In the first three episodes of Harry & Meghan, the polarising couple have made sensational claims of racism against the British royal family, claiming the monarchy just “didn’t care”.
While the incessant hounding by the British press on all potential romantic partners of the royal family is nothing new, Meghan made history as the first woman of colour to marry into the monarchy.
Husband Harry says his family did nothing to support his wife as details of their relationship became public knowledge.
”The direction of the palace [Buckingham] was just ‘don’t say anything, don’t do anything,” says Harry. “They said it was a rite of passage, and to that, I said the difference here is the race element.”
Meghan said it was ”very difficult” to be a woman of colour in the UK.
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Meghan said it was ”very difficult” to be a woman of colour in the UK and that she faced numerous ”threats” whilst living there.
“It’s very difficult to be a minority but not be treated as a minority right off the bat,” she muses sadly.
Speaking on the matter, Meghan admits she was often mistaken as ”sun-kissed”, strangers even accusing her mother Doria of being her “black nanny” when she was a child because Meghan was so “light-skinned.”
“Now people are aware of my race because they made it such an issue when I went to the UK, but before that, most people didn’t treat me like a ‘black woman’.”
With a population of just 3.5%, black people and a mere 0.2% black journalists, it comes as no surprise that the tabloid coverage was inherently racist.
Before even being born, baby Archie faced alleged racism.
(Image: Netflix)Unsurprisingly, Meghan has had the revelation that black women, in the public eye, in the UK, are “fair game”.
Harry says that since the beginning of their courtship, fighting for racial equity was a cornerstone cause for them both.
”Our biggest responsibility as human beings, if you bring a child into this world, is that you should be doing anything you can to make the world a better place for them.”
By children, Harry is referencing his own biracial toddlers Archie, three, and Lilibet, one. Their eldest experienced racism from within the womb from an un-named royal, who allegedly questioned “how dark” his skin would be. Yikes.
In mere days prior to the release of the first volume of the docuseries, Buckingham Palace was rocked by yet another racism scandal, begging the question if the monarchy will ever truly ”get with the times”.
This article originally appeared on our sister site, New Idea.
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