your role to pursue commercial projects. that s always been a no-no for the royal family. reporter: tensions were high, as the couple s future was discussed and the half-in-half-out model that harry and meghan had envisioned was out. there is no such thing as half in and half out. it just would not work. and the queen, therefore, decided that, if they were intent upon leaving, that they must leave, entirely. reporter: to have the independence they craved, they would need to completely step down as senior royals. how hard do you think that moment was for harry? this was a really difficult moment for him. he loves his grandmother. he loves serving the queen. but ultimately, this was a decision that he undertook for his family. reporter: harry and meghan made their final-few appearances as senior royals, before they
were the perfect foursome. they were even labeled the fab four. and it did look as though they were all getting along really, really well. but soon, stories began to leak. that there was tension, behind palace doors. they had a good relationship, the three of them. then meghan arrived, and i think that was when things started to go wrong. harry fell head over heels. harry is a very impetuous sort of person. william is very much more considered. he is very controlled in what he does, and i think he looked at harry moving very, very quickly towards marriage and just said hold on a minute. are you sure you re not going too fast here? you look at harry and william s parents. they didn t take huge amount of time to get to know each other. that marriage was not
wife is gonna end up like my mother and i am going to have to look after him, myself. i think there is so much hurt, on both sides, i think it will take a long time for this rift to heal. it s been difficult few months, there s no doubt. the oprah interview was followed by the death of prince philip. prince philip s funeral was not the place to have deep conversations. they were all there to support the queen. but as harry has said, he loves his brother. and they ve been through hell together. i think, in time, we ll see the royal family heal. reporter: time will tell how the fractured relationships recover. but one thing is certain. whatever harry and meghan do with their future, they will do it their way.
people were fascinated by the fact that she was divorced. people were fascinated by her background, her acting, a career woman. how would that work being with someone in the royal family? you know, that s not what we have seen before. they also had not seen someone biracial dating a member of the royal family. and some of the conversation was blatantly racist. there was one newspaper headline saying straight out of compton, suggesting she was from a gang-ridden neighborhood and would harry be dropping around for tea in gangland? which is really clearly racially loaded. another issue exploded which was the number of rather horrific social media racist comments began to flood in from the darkest, vilest corners of the internet. the royal family responded in unprecedented fashion with prince harry s team at kensington palace releasing a statement confronting the, quote, abuse and harassment meghan was facing. saying this is not a game, it is her life and his. why is it that yo
mind. harry and his brother still feel that, you know, the paparazzi and press intrusion were, certainly, partly, responsible for his mother s death. and thought, why would anyone want to put up with this for me? harry wanted to keep his relationship with meghan private as long as he could. but just four months after that first date, the news was out. and the paparazzi pounced, once again. there was a photographer who who got inside meghan s house in toronto. the paparazzi were camping on her mother s front lawn. and following, you know, and harassing all all members of her family. anybody, really, who knew her. despite starring in a tv show, meghan was relatively unknown. now the british press wanted to know who she was and if she was fit for the royal family. she was a woman who had been married.