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he was the party prince. >> for many years, it was a real worry about what would happen to harry. >> who availed against royalty. >> he decided he might leave the royalty family. >> haunted by his mother's death. >> it destabilized him and caused chaos, for years. >> he struggled to find his way. >> being royal, for harry, was a burden and a curse. >> reporter: she is a former-american actress.
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unlike any, royal bride, before. >> go back a few generations, and everything about meghan markle disqualifies her from marrying harry. a modern-royal couple changing history. >> the duke and duchess say they will step back as senior members of the royal family. >> harry decided, i'm going to look after my wife. in a way that i wasn't able to look after my mother. >> and redefining royalty. >> what do you think the future looks like for harry and meghan? >> i think the sky is the limit. they are going to harness the power that they have as public individuals, to change the world. >> reporter: tonight, a cnn special report. "royal revolution, harry and meghan." september 15th, 1984. prince henry charles albert
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david was born. >> harry came into the world, very different to his brother. who was heralded as the next in line to the throne of england. but harry was the spare. >> reporter: paul was princess diana's butler. >> so, all through harry's formative years, he always knew that he was second. >> he was always referred to as the spare. just always second best. and i think that had a profound effect on harry. >> reporter: his childhood was also impacted by his parents' marital troubles. >> harry grew up in a very, very tricky household. the prince and princess were never happy, together. in a marriage, that had failed before it even began. >> reporter: when charles and diana divorced, it hit harry hard. then, one year later, his mother was killed.
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harry was just 12 years old. >> this incredibly loving figure, who had given him so much warmth and comfort in what was a very difficult childhood. an extraordinary upbringing. was, suddenly, gone. >> reporter: harry, later, admitted to itv he struggled to process her death. >> it was a classic case of don't let yourself think about your mum and the grief and the hurt that comes with it, because it's never going to bring her back and it's only going to make you -- make you more sad. people deal with grief, in different ways. and my way of dealing with it was -- was buy just, basically, shutting out, locking it out. >> prince harry arrived at eaten, the prestigious boys boarding school the year after his mother's death. even though he moved into the same house as his older brother, william, harry reportedly struggled academically, and was miserable.
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>> diana always said that she never wanted harry to go to eaton because he would be compared to his brother's success. and she thought this would be the undoing of harry's confidence. >> prince harry says that he decided that he was going to be a bad boy so that the reason he didn't do well there was, partly, his fault. was deliberate. >> reporter: in 2002, headlines emerged of harry's drinking and marijuana use. >> did it seem, brits that it -- >> it's all part of the growing up process. but i, personally, was worried that there was something deeper. there was a touch of self-medication going on. >> reporter: after graduating from eaton, harry escaped to africa during his gap year for humanitarian work. >> it was an escape from this
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heavy-duty world of royalty. always being watched. always being photographed. he could be very ordinary. >> reporter: he spent two months with children in need and others, whose parents had died from aids. >> he could see that there were holes there in their lives. i think, absolutely, he saw, in them, something that he felt was missing in his life. care, love, and attention. the loss of his mother. >> reporter: harry, not only fell in love with the children and the country, he began a serious romance with a wealthy girl from southern africa. chelsea davy. >> she is very free spirited. not someone who felt bound by world protocol or tradition. and also, shared his love of africa. and, you know, the two of them traveled, steextensively, throughout africa together. >> chelsea remained a constant in harry's life for years to
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come. >> she also came into his life, at a time when he was missing that female figure to support him. and i think chelsea did that. and understood him, and she could understand that he had been through a very difficult time. and was still going through a very hard time. >> reporter: a very hard time, that harry struggled to overcome. when we come back. >> for many years, it was a real worry about what would happen to harry because he didn't seem to. at carvana, we treat every customer
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as harry navigated the highs and lows of growing up a prince, meghan markle was raised a world away from the pomp and circumstance of royal life. >> you hear that someone grew up in los angeles, and you think about swimming pools and palm trees and beverly hills. and meghan markle's childhood in l.a. was not that. >> reporter: born in 1981, she was the only child of doria and thomas markle. while she had two loving parents, meghan struggled with her biracial identity. >> her father was white. her mother was black. she said when she would fill out forms, there wasn't always a bubble that fit her to fill in. >> while her parents made sure meghan felt comfortable in her own skin, years of built-up racial tensions in the country exploded, right in her own
