>> reporter: but it was another announcement earlier this year that sent shock waves around the world. >> the british royal family is bracing for what harry and meghan might say in their new interview with oprah winfrey. >> i knew, instantly, that it was going to be very controversial. >> reporter: and it was. in an interview with oprah, on cbs, harry and meghan painted a damning portrait of life inside the monarchy. things became so difficult, meghan said, she became suicidal. >> i just didn't want to be alive, anymore. >> reporter: and, she said, she was denied help by the palace. >> i said that i needed to go somewhere to get help. said that i never felt this way before and i need to go somewhere. and i was told that i couldn't, that it wouldn't be good for the institution. >> reporter: they spoke about racism, they faced, even from within the royal family. >> hold up. hold up. stop right now. >> there are several conversations about it. >> there is a conversation, with you --