 776 00:18:35,089 --> 00:18:38,069 the son of a future king. 777 00:18:38,089 --> 00:18:40,140 He was simply Captain Wales. 778 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:42,250 narrator: 24-year-old Harry 779 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:42,250 was scheduled to deploy 780 00:18:42,269 --> 00:18:44,250 to Iraq in 2008, 781 00:18:44,269 --> 00:18:47,099 but the army tried 782 00:18:44,269 --> 00:18:47,099 to deny his tour of duty, 783 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:49,099 citing security concerns 784 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:51,079 due to his royal status. 785 00:18:51,099 --> 00:18:52,190 - The fact that he had 786 00:18:51,099 --> 00:18:52,190 to be singled out 787 00:18:52,210 --> 00:18:54,089 because he was a prince 788 00:18:52,210 --> 00:18:54,089 of the realm, 789 00:18:54,109 --> 00:18:56,089 was upsetting and annoying. 790 00:18:56,109 --> 00:18:58,150 narrator: Harry insisted 791 00:18:56,109 --> 00:18:58,150 he be allowed to serve 792 00:18:58,170 --> 00:19:01,069 with his brothers at arms, 793 00:18:58,170 --> 00:19:01,069 and later that year, 794 00:19:01,089 --> 00:19:03,250 he was secretly deployed 795 00:19:01,089 --> 00:19:03,250 to Afghanistan. 796 00:19:03,269 --> 00:19:05,000 [gunshots] 797 00:19:05,019 --> 00:19:06,109 - And that put him 798 00:19:06,130 --> 00:19:08,220 in some very intense 799 00:19:06,130 --> 00:19:08,220 combat situations, 800 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:11,200 and whether that meant 801 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:11,200 facing the risk of injury 802 00:19:11,220 --> 00:19:15,029 or even losing his life, 803 00:19:11,220 --> 00:19:15,029 he was willing to do it. 804 00:19:15,049 --> 00:19:17,019 - But when someone in the media 805 00:19:17,039 --> 00:19:19,109 said that he was serving 806 00:19:17,039 --> 00:19:19,109 in Afghanistan, 807 00:19:19,130 --> 00:19:21,089 he was furious, 808 00:19:19,130 --> 00:19:21,089 because for his own safety 809 00:19:21,109 --> 00:19:22,250 and for the safety 810 00:19:21,109 --> 00:19:22,250 of his colleagues, 811 00:19:22,269 --> 00:19:24,089 he had to be brought back. 812 00:19:24,109 --> 00:19:25,289 narrator: Frustrated yet again 813 00:19:26,009 --> 00:19:27,160 by the intrusive media, 814 00:19:27,180 --> 00:19:30,140 Harry was sent home on leave. 815 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:32,059 Temporarily free 816 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:32,059 from army discipline, 817 00:19:32,079 --> 00:19:34,230 he resumed 818 00:19:32,079 --> 00:19:34,230 his rebellious behavior. 819 00:19:35,109 --> 00:19:38,069 - We love you, Harry! 820 00:19:35,109 --> 00:19:38,069 We do! 821 00:19:38,089 --> 00:19:39,150 narrator: In 2009, 822 00:19:39,170 --> 00:19:41,079 TMZ released nude pictures 823 00:19:39,170 --> 00:19:41,079 of Harry 824 00:19:41,099 --> 00:19:43,059 taken in 825 00:19:41,099 --> 00:19:43,059 a Las Vegas hotel suite 826 00:19:43,079 --> 00:19:44,269 while on leave from the army. 827 00:19:44,289 --> 00:19:49,069 - We saw a young prince who was 828 00:19:44,289 --> 00:19:49,069 somewhat lost in a way. 829 00:19:49,089 --> 00:19:52,119 Many that knew him well 830 00:19:49,089 --> 00:19:52,119 saw a very unhappy man. 831 00:19:52,140 --> 00:19:54,019 It was actually his brother 832 00:19:52,140 --> 00:19:54,019 Prince William 833 00:19:54,039 --> 00:19:56,250 that suggested that he deal 834 00:19:54,039 --> 00:19:56,250 with the aggression 835 00:19:56,269 --> 00:19:58,130 that's built up in him 836 00:19:58,150 --> 00:20:01,160 and find a way 837 00:19:58,150 --> 00:20:01,160 to manage his emotions. 838 00:20:01,180 --> 00:20:03,119 narrator: Harry returned 839 00:20:01,180 --> 00:20:03,119 to the Afghan War, 840 00:20:03,140 --> 00:20:05,069 and while he found 841 00:20:03,140 --> 00:20:05,069 discipline again 842 00:20:05,089 --> 00:20:07,079 in his cherished 843 00:20:05,089 --> 00:20:07,079 military role, 844 00:20:07,099 --> 00:20:09,069 Meghan finally landed 845 00:20:07,099 --> 00:20:09,069 the parts 846 00:20:09,089 --> 00:20:11,059 that would make her a star. 847 00:20:11,079 --> 00:20:13,069 - She was 30, 848 00:20:13,089 --> 00:20:15,220 and she snagged 849 00:20:13,089 --> 00:20:15,220 this role on "Suits." 850 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:17,049 - Mike Ross? 851 00:20:17,069 --> 00:20:19,069 Hi. 852 00:20:17,069 --> 00:20:19,069 I'm Rachel Zane. 853 00:20:19,089 --> 00:20:21,130 I'll be giving 854 00:20:19,089 --> 00:20:21,130 your orientation. 855 00:20:21,150 --> 00:20:24,109 - The role of Rachel was 856 00:20:21,150 --> 00:20:24,109 the last role to be cast. 857 00:20:24,130 --> 00:20:26,210 Almost 300 women 858 00:20:24,130 --> 00:20:26,210 auditioned for that role. 859 00:20:26,230 --> 00:20:28,259 We weren't looking 860 00:20:26,230 --> 00:20:28,259 for a Black, or a white, 861 00:20:28,279 --> 00:20:30,190 or an Asian character. 862 00:20:30,210 --> 00:20:32,250 We just cast this 863 00:20:30,210 --> 00:20:32,250 very wide net. 864 00:20:32,269 --> 00:20:35,210 narrator: Meghan was cast 865 00:20:32,269 --> 00:20:35,210 on "Suits" in 2011. 866 00:20:35,230 --> 00:20:39,089 That same year, she married 867 00:20:35,230 --> 00:20:39,089 her boyfriend Trevor Engelson 868 00:20:39,109 --> 00:20:41,089 after a seven-year courtship. 869 00:20:41,109 --> 00:20:43,150 When she moved to Toronto 870 00:20:41,109 --> 00:20:43,150 to film "Suits," 871 00:20:43,170 --> 00:20:45,140 Trevor remained in Hollywood. 872 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:48,029 - Not only did it put 873 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:48,029 physical distance 874 00:20:48,049 --> 00:20:50,160 between the two of them, 875 00:20:48,049 --> 00:20:50,160 it also put them 876 00:20:50,180 --> 00:20:53,190 both in very different 877 00:20:50,180 --> 00:20:53,190 places in their lives. 878 00:20:53,210 --> 00:20:56,170 - Some people believe Trevor 879 00:20:53,210 --> 00:20:56,170 was used to having her 880 00:20:56,190 --> 00:20:59,049 in Hollywood 881 00:20:56,190 --> 00:20:59,049 really supporting his career. 882 00:20:59,069 --> 00:21:02,089 And when she was able 883 00:20:59,069 --> 00:21:02,089 to find success on her own, 884 00:21:02,109 --> 00:21:04,180 that was something 885 00:21:02,109 --> 00:21:04,180 that he did not like. 886 00:21:05,059 --> 00:21:07,029 - Ultimately, they split up. 887 00:21:07,049 --> 00:21:09,170 She put the rings 888 00:21:07,049 --> 00:21:09,170 in a jiffy bag 889 00:21:09,190 --> 00:21:11,190 and sent them back to him. 890 00:21:11,210 --> 00:21:13,190 narrator: 891 00:21:11,210 --> 00:21:13,190 Trevor was blindsided 892 00:21:13,210 --> 00:21:14,279 when the rings 893 00:21:13,210 --> 00:21:14,279 and divorce papers 894 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,200 arrived 895 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,200 with virtually no explanation. 896 00:21:17,220 --> 00:21:20,200 The true reason for 897 00:21:17,220 --> 00:21:20,200 their split remains a mystery. 898 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,250 - I called Trevor when I was 899 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,250 researching my book on Meghan. 900 00:21:23,269 --> 00:21:27,250 When it comes to Meghan, 901 00:21:23,269 --> 00:21:27,250 there's ice in his voice 902 00:21:27,269 --> 00:21:29,099 and ice in his heart. 903 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:32,279 narrator: Their divorce 904 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:32,279 was finalized in 2014. 905 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:34,109 A year later, 906 00:21:34,130 --> 00:21:37,119 Harry's romance 907 00:21:34,130 --> 00:21:37,119 with Chelsy Davy also ended, 908 00:21:37,140 --> 00:21:40,180 another casualty 909 00:21:37,140 --> 00:21:40,180 of the British tabloid press. 