Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, sat for a long talk with Oprah Winfrey.
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Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, sat for a long talk with Oprah Winfrey.
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When Britain’s Prince Harry got married in May 2018 to American actress Meghan Markle — who had found success as a regular on the basic-cable series Suits — they became the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. For a short time, they lived their lives as royals. They did events, they were affiliated with charities, and they were — she was, in particular — unceasingly, often brutally, covered by the British press. Her clothes, the way she sat, the personality she supposedly had, and her general suitability were under constant scrutiny. And, of course, there was from both the press and the public an undercurrent of racism that was sometimes less “under” and more simply “current.” Black women have spoken and written about this again and again, right up until now, and Harry himself decried it in a public statement well before they were…