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backyard. >> she was driving, i think, with her mom. and i think there was, like, debris and she thought it was snowing. and then, she realized it was actually the l.a. riots. >> reporter: riots that erupted when four white police officers were acquitted in the beating of a black man, rodney king. >> it definitely opened meghan's eyes to the fact that this was a world that was not always going to treat her fairly. and was not always going to be kind to her or to her family. >> reporter: meghan's early experiences with discrimination were not isolated to race. while watching tv advertisements for a class project, one commercial stood out to her. >> women are fighting greasy pots and pans. >> they implied that the product was just for women, who were going to be at home doing the cleaning. >> i don't think it's right for kids to grow up thinking these things. that just mom does everything. >> and she wrote a letter. >> so i was wondering if you would be able to change your
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commercial to people all over america. >> and wouldn't ya know it? it worked. >> people are fighting greasy pots and pans with ivory clear. >> it had to have been such wonderful reinforcement for her, at such a young age, that she could take a stand. and have her voice heard. and not be dismissed. >> meghan went on to graduate from northwestern university. but returned to los angeles, to pursue her acting dreams. >> action. >> she has said that her 20s were brutal. >> meghan struggled a lot. to become a successful actress, to be able to make a living. that's, like, winning a lottery ticket. i mean, the number of forces that have to combine to get you even the smallest scrap of success, are -- are so astronomical. >> reporter: meghan auditioned throughout her 20s. then, in 2011, she landed a significant role. the female lead on usa network's
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legal drama "suits." >> is this all a joke to you? because i take my job seriously. >> she got lucky. she, undoubtedly, handed in a great audition, a great-screen test. she had excellent chemistry with her co-stars. and she hit the jackpot. >> reporter: "suits" was an instant hit. >> "suits" radically changed meghan's life. first and foremost, she was now making more money than she had ever made before, ever. >> reporter: as the show achieved success, meghan made changes in her life, including ending her two-year marriage to hollywood producer, trevor engelson. >> when they met, she was still, largely, an aspiring actress. he was an aspiring producer. they were, essentially, at the same place in their careers. and then, "suits" really took off. and they weren't going in the same direction, anymore. she was filming in toronto. he was in los angeles. there were thousands and thousands of miles between them.
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>> reporter: determined to use her position for good, meghan advocated for women's equality across the world. meghan traveled to rwanda, in 2016, as an ambassador for the nonprofit, world vision, to highlight the importance of clean-drinking water. >> these girls are able to stay in school because they weren't walking hours a day to go and get water and this clean water source has changed the entire community. >> this is not a celebrity, who floats in who needs a platform issue to associate with their, quote/unquote, brand. this is a woman, who's had a desire to help, in some way, for a very long time. promote the faces and stories of women, and to begin to elevate them. >> reporter: coming up. >> he was very angry. >> harry struggles with his royal role. >> he started drinking very heavily. he was fed up with who he was.
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he really kicked against it. he wanted to be a normal human being. >> reporter: in 2005, harry joined the british army where he was one of the guys. >> as far as i am concerned, i'm out here, as a normal -- tackling the ground and not prince harry. it's nice to be sort of a normal person. >> yet, there were painful reminders he was, still, a royal. after ten weeks in aftghanistan his mission was leaked and harry was evacuated. >> it wouldn't have taken taliban or others long to have searched around, and perhaps found where he was. so, there was a risk to him. but i think, also, if there was increased risk to him. there was an increased risk to the other soldiers who were around him and the safe thing to to was to bring him back. >> he was very angry. to use the words of private sector, he was boiling mad. and he sort of headed for the
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gutter. he started drinking, very heavily. he was fed up with who he was. >> when he came to see me, he sort of sat overslumped in the chair and said the trouble is i can't be like a normal young man. but that time in afghanistan had given him time to be a normal, young man. and he desperately wanted to replicate that again. probably, the only way he could go back was within the anonymity of being inside a helicopter. and he would, therefore, need to learn to fly a helicopter. >> reporter: after 18 months of training, harry not only became an apache pilot, he was the best co-pilot gunner on his weapon's course. >> i actually believe that his success on that apache -- on those apache aircraft -- was the making of harry. i think, harry, who had spent all his life being second best to his brother. being the spare.
