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Prince Harry and Megan Markle make sure their children know who their grandmother is. A once-baby in touching footage provided by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in the first episode of their Netflix docuseries Archie looks at a photo of his deceased grandmother, Princess Diana, hanging on the wall. Meghan holds Archie and says, “Hey grandma.”
Archie, who is now 3, babbles a bit and touches the photo of Princess Diana on the wall. “This is your grandma Diana,” Meghan whispers to Archie. Little Archie keeps touching the framed photo.
“I accept that there will be people around the world who fundamentally disagree with what I did and how I did it, but I knew I had to do whatever it took to protect my family,” says Harry. “Especially after what happened to my mother. You know, I didn’t want history to repeat itself.”
Prince Harry tragically lost his mother when he was just 12 years old. Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris after being pursued by paparazzi. She was 36 years old.
The royal admits that Meghan actually reminds him a lot of his mother. “So much of what Meghan is and who she is is so similar to my mother. She has the same compassion, she has the same empathy, she has the same confidence. She has this warmth about her,” gushed Prince Harry of Meghan.
In the early days of their romance, Prince Harry reveals he was worried about finding someone to spend his life with and knew that “Pain and suffering of the women who marry into this institution.” He admits that he was “scared” that Meghan would be “driven”. away from the media. The same media that drove so many other people away from me.”
When Harry and Meghan’s relationship went public, Meghan received an onslaught of hatred in the press and online. Especially the Duke of Sussex called out The “abuse and harassment” Meghan endured just days after announcing their engagement in 2017.
Prince Harry also reveals in the second installment of the docuseries that some members of the royal family thought the way Meghan was treated was natural. “WWhat people need to understand, for a large part of the family, is that whatever she went through, they went through,” said Prince Harry. “So it was almost like a rite of passage. Some family members said, “But my wife had to go through it. So why should your girlfriend be treated any differently? Why should you submit to special treatment? Why should she be protected?’ And I said, ‘The difference here is the racing element.’”
After marrying in 2018 and giving birth to their first child, Archie, the couple made the decision to step down as senior royals in January 2020. Meghan previously admitted she had suicidal thoughts while pregnant with Archie. To protect their family, Harry and Meghan relocated to California, where they currently reside.
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