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[male voice1]
So, yes, so when we come out of here,
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we'll go all the way
to the West Side Highway.
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But as soon as we get on it,
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if you can grab me the lane all the way
to the left against the center median.
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-[voice2 on walkie-talkie] Not a problem.
-[voice1] Um, southbound.
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[male voice3] They're gonna be waiting
when you get in, you'll see.
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[male voice1] Oh yeah,
they're camped out now.
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[voice3] Yeah.
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[male voice4 outside the car] You're late.
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[voice1] Unfortunately.
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[Meghan] Thank you.
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-[Meghan] Okay. Hello!
-[Harry] Weee!
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-[Harry] Hey man, how are you doing?
-[voice1] How are you guys?
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[voice1] I'm well. Good morning.
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-[Meghan] Never a dull moment.
-[voice1] Oh no.
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-[muttered indistinctly]
-[Meghan] Mm?
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Do you know how long the drive is?
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Maybe like, um,
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I don't know now with our detour…
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Brad, how long is the drive gonna be?
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[Brad] I looked before,
20-something minutes.
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Okay.
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[Brad] Can we just double check
cause I wasn't getting good service?
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-Do we have that pap on the scooter again?
-[Brad] Yes, ma'am.
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-Oh we do, really? Same guy?
-[Brad] Same guy.
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Oh my gosh.
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[Brad] Watched him going to this park.
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He's going to be with us?
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[Brad] Yes, sir. He was just ahead.
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[Harry] There's a lot of people who think,
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"They've got such
a problem with paparazzi."
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There was um, the guys
in the basement of the building too,
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as we were doing that walk,
they were recording
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just so you're aware.
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[Harry] Back in my mom's days,
it was physical harassment.
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They had cameras in your face,
following you, chasing you.
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[wistful music playing]
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-[Meghan] Still following us?
-[Brad] No.
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This pap.
The worst case scenario, our safety first.
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Worst case scenario,
we are going from one garage to another.
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Like this route.
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[Harry] Paparazzi still harass people.
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The harassment really
exists more online now.
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Once the photographs are out
and the story is then put next to it,
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then comes the social media harassment.
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To see another woman
in my life who I love,
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go through
this feeding frenzy. That's hard.
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It is basically,
the hunter versus the prey.
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We'll be with friends
in less than ten minutes.
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Yeah.
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[theme music playing]
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[theme music playing]
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[man] Sorry, do you mind leaning
forward just one second. Thank you.
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[clears throat]
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[woman] Can you just start off
by introducing yourself to us?
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Sure. My name is Doria
and I'm Meghan's mom.
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And um, the last five years
has been challenging.
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Yeah.
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[female interviewer] How does it feel
to be here talking about that today?
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I'm ready to have
my voice heard, that's for sure.
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A little bit in my experience,
you know, as her mom. Yeah.
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[woman] Do you remember, [laughs]
when Meg told you she was dating Harry?
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I do. And when she told me,
we were on the phone and she says,
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[whispering] "Mommy,
I'm going out with Prince Harry."
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And I started whispering,
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[whispering] "Oh my God."
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She says, "You can't tell anyone." And so
it was from the beginning, it was sort of,
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[whispering] "Oh my God.
Nobody can, you know…"
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Mm-hmm and I remember
when I first met him too.
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You know, he was just like six one,
handsome man with red hair.
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Really great manners.
He was just really nice.
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And they looked really happy together.
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Yeah, like he was the one.
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Once it was announced
that they were together,
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it seemed kind of, like a novelty.
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[man on TV] It's official…
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[instrumental music playing]
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…American actress, Meghan Markle,
is the new girlfriend of Prince Harry.
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[woman on TV] Prince Harry, it seems
like he's fallen for something rumored.
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Her name is Meghan Markle.
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[woman on TV] She's on the show Suits
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in case you are wondering like,
"How do we know her?"
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She's the brainy beauty
who's captured Prince Harry's heart.
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Actress Meghan Markle has reportedly won
the heart of royal bad boy, Prince Harry.
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[crowd whooping, cheering]
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[woman] I'm so excited!
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[Meghan] Right when the news broke,
I think we both felt tremendous relief.
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And the people
that I hadn't told I was dating H
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were just texting me,
"Is it true? Oh my gosh! What?!"
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And people were just overjoyed.
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When I saw the headlines,
I was happy for her.
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It looked like a fairy tale.
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My sister called me and said,
"Do you know who Meghan is with?"
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I think she's with Prince Harry.
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And I said, "What?!"
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My phone just started going crazy.
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I was like "What is happening?"
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And then, it was like this tidal wave.
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[female reporter] This young lady
though is very philanthropic.
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She's also a part of the UN.
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She does a lot of charity work,
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which was probably
their original connection.
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I remember we discussed this,
"Wouldn't it be great
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if somebody already had
their identity, some successes
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and had carved their role in the world?"
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If there is a problem out there
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and we have the means
to really find the call to action
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and do something about it,
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then I completely believe
that it's our responsibility to do it.
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[woman on TV] All eyes are on
that new transatlantic alliance.
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A British Prince
and his American sweetheart.
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[Meghan] There was a frenzy happening.
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It almost felt like all the things
we were nervous about, of it getting out.
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Okay, don't worry. It's fine.
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And then that very quickly changed.
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[Meghan] I remember going to get flowers,
coming out of the flower shop.
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And there must have been nine or ten paps
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standing in the middle of the street
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and they are all sort of blocking the car
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and saying
"Hey, how are you doing, Meghan?"
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And I was like,
"Oh, thanks. Stay warm, guys!"
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And I remember H the next
day saying, you can't talk to them.
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And I was like, "I'm just trying
to be pleasant. I don't know what to do.
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I've never dealt with this before."
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He says, "Right
but the UK media are saying you love it."
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You're smiling, you love it.
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[Lucy] I remember saying
to her, "When this goes public,
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it is not gonna be easy."
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The UK media are notorious
for doing whatever they can
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to get a story.
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And that they go through rubbish bins,
they'll try and break into accounts.
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They will do whatever they can
to get an exclusive and make money.
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I remember she was quite shocked.
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And she was like
"Really? They would do that?"
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I said, "Well, yeah. When
it's going to make them millions."
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[Meghan] It felt like all
of the UK media descended upon Toronto.
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[instrumental music playing]
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My house was just surrounded.
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Just men
sitting in their cars all the time.
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Waiting for me to do anything.
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[Harry] I was hearing all
of this from thousands of miles away.
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And trying to do something
about it but being completely helpless.
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[Meghan] Then my neighbors said
they are knocking on everyone's door,
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-trying to find you.
-[camera shutters clicking]
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They had paid certain neighbors to put
a life stream camera into my backyard.
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Suddenly, it was like everything about
my life just got so much more insular.
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Like, all the curtains were pulled,
all the blinds were pulled.
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It was scary.
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My face was everywhere,
my life was everywhere.
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Tabloids had taken over everything.
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Long distance relationships are work,
no matter what way you slice it.
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Then you add this layer?
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And look, bearing in mind you're still
discovering things about each other.
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There were things said and things written
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that I had to go to her to ask.
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And, that was the hardest piece.
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And so it really accelerates
the learning curve [laughs]
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in a relationship.
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[female presenter] Tongues are wagging
needless to say,
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let's find out more about her,
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what people are saying.
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What do we know
about this mysterious woman, Paula?
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-[Meghan] Such a sweet neighborhood.
-[Doria] Yeah.
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[Doria] I remember you came home
one day from the Immaculate parties
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and said "We live over a garage."
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-I was like, "Yep, it's a great spot."
-[Meghan] It was a great--
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-[Meghan] We walked down the driveway.
-[Doria] That was our driveway.
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-It was private.
-[Meghan] Oh, my gosh.
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-We had our parties back there.
-[wistful music playing]
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I remember I would take a little wagon
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and come down the driveway and be
able to come back up the other side.
