♪ this is "nightline" tonight, royal bombshell, heated reaction pouring in from around the world. >> i'm not sure the british monarchy survives. >> after that explosive interview with prince harry and meghan markle which left oprah speechless. >> what? >> why the duchess said life as a royal made her suicidal. and making a stance against the monarchy fueling the fall out. plus meghan and diana. the two women in harry life, the stunning interviews 26 years apart striking similarities. the message of pain from two tv-tell all. and hopes and aspirations on this international women's day.

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silence with withering allegations against the palace, in what may be the biggest threat to the monarchy. >> reporter: it's a scathing acquisition from one of their own. >> meghan shared with us there was a conversation with you about archie's skin tone. >> uh-huh. >> what was that conversation? >> that conversation i'm never going to share. >> prince harry and meghan making acquisition of racism at the monarchy saying the senior member of the royal family wondered how dark archie's skin would be. >> in those months i was pregnant all around the same time we have in tandem the conversation he won't be given security, he's not going to be given a title. and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born.

>> what! >> and -- >> -- who -- who is having that conversation? with you? what? and you're not going to tell me who had the conversation? >> i think that would be very damaging it to them. >> the palace has yet to comment but the allegations detonated like a bomb, the news so explosive harry flaclarifying t morning. >> we knew meghan had struggled with her race in the royal family, particularly with the press, what we didn't know until her interview is she experienced it within the royal family, that will send shock waves through the palace. >> meghan and harry describe a monarchy that is archaic, out of

touch, bigoted, possibly racist, was it shocking to you? >> absolutely not, no, no. the institution that is the royal family in the past number of years have been found to be out of touch with it's own people, you only have to look a had when princess diana passed away. the fact it didn't occur to the institution they need to come out and express sorrow, express compassion with the rest of the people, tells you exactly why it's archaic. that did not surprise me. the bigotry doesn't surprise me. the racism does not surprise me. >> long time royal watchers and the british public many are coming to the monarchy's defense. >> i don't see the point insulting 94-year-old woman and rest of her family leaving unsavory remarks about racism which are not backed up by facts

as far as we can see, if you make big claims like that you have to make it very clear what you're saying. >> just be careful because they're the head of our country and we love them to bits. >> and they ain't got long left. >> no so leave them alone. >> : some pushing back that -- archie -- at the moment doesn't qualify to be a prince. >> are only the grandchildren of monarchs get to be prince or princesses, otherwise there's too many royals in the family and archie is the great grandchild of the queen so therefore doesn't qualify for the title. now the queen made an exception for george, charlotte, and louis because george one day will be king, archie won't be. >> if harry's wife would be white, would the same thing

apply? archie would not have been a prince. >> absolutely. >> it had nothing to do with race? >> no. >> archie could become prince when prince charles becomes king. >> how is playing out. >> you see the structure of racism for what it is. what i thought was interesting people think supporting the monarchy means you can't hold them to account. the queen and royal family are not beyond reapproach. if they do something wrong we should call it out. >> another bombshell meghan saying her emotional stress was far deep er more painful than anyone knew, revealing, while pregnant with archie she was struggling with isolation and had susan -- suicideal thoughts. >> i didn't want to be alive any more. that was a very clear, and real and frightening

constant thought. >> she said she asked buckingham palace for help but it was rebuffered and it all came to head two years ago, the day she and harry looked a picture of happyness at royal albert hall. >> we had to go to this event, i said i can't be left alone. >> they're all so shocked by meghan's revelation that she was having suicidal thoughts, it just makes me feel that what have they done to meghan? meghan, like, like me, is an independent woman, career woman, a well-educated woman, what happened to lead her to that position? that made me sad. >> mental health has long been an important cause for harry and brother william founding head's together to end the stigma around it. >> for a monarchy that talks openly about mental health and

runs heads together which talks blt importance of of it being okay to say. it really goes away everything the palace say they stand for when someone like meghan talks about being so alone and feeling those thought. >> meghan's time as a royal got off to a shaky start, meghan saying she was unprepared for life in the royal family. >> she didn't know what it meant to be a working royal. she went into it naively. >> she didn't know how to courtesy. >> i was cross with harry. harry watched his brother spend eight years giving kate time. what was he doing? why didn't he telling me an? why didn't he look after meghan? >> you felt harry for allowing meghan to be so naive. >> absolutely. >> the couple has never made a secret of their bitter resentment of the british tabloid in what they see as a double standard zwen kate and

middleton. >> the press was quite tough on her but different to meghan. >> what she went through is nothing compared to what meghan has gone through. you have to look at the comparisons made constantly between meghan and catherine. that's just another example how they're trying -- or how the press try to drive a wedge. >> throughout the jaw-dropping interview both plins prince harry and queen praise the queen. but about his father. >> i feel really left down. i'll always love him but there's a lot of hurt that what happened he offered a shocking detail after leaving the uk last year his father for a time didn't take his phone calls. >> why did he stop taking your calls? >> because -- i -- took matters -- by that point i took matters into my own hands. it was like, i need to do this for my family.

