Meghan Markle ‘was broken’ by Megxit after ‘trying everything to make it work’ & Oprah chat will ‘free her’, pals say
MEGHAN Markle was left ‘broken and vulnerable’ after Megxit and her 'cathartic' chat with chat show host Oprah Winfrey is set to bring ‘relief’ to the duchess, say pals.
One of Meghan’s closest pals Janina Gavankar has backed her long-time friend amid the fallout of Megxit and bullying allegations.
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Janina, who is close with Meghan and took the Sussex's Christmas card photo in 2019, said the Duchess was "not a bully."
“I have known Meghan for 17 years,” said Janina in a tweet.
“Here’s what she is: kind, strong, open. Here’s what she’s not: 'a bully'.”
“ANY of us who know her, feel the same thing from her broken silence: Relief.
“The truth shall set you free.”
Meanwhile, journalist Omid Scobie - a friend of the couple - said Meghan had been left "upset and broken" by Megxit after "trying everything to make it work."
It comes amid claims that:
- Meghan believed Kate, Charles and Camilla's aides leaked stories about her
- 10-aides are 'lining up' to help the Palace with their investigation into the bullying claims
- Meghan had 'furious rows' with palace aides over freebie designer clothes
- Meghan's pal accused the palace of racism - and said the star 'knew it would get ugly' before the Oprah interview aired
- Harry 'spoke to his wife about her behaviour when talking to staff' - even 'gently admonishing her' for the way she spoke to them
- The former actress 'turned and hissed' at a member of staff during a row in a Fiji market - leaving the employee 'in tears'
Meghan and Prince Harry have recorded an explosive two-hour interview with the queen of the chat show Oprah Winfrey, which is due to be aired on Sunday at 8pm US time.
In the latest trailer, the Duchess of Sussex accuses Buckingham Palace of “perpetuating falsehoods” about her.
In the 30-second clip, the talk show host asks the duchess: “How do you feel about the Palace hearing you speak your truth today?”
Pregnant Meghan replies: “I don’t know how they could expect that, after all of this time, we would still just be silent if there is an active role that the Firm is playing in perpetuating falsehoods about us.”
“And, if that comes with risk of losing things, I mean, I … there is a lot that has been lost already.”
It emerged after the Palace launched a probe into claims that Meghan had forced royal staff to quit and left others in tears over her demands.
It is not known what “falsehoods” Meghan is accusing the royals of as the interview was recorded in Los Angeles before the bullying allegations — which she strongly denies — surfaced.
Royal commentator Scobie, who wrote biography Finding Freedom about the couple, says the Sussexes “tried everything they could to make it work” before Megxit.
He said he remembers seeing Meghan in March, two months after the couple had officially announced they would be stepping back from the royal family.
“To see someone so broken in that moment, so upset and vulnerable…,” he said.
“She was standing in the middle of the palace, and she knew she would never be there again as a working member of the royal family.
“In that moment you realize it wasn’t just a difficult couple that failed to make it work. It was an entire institution that failed to nurture and protect a newcomer into the fold.”
Scobie added he believes the interview will be about the Sussexes own experiences of being a married couple and working members of the royal family, and “what they were up against within the institution of the monarchy”.
“This is truly the beginning of Harry and Meghan’s next chapter,” Scobie said.
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“Not being able to share their side of the story in their own words has held them back in some way.
“This allows them to move on from the pain and the difficulties of the past. The experience of sitting down with Oprah, I would imagine, would have been incredibly cathartic for the couple. Now they’re truly able to focus on the things that matter to them.”