910 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:42,099 - He fell very much 911 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:42,099 in love with her, 912 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:44,200 but she just didn't want 913 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:44,200 all the nonsense 914 00:21:44,220 --> 00:21:46,250 that comes with being a member 915 00:21:44,220 --> 00:21:46,250 of the Royal Family. 916 00:21:46,269 --> 00:21:49,099 - She found it, you know, 917 00:21:46,269 --> 00:21:49,099 too much for her, 918 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:51,099 in terms 919 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:51,099 of the press intrusions. 920 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:52,250 narrator: Once again, 921 00:21:52,269 --> 00:21:55,000 the press had hounded a woman 922 00:21:52,269 --> 00:21:55,000 Harry loved, 923 00:21:55,019 --> 00:21:58,009 another blow in his bitter 924 00:21:55,019 --> 00:21:58,009 battle with the media. 925 00:21:58,029 --> 00:21:59,220 That same year, 926 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,289 Harry made the hard decision 927 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,289 to leave active military duty, 928 00:22:03,009 --> 00:22:04,259 partly due to 929 00:22:03,009 --> 00:22:04,259 the relentless press coverage 930 00:22:04,279 --> 00:22:06,079 of his assignments. 931 00:22:06,099 --> 00:22:08,059 - I never wanted you guys 932 00:22:06,099 --> 00:22:08,059 to be out here, 933 00:22:08,079 --> 00:22:09,289 but there was 934 00:22:08,079 --> 00:22:09,289 an agreement made. 935 00:22:10,009 --> 00:22:13,000 [dramatic music] 936 00:22:13,019 --> 00:22:16,089 - Everything did come down 937 00:22:13,019 --> 00:22:16,089 to a crashing halt 938 00:22:16,109 --> 00:22:19,019 after he gave up his career 939 00:22:16,109 --> 00:22:19,019 in the military. 940 00:22:19,039 --> 00:22:21,170 - We saw Harry 941 00:22:19,039 --> 00:22:21,170 really struggle again, 942 00:22:21,190 --> 00:22:25,000 and not only as a young adult 943 00:22:21,190 --> 00:22:25,000 having to face 944 00:22:25,019 --> 00:22:28,109 the demons of his past 945 00:22:25,019 --> 00:22:28,109 with his mother's death. 946 00:22:28,130 --> 00:22:30,230 On top of that, 947 00:22:28,130 --> 00:22:30,230 there was the PTSD 948 00:22:30,250 --> 00:22:34,140 that comes with being on 949 00:22:30,250 --> 00:22:34,140 the front line in the military. 950 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,099 - William is the one 951 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,099 that was able to speak 952 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:38,150 to Harry, brother to brother, 953 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:38,150 and say, 954 00:22:38,170 --> 00:22:40,200 "Look, I think you need 955 00:22:38,170 --> 00:22:40,200 to get some help." 956 00:22:40,220 --> 00:22:42,140 narrator: Therapy 957 00:22:40,220 --> 00:22:42,140 was a life-changer 958 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,150 for the troubled prince. 959 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,150 By the summer of 2016, 960 00:22:45,170 --> 00:22:47,150 he was ready 961 00:22:45,170 --> 00:22:47,150 to start dating again 962 00:22:47,170 --> 00:22:49,119 when a friend arranged 963 00:22:47,170 --> 00:22:49,119 a blind date 964 00:22:49,140 --> 00:22:53,029 with an American actress 965 00:22:49,140 --> 00:22:53,029 at Soho House in London. 966 00:22:53,049 --> 00:22:55,180 - He was with a friend of his, 967 00:22:53,049 --> 00:22:55,180 and she was flicking 968 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:58,269 through her Instagram, 969 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:58,269 and he sees Meghan. 970 00:22:58,289 --> 00:23:02,119 He says, "Well, she's 971 00:22:58,289 --> 00:23:02,119 good-looking, is she single?" 972 00:23:02,140 --> 00:23:04,190 "Yeah." 973 00:23:02,140 --> 00:23:04,190 "Well, let's meet." 974 00:23:04,210 --> 00:23:06,200 - I didn't know much about him, 975 00:23:06,220 --> 00:23:08,099 and so the only thing 976 00:23:06,220 --> 00:23:08,099 that I had asked her 977 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:09,140 when she said she wanted 978 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:09,140 to set us up 979 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:12,059 was I have one question. 980 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:12,059 I said, "Well, is he nice?" 981 00:23:12,079 --> 00:23:13,079 - I had never watched "Suits". 982 00:23:13,099 --> 00:23:14,200 I had never heard 983 00:23:13,099 --> 00:23:14,200 of Meghan before, 984 00:23:14,220 --> 00:23:17,259 and I was beautifully surprised 985 00:23:17,279 --> 00:23:20,059 when I walked into that room 986 00:23:17,279 --> 00:23:20,059 and saw her. 987 00:23:20,079 --> 00:23:21,190 And I was like, 988 00:23:21,210 --> 00:23:24,019 "Okay, well, I'm really 989 00:23:21,210 --> 00:23:24,019 gonna have to up my game." 990 00:23:24,039 --> 00:23:25,250 - Those early conversations 991 00:23:24,039 --> 00:23:25,250 that they had 992 00:23:25,269 --> 00:23:26,230 on that first date, 993 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:30,089 a lot of it centered 994 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:30,089 around their desire 995 00:23:30,109 --> 00:23:31,250 to help the world 996 00:23:30,109 --> 00:23:31,250 in many ways. 997 00:23:31,269 --> 00:23:33,130 - It was one of the first 998 00:23:31,269 --> 00:23:33,130 things we started talking about 999 00:23:33,150 --> 00:23:35,210 when we met, 1000 00:23:33,150 --> 00:23:35,210 was just the different things 1001 00:23:35,230 --> 00:23:37,190 that we wanted to do 1002 00:23:35,230 --> 00:23:37,190 in the world 1003 00:23:37,210 --> 00:23:40,160 and how passionate we were 1004 00:23:37,210 --> 00:23:40,160 about seeing change, I think. 1005 00:23:40,180 --> 00:23:41,269 - Mmm. 1006 00:23:40,180 --> 00:23:41,269 - Yeah. 1007 00:23:41,289 --> 00:23:44,140 - I think Princess Diana 1008 00:23:41,289 --> 00:23:44,140 would have loved Meghan. 1009 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:46,069 They have a lot in common. 1010 00:23:46,089 --> 00:23:50,119 Compassion. 1011 00:23:46,089 --> 00:23:50,119 Their humanitarian views. 1012 00:23:50,140 --> 00:23:53,160 - In a way, 1013 00:23:50,140 --> 00:23:53,160 when Harry met Meghan 1014 00:23:53,180 --> 00:23:56,029 he was also meeting 1015 00:23:53,180 --> 00:23:56,029 his late mother. 1016 00:23:56,049 --> 00:23:57,250 - It was I think about three, 1017 00:23:57,269 --> 00:24:01,230 maybe four weeks later 1018 00:23:57,269 --> 00:24:01,230 that I managed to persuade her 1019 00:24:01,250 --> 00:24:04,039 to come and join me 1020 00:24:01,250 --> 00:24:04,039 in Botswana. 1021 00:24:04,059 --> 00:24:06,160 Then we were really 1022 00:24:04,059 --> 00:24:06,160 by ourselves. 1023 00:24:06,180 --> 00:24:08,289 - And from then on, 1024 00:24:06,180 --> 00:24:08,289 they were conducting 1025 00:24:09,009 --> 00:24:11,269 a long-distance romance 1026 00:24:09,009 --> 00:24:11,269 between Toronto and London. 1027 00:24:11,289 --> 00:24:15,049 They were dating for six months 1028 00:24:11,289 --> 00:24:15,049 before anybody got wind of it. 1029 00:24:15,069 --> 00:24:18,279 - The challenge that they 1030 00:24:15,069 --> 00:24:18,279 faced was keeping it a secret. 1031 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,250 Meghan's close friends, Jessica 1032 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,250 and Ben Mulroney, in Toronto, 1033 00:24:22,269 --> 00:24:26,009 happily lent them their home 1034 00:24:22,269 --> 00:24:26,009 on a number of occasions, 1035 00:24:26,029 --> 00:24:28,089 for the two to sort of 1036 00:24:26,029 --> 00:24:28,089 get to know each other again, 1037 00:24:28,109 --> 00:24:29,240 in private. 