Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were transparent in their Netflix documentary. In the second part of it, the Duke of Sussex spoke about his wife’s miscarriage and what he thinks caused it.
- Meghan Markle and Prince Harry unveiled their documentary on Netflix.
- The Sussexes have been transparent about their daily life away from the royal family.
- Meghan Markle’s miscarriage has been discussed and Prince Harry has given his opinion on the origin of it.
In January 2020, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry announced their intention to leave the royal family. A news that had the effect of a bomb with the Windsors and the British. This has still not been digested, especially since the Sussexes have chained the revelations thereafter. This was released in two parts and is titled Harry & Meghan. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been transparent about their daily lives and the difficulties they have encountered since leaving the royal family. In November 2020, it was in a long text published on the New York Times that Meghan Markle revealed that she had had a miscarriage. “I knew, holding my first born, that I was losing my second”, confided the Duchess of Sussex. A very complicated period on which the couple wanted to return. For several months, they had to face the English tabloids which kept exposing the private life of Meghan Markle. Most of the time these were unfounded rumors and dealing with them was difficult for the Sussexes. There is also the letter written by Meghan Markle to her father, which was revealed by the Daily Mail when it should have remained confidential. “I was pregnant, I didn’t sleep much and the first morning we moved into our new house was the day I lost my baby.“, revealed the Duchess of Sussex, upset.
Meghan Markle was able to count on the support of Prince Harry, who was very present at his side. According to him, the British press is at the origin of the miscarriage of his wife. “I believe my wife miscarried because of what the Mail did“, he began. “I watched everything, read everything. Now do we absolutely know that the miscarriage was caused by this? Of course not”, he acknowledges before however specifying: “But given the stress, the lack of sleep, and how advanced her pregnancy was, I can say from what I saw that the miscarriage was caused by what they were trying to do to her.“. Is the letter the cause of this miscarriage? In it, the Duchess of Sussex spoke to her father, Thomas Markle, to ask him to stop posing for the paparazzi but also to speak negatively of the royal family. While relations were tense between Meghan Markle and her father, the fact that it was broadcast in the press did not help. In addition to their departure from the royal family, the Sussexes have had to deal with the new criticism of Archie’s mum and all this stress has been very complicated and difficult to manage. If he cannot prove that all of this is the cause of his wife’s miscarriage, Prince Harry thinks so and he does not hesitate to let it be known.
Meghan Markle: why did she speak publicly?
Her miscarriage, Meghan Markle could have decided never to talk about it, but she wanted to tell her story in order to help others. A traumatic period to which she returned in the sixth episode of the documentary. “She was holding Archie and she fell to the floor.” recalled Abigail Spencer, an actress and friend of the Duchess. For Meghan Markle, talking about this period was very important. “I reveal things that are moments of vulnerability, like when it comes to having a miscarriage and maybe being ashamed of it. It’s okay to talk about it“, she said before adding: “I could choose never to talk about these things or but I preferred to choose to say that with all the pain we feel, the right solution is to be able to help others.“. An ordeal that the couple managed to overcome, together since a few months later, in June 2021, it was Lilibet Diana who pointed the tip of her nose and the little girl, of whom several unpublished images were unveiled, brought happiness of his parents.