Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has said British friends warned her not to join the royal family before her marriage to Prince Harry because the country’s tabloids would “destroy” her life.
In an interview for the ITV documentary Harry & Meghan: An African Journey, which aired Sunday, Markle opened up about her struggle to cope with being in the spotlight, saying it’s been “hard,” and that she had “no idea” what joining the family would be like.
“When I first met my now husband, my friends were really happy because I was so happy,” she said. “But my British friends said to me, ‘I’m sure he’s great. But you shouldn’t do it because the British tabloids will destroy your life.'”
Markle added she “very naively” told her friends, “What are you talking about? That doesn’t make any sense. I’m not in the tabloids. I didn’t get it. So, it’s been complicated.”
‘My British friend said to me ‘I’m sure he’s great but you shouldn’t do it”
The Duchess of Sussex reveals she was warned not to marry Prince Harry because ‘British tabloids will destroy your life’ #HarryAndMeghan https://t.co/GWs5KfuovM pic.twitter.com/SmUl3ofSnd
— ITV News (@itvnews) October 20, 2019
Her comments come just after it was announced that Markle is suing the Mail on Sunday for publishing a handwritten note she had written to her father begging him to stop talking to the press. Her father, however, passed the letter along to the publication’s U.S. correspondent and extracts later appeared on the front page.
In the ITV interview, Harry also slammed the “ruthless” media and issued a warning that he would “not be bullied into a game that killed my mum.” The Duke of Sussex’s mother Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in Paris in 1987. She had reportedly been chased by paparazzi that night, and her son has accused those who pursued her vehicle of taking photos of her as she died.