1038 00:24:29,259 --> 00:24:33,049 - My friends were really happy, 1039 00:24:33,069 --> 00:24:34,099 'cause I was so happy. 1040 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:36,150 But my British friends 1041 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:36,150 said to me, 1042 00:24:36,170 --> 00:24:39,210 "I'm sure he's great, 1043 00:24:36,170 --> 00:24:39,210 but you shouldn't do it, 1044 00:24:39,230 --> 00:24:42,119 because the British tabloids 1045 00:24:39,230 --> 00:24:42,119 will destroy your life." 1046 00:24:42,140 --> 00:24:44,049 I didn't get it. 1047 00:24:44,069 --> 00:24:46,180 narrator: Coming up, 1048 00:24:44,069 --> 00:24:46,180 it's Meghan mania... 1049 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,160 - Initially, people were 1050 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,160 very excited about Meghan. 1051 00:24:49,180 --> 00:24:51,059 - The whole country 1052 00:24:49,180 --> 00:24:51,059 embraced her. 1053 00:24:51,079 --> 00:24:52,220 The media as well. 1054 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:55,089 narrator: Until the tabloids 1055 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:55,089 take an ugly turn. 1056 00:24:55,109 --> 00:24:56,119 - In "The Daily Mail" it reads, 1057 00:24:56,140 --> 00:24:59,200 "Harry's girl is almost 1058 00:24:56,140 --> 00:24:59,200 straight out of Compton." 1059 00:24:59,220 --> 00:25:01,289 - "Straight from the hood." 1060 00:24:59,220 --> 00:25:01,289 Well, what does that mean? 1061 00:25:02,009 --> 00:25:03,130 ♪ ♪ 1062 00:25:07,259 --> 00:25:09,170 narrator: 1063 00:25:09,190 --> 00:25:11,140 the news leaked 1064 00:25:09,190 --> 00:25:11,140 that Prince Harry 1065 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,009 was dating Meghan Markle 1066 00:25:13,029 --> 00:25:15,150 on October 31, 2016, 1067 00:25:15,170 --> 00:25:16,220 and the media 1068 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,049 feeding frenzy began. 1069 00:25:18,069 --> 00:25:21,000 - I thought, if there's 1070 00:25:18,069 --> 00:25:21,000 any woman in the world 1071 00:25:21,019 --> 00:25:24,059 who can handle the pressure, 1072 00:25:21,019 --> 00:25:24,059 the publicity, 1073 00:25:24,079 --> 00:25:27,289 all of the things that go 1074 00:25:24,079 --> 00:25:27,289 with being a royal, Meghan can. 1075 00:25:28,009 --> 00:25:30,230 - We were excited for her, 1076 00:25:28,009 --> 00:25:30,230 but I can be honest. 1077 00:25:30,250 --> 00:25:32,230 At the same time, 1078 00:25:30,250 --> 00:25:32,230 I was worried. 1079 00:25:32,250 --> 00:25:35,049 She was divorced. 1080 00:25:32,250 --> 00:25:35,049 She's half Black. 1081 00:25:35,069 --> 00:25:36,150 I was like, "Oh, my God. 1082 00:25:36,170 --> 00:25:38,160 They're gonna be 1083 00:25:36,170 --> 00:25:38,160 so mean to her." 1084 00:25:38,180 --> 00:25:39,250 - The British media 1085 00:25:38,180 --> 00:25:39,250 do have a reputation 1086 00:25:39,269 --> 00:25:43,019 for wanting to build someone up 1087 00:25:39,269 --> 00:25:43,019 and bring them down again, 1088 00:25:43,039 --> 00:25:44,269 and there were 1089 00:25:43,039 --> 00:25:44,269 racial undertones. 1090 00:25:44,289 --> 00:25:46,160 - I tried to warn you 1091 00:25:44,289 --> 00:25:46,160 as much as possible, 1092 00:25:46,180 --> 00:25:47,220 but I think both of us 1093 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:51,259 were totally surprised 1094 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:51,259 by the reaction. 1095 00:25:51,279 --> 00:25:53,190 - We were just hit so hard 1096 00:25:51,279 --> 00:25:53,190 at the beginning 1097 00:25:53,210 --> 00:25:55,009 with a lot of mistruths 1098 00:25:55,029 --> 00:25:58,220 that I made the choice 1099 00:25:55,029 --> 00:25:58,220 to not read anything. 1100 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,170 - Absolutely nothing 1101 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,170 can prepare you 1102 00:26:01,190 --> 00:26:03,130 for that kind of 1103 00:26:03,150 --> 00:26:05,230 jet blast of publicity 1104 00:26:05,250 --> 00:26:07,240 that comes with dating 1105 00:26:07,259 --> 00:26:09,250 a member of the Royal Family. 1106 00:26:09,269 --> 00:26:11,009 - It's a very 1107 00:26:09,269 --> 00:26:11,009 white institution, 1108 00:26:11,029 --> 00:26:12,289 and it was completely white, 1109 00:26:11,029 --> 00:26:12,289 until Meghan came along. 1110 00:26:13,009 --> 00:26:15,269 - Meghan came 1111 00:26:13,009 --> 00:26:15,269 from a different continent. 1112 00:26:15,289 --> 00:26:18,079 She was of mixed race, 1113 00:26:15,289 --> 00:26:18,079 she was American, 1114 00:26:18,099 --> 00:26:21,069 she was an actress, 1115 00:26:18,099 --> 00:26:21,069 and she was a divorcee. 1116 00:26:21,089 --> 00:26:22,240 It was impossible for her. 1117 00:26:22,259 --> 00:26:26,200 - The British press just didn't 1118 00:26:22,259 --> 00:26:26,200 seem to give her a break. 1119 00:26:26,220 --> 00:26:28,029 - In "The Daily Mail" it reads, 1120 00:26:28,049 --> 00:26:31,079 "Harry's girl is almost 1121 00:26:28,049 --> 00:26:31,079 straight out of Compton." 1122 00:26:31,099 --> 00:26:33,180 - "Straight from the hood." 1123 00:26:31,099 --> 00:26:33,180 Well, what does that mean? 1124 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:36,109 You know, that's a very rude 1125 00:26:36,130 --> 00:26:38,109 and very specific connotation 1126 00:26:38,130 --> 00:26:42,000 you're trying to put on Meghan, 1127 00:26:38,130 --> 00:26:42,000 and that's not fair. 1128 00:26:42,069 --> 00:26:45,170 narrator: Meghan was born 1129 00:26:42,069 --> 00:26:45,170 and raised in the LA suburbs, 1130 00:26:45,190 --> 00:26:47,150 not an inner-city ghetto. 1131 00:26:47,170 --> 00:26:48,279 - And then 1132 00:26:47,170 --> 00:26:48,279 there was the comment: 1133 00:26:55,089 --> 00:26:57,190 - Meghan had to, of course, 1134 00:26:55,089 --> 00:26:57,190 experience prejudice 1135 00:26:57,210 --> 00:26:59,039 in her life, 1136 00:26:57,210 --> 00:26:59,039 but to go through it 1137 00:26:59,059 --> 00:27:02,140 on this big a scale 1138 00:26:59,059 --> 00:27:02,140 was incredibly scary for her 1139 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,190 and something that Harry was 1140 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,190 desperate to protect her from, 1141 00:27:05,210 --> 00:27:07,259 because the last thing 1142 00:27:05,210 --> 00:27:07,259 he wanted to do 1143 00:27:07,279 --> 00:27:10,059 was to lose her. 1144 00:27:07,279 --> 00:27:10,059 And so, for him, 1145 00:27:10,079 --> 00:27:12,269 he was gonna do anything 1146 00:27:10,079 --> 00:27:12,269 to stop that from happening. 1147 00:27:12,289 --> 00:27:14,150 - We begin to see 1148 00:27:12,289 --> 00:27:14,150 Harry's hatred 1149 00:27:14,170 --> 00:27:16,079 for the media come full circle. 1150 00:27:16,099 --> 00:27:19,250 The two women most important 1151 00:27:16,099 --> 00:27:19,250 to him his entire life 1152 00:27:19,269 --> 00:27:22,190 were treated badly 1153 00:27:19,269 --> 00:27:22,190 by the media. 1154 00:27:22,210 --> 00:27:24,009 - Harry is hitting back 1155 00:27:22,210 --> 00:27:24,009 at the media. 1156 00:27:25,140 --> 00:27:27,049 Prince Harry is worried about 1157 00:27:25,140 --> 00:27:27,049 Ms. Markle's safety and is... 1158 00:27:27,069 --> 00:27:28,259 - Why are they harassing her? 1159 00:27:27,069 --> 00:27:28,259 - Deeply disappointed 1160 00:27:28,279 --> 00:27:31,089 that he's not been able 1161 00:27:28,279 --> 00:27:31,089 to protect her. 1162 00:27:31,109 --> 00:27:33,099 - There was no way that Harry 1163 00:27:31,109 --> 00:27:33,099 could have protected 1164 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,069 his mother within the press. 1165 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,069 He was way too young. 