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[wistful music continues]
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[Meghan] I grew up in LA,
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and I remember my mom telling me stories
about taking me to the grocery store
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and women going "Who's child is that"?
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"You must be the…"
She's like, "It's my child."
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They are like,
"You must be the nanny. Where's her mom?"
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Because I was really
fair-skinned and my mom darker.
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My parents lived
in the valley until I was about two.
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When their relationship ended, she and I
moved to a 40-minute drive from there.
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At the time it was mostly a Black
community where my mom and I were living.
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[Doria] We were close to
my mom, her grandma.
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And my sister was close by.
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And my girlfriends were close by.
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So we had a nice network of women
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who really helped me raise Meg.
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She was always so easy to get along
with, very congenial, making friends.
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You know, she was a very empathic child.
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Very mature.
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I remember asking Meg
if I feel like her mom.
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And she told me that
I felt like her older controlling sister.
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I never forgot that.
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[children chattering indistinctly]
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[Meghan squeals] Oh!
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Ms. Debby.
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[Debbie] You know the mass,
our Grand Duchess!
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[Meghan] Oh my gosh!
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How are you?
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[Debbie] I'm very well.
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So happy to see you! [laughing]
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[Doria] Nice to see you.
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[Debbie] Love you.
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[Doria] My goodness. It's amazing.
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What a great choice
this was to start Meg here.
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[Meghan] When we went back to,
Hollywood School House.
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I was there from ages two to 12.
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It was so nice to be back.
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[Debbie] I want you to see
what you wrote to me.
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[Meghan] Oh my gosh! Show me. [laughs]
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[Debbie] Your penmanship was fantastic.
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Go ahead and read that.
But I want you to pay attention to the PS.
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[Meghan] "Dear Ms. Debby,
you've helped me so much
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since I was two years old.
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I knew I could count on you to be there
for me as a principal and also a friend.
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I can't thank you enough. Even though
I was at this school for ten years,
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I wish I could have stayed for ten more.
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This school will always have a special
place in my heart. Much love, Meghan.
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PS: When I am rich
and famous and I write my life story,
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I will talk about you and the school,
so you will be known worldwide."
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[Meghan laughing]
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[Doria] That's true.
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-[Meghan] Say's the 11-year-old.
-[Debbie laughing]
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[Meghan] Oh my God.
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[instrumental music playing]
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I was a big nerd growing up.
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This is an important part
that people don't understand about me.
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Like, I was not the pretty one.
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My entire identity was wrapped up
in being the smart one.
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There are those catalyzing moments
in your life and from my standpoint,
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I had this commercial changed when I was
young because I found it to be sexist.
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[man on TV] Women are fighting greasy
pots and pans with Ivory Clear…
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[Meghan] I was eleven.
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[young Meghan] "Dear sir,
last week at my school,
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we decided to
watch news for social studies.
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While flipping through the channels,
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we saw a commercial for
the new Ivory Clear dishwashing liquid.
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In the commercial
they said women are battling grease,
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meaning only women do dishes.
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When I heard this,
the boys in my class started saying,
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"Yeah, that's where
women belong… in the kitchen."
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So I was wondering if you'll be able
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to change your commercial
to people all over America."
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[man on TV] The gloves are coming off.
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People are fighting greasy
pots and pans with Ivory Clear.
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[Meghan] I changed that commercial,
from my little handwritten letter.
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And it was a big deal because I was going
to middle school after that. So I was like
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I was the little activist.
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[rock music playing]
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[Susan] I met Meghan in the seventh grade.
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We were walking
into all of our new classes
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and she was holding
the door open, tap dancing.
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We became fast friends. We were both
into the same extracurricular activities.
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And spent a lot of time in
leadership roles at school, volunteering.
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When I ran for Student Council,
she was like my campaign manager.
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And took it so seriously.
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After school, I'd go
see my dad who was a lighting director.
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Sometimes I'd go on the set of this
TV sitcom called Married With Children.
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I loved being on set. I loved it.
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And I loved the camaraderie of a crew.
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[Susan] Tom did a lot for our school,
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being a lighting director and Meghan
being so involved with performances.
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-You could not.
-I could too.
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You could not, little liar!
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I'm not lying!
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[Susan] Meghan loved the theater.
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I would go to all
of her musicals, performances.
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[screaming]
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[Susan] She was so passionate about it.
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And very driven to be successful.
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I couldn't help her
with her home work. She was way smarter.
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She got straight A's, very disciplined.
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I would say that Meg is an old soul.
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We will always dedicate ourselves to
making it a better world. Thank you.
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[crowd applause]
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This is where I had my high
school graduation. The Hollywood Bowl.
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Hundred and three girls
on the stage, all wearing white gowns.
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Not like cap and gowns,
like beautiful white gowns.
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There it is. The last concert
I went to there, I went with my mom.
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And we were in the parking lot leaving
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and my mom honked, this woman was taking
a long time to figure out how to get out.
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And the woman turned around
and screamed the N-word at my mom.
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I just remembered my mom like, the
grip her hand had on the steering wheel.
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And you could see her fist was
so tight, like the knuckles got all white.
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And she was just silent the rest of
the drive home, we never talked about it.
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[somber music playing]
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[Meghan] I had never in my life
heard someone say the N-word.
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Very different to be a minority
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but not be treated
as a minority right off the bat.
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I'd say now,
people are very aware of my race
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because they made it
such an issue when I went to the UK.
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But before that…
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most people didn't
treat me like a "Black woman."
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So that talk didn't have to happen for me.
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[Doria] As a parent,
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in hind sight, absolutely,
I would like to go back
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and have that kind of real conversation
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about how the world sees you.
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Can you imagine if he…
You be Harry and I'll be the Queen.
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-Grandmother, I met this beautiful woman,
-Yeah.
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she just happens to be mixed-race.
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[all laughing]
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I said to her. I remember this
very clearly, that this is about race.
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And Meg said
"Mommy, I don't wanna hear that"
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And I said, you may not want to hear it
but this is what's coming down the pike.
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At that time I wasn't thinking about
how race played a part in any of this.
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I genuinely didn't think about it.
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Within that first week
that it became public knowledge,
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the first story was, 'Harry's new girl
[almost] straight out of Compton.'
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I was like, "Whoa!"
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Well firstly, I'm not from
Compton, I've never lived in Compton.
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So it's factually incorrect. But why
do you have to make a dig at Compton?
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[somber music playing]
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[Harry] The direction
of the palace was, "Don't say anything."
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[Meghan] No comment.
Everyone just say, "No comment."
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[Harry] But what people
need to understand is
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as far as a lot
of the family were concerned,
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everything that she was being put through,
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they'd been put through as well.
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So it was almost like a rite of passage.
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Some of the members of the family were
like, but "My wife had to go through that.
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So why should your
girlfriend be treated any differently?
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Why should you get special
treatment. Why should she be protected?"
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And I said,
"The difference here is the race element."
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[tense music playing]
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They would take pictures
of different parts of, say, skid row
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and say that was where I lived
and that was where she was from.
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[camera shutters clicking]
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[Meghan] It was horrible.
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But I continued to
hold the line, say nothing.
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[Harry] Eight days after
the relationship became public,
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I put out a statement,
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calling out the racist undertones
of articles and headlines
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that were written by the British press,
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as well as outright racism
from those articles across social media.
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[wistful music playing]
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[female reporter1]
Kensington palace issuing a statement
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about the harassment
being experienced by Meghan Markle.
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[female reporter2]
Now, he says that she has suffered
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abuse and harassment
with racist undertones.
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Prince Harry is worried about Ms. Markle's
safety and is deeply disappointed
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that he has not been able to protect her.
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This is not a game, it's her life.
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It is a very clear message
to the British press, "Back off."
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[David] She was a princess
straight out of Compton.