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suddenly, found something that he could do and could do better than anybody else. and that gave him confidence that he had never, ever had, before. it changed him, i think. >> reporter: when harry left the army after nearly-ten years of service, his future was uncertain. >> i don't think there are any career options for a world prince. it's easy for william. he is heading towards the throne. i think, being royal for harry was a burden and a curse because he was only the spare. what was his job? what was his way forward? >> reporter: harry struggled to find his way. and to find someone to share his life with. his family and fame had brought an end to his relationship with chelsea davy and another, serious girlfriend. >> chelsea had experienced the most horrible treatment. photographers would be waiting for her. they would call out names.
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bitch, who re, trying to get a reaction from her. and i guess she looked at all of this and thought do i want this for myself? >> i think she took one look at what life with harry would have involved. and just turned her back on it. you know? >> she didn't want to be a princess. >> i don't think any -- any sane person want toss bes to be a princess. >> in 2017, harry opened up for the first time publicly about his feelings on being a royal in a documentary for the bbc. >> i spent a long time in my life, my head buried in the sand. you know, thinking i don't want to be prince harry. i don't want this responsibility. i don't want this role. you know, look what's happened to my mother. you know, why? why does this have -- have to happen to me? >> reporter: harry even considered a drastic move. >> prince harry got so low, that
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he decided, at one point, that he might leave the royal family. >> he is living this life he's been born into. it's not his choice and i think he felt, at times, very cross about that. >> in 2017, harry shared his struggle as part of his heads together campaign with prince william and kate to end the stigma around mental health. >> never really talked about losing mom at such a young age. i always thought to myself what's the point of bringing up the past? it ain't going to bring it. it ain't going to bring her back and had you start thinking like that, it can be really damaging. >> and harry told the bbc he wanted to follow in his mother's footsteps. >> now, all i want to do is try and fill the holes that my mother has -- has left. and that's what it's about for us. is trying to make a difference and -- and in making a difference, making her proud. >> reporter: he started a charity for the children he met in africa. >> you look at harry's work with hiv and aids. that was something that his mother, as harry said, you know,
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smashed through the stigma of that when she was alive. >> reporter: in 2014, he founded the invictus games, that gives wounded veterans and service members a chance to be defined by more than their injuries. >> it's life changing. it really is life changing for them. >> i think he has used his own experience of loss and sadness and bereavement to help these soldiers. and the bereavement doesn't just mean losing someone, it means losing yourself i think, too. >> when we come back. the struggles with being royal. >> there was a photographer, who got inside meghan's house in toronto. the paparazzi were camping on her mother's front lawn. ♪ dove and degree fund local youth programs. ♪ every day u does good ♪ unilever
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i never, never even heard until this friend said meghan markle. like, right, okay. give me -- give me a bit of background. >> reporter: it was july, 2016, in london when britain's most-eligible bachelor, prince harry, was set up on a blind date. >> it was definitely a setup. it was a blind date. >> i was beautifully surprised when i -- when i walked into that room and saw her. and there she was sitting there. i was like, okay, i really have to up my game. >> reporter: harry upped his game and they began a
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long-distance romance. meeting up in london and toronto, where meghan, then an actress, was filming the tv show "suits." >> wow, you're pretty. >> good. you hit on me, we can get it out of the way that i am not interested. >> reporter: the whole time, they kept their relationship a secret. >> when they first met, nobody knew about it. which is, itself, impressive. >> it is impressive. i mean, the great fear about harry finding a wife was always going to be the intrusion of the press. because that is what had killed two, previous long-term relationships. >> just before he met meghan, the month before. and we talked about, you know, his private life, at the time. and he described it as massive paranoia that sat inside him, with regards to who he could possibly embark on a relationship with. so i think that made it very difficult to find someone, who could cope with that kind of spotlight. >> reporter: and what happened to his mother was never far from his mind. >> harry and his brother, still,
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feel that, you know, the paparazzi and press intrusion were, certainly, partly, responsible for his mother's death. and thought, why would anyone want to put up with this for me? >> harry wanted to keep his relationship with meghan private, as long as he could. but just four months after that first date, the news was out. and the paparazzi pounced, once again. >> there was a photographer who -- who got inside meghan's house in toronto. the paparazzi were camping on her mother's front lawn. and following, you know, and harassing all -- all members of her family. anybody, really, who knew her. >> reporter: despite starring in a tv show, meghan was relatively unknown. now, the british press wanted to know who she was. and if she was fit for the royal family. >> she was a woman who had been married. people were fascinated by the fact that she was divorced. people were fascinated by her background, her acting, a career woman. how would that work being with
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someone in the royal family? you know, that's not what we have seen before. >> they also had not seen someone biracial dating a member of the royal family. and some of the conversation was blatantly racist. >> there was one newspaper headline saying, straight out of compton. suggesting that she was from a gang-ridden neighborhood. and would harry be dropping in for tea in gangland? which is really clearly racially loaded. >> another issue exploded which was the number of rather horrific social media racist comments began to flood in from the darkest, vilest corners of the internet. >> reporter: the royal family responded in unprecedented fashion. with prince harry's team at kensington palace releasing a statement confronting the, quote, abuse and harassment meghan was facing. saying this is not a game. it is her life and his. why is it that you think that meghan's upbringing, her race,
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why did that garner so much attention? >> in the past, members of the royal family, princes, would have married princesses. and when harry's father, prince charles, was looking for a wife. it was, also, a requirement that -- that a wife should be a virgin. and a member of the church of england. >> you just go back a few generations in the royal family. and everything that you can say about meghan markle disqualifies her from marrying harry. this is precisely why you had edward abdicating his throne. so that he could marry an american divorcee. elizabeth sister's margaret was in love with a divorced man and was not allowed to marry him. >> wasn't charles and diana's wedding and marriage a wake-up call, in some ways, that you can try to have somebody perfect? but it has to be chemistry and you have to let the person have the freedom to marry who they want. >> i think it was a lesson that they've learned.
