Surprising Claims About The Royal Family No One Saw Coming _ HIGHLIGHTS
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00:00 There's the royal family silencing her.
00:02 This was a claim that she made.
00:04 Meghan asserted that the royal family attempted to completely silence her, potentially prompting
00:09 her decision to participate in interviews later on.
00:13 When questioned by Oprah about her silence, she said that yes, that was the case.
00:19 She was silenced.
00:21 Now she emphasized her long-standing commitment to independence and being outspoken, particularly
00:27 on women's rights.
00:28 However, she did express sadness over the irony that despite advocating for women to
00:33 use their voices, she found herself silenced during the past several years.
00:38 Meghan Markle also claimed that Kate Middleton made her cry.
00:43 In the lead up to Meghan and Harry's wedding, there were numerous reports suggesting that
00:47 Meghan made Kate Middleton cry during the bridesmaid dress fitting.
00:52 However, Meghan claimed that it was actually the other way around, and it was Kate who
00:57 actually made her cry.
01:00 Meghan stated that she has forgiven Kate and believes that Kate is actually a good person.
01:06 Additionally, Meghan shared that Kate actually gave her some flowers as a gesture of apology
01:11 for the whole incident.
01:21 According to Meghan, this incident was a significant turning point in her experience within the
01:27 royal family.
01:28 So in a sense, Meghan is blaming Kate Middleton as the reason for her wanting to leave.
01:35 Meghan is also not pushing for Harry to have a relationship with his father, King Charles.
01:40 Meghan is a bit nonchalant when it comes to Prince Harry's strained relationship with
01:44 his father, King Charles, given the conflicts and accusations against the royal family for
01:50 several years now.
01:52 She shared that Harry confided in her, saying this, "I lost my dad in this process."
01:57 While Meghan doesn't actually grieve their fractured relationship, she does understand
02:03 that each individual situation is different, and Harry has the right to make his own decisions
02:09 regarding his connection with his father.
02:12 This told the world that Meghan isn't encouraging her husband to have a relationship with his
02:17 father, rather it's more of an attitude of, "Oh well, it is what it is.
02:21 I respect his decision.
02:22 It is what it is."
02:23 Meghan Markle has also labeled the royal family as liars.
02:27 While Meghan's public image has faced criticism from the media and the public, she firmly
02:32 believes that the royal family played a significant role in tarnishing her reputation by spreading
02:38 false information.
02:40 In her interview with Oprah, Meghan expressed her disbelief at the expectation that she
02:45 and Prince Harry would remain silent despite the royal institution's active involvement
02:50 in perpetuating lies about them.
02:53 She went on to acknowledge that speaking out comes with risks, including potential losses,
02:59 but she made it clear that much has already been lost due to the whole circumstance.
03:04 Another shocking claim that Meghan Markle made was that the royals are racist.
03:09 Meghan Markle revealed the racial challenges that she was facing as being a biracial member
03:14 of the royal family, particularly when her son Archie was born.
03:20 Meghan shared that there was some discussion within the royal family about how dark Archie's
03:25 skin might be when he was born, which just completely bothered her.
03:40 And she expressed her concerns over the decision to not give Archie a title of prince, which
03:46 would be completely different from the protocol applied to other grandchildren in the royal
03:52 family.
03:53 But Meghan pushed back, saying that it was not their right to deny her son a title.
03:58 And on top of that, she mentioned that there were concerns about Archie not receiving security,
04:03 which added to the overall problems she faced within the royal family as a biracial member.
04:18 And a lot of the mistreatment that Meghan Markle experienced, she attributes it to her
04:22 race.
04:24 Like this is all a race thing.
04:33 Where did these allegations even come from?
04:35 I'm so confused right now guys.
04:37 So I had to look into this and here's what I found.
04:41 Kensington Palace went all out to shut down these rumors about Prince William and Rose
04:46 Hanbury, and this is according to claims from a new book.
04:58 According to the royal author, Omid Scobie, in his book Endgame Inside the Royal Family
05:03 and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival, Press Secretary Christian Jones worked hard to get
05:10 The Sun publication, who by the way was the first to ask about the rumors, to drop the
05:15 investigation.
05:16 There was a former associate with the royal family that mentioned this to Omid Scobie,
05:21 and this is the quote from them.
05:23 "Christian was so desperate to stop the rumor and made it his mission to do so."
05:29 The author also suggests that Christian Jones was feeling the pressure, even saying the
05:34 whole thing was stressing him out completely.
05:37 Apparently, he went to the extent of making a deal with a Sun newspaper journalist, offering
05:45 more royal insight if they backed off from these specific rumors.
05:51 Rumors of an affair between Prince William and family friend Rose Hanbury, the Martianess
05:55 of Tumley, have been swirling for years.
05:57 And according to Omid Scobie's account, in June of 2019, The Sun surprisingly stopped
06:03 chasing the story of William cheating, and he says a high-level courtier hinted that
06:09 Christian played a role in bringing it to a halt.
06:13 Omid Scobie also claims that the tabloid changed gears and started covering revealing stories
06:20 about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle instead.