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It was, brutal but it was
also in some ways unsurprising.
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[dramatic music playing]
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[James Holt] The UK tabloids have a
very unique role to play in British life.
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On one hand they have
the real sensationalized element
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that loves the gossip.
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But equally, it's not just entertainment
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because the tabloids have been arbiters
of public opinion for such a long time.
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A number of the tabloids
could sway governments.
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At election time, they are
the popular press for a reason.
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The British tabloid press exists
both as a series of publications
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but also as a mentality. And it's toxic.
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We have to recognize
that this is a White industry.
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Black people are
about 3.5% of the population
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and about 0.2% of the journalists.
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So, people
who come up with these headlines,
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they are doing so in
a newsroom that's almost entirely White.
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And they get to decide whether something
has crossed the line of being racist.
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And, anyone who steps into the public eye,
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particularly someone
who's female and someone who is Black,
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is fair game in their minds.
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[woman] This is everything on our list.
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I'll take it from here.
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Whoop!
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They are gonna take you
in just a few minutes here.
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I've come a long way
from Little Red School House.
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Is it tight?
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-[Meghan] Are you nervous?
-Yes.
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-Just go with the flow.
-[laughing]
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Urgh!
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[Meghan] People don't talk about
what it's like to be mixed race.
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So much of my self-identification
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was, trying to figure out where I fit in.
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And I think a lot of that is, you're not
White enough or you're not Black enough,
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but I don't see the world that way.
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-Nice to meet you.
-You too. My mom's here tonight.
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-Mama! Meghan Markle's mom is here too.
-[Mama] What?
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Hey, brother. Anthony. Nice to meet you.
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[Harry] One thing I've learnt is that
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we don't see the world as it is.
We see it as we are.
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By the time I met Meghan, I think
I had traveled half the Commonwealth.
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I met people
and communities all around the world.
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And through that, I thought I knew.
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I thought I had an
awareness to issues, ways of living,
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unconscious bias. Like, all of it.
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[male announcer] And now,
it is my honor to present
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the NAACP President's Awards to
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Prince Harry and Meghan,
the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
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[crowd applause]
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[Harry] But hearing her talk
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and having seen her
have conversations and chats,
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I was like, here you are just blissfully,
like, I guess, sleepwalking through life.
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It's safe to say, I come from a different
background than my incredible wife.
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Yet our lives
were brought together for a reason.
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We share
a commitment to a life of service.
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A responsibility to confront injustice,
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and a belief that
the most often overlooked
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are the most important to listen to.
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And I couldn't be prouder
that we are doing this work together.
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We moved to California, my home state,
shortly before the murder of George Floyd.
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And for Black America, those nine
minutes and 29 seconds transcended time,
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invoking centuries of our unhealed wounds.
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My son, my daughter, my children
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are mixed race
and I'm really proud of that.
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When my kids grow up
and they look back at this moment
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and they turn to me and say,
"What did you do in this moment?"
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I want to be able to give them an answer.
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[Harry singing] ♪ Heigh-ho,
Heigh-ho, it's off to work we go ♪
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-[Harry whistling]
-[wistful music playing]
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[Harry] I think it's such
a responsibility as human beings.
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That if you bring
a small person into this world,
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you should be doing anything you can
to make the world a better place for them.
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[Archie indistinctly]
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[whispering] We won't get a chance to be
this close to hummingbirds ever again.
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-[Archie] Why?
-[Harry whispering] Just watch.
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Because they're scared of humans.
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These guys, look at them!
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Archie!
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[Archie] I've got a dirty foot, mama!
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Because I was with you.
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[laughing]
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[Meghan laughing] Oh my God!
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[Archie] I've got a dirty foot.
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[Meghan] You've got
a dirty foot, sweetheart.
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Papa is a bird watcher,
so this is a big moment for him.
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[bird chirping]
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[Harry] But equally, what's
most important for the two of us
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is to make sure that we don't repeat the
same mistakes that our parents made.
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[Harry] "Who's that?
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That is the centipede."
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[Meghan] There's so much
from anyone's childhood
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that you bring with you into the present.
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Especially when you are
the product of divorce.
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[wistful music playing]
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[Harry] I think most kids who are
the products of divorced parents
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have a lot in common, [laughs]
no matter what your background is.
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Being pulled from one place to another
or maybe your parents are competitive
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or you're in one place
longer than you want to be
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or another place less than you want to be.
There's all sorts of pieces to that.
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[Meghan] Even though
my parents co-parented well,
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if you think about how that informs
what you grew up to be and what you want…
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It's so funny, when I was 12,
I was at Immaculate Heart,
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and one of the assignments
was to write a poem about your life.
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And I remember
this poem till this day, which was,
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Two houses, two homes
Two kitchens, two phones
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Two couches where I lay
Two places that I stay
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Moving, moving here and there
From Monday to Friday, I'm everywhere
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Don't get me wrong, it's not that bad
But often times it makes me sad.
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I want to live that nuclear life
With a happy dad and his loving wife
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A picket fence, a shaggy dog
A fire place with a burning log
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But it's not real, it's just a dream
I cannot cry or even scream
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So here I sit with cat number three
Life would be easy if there were two of me
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[wistful string music playing]
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[Meghan] I was with my mom during the week
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and with my dad on the weekends.
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And my dad lived alone,
he had two adult children
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who had moved out of his house.
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[young Meghan] Where's Daddy?
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Woah. I gotta zoom back on you.
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Gotta push that button on the back.
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-[young Meghan] Oh yeah.
-See? If you hit that button
465
00:28:08,311 --> 00:28:09,646
you go forward, right?
466
00:28:09,729 --> 00:28:14,234
Okay. Alright. Am I there? I wonder.
467
00:28:14,317 --> 00:28:16,361
Okay, see you later. Bye-bye.
468
00:28:16,444 --> 00:28:18,196
[Meghan]
I was a daddy's-girl my whole life.
469
00:28:18,279 --> 00:28:20,240
Okay, I gotta press the button there.
470
00:28:20,323 --> 00:28:21,449
[Meghan] And I was with him a lot.
471
00:28:21,533 --> 00:28:22,617
[Meghan's dad] Go ahead.
472
00:28:23,743 --> 00:28:25,370
[young Meghan] Daddy's pictures.
473
00:28:26,996 --> 00:28:29,040
[Meghan's dad] We're gonna
catch fish for dinner, right?
474
00:28:29,124 --> 00:28:31,042
[young Meghan] Fish for dinner.
475
00:28:31,126 --> 00:28:33,420
That's our goal. Yes it is.
476
00:28:34,087 --> 00:28:37,090
[Meghan] But I do remember
also feeling lonely when I was a kid.
477
00:28:39,300 --> 00:28:42,929
And wanting to have more people around.
478
00:28:43,930 --> 00:28:46,141
-[Meghan's dad] Determined.
-What?
479
00:28:46,808 --> 00:28:48,184
[Meghan's dad] Determined.
480
00:28:50,854 --> 00:28:51,688
[laughs]
481
00:28:51,771 --> 00:28:55,150
[lively upbeat music playing]
482
00:28:58,278 --> 00:29:00,488
She had a whole life before she met H.
483
00:29:01,072 --> 00:29:03,032
She had a core group of friends
484
00:29:03,116 --> 00:29:07,662
and, Meg was very outgoing, super social.
485
00:29:07,746 --> 00:29:09,080
Living in Toronto.
486
00:29:09,164 --> 00:29:11,458
She was very openhearted.
487
00:29:11,541 --> 00:29:15,420
I lived in a great little
residential community. I had my two dogs.
488
00:29:15,503 --> 00:29:17,297
And it was great. It was easy, low-key.
489
00:29:17,380 --> 00:29:19,883
Go for hikes and walks. You go to set.
490
00:29:21,259 --> 00:29:22,594
I loved my job.
491
00:29:24,888 --> 00:29:27,932
[male TV crew] Here they come. Get ready
with the slates please. Lock it up.