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>> reporter: in november of 2017, harry and meghan announced their engagement. >> kensington palace announcing the two are set to wed in spring of 2018. >> reporter: and the royal family welcomed meghan, with open arms. >> the queen made an exception and broke from royal protocol. and invited meghan to spend christmas with the royal family and the queen. that was the first time a royal fiancee has ever done that before actually marrying into the royal family. >> reporter: a powerful sign the monarchy and the queen were modernizing and changing. >> the royal family, now, is trying to at least be much more -- society. and the queen, first and foremost, wants her grandson to be happy. >> when we come back. tension in the royal family. >> william looked at harry moving very, very quickly towards marriage. and said, hold on a minute. are you sure?
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may 19, 2018. harry and meghan married at st. george's chapel at windsor castle. >> it was really such an extraordinary, national celebration. the whole of the uk and so many people around the world were so behind harry and meghan and the culmination of that love story. >> the new royal couple. you can hear the cheering. #. >> and in terms of public opinion, they were popular. >> there is no doubt about that. you just need to see all the coverage in the run-up to the
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wedding. harry was one of the most popular members of the royal family, for a very long time. >> meghan seemed to be utterly perfect. and it was fantastic, to have somebody of mixed race coming into the royal family. and, therefore, making it more relevant to so many more people in britain. >> reporter: their popularity continued on their first-royal tour to australia, new zealand, fiji, and tonga, where they were treated like rock stars. >> everywhere they went and more importantly, rapturous press coverage, too. >> and that was meghan's first tour as a member of the royal family. so, how did she do? >> she really took to it incredibly well and it was -- it was a great triumph. >> reporter: and a triumph, it seemed for the royal family. a new golden couple to help the next generation carry the monarchy forward. >> they looked as though they were the perfect foursome.
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they were even labeled the fab four. and it did look as though they were all getting along really, really well. >> reporter: but soon, stories began to leak. that there was tension, behind palace doors. >> they had a good relationship, the three of them. then, meghan arrived and, i think, that was when things started to go wrong. harry fell head over heels. harry is a very impetuous sort of person. william is very much more considered. he is very controlled, in what he does. and i think he looked at harry, moving very, very quickly towards marriage. and just said, hold on a minute. are you sure you're not going too fast here? >> you look at harry and william's parents. they didn't take huge amount of time to get to know each other. that marriage was not successful. whereas, you know, william and
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kate spent many years getting to know each other. and making sure that she would be able to take on those responsibilities and the weight of responsibility. and i think, william probably just wanted to make sure that meghan knew what she was getting herself into. >> what prince william may have said, with brotherly concern, according to sources close to harry. was taken in a very different way. that it wasn't brotherly concern but, perhaps, he had overstepped, in a way. >> reporter: there were, also, stories in the press that painted meghan in an unflattering light. >> one saying that meghan made kate cry during the wedding preparations. what was the truth? >> that story has been reported, both ways. of course, meghan said that it was the other way around. so, it's very hard -- it's very hard to know. >> reporter: and there were reports that meghan was difficult to work for. there were reports that three of
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the staff of the royal household were going to be leaving. >> it is very unusual. members of the royal household tend to stay quite a long time. and certainly, the stories that i was hearing was that she was very demanding. and could be quite difficult. >> there was an internal complaint, made by one of their senior members of staff. about the treatment of other members of staff in the household, who worked for harry and meghan. and there were allegations that some of the treatment, by meghan, towards staff, was bullying. we know that meghan has very, very strenuously denied all allegations of bullying against her. her lawyers have said it's a campaign against her. >> reporter: eventually, harry and meghan decided to separate their official office and charity from william and kate. and they left their home at kensington palace for the cottage in windsor, saying they needed more space for their growing family. >> it was an indication that all
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was not well with the fab four. they were treading on one another's toes and harry and meghan wanted to do things differently. >> people within the royal households have said meghan and kate were different characters. and we know, from a book that was written about them, that meghan felt that she wasn't warmly received enough, by kate. >> reporter: even with the happy news of the impending arrival of their first child in may of 2019, the sussexes could not shake the criticism. >> there's been radio silence from the couple on their plans. not a due date. not even a hospital. the only thing that is clear? they won't be following recent-royal tradition. presenting the baby to the world just hours after birth. british taxpayers have been hit with a $4.3 million bill for the makeover of the duke and duchess of sussex's new home. >> then, harry had flown to speak about climate change.