1166 00:27:36,089 --> 00:27:39,170 He protects Meghan 1167 00:27:36,089 --> 00:27:39,170 with full force 1168 00:27:39,190 --> 00:27:42,250 and actually heals the wounds 1169 00:27:39,190 --> 00:27:42,250 of his childhood. 1170 00:27:42,269 --> 00:27:45,170 "I can still be the protector, 1171 00:27:42,269 --> 00:27:45,170 and I can still take care 1172 00:27:45,190 --> 00:27:47,190 of a woman 1173 00:27:45,190 --> 00:27:47,190 who's important to me." 1174 00:27:47,210 --> 00:27:50,099 narrator: Meghan and Harry 1175 00:27:47,210 --> 00:27:50,099 had been dating for 16 months 1176 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:52,259 when the big news 1177 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:52,259 officially broke. 1178 00:27:52,279 --> 00:27:55,059 - Buckingham Palace 1179 00:27:52,279 --> 00:27:55,059 proudly announce 1180 00:27:55,079 --> 00:27:59,029 the engagement of Prince Harry 1181 00:27:55,079 --> 00:27:59,029 and Meghan Markle. 1182 00:28:05,049 --> 00:28:07,109 - The pressure 1183 00:28:05,049 --> 00:28:07,109 was then on Meghan. 1184 00:28:07,130 --> 00:28:10,259 She had officially begun 1185 00:28:07,130 --> 00:28:10,259 the journey to become 1186 00:28:10,279 --> 00:28:12,109 the Duchess of Sussex. 1187 00:28:12,130 --> 00:28:15,059 - The Royal Family 1188 00:28:12,130 --> 00:28:15,059 really prepared Meghan 1189 00:28:15,079 --> 00:28:19,079 for all of the possible 1190 00:28:15,079 --> 00:28:19,079 scenarios that might happen 1191 00:28:19,099 --> 00:28:21,190 because there was 1192 00:28:19,099 --> 00:28:21,190 a higher number of threats 1193 00:28:21,210 --> 00:28:24,099 that Meghan received 1194 00:28:21,210 --> 00:28:24,099 before marrying Harry. 1195 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:27,220 - There were death threats 1196 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:27,220 and security threats, 1197 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,119 'cause there were people 1198 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,119 who didn't like the idea 1199 00:28:29,140 --> 00:28:32,170 of a biracial woman marrying 1200 00:28:29,140 --> 00:28:32,170 into the House of Windsor. 1201 00:28:32,190 --> 00:28:33,279 narrator: The Royal Family 1202 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:35,269 publicly expressed 1203 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:35,269 their support 1204 00:28:35,289 --> 00:28:37,039 for Harry 1205 00:28:35,289 --> 00:28:37,039 and Meghan's engagement. 1206 00:28:37,059 --> 00:28:39,170 - We're thrilled, thank you 1207 00:28:37,059 --> 00:28:39,170 very much, for both of them. 1208 00:28:39,190 --> 00:28:41,269 I hope they'll be 1209 00:28:39,190 --> 00:28:41,269 very happy indeed. 1210 00:28:41,289 --> 00:28:44,099 narrator: Privately 1211 00:28:41,289 --> 00:28:44,099 there were some concerns. 1212 00:28:44,119 --> 00:28:47,250 - William didn't approve 1213 00:28:44,119 --> 00:28:47,250 of Harry's headlong rush 1214 00:28:47,269 --> 00:28:49,269 into marriage with Meghan. 1215 00:28:49,289 --> 00:28:52,089 - William and Kate were in 1216 00:28:49,289 --> 00:28:52,089 a relationship for ten years 1217 00:28:52,109 --> 00:28:53,059 before he proposed. 1218 00:28:54,059 --> 00:28:56,089 - William said to Harry, 1219 00:28:54,059 --> 00:28:56,089 "Slow down. 1220 00:28:56,109 --> 00:28:57,269 You're going too fast," 1221 00:28:57,289 --> 00:29:00,279 and Harry was very angry 1222 00:28:57,289 --> 00:29:00,279 about that. 1223 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:03,119 - William was looking out 1224 00:29:03,140 --> 00:29:05,059 for his brother saying, 1225 00:29:05,079 --> 00:29:07,029 "It's not easy 1226 00:29:05,079 --> 00:29:07,029 coming into this family. 1227 00:29:07,049 --> 00:29:08,250 "Are you sure she 1228 00:29:07,049 --> 00:29:08,250 can cope with this? 1229 00:29:08,269 --> 00:29:10,099 Are you sure?" 1230 00:29:10,119 --> 00:29:12,130 - Harry took offense 1231 00:29:12,150 --> 00:29:15,029 that William 1232 00:29:12,150 --> 00:29:15,029 wasn't supporting him 1233 00:29:15,049 --> 00:29:18,039 with the fact 1234 00:29:15,049 --> 00:29:18,039 that he had finally found love. 1235 00:29:18,059 --> 00:29:20,059 - Meghan coming into 1236 00:29:18,059 --> 00:29:20,059 the Royal Family, 1237 00:29:20,079 --> 00:29:23,130 I always knew 1238 00:29:20,079 --> 00:29:23,130 that she'd have problems, 1239 00:29:23,150 --> 00:29:25,289 because who could understand 1240 00:29:23,150 --> 00:29:25,289 this world? 1241 00:29:26,009 --> 00:29:28,269 It's totally alien to anything 1242 00:29:28,289 --> 00:29:31,109 which you've ever 1243 00:29:28,289 --> 00:29:31,109 experienced before. 1244 00:29:31,130 --> 00:29:34,289 And she was told, 1245 00:29:31,130 --> 00:29:34,289 like all the incoming women 1246 00:29:35,009 --> 00:29:36,230 marrying into the Royal Family, 1247 00:29:36,250 --> 00:29:38,140 you've just got 1248 00:29:36,250 --> 00:29:38,140 to get on with it. 1249 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,140 narrator: In the run-up 1250 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,140 to the royal wedding, 1251 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,140 the media pressure increased, 1252 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:45,140 and Meghan's own family became 1253 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:45,140 the next tabloid target. 1254 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:48,200 - Meghan was a lot younger 1255 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:48,200 than her two half-siblings, 1256 00:29:48,220 --> 00:29:50,109 Tom and Samantha, 1257 00:29:50,130 --> 00:29:53,019 and she didn't have an awful 1258 00:29:50,130 --> 00:29:53,019 lot of interaction with them. 1259 00:29:53,039 --> 00:29:56,049 And also, Meghan seemed to be 1260 00:29:53,039 --> 00:29:56,049 growing away from her father, 1261 00:29:56,069 --> 00:29:59,000 and Thomas was 1262 00:29:56,069 --> 00:29:59,000 kind of retreating 1263 00:29:59,019 --> 00:30:00,170 into his own world as well. 1264 00:30:00,190 --> 00:30:04,039 - Her estranged family starts 1265 00:30:00,190 --> 00:30:04,039 coming out of the woodwork. 1266 00:30:04,059 --> 00:30:07,000 Her half-sister, 1267 00:30:04,059 --> 00:30:07,000 Samantha Markle, 1268 00:30:07,019 --> 00:30:09,049 started giving 1269 00:30:07,019 --> 00:30:09,049 negative interviews 1270 00:30:09,069 --> 00:30:12,049 to the press 1271 00:30:09,069 --> 00:30:12,049 about this pushy princess 1272 00:30:12,069 --> 00:30:16,009 and how she managed to worm 1273 00:30:12,069 --> 00:30:16,009 her way into the Royal Family. 1274 00:30:16,029 --> 00:30:18,210 - Samantha has 1275 00:30:16,029 --> 00:30:18,210 a very bitter personality. 1276 00:30:18,230 --> 00:30:21,049 I think she was very jealous 1277 00:30:18,230 --> 00:30:21,049 from Meghan, 1278 00:30:21,069 --> 00:30:24,069 in the very beginning, 1279 00:30:21,069 --> 00:30:24,069 and still, to this day. 1280 00:30:24,089 --> 00:30:27,059 - When you actually look at the 1281 00:30:24,089 --> 00:30:27,059 reality of their relationship, 1282 00:30:27,079 --> 00:30:29,119 they had only met 1283 00:30:27,079 --> 00:30:29,119 each other twice 1284 00:30:29,140 --> 00:30:31,049 after Meghan had left the home 1285 00:30:31,069 --> 00:30:32,190 in which she shared 1286 00:30:31,069 --> 00:30:32,190 with Samantha 1287 00:30:32,210 --> 00:30:35,130 at the age of two or three. 1288 00:30:35,150 --> 00:30:37,240 - Meghan was 1289 00:30:35,150 --> 00:30:37,240 an international celebrity, 1290 00:30:37,259 --> 00:30:39,210 and Samantha got 1291 00:30:37,259 --> 00:30:39,210 a little bit jealous 1292 00:30:39,230 --> 00:30:42,049 because she always wanted 1293 00:30:39,230 --> 00:30:42,049 to be an actress. 1294 00:30:42,069 --> 00:30:46,000 narrator: Coming up, 1295 00:30:42,069 --> 00:30:46,000 An American princess bride... 