‘There were talks in royal ranks about my son’s skin colour’

The Duchess of Sussex reveals her struggles of being a member of the royal family in an interview with Oprah Winfrey

Meghan Markle struggled as a new member of Britain’s royal family after her marriage to Prince Harry to such a degree that she even contemplated suicide, the Duchess of Sussex revealed in an explosive tell-all interview with American chat show host Oprah Winfrey.

The two-hour special, aired on the CBS network in the US on Sunday and set to be aired on ITV in the UK on Monday night, saw Prince Harry joining his wife half-way through as the couple also spoke about concerns of racism within the royal ranks after being asked about their son Archie’s expected skin colour when mixed-race Meghan was pregnant with their first child.

“I just didn’t want to be alive anymore,” Meghan said, adding that when she “went to the institution for help” she was told it would not be forthcoming as it “wouldn’t be good for the institution”.

The 39-year-old former American actress, who is pregnant with her second child, revealed that the couple are expecting a baby girl and shared how the palace decided that their first-born, Archie, could not be a prince and would therefore have no security. She alluded to “concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he’s born”. “Who is having that conversation?” asked a stunned Winfrey.

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