Meghan Markle says she has struggled to cope with public scrutiny since joining the British royal family.
A clip of Meghan’s interview with reporter Tom Bradly was revealed by ITV on October 18, part of a documentary that will air in the UK tomorrow called “Harry and Meghan: An African Journey”.
In the interview video, the 38-year-old princess shared for the first time about her personal life, the difficulties she has faced due to media and public judgment and scrutiny since she started dating Prince Harry until she became a princess and a mother.
“Any woman, especially when they are pregnant, they are really vulnerable and it is really difficult,” Meghan said. “And then when you have just given birth, for a woman, it is so much pressure”.
Fighting back tears, Meghan thanked Bradly when he asked her how the pressure was affecting her physical and mental health.
“Thank you for asking. Very few people ask if I’m okay, but that’s what’s going on behind the scenes,” she said. When the reporter asked Meghan if that meant she wasn’t okay and that she was really struggling, the former US actress replied simply: “Yes.”
After the video of the interview was revealed, the hashtag “We love you, Meghan” went viral on Twitter with hundreds of thousands of people expressing sympathy and support for the British princess.
Meghan met Harry in 2016 and just days after going public with their relationship, the prince condemned the media for abusing and harassing his girlfriend. The couple married in May 2018 and welcomed their son Archie in May.
Since joining Harry, who is three years her junior, Meghan has been the subject of intense media and public scrutiny of her personal life. Most recently, she and Harry said they were suing the British newspaper Mail on Sunday for publishing an unedited private letter Meghan sent to her father.
“Unfortunately, my wife has become one of the latest victims of a British tabloid that has waged a campaign against individuals without regard to the consequences, a ruthless campaign that has escalated over the past year, throughout her pregnancy and while she was raising our newborn son,” Harry said in a statement.