492
00:29:28,016 --> 00:29:30,059
[Chantelle] I feel Toronto
was kind of a safe haven
493
00:29:30,143 --> 00:29:32,020
for actors who were working in the city.
494
00:29:32,103 --> 00:29:35,774
Meg would go to
the grocery store and get recognized.
495
00:29:35,857 --> 00:29:38,735
And people would say,
"Aren't you that girl from Suits?"
496
00:29:39,736 --> 00:29:41,780
[Abigail] When we were out
on the streets, she would always
497
00:29:41,863 --> 00:29:43,865
interacting physically with the fans.
498
00:29:43,948 --> 00:29:46,868
And like, let's take a selfie.
And putting their arms around her.
499
00:29:46,951 --> 00:29:48,495
Of course! What's your name?
500
00:29:48,578 --> 00:29:51,372
[Chantelle] Other than that,
she had so much freedom.
501
00:29:51,456 --> 00:29:53,958
She had such a beautiful life
502
00:29:54,042 --> 00:29:56,753
before everything exploded.
503
00:29:56,836 --> 00:29:58,421
[tense music playing]
504
00:29:58,505 --> 00:30:00,423
-[camera shutters clicking]
-[woman2] Hey! Hi!
505
00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:02,509
[man] Get a hold of that.
506
00:30:03,301 --> 00:30:05,678
[woman3] Yeah, of course.
507
00:30:05,762 --> 00:30:09,349
[Chantelle] It really did take
a dark turn quickly.
508
00:30:11,643 --> 00:30:15,563
There is like a baked-in
level of curiosity and
509
00:30:15,647 --> 00:30:21,569
opinion, dealing with royals
that I have not seen before.
510
00:30:22,987 --> 00:30:27,867
The paparazzi started
coming out to try to get eyes on her.
511
00:30:27,951 --> 00:30:32,747
And, there were
people trying to buy call sheets
512
00:30:32,831 --> 00:30:35,208
from production assistants on our show,
513
00:30:35,291 --> 00:30:37,293
so they could
find out when she was shooting.
514
00:30:38,545 --> 00:30:42,298
They'd get this
really long lenses and like hide on hills
515
00:30:42,382 --> 00:30:44,676
so that they could get a view of her.
516
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:50,265
There were people breaking
into the area where their trailers are,
517
00:30:50,348 --> 00:30:52,308
and trying
to get pictures of her coming in
518
00:30:52,392 --> 00:30:57,146
and out of her trailer. Started
feeling a little bit dangerous for her.
519
00:30:58,064 --> 00:31:02,735
At a certain point,
we had to cage in all the trailers.
520
00:31:03,945 --> 00:31:06,614
And that was really challenging
521
00:31:06,698 --> 00:31:09,659
logistically because she was on a TV show
522
00:31:09,742 --> 00:31:14,706
and her nature is to never
make things more difficult for anyone.
523
00:31:14,789 --> 00:31:17,792
But I don't think anyone knew how to
524
00:31:18,626 --> 00:31:22,338
manage that new normal.
525
00:31:22,422 --> 00:31:23,631
[camera shutters clicking]
526
00:31:23,715 --> 00:31:28,219
I was terrified somebody was gonna
just be in her trailer waiting for her.
527
00:31:29,971 --> 00:31:31,389
[Meghan] So I would say to the police,
528
00:31:31,472 --> 00:31:33,683
if any other woman
in Toronto right now said to you,
529
00:31:33,766 --> 00:31:37,353
"I have six grown men who
are sleeping in their cars around my house
530
00:31:37,437 --> 00:31:40,315
and following me
everywhere that I go and I feel scared,
531
00:31:40,398 --> 00:31:42,483
wouldn't you say it was stalking?"
532
00:31:43,610 --> 00:31:46,237
And they said
"Yes, there's really nothing we can do
533
00:31:46,321 --> 00:31:47,864
because of who you are dating."
534
00:31:50,325 --> 00:31:52,493
So like,
I'm just supposed to live like this?
535
00:31:53,536 --> 00:31:54,621
And then I got a death threat,
536
00:31:54,704 --> 00:31:57,916
then things changed
because I needed to have security.
537
00:32:00,752 --> 00:32:04,339
[Steve] I was hired by NBC
to take over the security for Meghan.
538
00:32:04,422 --> 00:32:09,302
And this has been
the most intense situation
539
00:32:09,385 --> 00:32:12,680
with the media. I mean, I've worked
with A-list celebrities before,
540
00:32:12,764 --> 00:32:14,557
high net-worth families before…
541
00:32:14,641 --> 00:32:16,893
This blew the meter right out the water.
542
00:32:16,976 --> 00:32:18,811
[woman] Meg, c'mon!
543
00:32:18,895 --> 00:32:22,982
[Steve] The paparazzi that would do
what they have to do to get a picture.
544
00:32:23,066 --> 00:32:26,778
My job was to make sure they
didn't really know where we were going
545
00:32:26,861 --> 00:32:28,196
-and when we were going there.
-[somber music playing]
546
00:32:29,322 --> 00:32:33,451
We had a special driver taking myself
and Meghan to the studio all the time.
547
00:32:34,369 --> 00:32:36,788
He was trained in evasive driving.
548
00:32:36,871 --> 00:32:40,708
And we used to have
to take different routes to the studio
549
00:32:41,292 --> 00:32:44,087
to get away
from the paparazzi that were chasing us.
550
00:32:44,170 --> 00:32:47,215
And when we were coming back
down to the residence after the studio,
551
00:32:47,298 --> 00:32:49,384
there were people on
radios letting people know
552
00:32:49,467 --> 00:32:51,469
we were coming back down to the area.
553
00:32:51,552 --> 00:32:53,805
So we had to go down in alleys
554
00:32:53,888 --> 00:32:56,724
and bring Meghan to the back
of the house, open the garage door,
555
00:32:56,808 --> 00:32:59,519
make sure no one was
there so we could sneak in.
556
00:32:59,602 --> 00:33:02,730
[camera shutters clicking]
557
00:33:02,814 --> 00:33:04,482
[woman] It was scary.
558
00:33:05,149 --> 00:33:08,820
There were people constantly at her door.
Or trying to get into her house
559
00:33:08,903 --> 00:33:12,782
or trying to get around
so that they can find her.
560
00:33:15,868 --> 00:33:20,123
[Steve] Mail was screened,
it was coming into the studio.
561
00:33:20,206 --> 00:33:24,877
There were some things that came in
that were a little bit out of the ordinary
562
00:33:24,961 --> 00:33:28,798
and we used to send those over
to Harry's security detail in the UK
563
00:33:28,881 --> 00:33:32,760
and they used to take care of those
situations and monitor what was going on.
564
00:33:38,433 --> 00:33:40,685
[Meghan] When all
of that started happening,
565
00:33:41,894 --> 00:33:46,065
my friends and people in my life
who love me and care about me are like,
566
00:33:46,149 --> 00:33:48,276
"Is he worth this?"
567
00:33:49,027 --> 00:33:51,446
Like, we know that you're happy
and we know that you love him.
568
00:33:51,529 --> 00:33:54,824
Is he worth this?
Look at what's happening to your life.
569
00:33:58,369 --> 00:34:00,913
We just did everything we
could to be there for each other.
570
00:34:04,333 --> 00:34:06,377
We had to stay connected.
571
00:34:06,461 --> 00:34:08,296
We wouldn't have
survived it if we weren't.
572
00:34:09,130 --> 00:34:13,009
I don't know how we did it but we did it.
573
00:34:13,092 --> 00:34:14,343
[instrumental music playing]
574
00:34:14,427 --> 00:34:16,929
[Harry] Most of the times,
we were on the other side of the Atlantic.
575
00:34:17,013 --> 00:34:18,598
She was in Canada working.