06:24 When he spoke to Entertainment Tonight, Omid mentioned being very cautious about addressing
06:30 the claims of Prince William's alleged affair with Rose Hanbury during Kate Milton's pregnancy
06:36 with their third child.
06:38 So guys, these are some bombshell claims.
06:40 Omid Scobie and his whole book.
06:44 Do you believe any of the claims he's making?
06:46 I find them hard to believe, but I'll talk about that real soon.
06:50 Either way, he also touched on a reported fallout between William and Kate, as well
06:55 as their former friend Rose Hanbury.
06:58 Now when it comes to these claims, the big question is, is there actually any 100% indisputable
07:05 proof that William did this?
07:08 The short answer is no.
07:10 People have reasons to believe that these rumors are true though, and here are some
07:15 of those reasons.
07:16 Rumors about Prince William and Kate Milton have been circling for years, and Omid Scobie
07:21 does note that the gossip has persisted because the couple never directly addressed it.
07:29 Also, Rose Hanbury had a long-standing friendship with William and Kate, and even attended their
07:34 wedding in 2011.
07:36 And they did have a fallout though, despite the cheating rumors emerging two years later,
07:42 and she was spotted even at Prince Philip's memorial service in 2021.
07:47 Regardless of the truth behind the allegations though, the scandal prompted the royal couple
07:51 to take a closer look at their marriage.
07:55 And according to an exclusive source to Us Weekly, it pushed William and Kate Milton
08:00 to reflect on their relationship more intentionally, realizing that they should be doing so more
08:07 regularly.
08:08 So at least some positive came out of that negative situation.
08:12 There was also writer Richard Kaye who suggested that the fallout from the alleged affair nearly
08:17 led both parties to consider taking legal action.
08:20 Additionally, writers Giles Corrin and Nicole Cliff claimed to have knowledge of the supposed
08:27 affair between William and Rose Hanbury back in 2019, and this is based on a report by
08:33 IB Times.
08:34 Reportedly, William's lawyer issued a legal warning, but neither party involved has publicly
08:40 addressed the rumors.
08:42 An insider from the royal family did stress to the Daily Beast publication that there
08:47 has never been any animosity between Kate and Rose, so they dismissed the rumors as
08:54 baseless, saying that Rose's family remains longstanding allies of the crown.
08:59 Despite some deleted tweets though, and gossip here and there, there's still no concrete
09:03 evidence of an affair.
09:05 William, Kate, and Rose have chosen to remain completely silent on this whole matter.
09:11 Which is another reason why some people think that the rumors could be true.
09:16 Why not outright deny it if they're just rumors?
09:20 This is also the stance of Omid Scobie.
09:22 He just says that there's still no proof of this, although he did quote the claim in
09:27 his book.
09:28 But he believes that there's still not 100% proof.
09:31 The reason why I think that they're just not addressing this at all is because the
09:37 royal family wants to engage in things that are worthwhile for them.
09:40 Even the whole Meghan and Harry drama that went down, the royal family remained relatively
09:45 silent and dealt with things behind the scenes for the most part.
09:50 And it's not their style guys to address gossip publicly.
09:54 So I think that William, Kate, and everybody involved is just dealing with this privately
09:59 as much as possible and doing what they can to protect their reputation.
10:03 Because rumors, even though they may be untrue, they can cause a lot of damage.
10:09 I personally don't think that William is the type to actually cheat.
10:14 And even if he thought about it, I don't think he would ever do it.
10:18 That's just too much risk.
10:19 I think he really loves Kate.
10:21 He's got a great thing going with her.
10:23 They got a great family.
10:24 So yeah, based on the information that I've seen, I don't think William cheated at all.
10:28 Omid Scobie's new book, Endgame, Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for
10:33 Survival has many shocking revelations about the royal family, especially regarding Meghan.
10:39 When you're a royal correspondent, you have to play a certain game.
10:46 Now it's worth noting that the British writer's credibility is often called into question
10:50 and this book has been at the center of a lot of controversy since its release.
10:54 However, this specific bombshell does have a lot of people talking.
10:58 Omid claims that the members of the royal family gave Meghan some rather cruel nicknames
11:03 and they're for them to be exact.
11:05 I feel like I'm okay with the fact that I'll burn my bridges.
11:09 So number one, Duchess Difficult.
11:11 Number two, Me Gain.
11:13 Number three, Narcissistic Sociopath.
11:15 And number four, Degree Wife.
11:17 So I'd like to think the royal family is actually capable of coming up with something a little
11:20 more clever than those.
11:21 The first three are quite straightforward.
11:24 But for Degree Wife, Omid explained that this nickname was given to the Duchess of Sussex
11:28 by a senior royal who was expressing some doubts about her marriage to Prince Harry,
11:33 meaning it would only last as long as a British university degree.
11:37 Yikes.
11:38 While I imagine that was really hard and I do, I can't picture what that felt like.
11:43 This is not the same.
11:44 Of course, the two have been married though since 2018.
11:47 Like it or not, obviously it's not nice to give people mean nicknames, but I again want
11:51 to point out that this is just what Omid Scobie is claiming and it is not coming from the
11:55 royal family themselves.