1296 00:30:46,019 --> 00:30:49,230 - Was just a 1297 00:30:46,019 --> 00:30:49,230 once-in-a-lifetime experience. 1298 00:30:49,250 --> 00:30:52,049 She married a prince. 1299 00:30:49,250 --> 00:30:52,049 What? 1300 00:30:52,069 --> 00:30:55,019 narrator: And rumor and 1301 00:30:52,069 --> 00:30:55,019 innuendo ruin the honeymoon. 1302 00:30:55,039 --> 00:30:58,230 - Meghan was classified 1303 00:30:55,039 --> 00:30:58,230 as Duchess Difficult 1304 00:30:58,250 --> 00:31:01,079 driving the palace staff crazy 1305 00:31:01,099 --> 00:31:04,099 by just being demanding 1306 00:31:01,099 --> 00:31:04,099 and a diva. 1307 00:31:08,140 --> 00:31:10,109 narrator: Two weeks before 1308 00:31:10,130 --> 00:31:13,140 the palace announced that both 1309 00:31:10,130 --> 00:31:13,140 of Meghan Markle's parents 1310 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:16,200 would play roles in 1311 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:16,200 the ceremony on May 19, 2018, 1312 00:31:16,220 --> 00:31:19,150 and that her dad 1313 00:31:16,220 --> 00:31:19,150 would walk her down the aisle. 1314 00:31:19,170 --> 00:31:21,039 But behind the scenes, 1315 00:31:21,059 --> 00:31:22,250 Meghan's relationship 1316 00:31:21,059 --> 00:31:22,250 with her father, 1317 00:31:22,269 --> 00:31:26,069 now living a reclusive life 1318 00:31:22,269 --> 00:31:26,069 in Mexico, was strained. 1319 00:31:26,089 --> 00:31:28,079 - Nobody's been able 1320 00:31:26,089 --> 00:31:28,079 to really put their finger 1321 00:31:28,099 --> 00:31:30,269 on why Meghan and Thomas Markle 1322 00:31:30,289 --> 00:31:34,140 went their separate ways, 1323 00:31:30,289 --> 00:31:34,140 but money was always an issue. 1324 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:36,029 And Meghan's father 1325 00:31:36,049 --> 00:31:38,160 has always paid 1326 00:31:36,049 --> 00:31:38,160 for her schooling, 1327 00:31:38,180 --> 00:31:41,150 and at some point got involved 1328 00:31:41,170 --> 00:31:45,009 in some kind of jewelry 1329 00:31:41,170 --> 00:31:45,009 business that went bust, 1330 00:31:45,029 --> 00:31:48,000 and he ended up bankrupt. 1331 00:31:45,029 --> 00:31:48,000 So he wanted the money back, 1332 00:31:48,019 --> 00:31:50,099 and I don't think 1333 00:31:50,119 --> 00:31:52,160 Meghan stumped up. 1334 00:31:52,180 --> 00:31:54,059 And so there was 1335 00:31:52,180 --> 00:31:54,059 a degree of resentment 1336 00:31:54,079 --> 00:31:58,019 that she didn't pay the money 1337 00:31:54,079 --> 00:31:58,019 back to Thomas. 1338 00:31:58,039 --> 00:31:59,279 narrator: Just days 1339 00:31:58,039 --> 00:31:59,279 before the ceremony, 1340 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,089 a scandal erupted 1341 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,089 when photos surfaced 1342 00:32:02,109 --> 00:32:05,269 purporting to show Tom Markle 1343 00:32:02,109 --> 00:32:05,269 prepping for the wedding. 1344 00:32:05,289 --> 00:32:07,029 - They take all kinds 1345 00:32:05,289 --> 00:32:07,029 of pictures of me 1346 00:32:07,049 --> 00:32:09,029 making me look negative. 1347 00:32:09,049 --> 00:32:11,019 So I thought this would be 1348 00:32:09,049 --> 00:32:11,019 a nice way 1349 00:32:11,039 --> 00:32:13,130 of improving my look. 1350 00:32:13,150 --> 00:32:15,160 Well obviously, 1351 00:32:13,150 --> 00:32:15,160 that all went to hell. 1352 00:32:15,180 --> 00:32:17,039 - The "Mail," on Sunday, 1353 00:32:17,059 --> 00:32:19,160 published a story 1354 00:32:17,059 --> 00:32:19,160 about how Thomas Markle 1355 00:32:19,180 --> 00:32:22,089 had actually set up 1356 00:32:19,180 --> 00:32:22,089 these pictures himself 1357 00:32:22,109 --> 00:32:24,130 and actually, like, 1358 00:32:22,109 --> 00:32:24,130 made some money. 1359 00:32:24,150 --> 00:32:25,109 I think it was 30% 1360 00:32:26,079 --> 00:32:28,269 of all worldwide sales 1361 00:32:26,079 --> 00:32:28,269 of those pictures. 1362 00:32:28,289 --> 00:32:31,180 - Tom, being 1363 00:32:28,289 --> 00:32:31,180 a behind-the-camera person, 1364 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:34,000 was never comfortable 1365 00:32:34,019 --> 00:32:36,150 or wanted to be 1366 00:32:34,019 --> 00:32:36,150 in the limelight. 1367 00:32:36,170 --> 00:32:38,210 And I think that it was 1368 00:32:38,230 --> 00:32:40,180 probably overwhelming for him 1369 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:42,059 when he was beseeched 1370 00:32:42,079 --> 00:32:44,039 by people knocking on his door 1371 00:32:44,059 --> 00:32:46,150 at all times of the day 1372 00:32:44,059 --> 00:32:46,150 and night. 1373 00:32:46,170 --> 00:32:49,140 - Just like Doria 1374 00:32:46,170 --> 00:32:49,140 had been offered security, 1375 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:53,119 protection, advice, 1376 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:53,119 and guidance from the palace, 1377 00:32:53,140 --> 00:32:56,099 so had Thomas. 1378 00:32:53,140 --> 00:32:56,099 Meghan couldn't believe 1379 00:32:56,119 --> 00:32:59,150 that Thomas would have done 1380 00:32:56,119 --> 00:32:59,150 something so silly at a time 1381 00:32:59,170 --> 00:33:02,230 when he had been 1382 00:32:59,170 --> 00:33:02,230 regularly offered advice. 1383 00:33:02,250 --> 00:33:06,029 - Meghan and Harry tried 1384 00:33:02,250 --> 00:33:06,029 to get in contact with Thomas 1385 00:33:06,049 --> 00:33:07,150 at that time, 1386 00:33:07,170 --> 00:33:09,250 but they were unable 1387 00:33:07,170 --> 00:33:09,250 to get ahold of him. 1388 00:33:09,269 --> 00:33:12,009 Thomas Markle preferred 1389 00:33:12,029 --> 00:33:13,220 to deal with the press 1390 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:16,049 than he did to deal 1391 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:16,049 with the Royal Family. 1392 00:33:16,069 --> 00:33:18,250 And look at 1393 00:33:16,069 --> 00:33:18,250 the consequences of that. 1394 00:33:18,269 --> 00:33:20,059 - When TMZ reported 1395 00:33:20,079 --> 00:33:22,180 that Thomas had suffered 1396 00:33:20,079 --> 00:33:22,180 from a heart attack, 1397 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,009 it became very clear 1398 00:33:24,029 --> 00:33:26,190 that he wasn't 1399 00:33:24,029 --> 00:33:26,190 going to come to the wedding. 1400 00:33:26,289 --> 00:33:29,109 - He would have been so proud 1401 00:33:26,289 --> 00:33:29,109 to walk her down the aisle, 1402 00:33:29,130 --> 00:33:31,160 but he had 1403 00:33:29,130 --> 00:33:31,160 a double heart attack. 1404 00:33:31,180 --> 00:33:34,200 Much of the press has said, 1405 00:33:31,180 --> 00:33:34,200 "Oh, that was just made up." 1406 00:33:34,220 --> 00:33:36,049 And that's not true. 1407 00:33:36,069 --> 00:33:38,240 - As much as Meghan tried 1408 00:33:36,069 --> 00:33:38,240 to look above the drama 1409 00:33:38,259 --> 00:33:41,160 surrounding his attendance 1410 00:33:38,259 --> 00:33:41,160 to the wedding, 1411 00:33:41,180 --> 00:33:45,019 I think by the time we reach 1412 00:33:41,180 --> 00:33:45,019 that wedding to Prince Harry, 1413 00:33:45,039 --> 00:33:47,200 Meghan was really 1414 00:33:45,039 --> 00:33:47,200 at her wit's end. 1415 00:33:47,220 --> 00:33:50,019 - Her own dad using her name 1416 00:33:50,039 --> 00:33:51,150 and making money off her, 1417 00:33:51,170 --> 00:33:55,059 and letting her down 1418 00:33:51,170 --> 00:33:55,059 so publicly-- 1419 00:33:55,079 --> 00:33:58,150 it was incredibly humiliating, 1420 00:33:58,170 --> 00:34:00,140 incredibly heartbreaking. 1421 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:04,069 - Despite the drama, 1422 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:04,069 Meghan's wedding to Harry 1423 00:34:04,089 --> 00:34:05,210 was a moment of celebration. 1424 00:34:05,230 --> 00:34:08,250 - Windsor Castle's been here 1425 00:34:05,230 --> 00:34:08,250 for 1,000 years. 