I'M WITH HER
Hillary Clinton says ‘cruelty’ against Meghan Markle was ‘outrageous’ as she blasts royals for not supporting duchess
HILLARY Clinton said the "cruelty" against Meghan Markle was "outrageous" as she blasted the royals for not supporting the Duchess.
The former first lady was reacting to a between , and that aired on Sunday night.
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During the tell-all, the Duchess of Sussex said the press had "oversaturated" her and she was urged to stay home.
She claimed to have only stepped foot out of the house two times in a total of four months.
"Lay low," she recounted a family member telling her, as she was all over the media - leading her to feel "lonely."
It comes as...
- Prince Harry hit the 'nuclear button' on his family in the interview, insiders claimed
- Thomas Markle hung up on 'snotty' Prince Harry
- Meghan Markle is reported to have slammed the door in Kate Middleton's face when the duchess tried to apologise over an incident over flower girl dresses
- ITV Hub crashed as the interview was broadcast on the UK screens
- Oprah revealed Prince Harry insisted the Queen and Prince Philip were not the Royals who expressed concerns about Archie's skin colour
- A new photograph of the couple with Archie was released
- Thomas Markle will be interviewed on GMB
- Harry and Meghan held a private 'exchange of vows' before their wedding
- The full transcript of the interview can be read
"I’m everywhere but I’m nowhere," she said.
As Meghan talked about how her loneliness led her to have suicidal thoughts, adding: "I just didn’t want to be alive anymore."
Oprah responded by likening her situation to being "trapped."
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"You... couldn’t get help, even though you were on the verge of suicide," Oprah said, leading Meghan to admit "that's the truth."
told , that: "Their cruelty of [the press] going after Meghan was just outrageous.
"And the fact that she did not get more support and that the reaction was let’s just paper it over and pretend that it didn’t happen and keep your head down.
"Well, this young woman was not about to keep her head down – this is 2021."
During the interview, Markle also said there had been conversations with Prince Harry and a "family" member - and "what that would mean or look like."
Markle added that her son was not made a prince after the "concerns and conversations" regarding his skin colour.
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Oprah Winfrey later revealed it was not the Queen or the Duke of Edinburgh who made the comment about Archie's skin.
Markle also described the way she was treated by the press as "a narrative of a hero and a villain" when her relationship with Kate Middleton was described.
However, Clinton went on to say: "Every institution has got to make more space and acceptance for young people coming up.
"Particularly young women, who should not be forced into a mould that is no longer relevant, not only for them but for our society.
"And it was heartbreaking to see the two of them sitting there having to describe how difficult it was to be accepted, to be integrated.
"Not just into the Royal Family as they described, but more painfully into the larger societies whose narrative is driven by tabloids that are living in the past."
Clinton went on to sympathise with the couple personally, saying she too had her "fair share" of negative press.
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"I just hope that there will be some serious thoughtful consideration in all of the institutions, not just in response to what Meghan and Harry were talking about, but literally across all of our societies," Clinton said.
"Why do we make it so hard to incorporate diversity, to celebrate it, to be proud of it.
"[The couple are] not only standing up for themselves and for their children, but they're really trying to send a message about what institutions, including the one that they were part of, need to do to be more dynamic and forward-looking than they currently are."
The 73-year-old politician's comments come as the as she finally responded to Meghan and Prince Harry's race claims, saying: "Some recollections may vary".
Her Majesty, 94, released a statement almost two days after the couple's bombshell Oprah interview and said the Royal Family took the allegations "very seriously".
The Queen said the incendiary claims a member of the family raised concerns over the colour of Archie's skin would be investigated and "addressed privately".
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said: "The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan.
"The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning. Whilst some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately.
"Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be much loved family members."
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