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and lectured people on how we must, all, behave. and had, then, taken two private jets, on two separate occasions, to go to two different holiday locations with meghan and archie. and so, the press picked up on all of that and they did hammer home the hypocrisy of all of this. >> the duchess of sussex. poor thing can't get a break ever since the royal wedding, everything she does is being scrutinized. >> reporter: the constant scrutiny started to take a toll. >> the british tabloids can be vicious. and anyone that puts their head above the -- must expect that, at some time, they might get it blown off. >> privately, i know it was really difficult for them. >> harry had struggled with his mental health. he's talked about it, previously. his mother was chased into a tunnel, by paparazzi. and it's something that has haunted him, his entire life.
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>> reporter: during their royal tour in africa, harry and meghan opened up to itv's tom bradby about their internal struggle. >> i really tried to adopt this british sensibility of a stiff-upper lip. >> has it -- >> really tried. but i think that what that does, internally, is probably really damaging. >> for me, and -- and for my wife. you know, there -- there is a lot -- of course, there is a lot of stuff that hurts. and especially, when the majority of it is untrue. i won't be bullied into -- into -- into playing a game that's -- that killed my mom. >> harry released a statement about the british tabloids. it said, i've seen what happens when someone i love is commoditized to the point that they are no longer treated or seen as a real person. i've lost my mother and now i watch my wife falling victim to the same, powerful forces. >> harry wanted to protect his family.
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i think that there are these memories. these very vivid memories of what their mother went through. >> reporter: harry filed a lawsuit against two british newspaper groups alleging they hacked his phone years earlier. and meghan filed suit against the mail on sunday. >> meghan announced that she was suing for breach of privacy and copyright because they had published extracts from a letter that meghan had handwritten to her father after his failure to come to their wedding. >> reporter: at the end of 2019, harry and meghan announced they were taking a six-week break from royal duties. and escaped to canada. >> meghan, i think, was unhappy. it was clear, she wasn't thriving. and harry, i think, decided, get her out of the situation. knee-jerk reaction.
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impulsive. i'm going to look after my wife. in a way that i wasn't able to look after my mother. >> the couple really just wanted some time out from royal life. and they wanted to consider their future. when we come back. >> that announcement came as a big shock. >> reporter: the sussexes' surprising decision. >> this was another moment, where prince harry's relationship with his brother took a turn. at capella university, we know smart comes in many forms. -good boy! -so we made flexpath the kind of smart that keeps up with you. with flexpath, you can earn your master's degree in 14 months for $14,000. that's the kind of smart i like. capella university -- don't just learn. learn smarter. [sfx: psst psst]
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as the rest of the world rapping in 2020, harry and meaghan remained in canada as they considered their future. >> they wanted some time to just regroup and think about what their lives could be going forward, how they possibly could do things slightly differently and with the royal frame work. >> they came to the difficult decision that they would have to make major changes. the couple returned to the uk eager to meet with the queen. the press caught wind of their plans before they got a chance. >> fair plans, which they had hoped to remain private had been leaked to a newspaper. they felt that they had to act.
