Meghan Markle has revealed that
she has not been finding it easy with the intense media scrutiny and being a
new mum and a newlywed.
The Duchess of Sussex revealed in
a new ITV documentary that she has not really been OK behind the scenes and
it's been a struggle to cope.
ITV's Tom Bradby followed Meghan
Markle and Prince Harry on their recent 10-day tour of Africa and he got to
speak with Meghan about how she has been coping through pregnancy and the early
stages of motherhood amid the pressures of press interest in her public life as
a member of the Royal Family.
Meghan looked emotional as Bradby
asked her the question and she admitted that the glare of the intense spotlight
and the incessant and often negative press coverage from some sections of the
media had made things harder at a time when she was already "really
vulnerable".
Bradby spoke to Meghan in a garden in Johannesburg, South Africa, about her experience before and after giving birth to Archie in May.
He raised concerns Harry had
shared with him earlier in the trip that she could suffer in the face of the
same media pressures he believes harmed his mother Diana.
Bradby told Meghan: "He’s
obviously very concerned about protecting you, and protecting you from what he
felt his mother went through. It’s obviously an area one has to tiptoe into
very gently."
He then asked Meghan what the
impact had been "on your physical and mental health of all the pressure
that you clearly feel under?"
"So that was made really
challenging and then when you have a newborn … especially as a woman, it’s
really, it’s a lot.
"So you add this on top of
just trying to be a new mum or trying to be a newlywed."
When Bradby asked how she was
coping, Meghan said: "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."
Bradby then added: "And the
answer is, would it be fair to say, not really ok? That it’s really been a struggle?”
To which Meghan replied:
"Yes."
Meghan added: "Any woman,
especially when they’re pregnant, you’re really vulnerable."
Bradby travelled with the royal
couple and their son Archie on the recent 10-day tour of Africa for an ITV
documentary, Harry & Meghan: An African Journey, which airs on Sunday at
9pm on ITV.
The royal couple's tour of
Africa, which ran from the end of September to early October, was notable for
the unprecedented statement issued by Prince Harry in which he accused sections
of the British tabloid press of pursuing a "ruthless campaign"
against his wife.
The Duke of Sussex’s public
statement was released on the couple's website on October 1 as it was announced
Meghan was suing the Mail on Sunday after it published a private letter she
wrote to her father. The paper denies wrongdoing and confirmed it would defend
the case.
In his statement, Harry claimed
some newspapers had "vilified (his wife) almost daily for the past nine
months" and published "lie after lie" at Meghan’s expense
because she was out of public view on maternity leave.
Below is a video of Meghan
admitting that she hasn't been OK.
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