576
00:34:18,681 --> 00:34:19,849
I would try to get over and see her
577
00:34:19,932 --> 00:34:22,060
and she would get over and see me more.
578
00:34:28,566 --> 00:34:31,569
[camera shutters clicking]
579
00:34:31,652 --> 00:34:35,114
[Meghan] I would go straight
from set to the airport. Get there,
580
00:34:35,198 --> 00:34:37,700
land. Get harassed.
581
00:34:37,784 --> 00:34:40,661
Try to get to him discretely, hunker down.
582
00:34:40,745 --> 00:34:42,789
And then fly right back and go to set.
583
00:34:44,916 --> 00:34:47,418
Just rinse and repeat. Constantly.
584
00:34:49,420 --> 00:34:52,381
Dating became
the combination of car chases,
585
00:34:52,465 --> 00:34:55,093
anti-surveillance driving and
586
00:34:56,052 --> 00:34:57,220
[inhales deeply]
587
00:34:57,303 --> 00:34:59,639
disguises. [chuckles]
588
00:34:59,722 --> 00:35:05,061
Which isn't a particularly
healthy way to start a relationship.
589
00:35:05,144 --> 00:35:09,232
But we always came at it
with as much humor as possible.
590
00:35:09,315 --> 00:35:10,650
So whenever we saw each other
591
00:35:10,733 --> 00:35:14,070
we would just give each other
a massive hug and [breathe in deeply]
592
00:35:14,153 --> 00:35:16,447
try and have as much
of a normal life as possible.
593
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:23,162
So I'd go away and have a
weekend with her with a group of friends.
594
00:35:29,502 --> 00:35:30,545
[laughing]
595
00:35:30,628 --> 00:35:32,380
It's so funny if I look back at it now
596
00:35:32,463 --> 00:35:37,468
because now I know so much,
and I'm so glad I didn't then.
597
00:35:37,552 --> 00:35:41,514
Because I could just authentically be
myself without so much preparedness.
598
00:35:41,597 --> 00:35:43,432
[instrumental music playing]
599
00:35:43,516 --> 00:35:45,268
Even when Will and Kate came over
600
00:35:45,351 --> 00:35:47,395
and I had met her for
the first time… They came for dinner.
601
00:35:47,478 --> 00:35:50,481
I remember I was
in ripped jeans and I was barefoot.
602
00:35:52,316 --> 00:35:54,777
I was a hugger, always being a hugger.
603
00:35:54,861 --> 00:35:58,698
I didn't realize that that is
really jarring for a lot of Brits.
604
00:36:00,324 --> 00:36:02,535
I guess I started
to understand very quickly
605
00:36:02,618 --> 00:36:07,832
that the formality on the outside,
carried through on the inside.
606
00:36:09,167 --> 00:36:12,670
That there is
a forward-facing way of being.
607
00:36:13,504 --> 00:36:14,797
And then you close
the door and you are like
608
00:36:14,881 --> 00:36:18,467
[sighing] "Oh, great.
Okay, we can relax now."
609
00:36:18,551 --> 00:36:21,596
But that formality
carries over on both sides.
610
00:36:21,679 --> 00:36:23,306
And that was surprising to me.
611
00:36:26,767 --> 00:36:28,978
[Harry] My grandmother
was the first senior member
612
00:36:29,061 --> 00:36:31,022
of the family that Meghan met.
613
00:36:31,105 --> 00:36:34,400
She had no idea what it all consisted of.
614
00:36:35,318 --> 00:36:38,613
So it was a bit
of a shock to the system for her.
615
00:36:40,656 --> 00:36:41,824
[Meghan] I mean, it's surreal.
616
00:36:41,908 --> 00:36:43,451
[instrumental music playing]
617
00:36:43,534 --> 00:36:47,330
There wasn't like some big moment of,
"Now you're gonna meet my grandmother."
618
00:36:48,414 --> 00:36:51,918
I didn't know
I was gonna meet her until moments before.
619
00:36:52,001 --> 00:36:55,963
We were in the car and
we were going to Royal Lodge for lunch,
620
00:36:56,047 --> 00:36:58,257
and he was like, "Oh, my grandmother is
here, she's gonna be there after church."
621
00:36:58,341 --> 00:37:03,095
We were in the car, driving and he's like,
"You know how to curtsy, right?"
622
00:37:04,847 --> 00:37:06,599
And I just thought it was a joke.
623
00:37:08,684 --> 00:37:09,936
[royal music playing]
624
00:37:10,770 --> 00:37:13,189
[Harry] How do you explain that to people?
625
00:37:13,272 --> 00:37:15,858
How do you explain
that you bow to your grandmother?
626
00:37:16,692 --> 00:37:21,364
And that you would need to curtsy,
especially to an American. That's weird.
627
00:37:21,447 --> 00:37:22,448
[soft instrumental music playing]
628
00:37:22,531 --> 00:37:25,618
[Meghan] Now I'm starting
to realize this is a big deal.
629
00:37:25,701 --> 00:37:27,703
I mean, Americans would understand this.
630
00:37:27,787 --> 00:37:30,164
We have Medieval Times,
dinner and tournament.
631
00:37:30,248 --> 00:37:33,251
It was like that.
Like, I curtsied as though I was like…
632
00:37:33,334 --> 00:37:36,128
[instrumental music ends dramatically]
633
00:37:39,882 --> 00:37:40,800
[titters]
634
00:37:41,592 --> 00:37:43,844
Pleasure to meet you, Your Majesty.
635
00:37:44,387 --> 00:37:46,347
Like, was that okay?
636
00:37:47,098 --> 00:37:49,684
It was so intense.
637
00:37:50,559 --> 00:37:54,897
And then when she left,
Eugenie and Jack and Fergie say
638
00:37:54,981 --> 00:37:56,274
"You did great!"
639
00:37:57,149 --> 00:37:59,610
Thanks. I didn't know what I was doing.
640
00:38:03,197 --> 00:38:07,702
I remember my family first meeting
her and being incredibly impressed.
641
00:38:07,785 --> 00:38:10,121
Some of them didn't quite know
what to do with themselves. [laughs]
642
00:38:11,539 --> 00:38:13,374
So I think they were. They were surprised.
643
00:38:13,457 --> 00:38:16,252
They were surprised that the ginger
could land such a beautiful woman.
644
00:38:16,335 --> 00:38:17,503
And such an intelligent woman.
645
00:38:18,087 --> 00:38:21,465
But the fact
that I was dating an American actress,
646
00:38:21,549 --> 00:38:24,760
was probably what clouded their judgment
more than anything else in the beginning.
647
00:38:24,844 --> 00:38:26,721
Oh, she's an
American actress, this won't last.
648
00:38:26,804 --> 00:38:28,806
[man] Hi, Meghan!
649
00:38:28,889 --> 00:38:32,018
[Meghan] The actress thing was
the biggest problem, funny enough.
650
00:38:32,101 --> 00:38:36,063
There was a big idea
of what that looks like
651
00:38:36,147 --> 00:38:38,858
from the UK standpoint. Hollywood and…
652
00:38:38,941 --> 00:38:40,318
[inhaling deeply]
653
00:38:40,401 --> 00:38:44,196
It was just very easy
for them to typecast that.
654
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:46,574
-Hi.
-Hi.
655
00:38:50,328 --> 00:38:52,288
-Hi.
-Hi.
656
00:38:52,371 --> 00:38:55,875
[Nick] I first met Meghan, it was 2007.
657
00:38:55,958 --> 00:38:58,044
At that point she had
already gotten cast in a few things.
658
00:38:58,127 --> 00:38:59,378
I got a phone call from executive.
659
00:38:59,462 --> 00:39:02,298
You know Fox,
the man said we cast this girl
660
00:39:02,381 --> 00:39:05,384
and she was amazing
and she needs an agent and we love you
661
00:39:05,468 --> 00:39:07,428
and whatever.