1426 00:34:08,269 --> 00:34:13,019 Today, it is a place of joy 1427 00:34:08,269 --> 00:34:13,019 and celebration. 1428 00:34:13,039 --> 00:34:15,019 [cheers and applause] 1429 00:34:15,039 --> 00:34:16,150 narrator: 1430 00:34:15,039 --> 00:34:16,150 Meghan was a radiant bride 1431 00:34:16,170 --> 00:34:18,260 in a stunning 1432 00:34:16,170 --> 00:34:18,260 Clare Waight Keller gown 1433 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:22,260 on her May 19, 2018 wedding 1434 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:22,260 to Prince Harry. 1435 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:25,139 [classical music] 1436 00:34:25,159 --> 00:34:28,050 In Thomas Markle's place, 1437 00:34:25,159 --> 00:34:28,050 Prince Charles walks the bride 1438 00:34:28,070 --> 00:34:30,199 down the aisle 1439 00:34:28,070 --> 00:34:30,199 of St. George's Chapel 1440 00:34:30,219 --> 00:34:32,050 in Windsor Castle. 1441 00:34:32,070 --> 00:34:34,110 - I watched the wedding 1442 00:34:32,070 --> 00:34:34,110 with two classmates, 1443 00:34:34,130 --> 00:34:37,030 and we were drinking 1444 00:34:34,130 --> 00:34:37,030 at 5:00 a.m. 1445 00:34:37,050 --> 00:34:38,219 And you know, my husband, 1446 00:34:37,050 --> 00:34:38,219 "Be quiet, it's 5:00 a.m.!" 1447 00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:41,130 Sorry, babe, but this is, 1448 00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:41,130 like--this is Meghan! 1449 00:34:41,150 --> 00:34:44,190 - As long as you 1450 00:34:41,150 --> 00:34:44,190 both shall live. 1451 00:34:44,210 --> 00:34:46,179 - I will. 1452 00:34:46,199 --> 00:34:47,289 ♪ ♪ 1453 00:34:48,010 --> 00:34:49,210 [laughter] 1454 00:34:49,230 --> 00:34:51,219 - It was heartwarming 1455 00:34:49,230 --> 00:34:51,219 to watch. 1456 00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:55,289 It was just a 1457 00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:55,289 once-in-a-lifetime experience. 1458 00:34:56,010 --> 00:34:58,190 She married a prince. 1459 00:34:56,010 --> 00:34:58,190 What? 1460 00:34:58,210 --> 00:35:01,079 - Imagine a world 1461 00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:03,090 where love is the way. 1462 00:35:03,110 --> 00:35:06,150 - I was particularly impressed 1463 00:35:03,110 --> 00:35:06,150 with the stamp 1464 00:35:06,170 --> 00:35:08,179 that Meghan was able to have 1465 00:35:06,170 --> 00:35:08,179 on the royal wedding, 1466 00:35:08,199 --> 00:35:10,230 in terms of bringing 1467 00:35:08,199 --> 00:35:10,230 in Black culture, 1468 00:35:10,250 --> 00:35:12,130 African-American culture. 1469 00:35:12,150 --> 00:35:15,219 Now she's got a gospel choir. 1470 00:35:12,150 --> 00:35:15,219 Now she's got this preacher. 1471 00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:18,190 - When love is the way, 1472 00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:18,190 then no child will go 1473 00:35:18,210 --> 00:35:21,230 to bed hungry in this world, 1474 00:35:18,210 --> 00:35:21,230 ever again. 1475 00:35:21,250 --> 00:35:23,280 - Oh, my God. 1476 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:25,280 This wedding has turned 1477 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:25,280 so Black, 1478 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:27,139 and I absolutely love it. 1479 00:35:27,159 --> 00:35:29,010 - We gotta get you all married. 1480 00:35:29,030 --> 00:35:30,190 [laughter] 1481 00:35:30,210 --> 00:35:32,090 - Have you ever seen an 1482 00:35:30,210 --> 00:35:32,090 African wedding on television? 1483 00:35:32,110 --> 00:35:35,260 I haven't, 1484 00:35:32,110 --> 00:35:35,260 so it was a sense of pride, 1485 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:38,050 for those of us watching it, 1486 00:35:38,070 --> 00:35:40,050 to say, "That's our sister. 1487 00:35:40,070 --> 00:35:43,130 And not only does 1488 00:35:40,070 --> 00:35:43,130 she see herself, she sees us." 1489 00:35:43,150 --> 00:35:46,199 [applause] 1490 00:35:46,219 --> 00:35:48,119 - After Harry and Meghan 1491 00:35:46,219 --> 00:35:48,119 got married, 1492 00:35:48,139 --> 00:35:49,230 they became the rock stars 1493 00:35:49,250 --> 00:35:52,099 and the superstars 1494 00:35:49,250 --> 00:35:52,099 of the Royal Family. 1495 00:35:52,119 --> 00:35:53,280 - The whole country 1496 00:35:52,119 --> 00:35:53,280 embraced her. 1497 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,210 The media as well, 1498 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,210 but their honeymoon was short, 1499 00:35:57,230 --> 00:35:59,099 and they soon turned. 1500 00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:01,199 - According to some sources, 1501 00:36:01,219 --> 00:36:04,269 the fact that Meghan and Harry 1502 00:36:01,219 --> 00:36:04,269 became so popular 1503 00:36:04,289 --> 00:36:07,230 was a threat to 1504 00:36:04,289 --> 00:36:07,230 the rest of the Royal Family 1505 00:36:07,250 --> 00:36:09,199 and their popularity. 1506 00:36:09,219 --> 00:36:10,269 [dramatic music] 1507 00:36:12,039 --> 00:36:14,119 - Stories started to emerge 1508 00:36:12,039 --> 00:36:14,119 about things that had happened 1509 00:36:14,139 --> 00:36:15,250 leading up to the wedding. 1510 00:36:15,269 --> 00:36:19,059 - Many of the negative stories 1511 00:36:15,269 --> 00:36:19,059 often came from 1512 00:36:19,079 --> 00:36:21,239 within the institution 1513 00:36:19,079 --> 00:36:21,239 of the monarchy. 1514 00:36:21,260 --> 00:36:23,159 And we heard a senior 1515 00:36:21,260 --> 00:36:23,159 Royal Family member 1516 00:36:23,179 --> 00:36:25,250 refer to Meghan 1517 00:36:23,179 --> 00:36:25,250 as Harry's showgirl. 1518 00:36:25,269 --> 00:36:29,000 Private aides talking about 1519 00:36:25,269 --> 00:36:29,000 there being just something 1520 00:36:29,019 --> 00:36:31,099 that they didn't 1521 00:36:29,019 --> 00:36:31,099 trust about her. 1522 00:36:31,119 --> 00:36:34,079 - Meghan was classified 1523 00:36:31,119 --> 00:36:34,079 as Duchess Difficult 1524 00:36:34,099 --> 00:36:36,010 by the British press, 1525 00:36:36,030 --> 00:36:39,059 really driving 1526 00:36:36,030 --> 00:36:39,059 the palace staff crazy 1527 00:36:39,079 --> 00:36:42,010 by just being demanding 1528 00:36:39,079 --> 00:36:42,010 and a diva. 1529 00:36:42,030 --> 00:36:44,170 - That came from voices 1530 00:36:44,190 --> 00:36:47,170 within the privacy 1531 00:36:44,190 --> 00:36:47,170 of their own home, you know? 1532 00:36:47,190 --> 00:36:48,199 Frogmore Cottage. 1533 00:36:49,250 --> 00:36:52,000 - Knowing the royal household 1534 00:36:49,250 --> 00:36:52,000 as I know it, 1535 00:36:52,019 --> 00:36:54,119 there are a lot 1536 00:36:52,019 --> 00:36:54,119 of jealous people out there 1537 00:36:54,139 --> 00:36:56,250 that didn't want 1538 00:36:54,139 --> 00:36:56,250 to see Meghan succeed. 1539 00:36:56,269 --> 00:36:59,230 You can't change 1540 00:36:56,269 --> 00:36:59,230 a royal household 1541 00:36:59,250 --> 00:37:02,070 which is archaic 1542 00:37:02,090 --> 00:37:04,250 and hasn't changed 1543 00:37:02,090 --> 00:37:04,250 for 100 years. 1544 00:37:04,269 --> 00:37:08,179 narrator: Amid all the palace 1545 00:37:04,269 --> 00:37:08,179 intrigue, on May 6, 2019, 1546 00:37:08,199 --> 00:37:10,219 one year after Harry 1547 00:37:08,199 --> 00:37:10,219 and Meghan were married, 1548 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:14,050 they welcomed their son, 1549 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:14,050 Archie, into the world. 1550 00:37:17,250 --> 00:37:20,110 narrator: Just days 1551 00:37:17,250 --> 00:37:20,110 after Archie's birth, 1552 00:37:20,130 --> 00:37:23,099 BBC broadcaster Danny Baker 1553 00:37:20,130 --> 00:37:23,099 tweeted a photo 1554 00:37:23,119 --> 00:37:25,269 comparing Baby Archie 1555 00:37:23,119 --> 00:37:25,269 to a chimpanzee. 