>> the state of affairs with his father was kept under wraps and it was the first time he spoke about the moment charles refused to accept his calls in the moments after announcing they wanted to step away from their royal roles. harry says there's still a priority there to fix the relationship. sources close say the pair have been in communications, particularly during charles's own battle with coronavirus. there's still a long way to go before the two ever become close to how they used to be. >> you said your brother was trapped. you said you love your brother and always will love your brother. you didn't tell me what the relationship is now though. >> the relationship is space. at the moment. and, you know, time heals all things, hopefully. interview, a reflection of a royal family ripped apart with many left wondering how the fairy tale all went wrong. >> such hope around the wedding.

it was supposed to symbolize the future of the british monarchy for decades to come. from that joyful day to where we are in 2021 is just tragic. >> the public break up a sad day for those who hoped the monarchy could finally reflect the diversity of the commonwealth. >> having meghan bi-racial woman in the monarchy was such a step forward and hearing that conversation about baby archie before he was born is a million steps backwards. >> many say they blew an opportunity. >> absolutely. without a shadow of doubt in my mind. i think they blew the opportunity with diana too. there's a reaction to strong, independent women, women who are likeable by the public. the royal family, as an institution, is san example of how much more work we have to go. because if women who come into

the royal family are being broken to fit the mold, then the problem is not with the women, it's with the royal family. it's with the institution. that needs to change! >> we should know when it comes to issues of despair and self-harm know you're not alone. the national suicide prevention life line is 800-273-8255 for free confidential support from trained counsellors. up next, duchess meghan and princess diana, when of an from more than two decades apart collide. it has three times the cleaning power of the leading spray to dissolve kitchen grease on contact. and it's great for bathrooms! just keep pumping the power nozzle to release a continuous burst of mist and make quick work of big jobs. it even works on stainless steel.

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♪ it was the royal interview that rocked the world, that was 26 years ago, princess diana revealing her truth in a scathing interview. here's our reporter on why the haunting words of the people's princess, harry's mother, are now being compared to another royal outsider, harry's wife, once again sending shock waves around the world. >> my biggest worry is history repeating itself, talking about my mother. >> reporter: she was one of the most beloved figures in modern history, affectionately dubbed the people's princess, down-to-earth and had a massive following worldwide. from her philanthropic effort to casting aside protocols and her shoes to compete in a mother's day run.

she was a royal the public could relate to. an when meghan entered the scene people quickly began to compare the two, their sense of style and humanitarianism and refusal to remain silent and unscrutiny with the press, meghan fight back with law enforcement and -- law suits and ultimately stepping back from royal duties. >> were you silent or were you silenced. >> the latter. >> before meghan's bombshell interview on sunday, there was diana's the late princess share ago a look into the secret world of the royal palace in her famous 1995 interview. >> there were three of us in this marriage so it was a bit crowd. >> revealing her husband was having an affair with camilla

bowles now his wife. >> what affect did it have on you. >> pretty devastated. rampant bolium and feeling useless, hopeless and a file your in every direction. >> in princess diana's interview she gave a very damming look inter palace and now again we have a look at life in the royal family. >> reporter: behind closed doors both women struggle put in public maintained a royal fast add. -- facade. >> what has not changed is the royal family, or the institution it belongs in still doesn't help these women have they join the firm. >> reptetrin similarities between diana and meghan played out decades apart in australia.

thousands welcomed prince charles and princess diana when they visited in 1983 and diana's prince maharry and meghan would say this moment of joy would be the turning point. soon they hint -- >> it was the first time the family got to see how incredible she is and it brought back memories. >> reporter: meghans popularity only continued, we were there almost a year after the tour in australia as crowds greeted her, crowds in south africa. >> she's a black woman advocating for fellow black women. >> reporter: a young generation thrilled for the new princess. for both women, though home the

felt alone. perhaps the hardest compari women felt they lived a life of isolation in royalty. >> i did. i didn't like myself. i was ashamed because i couldn't cope with the pressures. >> were you thinking of harming yourselves? were you having suicidal thoughts? >> yes. >> reporter: for harry he needed the comparisons to end here, telling oprah he feared history was repeating itself. >> when you can see something happening in the same kind of way, anybody would ask for help. >> reporter: in the end the couple turned to each other, moving to california, starting a new life as a soon-to-be family of four. now royal watchers are waiting to see if the aftershocks of harry and interview will be near the magnitude of the late princess. >> this is an interview we'll

talk about for many months, years, and potentially it can be damaging to the monarchy. >> reporter: but the pair seem determined to write their own fairy fail. >> what do you think fairyta fairytale. >> reporter: what do you think your mom would say about this decision to step back from the royal family? >> i think she would feel very angry with how this and out and very sad. and ultimately all she would ever want is for us to be happy. ♪ >> and up next, celebrating the women in your life on international women's day. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (quiet piano music) ♪ ♪

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♪ and finally tonight on this international women's day hear the hopes and aspirations from role models around the world. >> hi, my hope is to try is to y something that scares.

>> my wish for 2021 especially the frontliners fighting the pandemic, continue fighting for the nation. >> hi, i'm a physician assistant and my hope in 2021 is to continue looking towards the future. >> strong women across the globe. you can watch all our full episodes on hulu. see you right back here same sometime tomorrow. thanks for staying up with us. good night, america.