You should meet her. I was like, "Great."
662
00:39:07,511 --> 00:39:09,555
[instrumental music playing]
663
00:39:09,638 --> 00:39:11,682
[Nick] She had to just go in
and meet and audition
664
00:39:11,766 --> 00:39:14,226
and start from the ground up.
665
00:39:17,855 --> 00:39:20,900
[Meghan] It is very hard
on your confidence
666
00:39:20,983 --> 00:39:25,154
to be an auditioning actor, especially
when you don't fit into any box.
667
00:39:26,489 --> 00:39:27,740
[Nick] I did not know she was biracial.
668
00:39:27,823 --> 00:39:31,911
I thought she was
sun-kissed California, freckly.
669
00:39:31,994 --> 00:39:35,623
I don't even remember the point
at which I found out she was biracial.
670
00:39:35,706 --> 00:39:39,043
And I think once I found out,
I would send her out for Black roles.
671
00:39:39,126 --> 00:39:42,755
Sometimes I'd pitch her for those roles,
the casting would ask, "What do you mean?"
672
00:39:42,838 --> 00:39:45,049
And I'd be like,
"She's biracial, her mom is Black."
673
00:39:45,132 --> 00:39:46,634
And they'd say, "No, she doesn't look it."
674
00:39:48,010 --> 00:39:50,638
[Meghan] When you hear, "No" all the time,
675
00:39:50,721 --> 00:39:54,058
you go, "What's wrong with me?
I'm not good enough for this or this."
676
00:39:54,141 --> 00:39:56,394
It triggers the same stuff
for me when I was a kid.
677
00:39:56,477 --> 00:39:58,104
It's like, where do I fit in?
678
00:39:58,187 --> 00:40:00,272
[lively instrumental music playing]
679
00:40:01,148 --> 00:40:03,234
[Heather] She was auditioning
680
00:40:03,317 --> 00:40:05,820
and getting close
to roles but not getting them.
681
00:40:05,903 --> 00:40:08,447
I was just so amazed and proud of her
682
00:40:08,531 --> 00:40:10,825
that like, you know,
you fall down, you get back up.
683
00:40:10,908 --> 00:40:13,160
She just kept going and going.
684
00:40:14,829 --> 00:40:18,541
All I wanted was to be on a
TV show with longevity and consistency.
685
00:40:19,375 --> 00:40:22,002
[Doria] She was relentless,
which was amazing,
686
00:40:22,086 --> 00:40:23,838
that she didn't throw in the towel.
687
00:40:26,132 --> 00:40:30,761
[Doria] And then finally,
the universe said yes.
688
00:40:30,845 --> 00:40:31,762
Mike Ross?
689
00:40:32,847 --> 00:40:35,975
Hi. I'm Rachael Zane,
I'd be giving you your orientation.
690
00:40:36,767 --> 00:40:38,102
Wow! You're pretty.
691
00:40:38,185 --> 00:40:41,480
Good. You've hit on me. We can get
it out of the way that I'm not interested.
692
00:40:43,190 --> 00:40:44,942
I always loved that picture.
693
00:40:45,025 --> 00:40:47,403
[laughs] Me too.
694
00:40:47,486 --> 00:40:49,280
[Nick] Rachael Zane
was really in some ways
695
00:40:49,363 --> 00:40:51,157
one of the first representations I'd seen
696
00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:54,660
of a real identified biracial woman.
697
00:40:54,743 --> 00:40:57,496
You know, seeing her
family and how it fits together.
698
00:40:57,580 --> 00:40:58,956
I was a child.
699
00:40:59,039 --> 00:41:01,125
Most children let things go.
700
00:41:01,208 --> 00:41:04,545
[Nick] Once they knew who she was,
to their credit they wrote to it.
701
00:41:06,672 --> 00:41:09,633
[Silver] She'd just
bring this, like, lightness.
702
00:41:09,717 --> 00:41:14,555
And for a director,
she is such a simple actor
703
00:41:14,638 --> 00:41:20,603
in that she is always natural
but is absolutely trusting.
704
00:41:22,605 --> 00:41:24,857
She didn't overthink it, she just did it.
705
00:41:24,940 --> 00:41:28,360
And I think
it put a lot of people at ease.
706
00:41:29,111 --> 00:41:31,322
Hi. Welcome to the
Suits blooper reel, Season Five.
707
00:41:31,405 --> 00:41:33,532
[soft rock music playing]
708
00:41:34,116 --> 00:41:36,535
[Silver] All the cast
really cared for each other.
709
00:41:37,119 --> 00:41:41,624
And that was the glue
for a lot of those cast relationships.
710
00:41:41,707 --> 00:41:43,125
Blooper reel.
711
00:41:43,876 --> 00:41:45,836
I think she liked being part of something.
712
00:41:46,462 --> 00:41:50,966
But I don't think acting
was actually her true passion.
713
00:41:51,050 --> 00:41:54,512
She just seemed
like boiling over with ideas.
714
00:41:54,595 --> 00:41:57,056
That's how
I would describe her at that time.
715
00:41:57,139 --> 00:41:58,349
[lively instrumental music playing]
716
00:41:58,432 --> 00:42:01,227
I think she was on
a track to do bigger things.
717
00:42:02,019 --> 00:42:05,147
Now, we are in Beverly hills
and we're gonna pass the, um,
718
00:42:05,231 --> 00:42:09,443
Beverly Hilton Hotel, where I'll be on
Sunday meeting other Northwestern people.
719
00:42:10,194 --> 00:42:11,779
[Meghan] At Northwestern,
I had double-majored
720
00:42:11,862 --> 00:42:13,405
in Theater and International Relations.
721
00:42:13,489 --> 00:42:17,243
And I just, I loved writing.
And I minored in English.
722
00:42:17,326 --> 00:42:18,994
So there is the brainy part.
723
00:42:19,787 --> 00:42:24,083
There is the care
about how the world functions.
724
00:42:26,001 --> 00:42:27,878
Oh my god! [laughing]
725
00:42:27,962 --> 00:42:30,381
-That is proper…
-That is really fun! [laughing]
726
00:42:30,464 --> 00:42:34,301
[Meghan] I've never really been
the type of person to do only one thing.
727
00:42:34,385 --> 00:42:36,929
I guess that's how my website was born.
728
00:42:38,389 --> 00:42:40,432
[Silver] When she first
was describing it to me,
729
00:42:40,516 --> 00:42:43,978
she was like, "It's your bestfriend
telling you all the fun things
730
00:42:44,061 --> 00:42:46,230
that you wish
you knew about, in one place."
731
00:42:47,022 --> 00:42:50,693
[Meghan] There was fashion.
There was tons of food and travel.
732
00:42:50,776 --> 00:42:52,403
It was all the things I loved.
733
00:42:53,487 --> 00:42:55,322
And TheTig wasn't just a hobby,
734
00:42:56,115 --> 00:42:58,576
it became a really successful business.
735
00:42:58,659 --> 00:43:01,245
I always said to her,
I'd say, "I think you are a producer.
736
00:43:01,328 --> 00:43:03,289
I think you are a producer.
I think you are an activist."
737
00:43:04,540 --> 00:43:07,585
[Meghan] I was writing
op-eds about your self worth.
738
00:43:07,668 --> 00:43:11,964
And about being biracial
and about volunteer work.
739
00:43:12,047 --> 00:43:15,843
When I would
do Suits, I would in hiatus go to India.
740
00:43:16,427 --> 00:43:19,013
Go to Rwanda and do cause-driven work.
741
00:43:19,096 --> 00:43:21,390
[people singing in Swahili]
742
00:43:21,473 --> 00:43:23,684
[Meghan] That's what I was excited about.
743
00:43:23,767 --> 00:43:26,895
I wasn't trying to find,
like the great Indie film
744
00:43:26,979 --> 00:43:29,356
that's gonna get me an Oscar. No.