1556 00:37:25,289 --> 00:37:28,269 Baker claimed it was a joke 1557 00:37:25,289 --> 00:37:28,269 about the Royal Family 1558 00:37:28,289 --> 00:37:30,139 being a circus, 1559 00:37:30,159 --> 00:37:33,079 but others saw another example 1560 00:37:30,159 --> 00:37:33,079 of blatant racism 1561 00:37:33,099 --> 00:37:35,019 directed at the couple. 1562 00:37:35,039 --> 00:37:36,079 - I don't understand what 1563 00:37:36,099 --> 00:37:38,130 the problem is 1564 00:37:36,099 --> 00:37:38,130 with the British media, 1565 00:37:38,150 --> 00:37:41,119 because we're looking 1566 00:37:38,150 --> 00:37:41,119 at a fairytale 1567 00:37:41,139 --> 00:37:44,230 and two young people who 1568 00:37:41,139 --> 00:37:44,230 love each other desperately 1569 00:37:44,250 --> 00:37:46,230 who want to get on 1570 00:37:44,250 --> 00:37:46,230 with their lives. 1571 00:37:46,250 --> 00:37:49,050 narrator: Confronted by 1572 00:37:46,250 --> 00:37:49,050 an often hostile media 1573 00:37:49,070 --> 00:37:52,019 and growing friction 1574 00:37:49,070 --> 00:37:52,019 within both of their families, 1575 00:37:52,039 --> 00:37:55,239 Harry and Meghan would stand 1576 00:37:52,039 --> 00:37:55,239 together and shock the world. 1577 00:37:55,260 --> 00:37:58,059 - They came across too many 1578 00:37:55,260 --> 00:37:58,059 brick walls, 1579 00:37:58,079 --> 00:38:01,090 too many obstacles, 1580 00:37:58,079 --> 00:38:01,090 And they thought, 1581 00:38:01,110 --> 00:38:03,150 "Life should be 1582 00:38:01,110 --> 00:38:03,150 better than this." 1583 00:38:04,090 --> 00:38:06,099 - Coming up, Megxit... 1584 00:38:06,119 --> 00:38:10,139 - Harry absolutely did not 1585 00:38:06,119 --> 00:38:10,139 see another way forward, 1586 00:38:10,159 --> 00:38:12,059 except to leave 1587 00:38:10,159 --> 00:38:12,059 the Royal Family. 1588 00:38:12,079 --> 00:38:16,059 - We didn't hang on 1589 00:38:12,079 --> 00:38:16,059 to two jewels in the crown. 1590 00:38:16,079 --> 00:38:19,260 It's our loss. 1591 00:38:16,079 --> 00:38:19,260 It's America's gain. 1592 00:38:24,210 --> 00:38:26,090 [dramatic music] 1593 00:38:26,110 --> 00:38:28,260 [camera shutters clicking] 1594 00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:30,059 narrator: Five months 1595 00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:30,059 after the birth 1596 00:38:30,079 --> 00:38:31,219 of their son, Archie, 1597 00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:34,019 Harry and Meghan were 1598 00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:34,019 straining under the pressure 1599 00:38:34,039 --> 00:38:35,210 of a hostile tabloid media 1600 00:38:35,230 --> 00:38:38,190 and reports of conflicts 1601 00:38:35,230 --> 00:38:38,190 with the Royal Family. 1602 00:38:38,210 --> 00:38:40,190 - They were regularly reminded 1603 00:38:38,210 --> 00:38:40,190 by the institution 1604 00:38:40,210 --> 00:38:43,260 that they were many rungs 1605 00:38:40,210 --> 00:38:43,260 down the ladder 1606 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,110 within the Royal Family. 1607 00:38:45,130 --> 00:38:47,269 - William and Kate came 1608 00:38:45,130 --> 00:38:47,269 before Harry and Meghan, 1609 00:38:47,289 --> 00:38:52,000 because William was going to 1610 00:38:47,289 --> 00:38:52,000 become king, and Harry was not. 1611 00:38:52,019 --> 00:38:54,000 - Do you ever have 1612 00:38:52,019 --> 00:38:54,000 disagreements about things? 1613 00:38:54,019 --> 00:38:56,230 [laughter] 1614 00:38:54,019 --> 00:38:56,230 - Oh, yes. 1615 00:38:56,250 --> 00:38:59,139 - They found themselves 1616 00:38:56,250 --> 00:38:59,139 feeling very unsupported 1617 00:38:59,159 --> 00:39:00,269 by the institution 1618 00:39:00,289 --> 00:39:04,139 at a time when the British 1619 00:39:00,289 --> 00:39:04,139 tabloid stories about Meghan 1620 00:39:04,159 --> 00:39:06,159 were more negative than ever. 1621 00:39:06,179 --> 00:39:07,260 narrator: Harry and Meghan 1622 00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:10,059 waged their own public 1623 00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:10,059 relations campaign. 1624 00:39:10,079 --> 00:39:12,070 In October 2019, 1625 00:39:12,090 --> 00:39:14,179 while on a royal trip 1626 00:39:12,090 --> 00:39:14,179 to Africa, 1627 00:39:14,199 --> 00:39:16,250 they spoke their minds 1628 00:39:14,199 --> 00:39:16,250 to an ITV reporter. 1629 00:39:16,269 --> 00:39:20,050 - I really tried to adopt 1630 00:39:16,269 --> 00:39:20,050 this British sensibility 1631 00:39:20,070 --> 00:39:21,210 of a stiff upper lip. 1632 00:39:21,230 --> 00:39:22,280 But I think that 1633 00:39:24,079 --> 00:39:26,250 what that does internally 1634 00:39:24,079 --> 00:39:26,250 is probably really damaging. 1635 00:39:26,269 --> 00:39:28,250 - Of course there's 1636 00:39:26,269 --> 00:39:28,250 a lot of stuff that hurts, 1637 00:39:28,269 --> 00:39:31,210 especially when the majority 1638 00:39:28,269 --> 00:39:31,210 of it is untrue. 1639 00:39:31,230 --> 00:39:33,119 I will always protect 1640 00:39:31,230 --> 00:39:33,119 my family, 1641 00:39:33,139 --> 00:39:35,070 and now 1642 00:39:33,139 --> 00:39:35,070 I have a family to protect. 1643 00:39:35,090 --> 00:39:37,280 I will not be bullied 1644 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,219 into playing a game 1645 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,219 that killed my mum. 1646 00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:44,170 - The Royal Family do not like 1647 00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:44,170 somebody to speak openly, 1648 00:39:44,190 --> 00:39:46,150 from the heart, 1649 00:39:44,190 --> 00:39:46,150 about their emotions, 1650 00:39:46,170 --> 00:39:48,289 because it's all about 1651 00:39:46,170 --> 00:39:48,289 putting the crown first. 1652 00:39:49,010 --> 00:39:51,050 narrator: 1653 00:39:49,010 --> 00:39:51,050 But in January 2020, 1654 00:39:51,070 --> 00:39:53,250 Meghan and Harry put 1655 00:39:51,070 --> 00:39:53,250 their love and family first 1656 00:39:53,269 --> 00:39:55,289 with a stunning declaration 1657 00:39:53,269 --> 00:39:55,289 of independence 1658 00:39:56,010 --> 00:39:57,250 from the Royal Family. 1659 00:39:58,059 --> 00:40:00,170 - The decision 1660 00:39:58,059 --> 00:40:00,170 that I have made, 1661 00:40:00,190 --> 00:40:02,150 for my wife 1662 00:40:00,190 --> 00:40:02,150 and I to step back, 1663 00:40:02,170 --> 00:40:04,110 is not one I made lightly. 1664 00:40:04,130 --> 00:40:06,139 There really was 1665 00:40:04,130 --> 00:40:06,139 no other option. 1666 00:40:06,159 --> 00:40:08,219 - Going it alone, 1667 00:40:06,159 --> 00:40:08,219 the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. 1668 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:11,000 - Not since King Edward VIII 1669 00:40:11,019 --> 00:40:13,099 abdicated his throne in 1936 1670 00:40:13,119 --> 00:40:15,059 to marry an American divorcee 1671 00:40:15,079 --> 00:40:18,150 had there been such 1672 00:40:15,079 --> 00:40:18,150 a shocking royal exit. 1673 00:40:18,170 --> 00:40:20,090 - I was like, 1674 00:40:18,170 --> 00:40:20,090 "What is going on? 1675 00:40:20,110 --> 00:40:21,239 No." 1676 00:40:21,260 --> 00:40:23,170 But when you analyze it after, 1677 00:40:21,260 --> 00:40:23,170 you're like, 1678 00:40:23,190 --> 00:40:25,159 "Of course 1679 00:40:23,190 --> 00:40:25,159 it was gonna happen." 1680 00:40:25,179 --> 00:40:27,000 - Harry and Meghan's decision 1681 00:40:25,179 --> 00:40:27,000 to step back 1682 00:40:27,019 --> 00:40:28,150 certainly left fractures 1683 00:40:28,170 --> 00:40:31,159 in his relationship 1684 00:40:28,170 --> 00:40:31,159 with his own family. 1685 00:40:31,179 --> 00:40:33,260 William and Harry 1686 00:40:31,179 --> 00:40:33,260 had been going through 1687 00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:35,230 their own struggles 1688 00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:35,230 with each other. 