11:57 And since the book's release, the firm has been totally tight lipped and have not publicly
12:01 commented on Endgame or any of the claims within it.
12:04 Relationship expert Luella Alderson spoke about the situation with the Mirror, telling
12:08 them that the unsavory nicknames likely hurt Meghan's confidence and self-esteem, which
12:13 does make sense.
12:14 I know it would hurt mine as well.
12:16 According to Luella, Meghan seems to care a great deal about how she's perceived and
12:20 what others think of her, so she was likely uncomfortable learning about these nicknames
12:24 given to her.
12:25 The expert added that this could have also contributed to the rift between the Duchess
12:29 of Sussex and the royal family.
12:31 It's totally normal not to get along with everybody and not saying those feelings about
12:34 Meghan being difficult and self-centered aren't valid because truthfully, we do not know what
12:39 goes on behind closed doors and there are two sides to every story, but there are probably
12:43 better ways to handle negative feelings about a person rather than giving them mean nicknames.
12:47 But of course, we don't know if they were even said for sure.
12:51 I'm curious about your thoughts though.
12:52 Do you believe that the royal family gave Meghan those nicknames?
12:55 But an even more explosive claim has come out from Endgame, specifically from the Dutch
13:00 version of the book.
13:01 Omid named two members of the royal family who allegedly made comments about the skin
13:06 colour of Archie, of course that's Meghan and Harry's son.
13:09 Concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born.
13:13 What?
13:14 The claims were first made by Meghan and Harry themselves during their tell all interview
13:18 with Oprah in 2021.
13:20 Meghan said there were talks and conversations in the palace about the skin colour of their
13:24 first born son.
13:25 However, they did not name who exactly made these comments.
13:29 But in the Dutch version of the book, Omid actually named the two royals, King Charles
13:34 and Kate Middleton.
13:35 However, Omid insists that he did not put their names in any version of the book he
13:39 wrote.
13:40 So that begs the question, how did their names end up being published?
13:44 In the claims made to the Sunday Times, Omid's UK agent did send a draft of the book's manuscript
13:50 to be translated into Dutch that identified the two royals.
13:53 So it is truly a he said, she said, very confusing and convoluted situation.
13:58 There was a claim that they actually took her passport and keys away from her.
14:03 When questioned about why she didn't seek help on her own, Meghan asserted that her
14:08 options were completely constrained during her stay in the UK as she believed that the
14:14 royal family had taken possession of her identification and her car keys.
14:20 Meghan, who is known for her role in the TV show Suits before joining the royal family,
14:25 elaborated by saying this, "I couldn't call an Uber to the palace.
14:29 You couldn't just go.
14:30 You have to understand.
14:32 That was the last time I saw my passport, my driver's license, my keys, all that gets
14:39 turned over."
14:40 Another claim Meghan Markle made was that the royal family pushed her mentally, and
14:45 this had some serious repercussions.
14:48 Meghan has asserted that her mental well-being suffered greatly due to her struggle with
14:53 the royal family.
14:55 During her time in the UK, alongside her husband, Prince Harry, she revealed that the relentless
15:00 mistreatment that she experienced led her to contemplate taking her own life and also
15:06 led her to have thoughts of physically harming herself.
15:12 In her conversation with Oprah, Meghan Markle mentioned how she became convinced that making
15:18 her life come to an end would have resolved everything for everyone.
15:24 That's the point that her brain brought her.
15:27 But fortunately, she didn't end up doing that at all.
15:30 Meghan Markle went on to say this about this whole situation.
15:33 "I was ashamed to say it at the time and ashamed to have to admit it to Harry.
15:38 But I knew that if I didn't say it, then I would do it."
15:50 Also Meghan Markle claims that the royal family refused to offer her any help.
15:55 According to Meghan, after sharing her thoughts of wanting to end her own life to Harry, the
16:01 royal family declined to provide her with any mental health assistance.
16:06 This is what she said while speaking to Oprah in the interview.
16:09 "I went to one of the most senior people to get help.
16:13 Human Resources said, 'My heart goes out to you because I see how bad it is, but there's
16:19 nothing we can do to protect you because you're not a paid employee of the institution.'"
16:25 Now a very surprising claim was that Meghan Markle says that the N-word was used to describe
16:33 her children.
16:34 Meghan's concerns actually extend beyond just the royal family.
16:37 The media also poses a significant issue for her.
16:41 She asserts that the UK press has been consistently unfavorable towards her and her children.
16:48 In August 2022, Meghan revealed that a tabloid had used demeaning language to describe her
16:54 two children.
16:56 And she responded by saying this in an interview with The Cut, explaining her reluctance to
17:02 frequently share images of her children with the media.
17:05 She said this, "Why would I give the very people that are calling my children the N-word
17:11 a photo of my child before I can share it with the people that love my child?"
17:16 Although Meghan never said that any direct member of the royal family used this term
17:21 to describe her children at all, she did say that the royals did discuss her unborn son
17:28 Archie's skin colour, and that was something that she viewed as completely uncalled for.