William and Kate "never accepted" Meghan, claims Harry

William and Kate "never accepted" Meghan, claims Harry

Prince Harry claims that his older brother Prince William and his sister-in-law, Princess Kate, never accepted his wife, Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, because she is a 'divorced biracial actress'. He added that the royal family never "expected" him to marry a successful woman. 

Meghan Markle
Facebook/ Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

In a recent interview with Tom Bradby, Prince Harry claimed that his brother, Prince William, and his sister-in-law, Princess Kate, never accepted his wife, Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, from the "get-go" because she is a "divorced biracial actress". 

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Harry said that the Prince and Princess of Wales had never expected him to begin a relationship with "someone like Meghan who had a very successful career".

"There was a lot of stereotyping that was happening, that I was guilty of as well, in the beginning," he said.

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"American actress, right, and that was playing out in the British press in the media at the time as well. Some of the things that my brother and sister-in-law - some of the way that they were acting or behaving - definitely felt to me as though, unfortunately, that stereotyping was causing a bit of a barrier to them really sort of, you know, introducing or welcoming her in."

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"Well, American actress, divorced, biracial, there’s all different parts to that and what that can mean."

Harry added that his brother never tried to stop him from marrying Meghan Markle, but did air "some concerns" - suggesting it was going to be "really hard" for him.

In Prince Harry's new book, 'Spare', which is on sale from Tuesday, 10 January, the prince reveals more shocking information. 

Image Credit: Facebook/ Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

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