1689 00:40:35,250 --> 00:40:36,289 narrator: Some of the tabloids 1690 00:40:37,010 --> 00:40:38,230 blamed Meghan 1691 00:40:37,010 --> 00:40:38,230 for the growing rift 1692 00:40:38,250 --> 00:40:40,179 between William and Harry. 1693 00:40:40,199 --> 00:40:42,070 - They're blaming it 1694 00:40:40,199 --> 00:40:42,070 all on her, 1695 00:40:42,090 --> 00:40:44,139 like a John Lennon/Yoko Ono 1696 00:40:42,090 --> 00:40:44,139 kind of thing. 1697 00:40:44,159 --> 00:40:46,000 This isn't the Beatles. 1698 00:40:46,019 --> 00:40:48,199 You know, Harry's a grown man 1699 00:40:46,019 --> 00:40:48,199 with his family. 1700 00:40:48,219 --> 00:40:51,170 Who wants to be 1701 00:40:48,219 --> 00:40:51,170 in a toxic environment? 1702 00:40:51,190 --> 00:40:54,010 I don't, so why should they? 1703 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,230 - Harry met with the Queen, 1704 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,230 Prince Charles, and William 1705 00:40:57,250 --> 00:41:00,079 to resolve 1706 00:40:57,250 --> 00:41:00,079 the unprecedented situation. 1707 00:41:00,099 --> 00:41:02,230 As it was with his mother's 1708 00:41:00,099 --> 00:41:02,230 divorce from Charles, 1709 00:41:02,250 --> 00:41:04,260 the Queen had the final say. 1710 00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:07,260 - She supported Harry 1711 00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:07,260 and Meghan 1712 00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:09,269 and understood 1713 00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:09,269 the circumstances 1714 00:41:09,289 --> 00:41:12,179 which they had made this 1715 00:41:09,289 --> 00:41:12,179 very difficult decision. 1716 00:41:12,199 --> 00:41:14,159 - But the Queen also announced 1717 00:41:14,179 --> 00:41:16,250 that effective April 1, 2020, 1718 00:41:16,269 --> 00:41:20,000 Harry and Meghan would no 1719 00:41:16,269 --> 00:41:20,000 longer use their royal titles 1720 00:41:20,019 --> 00:41:23,000 and no longer formally 1721 00:41:20,019 --> 00:41:23,000 represent the crown. 1722 00:41:23,019 --> 00:41:26,139 - We didn't hang on to 1723 00:41:23,019 --> 00:41:26,139 two jewels in the crown. 1724 00:41:26,159 --> 00:41:30,019 It's our loss. 1725 00:41:26,159 --> 00:41:30,019 It's America's gain. 1726 00:41:30,039 --> 00:41:32,289 narrator: Now living 1727 00:41:30,039 --> 00:41:32,289 in Santa Barbara, California, 1728 00:41:33,010 --> 00:41:34,269 Harry and Meghan 1729 00:41:33,010 --> 00:41:34,269 are reportedly 1730 00:41:34,289 --> 00:41:37,179 working to repair the rift 1731 00:41:34,289 --> 00:41:37,179 with Harry's brother. 1732 00:41:37,199 --> 00:41:38,239 - William's always sort of, 1733 00:41:38,260 --> 00:41:41,099 like the Queen, 1734 00:41:38,260 --> 00:41:41,099 puts duty over family, 1735 00:41:41,119 --> 00:41:43,010 and that's something 1736 00:41:41,119 --> 00:41:43,010 that Harry 1737 00:41:43,030 --> 00:41:46,150 doesn't quite connect with, 1738 00:41:43,030 --> 00:41:46,150 but these are two brothers 1739 00:41:46,170 --> 00:41:48,139 that understand 1740 00:41:46,170 --> 00:41:48,139 that bond of brotherhood. 1741 00:41:48,159 --> 00:41:50,019 And although they may not 1742 00:41:48,159 --> 00:41:50,019 be speaking much 1743 00:41:50,039 --> 00:41:51,260 at this very moment, 1744 00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:55,030 I don't think that's something 1745 00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:55,030 that we'll see last forever. 1746 00:41:55,050 --> 00:41:58,110 - Harry and his brother 1747 00:41:55,050 --> 00:41:58,110 will be unveiling a statue 1748 00:41:58,130 --> 00:42:02,150 to the memory of their mother 1749 00:41:58,130 --> 00:42:02,150 on her 60th birthday, 1750 00:42:02,170 --> 00:42:05,199 so maybe Diana's 60th birthday 1751 00:42:05,219 --> 00:42:07,179 will be a catalyst 1752 00:42:07,199 --> 00:42:10,079 for the two brothers 1753 00:42:07,199 --> 00:42:10,079 to come back together. 1754 00:42:10,099 --> 00:42:12,000 narrator: For Meghan, 1755 00:42:10,099 --> 00:42:12,000 life outside the palace 1756 00:42:12,019 --> 00:42:15,219 offers an opportunity 1757 00:42:12,019 --> 00:42:15,219 to thrive, not just survive. 1758 00:42:15,239 --> 00:42:18,230 - I never thought that 1759 00:42:15,239 --> 00:42:18,230 this would be easy, 1760 00:42:18,250 --> 00:42:20,260 but I thought it would be fair. 1761 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:23,289 - Meghan has always felt 1762 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:23,289 she has a lot to prove 1763 00:42:24,010 --> 00:42:25,179 as the outsider. 1764 00:42:25,199 --> 00:42:27,019 When we look back 1765 00:42:25,199 --> 00:42:27,019 at Meghan's time 1766 00:42:27,039 --> 00:42:29,030 as a working member 1767 00:42:27,039 --> 00:42:29,030 of the Royal Family, 1768 00:42:29,050 --> 00:42:30,090 she did exactly that. 1769 00:42:31,179 --> 00:42:33,230 - Meghan has tried her 1770 00:42:31,179 --> 00:42:33,230 very best to be a team player, 1771 00:42:33,250 --> 00:42:36,260 and I think it's a great pity 1772 00:42:33,250 --> 00:42:36,260 that she and Harry 1773 00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:39,150 have stepped back, 1774 00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:39,150 because they could have made 1775 00:42:39,170 --> 00:42:42,199 the Royal Family 1776 00:42:39,170 --> 00:42:42,199 a more intriguing 1777 00:42:42,219 --> 00:42:44,110 and a more important 1778 00:42:42,219 --> 00:42:44,110 institution 1779 00:42:44,130 --> 00:42:46,139 than it probably will be 1780 00:42:44,130 --> 00:42:46,139 in the future. 1781 00:42:46,159 --> 00:42:49,030 - Unfortunately, 1782 00:42:46,159 --> 00:42:49,030 it was an establishment 1783 00:42:49,050 --> 00:42:50,250 that hasn't quite realized 1784 00:42:50,269 --> 00:42:53,289 how to modernize yet 1785 00:42:50,269 --> 00:42:53,289 that prevented 1786 00:42:54,010 --> 00:42:56,269 the Duke and Duchess of Sussex 1787 00:42:54,010 --> 00:42:56,269 from thriving. 1788 00:42:56,289 --> 00:42:59,210 And of course, they're now 1789 00:42:56,289 --> 00:42:59,210 doing that on their own. 1790 00:42:59,230 --> 00:43:02,039 narrator: 1791 00:42:59,230 --> 00:43:02,039 Announced in the fall of 2020, 1792 00:43:02,059 --> 00:43:04,110 Meghan and Harry's 1793 00:43:02,059 --> 00:43:04,110 production deal with Netflix 1794 00:43:04,130 --> 00:43:07,159 is a hint of things to come 1795 00:43:04,130 --> 00:43:07,159 from this independent-minded, 1796 00:43:07,179 --> 00:43:09,260 passion-driven pair. 1797 00:43:10,050 --> 00:43:12,110 - Harry and Meghan are still 1798 00:43:12,130 --> 00:43:14,030 a dynamic duo. 1799 00:43:14,050 --> 00:43:16,050 They just have 1800 00:43:14,050 --> 00:43:16,050 to get out there 1801 00:43:16,070 --> 00:43:19,230 and do what they feel is right, 1802 00:43:16,070 --> 00:43:19,230 and they will. 1803 00:43:19,250 --> 00:43:22,170 - Meghan and Harry 1804 00:43:19,250 --> 00:43:22,170 were worlds apart 1805 00:43:22,190 --> 00:43:24,159 in terms of their upbringing, 1806 00:43:24,179 --> 00:43:26,289 their lifestyles, 1807 00:43:24,179 --> 00:43:26,289 their culture, 1808 00:43:27,010 --> 00:43:28,059 and yet, 1809 00:43:29,119 --> 00:43:32,059 there's that intriguing magic 1810 00:43:29,119 --> 00:43:32,059 that brought them together. 1811 00:43:32,079 --> 00:43:35,119 It's that willingness 1812 00:43:32,079 --> 00:43:35,119 to try and make a difference. 1813 00:43:35,139 --> 00:43:38,099 And that's what they're out 1814 00:43:35,139 --> 00:43:38,099 to do: make a difference. 1815 00:43:38,119 --> 00:43:42,219 - They are side by side 1816 00:43:38,119 --> 00:43:42,219 taking on the world, as one. 1817 00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:45,210 [cheers and applause] 1818 00:43:45,230 --> 00:43:48,210 [dramatic music] 1819 00:43:48,230 --> 00:43:51,050 ♪ ♪