'Harry & Meghan' bombshells: Prince Harry recalls seeing Prince William 'scream' over exit
And they lived happily ever after an escape.
As promised in the previews of the concluding three episodes of Netflix's "Harry & Meghan," the Duke and Duchess of Sussex shine a light on the sources that made royal life unbearable.
"A story about someone in the family would pop up for a minute. And they go, 'Gotta make that go away!'" Meghan alleges in a clip. But "something has to be filled in there (instead) about someone royal."
Here are the newest revelations from the second installment of the docuseries, which is part of a multiyear deal between the couple and Netflix.
What are the newest allegations?
Harry claims Prince William would "scream and shout" during a meeting with his brother, King Charles III and Queen Elizabeth II about his and Meghan's future in the royal family
Harry gives insight into why he and his brother had a falling out
Harry blames stress caused by a tabloid for Meghan's 2020 miscarriage
Part 1 recap: Revelations from 'Harry & Meghan,' including royal proposal, Harry's Nazi costume
The 'terrifying' meeting about Harry, Meghan stepping down
Harry, 38, says a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III and Prince William at Sandringham on Jan. 13, 2020, following news the royals would be stepping down from their roles, did not go as he’d hoped.
Harry says he presented five options: "One being all in, no change. Five being all out." Harry says he wished the couple would "have our own jobs but also work in support of the queen.
"But it became very clear very quickly that that goal was not up for discussion or debate," he says. "It was terrifying to have my brother scream and shout at me and my father, say things that just simply weren’t true and (see) my grandmother quietly sit there and sort of take it all in. But you have to understand that from the family’s perspective, especially hers, there are ways of doing things and her ultimate mission, goal, responsibility is the institution."
'The saddest part of it was this wedge' between Harry and William
The docuseries gives insight on the rumored fallout between the royal brothers. Harry says he and his older brother William, 40, agreed their press offices would never give stories about the other to avoid bad press about themselves.
"To see my brother’s office copy the very same thing that we promised the two of us would never ever do, that was heartbreaking," Harry says.
"The saddest part of it was this wedge created between myself and my brother so that he’s now on the institution’s side," he adds. And protection of William in the press was the final straw in deciding to step down as a royal, Harry says. He claims a statement was issued on behalf of himself and Prince William, without his knowledge or permission, that refuted a story published after the Sandringham meeting that said William bullied Harry and Meghan out of the royal family.
"I rang M, and I told her and she burst into floods of tears because within four hours they were happy to lie to protect my brother, and yet for three years they were never willing to tell the truth to protect us," Harry says. He knew at that moment, "There was no other option, at this point. I said we need to get out of here."
'Harry & Meghan' Volume II trailer
Harry blames tabloid for Meghan’s miscarriage
Harry believes stress from a lengthy lawsuit between Meghan, 41, and Associated Newspapers, which owns the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday, resulted in the couple’s miscarriage in 2020. Meghan sued the company for publishing a private letter she penned for her estranged father Thomas Markle.
"I believe my wife suffered a miscarriage because of what the Mail did," Harry says. "I watched the whole thing.
"Now do we absolutely know that the miscarriage was caused by that? Of course, we don’t," Harry admits. (There's no evidence that stress causes miscarriages, according to the Mayo Clinic.)
"But bearing in mind, the stress that that caused, the lack of sleep, and the timing of the pregnancy, how many weeks in she was. I can say from what I saw that miscarriage was created by what they were trying to do to her," he says.
Meghan's shockers in Oprah Winfrey interview: 'There’s so much more she could’ve said'
Following the couple’s March 2021 interview, Meghan received a text from Beyoncé, which made her and Harry giddy.
"I still can’t believe she knows who I am," Meghan tells her husband. "She said she wants me to feel safe and protected. She admires and respects my bravery and vulnerability and thinks I was selected to break generational curses that need to be healed."
Tyler Perry, who provided the couple security and his home when they first arrived in Los Angeles, thought Meghan could’ve revealed even more. "When I watched it, I thought there’s so much more she could’ve said," he says. "But because she’s such a classy, elegant woman, she didn’t."
Harry received a text from William after the interview aired, which he seems shocked and perplexed by. "I wish I knew what to do," he says. The message is not shared with viewers.
His relationship with Charles and William: 'My wife and I, we’re moving on'
Harry returned to the U.K. following the April 2021 death of his grandfather, Prince Philip. Harry says the homecoming "was hard, especially spending a time having chats with my brother and my father who were very much focused on the same misinterpretation of the whole situation.
"None of us really wanted to have to talk about it at my grandfather’s funeral, but we did," he continues. "And I’ve had to make peace with the fact that we’re probably never going to get genuine accountability or a genuine apology.” But life goes on for Harry and Meghan. "My wife and I we’re moving on," he says. "We’re focused on what’s coming next."
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