Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s interviews overshadow Kate and William’s Pakistan tour, say ‘baffled’ aides
PRINCE Harry and Meghan Markle’s emotional ITV interview has “overshadowed” William and Kate’s tour in Pakistan, royal sources claim.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have both given candid interviews as part of the upcoming ITV documentary, Harry and Meghan: An African Journey.
But according to the , the decision to release teaser clips while Kate and Wills are on a four-day tour in Pakistan has “baffled and infuriated” aides.
One senior figure told the newspaper: “This move has certainly overshadowed the Pakistan visit and what has been achieved here during the last few days, as well as a lot of work by an awful lot of dedicated people here on the ground as well as back home for months.”
According to the Standard, there is a decades-long unwritten rule that members of the royal family do not overshadow official overseas visits by more senior royals.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have now left Lahore after an official four-day tour of Pakistan.
ROYAL DOCUMENTARY
ITV News presenter Tom Bradby followed Meghan, Harry and five-month-old Archie throughout their African tour last month.
A teaser clip released from the documentary today shows emotional Meghan opening up about how royal life has been a “struggle”, especially with being a new mum.
She fights back tears, saying: “Look, any woman especially when they are pregnant you’re really vulnerable and so that was made really challenging, and then when you have a newborn – you know…
‘IT’S A STRUGGLE’
“And especially as a woman, it’s a lot. So you add this on top of just trying to be a new mom or trying to be a newlywed it’s, well…
“And, also thank you for asking, because not many people have asked if I’m OK. But it’s a very real thing to be going through behind the scenes.”
Tom asks her directly if it is fair to say that it has been a struggle, and looking emotional, Meghan replies: “Yes.”
The hour-long documentary features interviews with the royal couple as well as an insight into their work, and how they’re balancing public and private life.
A clip from the documentary released on Thursday also showed Prince Harry revealing he feels the ‘festering wounds’ left by his mother’s death.
He opened up about how important Africa was to him as he came to terms with the death of Princess Diana.
The ITV documentary, Harry and Meghan: An African Journey, will air on Sunday at 9pm and presenter Tom Brady said it will reveal the “happiness” alongside the “pressure and pain” of being a royal.
