Meghan Markle Alludes To Rigid Royal Rules In New Oprah Interview Clip

Meghan Markle opened up about why she and Prince Harry are speaking out now in a new preview clip of the Duke and Duchess of Sussexs upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey.

Gayle King introduced the video on CBS This Morning Friday, saying it would show why Meghan and Harry did not feel free to speak candidly sooner.

The clip shows Winfrey approaching the subject with Meghan: I called you either or February or March 2018 before the wedding asking, Would you please get me an interview, and you said, Im sorry, its not the right time.

I remember that conversation very well. I wasnt even allowed to have the conversation with you personally, right? Meghan answered. There had to be people from the comms [team] sitting there.

There were other people in the room when I was having that conversation, Winfrey said. You turned me down nicely and said Perhaps there will be another time, when theres the right time.

The media mogul gently pressed: What is right about this time?

I remember that conversation very well. I wasnt even allowed to have the conversation with you personally, right?
- Meghan Markle, to Oprah

Well, so many things. That were on the other side of a lot of, a lot of life experience thats happened, Meghan said. And also that we have the ability to make our own choices in a way that I couldnt have said yes to you then, that wasnt my choice to make.

As an adult who lived a really independent life to then go into this construct that is, um, different than I think what people imagine it to be, its really liberating to be able to have the right and the privilege in some ways to be able to say, Yes ... Im ready to talk.

Winfrey added: And to say it for yourself. And not to have to consult with anybody at this point.

The duchess responded: Yeah, to be able to just make a choice on your own. And just to be able to speak for yourself.

#EXCLUSIVE: In this extended first clip from @Oprah's interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex says what it means to be able to speak for herself.

It comes one year after the couple left England and stepped back from full-time royal life.#OprahMeghanHarry pic.twitter.com/o3AdxpmLrh

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#EXCLUSIVE : In this extended first clip from @Oprah 's interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex says what it means to be able to speak for herself.

It comes one year after the couple left England and stepped back from full-time royal life.#OprahMeghanHarry pic.twitter.com/o3AdxpmLrh
CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) March 5, 2021

In another clip from the interview released earlier this week , Winfrey asked the duchess: How do you feel about the palace hearing you speak your truth today?

I dont know how they could expect that after all of this time we would still just be silent if there is an active role that The Firm is playing in perpetuating falsehoods about us, Meghan said in the teaser, released on Wednesday.

And if that comes with risk of losing things, I mean theres a lot that has been lost already, she added.

CBS told HuffPost in a statement earlier this month that Oprah speaks with Meghan about stepping into life as a Royal, marriage, motherhood, philanthropic work to how she is handling life under intense public pressure, during the interview.

Later in the interview, Meghan is joined by Prince Harry , and the two discuss their move to the United States and their future hopes and dreams for their expanding family, CBS said.

The two-hour prime time special is set to air on Sunday at 8 p.m. on CBS.

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