In an exclusive and much awaited interview with Oprah Winfrey, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle opened up all about the controversies surrounding their exit from the British Royal household, the amount of scrutiny they faced for their decision, the buzz around the actual ‘Megxit’, and all things related to it. They also revealed that they were expecting a baby girl soon. The couple had earlier announced the pregnancy in February.

In the interview, Meghan opened up about the mental health issues, the struggles and scrutiny she had faced as an outsider inside the Buckingham Palace, and how there were constant remarks and snarky comments about the way she looked, the way she carried herself and her overall state of being. She expressed how she had constantly been reminded of the fact that she was an unwelcome outsider who had been ‘accepted’ by the Royals, like some sort of ‘pity party’.

Harry said that what had particularly influenced their decision to renounce their royal life were the “concerns and conversations” within the palace about their son Archie and “how dark his skin might be when he’s born.”

He also mentioned how, the moment he had decided to move away from his family and start his life afresh as a ‘non-Royal’ person, his dynamic with his family had flipped 360 degrees. He explained how his father, Prince Charles, stopped taking his calls, and that the family had stopped paying for the couple’s security at the start of 2020 – with this apparently motivating the decision to take on lucrative deals with Netflix.

This shocking account by the former Royals who have since then moved out and moved on with their lives afresh in the US, has been received with a sensational amount of reactions both on and off social media.

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Following the birth of their child Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down from their royal duties and moved to the US in what was popularly dubbed as the ‘Megxit’. Though the couple have renounced their titles of His/Her Royal Highness (HRH), their son has the position of being seventh in line to the British throne, following his father.

On Valentine’s Day, the royal couple announced that they are expecting a child once again.

“We can confirm that Archie is going to be a big brother,” a spokesperson for the couple said. “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are overjoyed to be expecting their second child.”

The announcement comes almost exactly 37 years after Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced they were expecting their second child, who happened to be Prince Harry. It is to be noted that the news of this baby comes after the couple suffered a miscarriage last year.

However, their future child will not hold the title of HRH, and will not hold the title of His/Her Lordship. Instead, he/she will be called Master/Miss, with the surname Mountbatten-Windsor, like that of his/her older brother Archie. Furthermore, since the baby is to be born in the US, he/she will immediately become a US citizen. This would make the child the first-ever member of the royal family to hold the citizenship of another country at birth.

No due date for the baby has yet been announced. It will be the Queen and Prince Philip’s tenth or eleventh great-grandchild, depending on whether it arrives before Zara Tindall’s baby, who is also due later this year.

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