745
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:31,275
I just wanted to go and volunteer.
746
00:43:35,279 --> 00:43:37,072
[crowd cheering]
747
00:43:39,867 --> 00:43:46,540
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am tremendously honored
748
00:43:46,624 --> 00:43:51,587
to be UN Women's advocate for
political participation and leadership.
749
00:43:51,670 --> 00:43:55,966
I am proud to be a woman and a feminist.
750
00:43:56,050 --> 00:43:57,760
[crowd cheering]
751
00:44:01,263 --> 00:44:05,684
[Silver] She's fed through service.
And I think H is like that too.
752
00:44:06,602 --> 00:44:08,020
And that's rare.
753
00:44:09,021 --> 00:44:11,106
[Meghan] Welcome
and thank you all for being here, truly.
754
00:44:11,190 --> 00:44:13,567
We're very grateful.
This is something we've been…
755
00:44:13,651 --> 00:44:15,903
[Meghan] A lot of what
H and I connected on
756
00:44:15,986 --> 00:44:20,115
in our courtship was that H
and I have so many parallel interests
757
00:44:20,199 --> 00:44:22,701
even though our world
and our lives were so different.
758
00:44:22,785 --> 00:44:24,703
[Meghan] For us,
what's deeply important is this
759
00:44:24,787 --> 00:44:26,622
idea of equity. Be it racial equity,
760
00:44:26,705 --> 00:44:29,208
gender equity
and in this sense, vaccine equity.
761
00:44:30,209 --> 00:44:32,544
To just be equipped with
the information that we need to be able to
762
00:44:32,628 --> 00:44:35,047
better serve this larger purpose.
763
00:44:35,130 --> 00:44:40,636
[Harry] From my perspective,
I fell head over heels in love with her…
764
00:44:41,762 --> 00:44:42,971
because my heart told me
765
00:44:43,055 --> 00:44:45,516
that she was the one that I was
gonna spend the rest of my life with.
766
00:44:45,599 --> 00:44:48,560
And then, once I got to know even more,
767
00:44:49,269 --> 00:44:53,065
my head then told me, "Well, she's
absolutely perfect for the role as well."
768
00:44:53,899 --> 00:44:55,859
[soft music playing]
769
00:44:55,943 --> 00:44:58,070
When it came to Meghan,
770
00:44:58,153 --> 00:45:03,325
that was, I guess the case
of finding a needle in a haystack.
771
00:45:08,622 --> 00:45:10,624
[female interviewer] Tell me about
the proposal, please.
772
00:45:14,253 --> 00:45:15,796
Are you looking at me? You tell it.
773
00:45:15,879 --> 00:45:18,382
[string music plays]
774
00:45:18,465 --> 00:45:19,967
[Harry] I wanted to do it earlier.
775
00:45:20,050 --> 00:45:22,886
Like, I was… because I had to ask
permission from my grandmother,
776
00:45:22,970 --> 00:45:26,140
I couldn't do it outside of the UK.
777
00:45:29,017 --> 00:45:31,770
I did pop a bottle of champagne
while she was greasing the chicken
778
00:45:31,854 --> 00:45:33,856
and that kind of
slightly gave the game away.
779
00:45:33,939 --> 00:45:35,357
She was like, "You don't
drink champagne. What's the occasion?"
780
00:45:35,441 --> 00:45:37,609
I was like, "I don't know. Just had it
laying around here, whatever."
781
00:45:37,693 --> 00:45:39,194
It was a magnum. [laughing]
782
00:45:41,488 --> 00:45:43,157
[Harry] Wasn't that I knew she'd say yes,
783
00:45:43,240 --> 00:45:47,411
but she'd already moved Guy over.
So I had Guy as a hostage.
784
00:45:47,494 --> 00:45:48,662
My dog, yeah.
785
00:45:48,745 --> 00:45:51,165
[Harry] He was using stilts,
so he couldn't run away.
786
00:45:52,374 --> 00:45:57,629
And then in the North garden
being over looked by the staff flats,
787
00:45:57,713 --> 00:46:00,716
I got 15 of those electric candles.
788
00:46:01,383 --> 00:46:05,262
[Meghan whispering]
Oh my God, Jess. It's happening.
789
00:46:06,555 --> 00:46:07,598
Oh my God.
790
00:46:07,681 --> 00:46:08,807
He told me not to peek.
791
00:46:09,725 --> 00:46:12,519
-Oh my God.
-[interviewer] What position were you in?
792
00:46:12,603 --> 00:46:13,979
Downward dog.
793
00:46:14,062 --> 00:46:16,690
[Meghan laughing]
794
00:46:16,773 --> 00:46:18,192
-You're doing good. That's really clever.
-Doing good?
795
00:46:18,275 --> 00:46:19,401
You see, he's funny.
796
00:46:20,569 --> 00:46:22,154
[Harry] Of course I got down on one knee.
797
00:46:23,322 --> 00:46:24,448
Of course I did.
798
00:46:25,115 --> 00:46:26,742
[Meghan] He's down on one knee
and I was just like, "Yes!"
799
00:46:26,825 --> 00:46:29,369
I was so joyful and excited.
800
00:46:29,453 --> 00:46:31,497
I was like, "Ah, we're doing this."
801
00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:34,917
♪ I know why I've waited ♪
802
00:46:37,002 --> 00:46:39,671
♪ Know why I've been blue ♪
803
00:46:40,839 --> 00:46:44,218
♪ I've been waiting each day ♪
804
00:46:44,301 --> 00:46:47,763
♪ For someone exactly like you ♪
805
00:46:49,097 --> 00:46:50,390
[Lucy] They were so happy.
806
00:46:50,474 --> 00:46:54,102
And they were gonna keep it quiet because
it was gonna be announced few weeks later.
807
00:46:54,186 --> 00:46:56,313
We had a little engagement party
808
00:46:56,396 --> 00:46:58,899
and everyone
was dressed in animal onesies.
809
00:46:58,982 --> 00:47:02,236
And Meghan and Harry
were in matching penguin onesies
810
00:47:02,319 --> 00:47:05,656
because penguins mate for life.
And they were so sweet.
811
00:47:05,739 --> 00:47:07,115
And we had so much fun.
812
00:47:07,741 --> 00:47:11,745
She felt like
they could take on the world.
813
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:17,501
♪ She knew just around the corner ♪
814
00:47:17,584 --> 00:47:21,213
♪ Yes, she knew just around the corner ♪
815
00:47:21,296 --> 00:47:27,886
♪ That there was somebody
Exactly like you ♪
816
00:47:29,846 --> 00:47:31,473
[female reporter] Breaking royal news.
817
00:47:31,557 --> 00:47:34,893
Prince Harry officially engaged
to American actress, Meghan Markle.
818
00:47:34,977 --> 00:47:37,854
The announcement putting
weeks of speculation to rest.
819
00:47:37,938 --> 00:47:39,314
[male reporter]
Lots of people are very excited
820
00:47:39,398 --> 00:47:41,984
that she's gonna bring
this fresh sparkle, if you like,
821
00:47:42,067 --> 00:47:44,486
into the Royal Family
and it's all seen as good news.
822
00:47:44,570 --> 00:47:47,364
I can't tell you
how excited we are. The whole world is.
823
00:47:47,447 --> 00:47:51,660
It just shows how much more
in touch with the general population
824
00:47:51,743 --> 00:47:53,829
the Royal Family is becoming.
825
00:47:53,912 --> 00:47:54,871
Raise your hand. Does everyone know
826
00:47:54,955 --> 00:47:56,206
-who Meghan Markle is?
-[school children] Yeah.
827
00:47:56,290 --> 00:47:59,251
I think it would make
a difference slightly
828
00:47:59,334 --> 00:48:04,756
because some people are really racist
to other people because of their color.