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>> prince harry and his wife meghan, the duchess of sussex threw the royal family into a tizzy. >> harry and megan announced they were stepping back as senior members of the royal family. >> that announcement came as a shock to the public in the uk and people around the world. >> it stunned harry's family. >> all of this was laid out in a blueprint when nothing had been agreed to yet. >> and author carolyn durant said the rush announcement drove a deeper well between the brothers. >> this was another moment where prince harry's relationship with his brother took a turn. prince william feels that issues like this are to be dealt with prooifsly. >> but harry and meaghan were confident they could make their perhaps work. do you know from your reporting what harry and meghan envisioned
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at that poirnt their future would look like? >> they were on the sussex royal website which had a blueprint of how they envisaged what their role would be. official work and doing their own thing abroad and pursuing their own commercial products, too. >> the press went into overdrive. cranking out story after story. and the queen anxious to get the situation under control summoned prince charles, prince harry and prince william. whether it was possible for harry and meghan to be part-time royals. that was never really something that the queen was ever going to be on board with. >> why did that hybrid role work? >> if you are a member of the royal family who undertakes official work on behalf of the
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queen and the uk, you're there to pursue commercial protection and that's always been a nay-nay for the royal family. >> tensions were high. the model that harry arched meghan envisioned was out. >> it just would not work. and the queen therefore decided that if they were intent upon leaving that they must leave entirely. >> to have the independence they craved, they would need to step down as royals. >> how hard do you think that moment was for harry? >> this was a really difficult home for him. he loves his grandmother. he loves serving the queen. ultimately this was a decision he undertook for his own family. >> harry and meaghan made their final few appearances as roles before they stepped back from
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the limelight and left the united kingsessingdom. >> they bought this big house in mont mont seedas. >> welcome to audio. >> they've dramatically changed the way they live their life. >> the couple kept a low proposal during the pandemic. they were spotted volunteering for organizations like baby to baby. meaghan pro a poignant essay and a miscarriage. >> she wanted to try to help other women by talking about it. >> in june they had better news. >> announced the birth of their second child.
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>> but it was another announcement earlier this dwleer sent shock waves around the world. >> the british royal family is bracing for what harry and meaghan might say in their new interview with oprah winfrey. >> i knew it would be r controversial. >> and it was. in an interview harry and meaghan painted a damning for trade of life inside the monarchy. meghan said things were so difficult, she was suicidal. >> i didn't want to be alive anymore. >> she was denied help by the palace. >> i said i need to go somewhere and get help. i was told that i cooperate. it wouldn't be good for the institution. >> they spoke about racism they faced, even from within the royal family. >> hold up. >> there's several conversations. >> there was a conversation with
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you. >> with haerd. >> about how dark your baby is going to be? >> potentially, and what that would mean or look like. >> viewers were shocked and the royal family was left reeling. >> the royal family horrified by the oprah interview and very hurt. >> the allegations were harsh. is it possible she had wanted to leave kensington palace and have some inpatient treatment and that that would have been really frowned on by the royal family? >> i don't think there's any way that the royal family would have frowned on any kind of in-patient treatment for mental health. >> have you spoken to your brother? >> we saw them upset over the comment about race? >> is the royal family a racist family, sir? >> definitely not so. >> they made clear if there is anything to explore further or
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issues to address there in terms of race, then they will do that privately. >> it's not what's wrong with you. it's what's happened to me. >> a docu-series called the me you can't see is about mental health. he opened up more about the lack of support he felt from his family and he and meaghan struggled. >> i thought my family would help but every single ask, request, warning, whatever it is just got met with total silence or total neglect. you've spent four years trying to make it work. we did everything that we possibly could to stay there and carry on doing the role and doing the job. >> he said the fear of history repeating itself was what pushed him to leave the monarchy. >> i then heard some quite rather be seouly focused on him,
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wondering if my wife is going to end up like my mother and vial to take care of him by myself. >> i think there's so much hurt on both sides. i think it will take a long time for this resist to heal. >> the oprah interview was probably the d. >> it was not the place to have deep conversations. they were all there to support the queen, but as harry has said, he loves his brother and they've been through hell together. >> i think in time we'll see the royal family heal. >> time will tell how the fractured relationships recover, but one thing is certain. whatever harry and meaghan do with their future, they will do it their way .
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>> so, bologna, i vice president been here for a very longs time. very happy to be back. the people of brogna have been hit hard but i've arrived during a brief moment of normality when lockdown has been lifted, restaurants are filling up and masks are optional outside. bologna is an ancient university town, the oldest in the western world. this bread
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