King Charles said things that aren’t true, says Prince Harry
Harry has accused King Charles of saying ‘things that aren’t true’ and his brother William of screaming and shouting at him during the meeting that led to his exit from the royal family.
Prince Harry has accused King Charles of saying “things that aren’t true” and his brother Prince William of screaming and shouting at him during the meeting that led to his exit from the royal family.
In the final three episodes of their Netflix documentary series, released on Thursday night, Harry and his wife Meghan say their 16-day tour of Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga threatened William and his wife Kate, and that there were racist overtones in the ensuing criticism of Meghan.
Harry says in the series: “The issue is when someone marrying in was supposed to be a supporting act and was stealing the limelight and doing the job better than the person born to be doing this, it upsets people, it shifts the balance.”
The Duke of Sussex also claims that a meeting at Sandringham Palace with the late Queen – which led he and his wife to leave their roles as working royals – was the scene of a major row with his father and brother.
“It was terrifying to have my brother scream and shout at me and my father say things that simply weren’t true and my grandmother quietly sitting there and taking it all in,” Harry says.
The King’s youngest son said the first time the penny dropped for Meghan about her popularity was after an event in Buckingham Palace that every member of the family had attended, including the Queen, yet the next day’s front page was about Meghan.
Friend Lucy Fraser tells the series: “Australia was a real turning point because they were … so popular with the public that internal (people) at the palace, they were incredibly threatened by that”.
The series claims media portrayal of Meghan being “Duchess Difficult” and wearing off-the-shoulder dresses that broke royal protocol – comparing similar outfits with Kate that weren’t criticised – was being racist. The series also claims a headline “Get Over Yourself Love’’ was racist.
The couple said Meghan felt the birth of Archie would help her “really be a part” of the royal family but then “the bubble burst”.
The announcement of Archie’s birth was considered a public relations disaster because the couple didn’t announce Meghan was in labour until many hours after she had actually given birth.
But Meghan says: “With Archie, I was just so excited that we were going to be able to create that for him (a large family), that thing that I had always wanted.
“So I just did everything I could to make them proud and to really be a part of the family, and then the bubble burst.”
Harry adds: “It was already clear to the media that the palace wasn’t going to protect her. Once that happens, the floodgates open.” Meghan then says: “I realised I wasn’t just being thrown to the wolves, I was being fed to the wolves.”
Meghan says she couldn’t believe the public believed tabloid stories on the estrangement with her father Thomas who had not attended the wedding because he had suffered a heart attack.
Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland tells about the time Meghan was suicidal.
“That really broke my heart because I knew that it was bad, but to constantly be picked at by these vultures … that’s not an easy one for a mum to hear,” Ms Ragland says.
Meghan said that after speaking out about her suicidal feelings on the Oprah Winfrey show, she received support from major celebrities. “Beyonce just texted. Just checking in. I still can’t believe she knows who I am,” Meghan says.
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