Meghan Markle 'talked over' Harry many times in Oprah interview: 'She often tapped his hand and he'd just stop'
With their recent explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle shook the very foundations of the British monarchy. This involved Harry speaking out about feeling "trapped" as a member of the royal family to disclosing his relationships with father Prince Charles and brother Prince William and how they had become strained since moving to California with Meghan and son Archie.
However, royal biographer Angela Levin has recently pointed out that during the interview that his confessions were overshadowed by Meghan taking control of the interview, as she appeared to "talk over him".
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In the Sunday Telegraph, she wrote, "He has looked a shadow of himself these past few months." Levin pointed out that Harry "has left his country, family, friends and military connections to set up life in Santa Barbara — where he and Meghan are raising their one-year-old son Archie, rescuing battery hens, making deals with Netflix and Spotify, and awaiting the birth of their daughter," she wrote.
Meghan talked over Prince Harry
"Although Meghan talks a lot about using her voice, Harry has struggled to do the same. When he occasionally tried to add a comment to the conversation with Oprah, she often tapped him on the hand and he immediately stopped. She also noticeably talked over him," Levin observed
During the interview, Harry had revealed that there was "space" in his relationship with William. He said in the interview, "Much will continue to be said about that... as I said before, you know, I love William to bits, he's my brother, we've been through hell together and we have a shared experience."
Tense relationship with father
During the interview with Oprah, Harry's relationship with Prince Charles was also a key highlight. Harry claimed he was "literally cut off financially" from his father last year. Harry sad that he only had what Diana had left him and "without that we would not have been able to do this". This eventually led the couple to sign their Netflix and Spotify deals raking in millions of dollars.
Adding that Harry was "charismatic" as a young man and he carved out his own path as a "spare" while William prepared to be the king, Levin wrote in the column, "Harry was always the brother to show emotion more obviously than William. As the 'spare', he had different problems to navigate".
Charismatic younger self
"Like Prince Andrew before him, you could argue that he was more charismatic than his older sibling — he certainly inherited the fabulous warmth of his mother and had a talent for connecting with people. Like his mother, he told me, he wanted to make a difference in his own right. He mentioned that he 'found it difficult to trust people as I don’t know if they like me for what I am or who I am'."
Meeting Meghan a turning point
"That concern seemed to evaporate when he met Meghan Markle, a divorced American actress, who also came from a dysfunctional family. "Yet even before they spoke, Harry saw himself as inferior to her, a position he seems to have maintained since. 'She was sitting there, I was like, 'OK, well, I’m really going to have to up my game',' he recalled of their first date."
"During their engagement interview on the BBC, Meghan showed that she was maternal, stroking his arm and reassuring him that Diana "is with us". It delighted Harry, who added that Diana would probably (have) been best friends with Meghan'," Levin added.