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Who snubbed Meghan Markle when she was suicidal and why? Oprah interview has many questions to answer still

There were crucial questions that went unanswered and things might come later since the interview was touted as a no-holds-barred one

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired on CBS late on Sunday, March 7 revealed much. Speaking about racism around her son Archie and him not receiving the prince title, Meghan said, "they didn't want him to be a prince or princess, not knowing what the gender would be, which would be different from protocol, and [said] that he wasn't going to receive security.”

“In those months when I was pregnant ... we have in tandem the conversation of, you won't be given security, not gonna be given a title and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born,” she said. But there were crucial questions that went unanswered, especially considering the interview was largely touted as a no-holds-barred one. 

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The bombshell claim about how a relative of Harry asked him “how dark” their unborn child would be was one of those questions. Who was this relative? Meghan said, “That was relayed to me from Harry, those were conversations the family had with him, and I think it was really hard to be able to see those as compartmentalized conversations,” while Prince Harry said that he will never reveal who said it and what was said. This did not stop speculation though. 

Another question that begs more answers is who did Meghan Markle approach at Buckingham Palace for help when she was feeling suicidal? "I just didn't want to be alive anymore. And that was a very clear and real and frightening constant thought. And I remember how [Harry] just cradled me,” said Markle in the interview, adding that she said she went to senior people in the institution to ask for help.

"I went to the institution and I said that I needed to go somewhere to get help ... And I was told that I couldn't, that it wouldn't be good for the institution… I remember this conversation like it was yesterday, because they said, my heart goes out to you because I see how bad it is, but there's nothing we can do to protect you because you're not a paid employee of the institution,” Markle said, "This wasn't a choice. This was emails and begging for help, saying very specifically I am concerned for my mental welfare."

Again, who was it that denied her the help that she needed? Another important question to ask here was why no help was given to her. Twitter has been rife with speculation about this as well. One Twitter user said, “So they locked Meghan in her house for months. She was driven to suicidal ideation, but with no keys and no drivers license, she couldn’t leave. And they would not let her check herself into a hospital. They wanted her dead.”

And then there is the question of alleged jealousy between Markle and Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge. During the interview, Markle said that “A few days before the wedding, she was upset about something, pertaining, yes, the issue was correct about flower girl dresses, and it made me cry, and it really hurt my feelings, and I thought in the context of everything else that was going on in those days leading to the wedding, it didn't make sense to not be just doing whatever everyone else is doing, which was trying to be supportive knowing what was going on with my dad and whatnot.”

Online, people have claimed that this accusation was a result of Markle’s jealousy of Middleton. But Prince Harry indicated that members of the royal family were jealous of Meghan because of the ease with which she carried out royal duties on their tour of Australia and New Zealand.

If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, the toll-free National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can also speak with a trained crisis counselor 24/7 by texting HOME to 741741 to reach the Crisis Text Line.