Meghan Markle told me how she’d attempt suicide but didn’t do it so I wouldn’t lose another woman, reveals Harry
MEGHAN Markle told her husband Prince Harry how she was going to attempt suicide - but she didn't want him to lose another woman in his life, he has revealed.
The Duke of Sussex, 36, spoke about Meghan's struggles with mental health as well as his own in the documentary The Me You Can't See.
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The duke gave further details about her wife's struggles in the new documentary.
He said: "Meghan decided to share with me the suicidal thoughts and the practicalities of how she was going to end her life.
"The scariest thing for her was her clarity of thought. She hadn't 'lost it.' She wasn't crazy. She wasn't self-medicating, be it through pills or through alcohol.
"She was absolutely sober. She was completely sane. Yet in the quiet of night, these thoughts woke her up.
"I'm somewhat ashamed of the way that I dealt with them."
Harry said that what stopped his wife from giving in to suicidal thoughts was how "unfair" it would be to him after the death of his mum Princess Diana in 1997.
"The thing that stopped her from seeing it through was how unfair it would be on me after everything that had happened to my mum and to now be put in a position of losing another woman in my life, with a baby inside of her, our baby," he said.
Prince Harry speaks about:
- Prince Charles not 'making it right' for him and brother Prince William after their mother's car crash death in 1997
- Turning to drinking and drugs in his late 20s, admitting: 'I would drink a week's worth in one day'
- The public being allowed to mourn his mother Princess Diana, while he was not
- How he's convinced the media 'will not stop' until wife Meghan Markle 'dies'
- How Meghan resisted suicidal thoughts because she knew it would be 'unfair' for Harry to lose another woman in his life
- How some of Archie's first words were "grandma Diana"
- Harry has said he was "afraid" to return to the UK for Prince Philip's funeral but "used coping skills from therapy to get through"
- The duke claimed The Firm tried to "smear" Meghan in a shocking blast at the Queen
- Meghan told Harry to get therapy after he "acted like a 12-year-old" in a huge row
Harry also spoke about trying to get help from his family during this difficult time when his wife was "struggling" while she was pregnant with their son Archie.
"I thought my family would help, but every single ask, request, warning, whatever, it is just got met with total silence, total neglect," he said.
During the couple's explosive chat with Oprah earlier this year, Meghan broke down in tears as she revealed she told Prince Harry she "didn’t want to be alive anymore" and had suicidal thoughts.
She said she had been told she would not be able to seek help as it "wouldn't be good for the institution."
Pregnant Meghan said: "I just didn't see a solution. I didn't want to be alive anymore."
The duchess said she begged for help from the Firm after struggling with her mental health - saying it was her husband who "saved" her.
Harry revealed that he's been in therapy for "four or five years" - while also opening up about turning his back on Britain and his family to "break the cycle" of grief being passed down the generations.
The Duke blasted his dad Charles - .
He said: "My father used to say to me when I was younger, he used to say to both and I, 'Well, it was like that for me so it’s going to be like that for you.'
"That doesn’t make sense. Just because you suffered, that doesn’t mean your kids have to suffer. Actually quite the opposite.
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"If you suffered, do everything you can to make sure that whatever negative experiences you had, you can make it right for your kids."