Duchess Meghan
Did the palace really deny her help in the fight against mental health problems?
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This news is likely to be difficult for Duchess Meghan to digest. According to British presenter Kate Garraway, a member of the royal family has offered help to her husband, who has Covid-19. Help Meghan is said not to have received in the fight against her mental illness.
Did the royals refuse a member of their own family medical help and just a few months later offer a TV presenter and her husband this in a personal letter? If you trust statements by Duchess Meghan, 39, and Kate Garraway, 53, that’s exactly what happened. But from the beginning.
Duchess Meghan asked the palace for help
It was shocking when Duchess Meghan suddenly spoke about mental problems and suicidal thoughts in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, 67. The media exploitation of her relationship with Prince Harry, 36, and constant monitoring of the press brought her to a point where she no longer wanted to live, she said.
“I asked for help,” Meghan said in an interview in early March 2021. A reputation that the palace’s personnel department claims to have ignored. The reason: Meghan is not a paid employee and you are therefore not responsible for her. Also a “notable person” from the royal family, who is kept anonymous by Meghan, allegedly did nothing. “I was told that it would not work, that it would not be good for the family,” explains the Duchess of Sussex, probably alluding to treatment by a psychologist.
For Harry and Meghan – according to their own statements – there was only one possible solution: Out of London, out of England, away from the encroaching press.
The royals did not allow Meghan professional help from a doctor. It is now public that “Good Morning Britain” presenter Kate Garraway has received a personal letter from a member of the royal family – with the offer that her husband, who has Corona, could be treated by the royal personal doctor.
Kate Garraway’s husband has been fighting the coronavirus since March 2020
Garraway has had a difficult year. A year full of worries, anxieties and fears. Her husband Derek Drapper, 53, contracted the coronavirus in 2020 – with massive effects. The 53-year-old was only able to leave the hospital a few weeks ago, but still has to be treated at home.
In her book “Kate Garraway: The Power Of Hope”, the 53-year-old reports on the “lovely” and “completely surreal” gesture of the royal family. “One day I received a letter from a member of the royal family who offered me the services of a royal doctor,” says the biography. Garraway does not say a word about which royal should have made her the offer – including whether she made the offer accepted remains under lock and key.
It’s how Garraway describes it: surreal. Especially in the juxtaposition of Garraway and Duchess Meghan, the claims of Harry’s wife appear in a new light. Why should the royal family ignore Meghan’s call for help, but listen to a strange woman? Since the interview was broadcast, some critics have doubted whether the wife of Prince Harry really received any offers of help within the palace.
Sources used: mirror.co.uk