- Prince Harry and Doria Ragland speaking about Meghan’s mental health.
- “I remember she told me that she had wanted to take her own life,” Ragland said.
- “That really broke my heart” “I was devastated,” added Prince Harry.
Meghan Markle‘s husband, Prince Harry, and mother, Doria Ragland, are speaking out about the Duchess of Sussex’s challenges inside the royal family.
“I remember her telling me that, that she had wanted to take her own life,” Ragland said in Episode 4 of the Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan, released Thursday. “That really broke my heart.”
Ragland then linked Meghan’s mental health issues to her treatment by the global media.
“I knew, well, I knew that it was bad, to just constantly be picked at by these vultures, just picking away at her spirit that she would actually think of not wanting to be here,” she added.
“That’s not an easy one for a mom to hear. And I can’t protect her. H [Harry] can’t protect her.” “I was devastated,” added Prince Harry. “I knew that she was struggling. We were both struggling, but I never thought that it would get to that stage.”
“And the fact that it got to that stage, I felt angry and ashamed,” he continued. “I didn’t deal with it particularly well. I dealt with it as ‘institutional Harry’ as opposed to ‘husband Harry.’ And what took over my feelings was my royal role.”
“I’d been trained to worry more about what are people gonna think if we don’t go to this event, we’re gonna be late,” he added. “Looking back on it now, I hate myself for it. What she (Meghan) needed from me was so much more than I was able to give.”
Meghan first admitted to suicidal thoughts during the couple’s March 2021 sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey, where she also admitted to thoughts of self-harm.
“I was embarrassed to say it at the time, and much more embarrassed to have to admit it to Harry. But I felt that if I didn’t say it, I’d do it “She spoke of her terrible ideas. “I didn’t want to be alive any longer.”
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