829
00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:09,011
And because Meghan Markle
is joining the Royal Family,
830
00:48:09,094 --> 00:48:11,722
I think it might make
them change their minds.
831
00:48:12,973 --> 00:48:14,641
[Misan] The union of Harry and Meghan,
832
00:48:15,684 --> 00:48:18,937
for lots of people of color
and the UK Black community
833
00:48:19,021 --> 00:48:23,525
possibly for the first time,
made a lot of people feel seen.
834
00:48:23,609 --> 00:48:27,988
[soft music playing]
835
00:48:32,034 --> 00:48:32,868
[David] Like everyone else,
836
00:48:32,951 --> 00:48:35,746
a lot of Black people
were standing, getting swept up
837
00:48:35,829 --> 00:48:41,168
in this romance and they sort of,
they're gonna wonder in this moment.
838
00:48:41,251 --> 00:48:45,756
I wanted it to work,
just like many people wanted it to work.
839
00:48:47,382 --> 00:48:50,802
[soft music continues]
840
00:48:50,886 --> 00:48:54,681
[David] But this fairy-tale
is embedding itself
841
00:48:54,765 --> 00:48:59,436
in a nation that is having a pretty
toxic debate about the European Union.
842
00:48:59,519 --> 00:49:01,897
[tense music playing]
843
00:49:01,980 --> 00:49:04,775
Now, this is a once-in-a-lifetime chance.
844
00:49:04,858 --> 00:49:07,569
We have
to take back control of this country.
845
00:49:07,653 --> 00:49:09,279
-Can you hear me in the back?
-[man shouts fanatically] Yeah!
846
00:49:09,363 --> 00:49:11,365
Immigration is the number one issue.
847
00:49:11,448 --> 00:49:13,909
The people are very upset,
they are very unhappy.
848
00:49:13,992 --> 00:49:15,577
[crowd protesting]
849
00:49:15,661 --> 00:49:19,748
If you go back and look
at the social media of that moment,
850
00:49:19,831 --> 00:49:23,210
immigration was
in the absolute center of those debates.
851
00:49:23,293 --> 00:49:26,880
And immigration is very often,
in this country, a cipher for race.
852
00:49:26,963 --> 00:49:29,591
[crowd clamoring]
853
00:49:29,675 --> 00:49:33,178
[man1] Everybody should feel
concerned about illegal immigration.
854
00:49:33,261 --> 00:49:34,471
We don't know who these people are.
855
00:49:34,554 --> 00:49:36,556
[man2] Go back to Africa!
856
00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:37,891
Send them back home.
857
00:49:37,974 --> 00:49:42,479
[crowd clamoring indistinctly]
858
00:49:46,817 --> 00:49:50,696
So the EU commissioned a report
in 2016, exactly the same time
859
00:49:50,779 --> 00:49:53,281
that our relationship became public.
860
00:49:53,365 --> 00:49:58,120
It warned that if the government
isn't going to do something
861
00:49:58,203 --> 00:50:00,831
or if the media aren't going to
sort themselves out,
862
00:50:00,914 --> 00:50:03,375
then a culture war, that already existed,
863
00:50:03,458 --> 00:50:05,544
was going to become huge
and become a real problem.
864
00:50:06,712 --> 00:50:11,633
[tense music continues]
865
00:50:11,717 --> 00:50:13,844
[James] It was a perfect storm,
866
00:50:13,927 --> 00:50:17,556
that gave credence
to jingoism and nationalism.
867
00:50:17,639 --> 00:50:22,978
And gave people
with really horrible views of the world,
868
00:50:23,061 --> 00:50:26,648
a little bit more strength and confidence
869
00:50:26,732 --> 00:50:30,318
to say what they wanted to say,
to do whatever they wanted to do.
870
00:50:30,402 --> 00:50:32,863
[crowd protesting indistinctly]
871
00:50:33,989 --> 00:50:36,575
[Nick] So it was an inauspicious moment
872
00:50:36,658 --> 00:50:41,455
for Britain to try this fairy-tale story,
with a fairy-tale princess in this
873
00:50:41,538 --> 00:50:43,623
diverse modernizing country.
874
00:50:43,707 --> 00:50:47,210
-[tense music playing]
-[crowd protests indistinctly]
875
00:50:55,093 --> 00:50:57,262
[Nick] You were slightly watching it
with your hand in your mouth.
876
00:50:58,805 --> 00:51:01,516
Could the tabloids control themselves?
877
00:51:01,600 --> 00:51:04,936
Could the Palace persuade
the tabloids to control themselves?
878
00:51:05,020 --> 00:51:08,690
Could we as a nation wean ourselves
off wanting to intrude into the lives of
879
00:51:08,774 --> 00:51:11,151
the Royal Family
far more than is reasonable?
880
00:51:15,405 --> 00:51:18,909
[camera shutters clicking sporadically]
881
00:51:18,992 --> 00:51:23,038
[woman] Congratulations from all
of us. How are you guys feeling?
882
00:51:23,121 --> 00:51:25,248
-Uh, yeah, thrilled. [laughs]
-[Meghan laughs]
883
00:51:25,332 --> 00:51:27,709
Also we're very glad
it's not raining, as well.
884
00:51:27,793 --> 00:51:29,211
[female reporter] Hi Meghan,
how are you feeling?
885
00:51:29,294 --> 00:51:30,587
So happy, thank you.
886
00:51:31,296 --> 00:51:34,925
At that point, I was still
very much believing what I was being told.
887
00:51:35,008 --> 00:51:37,552
[soft instrumental music playing]
888
00:51:37,636 --> 00:51:41,556
[Meghan] Which was,
'It will pass. It will get better.'
889
00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:43,767
It's just what
they do right at the very beginning.
890
00:51:48,188 --> 00:51:53,109
This promise of once you're married,
don't worry, it would get better.
891
00:51:54,277 --> 00:51:56,571
Once they get used to you,
it will get better.
892
00:51:57,989 --> 00:51:59,074
Of course, it will be better.
893
00:52:03,370 --> 00:52:08,291
But truth be told, no matter how hard
I tried, no matter how good I was.
894
00:52:08,375 --> 00:52:10,585
No matter what I did…
895
00:52:13,839 --> 00:52:15,465
they were still gonna find a way
896
00:52:17,467 --> 00:52:19,010
to destroy me.
897
00:52:26,476 --> 00:52:30,981
["Pledging My Love"
by Erma Franklin playing]
898
00:52:42,993 --> 00:52:47,205
♪ Forever my darling ♪
899
00:52:47,289 --> 00:52:50,625
♪ My love will be true ♪
900
00:52:51,543 --> 00:52:55,714
♪ Always and forever ♪
901
00:52:55,797 --> 00:52:59,843
♪ I'll love just you ♪
902
00:52:59,926 --> 00:53:04,222
♪ Just promise me darling ♪
903
00:53:04,306 --> 00:53:08,143
♪ Your love in return ♪
904
00:53:08,226 --> 00:53:12,564
♪ May this fire in my soul dear ♪
905
00:53:12,647 --> 00:53:16,776
♪ Forever burn ♪
906
00:53:17,944 --> 00:53:23,116
♪ My heart's at your command dear ♪
907
00:53:23,199 --> 00:53:26,494
♪ To keep love and to hold ♪
908
00:53:26,578 --> 00:53:30,790
♪ Making you happy is my desire dear ♪
909
00:53:30,874 --> 00:53:34,794
♪ Keeping you is my goal ♪
910
00:53:34,878 --> 00:53:38,924
♪ I'll forever love you ♪
911
00:53:39,007 --> 00:53:42,719
♪ For the rest of my days ♪
912
00:53:42,802 --> 00:53:45,555
♪ I'll never part from you ♪
913
00:53:46,806 --> 00:53:50,560
♪ And your loving ways ♪
914
00:53:57,275 --> 00:54:02,113
Subtitle translation by: Regina Njoku