I was like, im going to have to up my game. Unlike any royal bride before. Go back a few generations and everything about Meghan Markle disqualifies her from marrying harry. The queen made an exception and broke from royal protocol. Do you see any scenario by which harry and meghan overshadow kate and william . It was my first thought. And modernize the monarchy. The worlds view of the british monarchy will probably be determined more by harry and meghan than by william and kate. Certainly chan than charles and camilla. Tonight, a royal match harry and meghan. I never even heard about her until this friend said Meghan Markle. I said, right, give me a bit of background. It is july 2016 in london when britains most eligible bachelor, prince harry, is set up on a blind date. It was definitely a setup. It was a blind date. I was beautifully surprised when i walked into that room and saw her. She was sitting there. I said, i have to up my game. Harry ups his game. And they begin a whirlwind romance. Soon theyre vacationing together in botswana, africa. We camped out together under the stars for five days out there, which was absolutely fantastic. In the months that follow, they date long distance, meeting up in london and toronto where meghan, an actress, is filming her tv show, suits. We can get it out of the way im not interested. The whole time, keeping their relationship a secret. When they first met, nobody knew about it. They are such a charismatic couple. Penny juner wrote a biography about harry. They kept this relationship quiet. Which itself is impressive. It is impressive. The great fear was always going to be the intrusion of the press because that is what had killed two previous long term relationships. Relationships with actress cressida bonas and his first love, chelsea davy. Chelsea had the most horrible experience, photographers would call out names, bitch, whore, trying to get a reaction from her. I guess she looked at all this and said, do i want this for my life . Just before he met meghan, the month before, we talked about his private life at the time. Harry tells the royal correspondent for britains sunday times about a, quote, massive paranoia he feels in finding a girlfriend. Harrys great fear was unless he had enough time to get to know someone, if that relationship prematurely became public, they would be absolutely swamped with media interest and that would change the dynamic of his relationship. And what happened to his mother is never far from his mind. Harry and his brother still feel that the paparazzi and press intrusion were certainly partly responsible for his mothers death, and thought, why would anyone want to put up with this for me . Harry wants to keep his relationship with meghan private as long as he can. But just four months after that first date the news is out. And the paparazzi pounce once again. There was a photographer who got inside meghans house in toronto, the paparazzi were camping on her mothers front lawn and following and harassing all members of her family. Anybody, really, who knew her. Despite starring in a tv show, meghan is relatively unknown. Now the British Press wants to know who she is and if shes fit for the royal family. She was a woman who has been married and people are fascinated by the fact that she was divorced, people were fascinated by her background, her acting, a career woman, how would that work, being someone in the royal family . Thats not what weve seen before. They also have not seen someone biracial dating a member of the royal family. And some of the conversation is blatantly racist. There was one newspaper headline saying, straight out of compton, suggesting she was from a gangridden neighborhood. A journalist recently wrote a book about race, identity, and belonging in britain. Harry would be dropping around for tea in gangland, which was clearly racially loaded. Another issue exploded which was the number of horrific social media racist comments that began to flood in from the darkest, vilest corners of the internet. The royal family responds in unprecedented fashion with prince harrys team releasing a statement confronting the, quote, abuse and harassment meghan is facing. Very unusual for a statement to come out. No one understands this better than dickie arbiter. He was press secretary at the palace for 12 years. He made the point, this is not a game. Its not a game. Its peoples lives. And he was very angry. And it was a sort of back off reminder of what they did to his mother. Why is it that you think that meghans upbringing, her race, why did that garner so much attention . In the past, members of the royal family, princes, would have married princesses. When harrys father Prince Charles was looking for a wife, it is also a requirement that a wife should be a virgin, and a member of the church of england. You just go back a few generations in the royal family, and everything that you can say about Meghan Markle disqualifies her from marrying harry. Kate coyne is the executive editor of people magazine. This is precisely why you had edward abdicating his throne so that he could mary a divorcee. Margaret was in love with a divorced man and was not allowed to marry him. Was charles and dianas marriage a wakeup call that you can try to have somebody perfect but it has to be chemistry and the person has to have the freedom to marry who they want . I think it was a lesson that theyve learned. Harry is desperate for history not to repeat itself. And hes anxious to protect meghan. Harrys statement was the most romantic thing a member of the royal family has ever done. And i think engagement watch was on from that moment. It was, lets wait for the ring. The ring comes in november 2017. Prince harry has announced his wedding engagement to american actress Meghan Markle. And the royal family welcomes meghan with open arms. The queen made an exception and broke from royal protocol and invited meghan to spend christmas with the royal family and the queen. Thats the first time a royal fiance has ever done that before marrying into the royal family. A powerful sign that the monarchy is modernizing and changing. The royal family is trying to be more in line with society and the queen wants her grandson to be happy. That happiness is something harry has been searching for most of his life. When we come back, the moment that changes everything. He didnt really deal with what life without her meant. It destabilized him and caused chaos for years. Been trying to prepare for this day. And im still not ready. The reason im telling you this is that there will be moments in your life that. Youll never be ready for. 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I remember the times when diana was shut away and quiet or crying, and the boys would write little messages, please dont cry, mummy, and they would put it under the door. When charles and diana divorce, it hits harry hard. Then one year later, his mother is killed. Harry is just 12 years old. This incredibly loving figure who had given him so much warmth and comfort in what was a very difficult childhood and extraordinary upbringing was suddenly gone. I remember harry coming back to Kensington Palace shortly after the funeral. He ran down the corridor and flung himself into my arms and cried. And his tears wet my shirt through. He was devastated. Harry later admits to itv he has deep regrets about his final phone call with his mother. I cant really necessarily remember what i said but all i do remember is probably, you know, regretting for the rest of my life how short the phone call was. If i had known that was the last time i was going to speak to my mother, the things i would have said to her. Looking back on it now, its incredibly hard. I have to sort of deal with that for the rest of my life. Guilt and grief he never expresses at the time. I think it was a classic case of dont let yourself think about your mum and the grief and the hurt that comes with it, because its never going to bring her back and its only going to make you more sad. People deal with grief in different ways. And my way of dealing with it was by just basically shutting it out, locking it out. Prince harry arrives here, at eton, the prestigious boys boarding school, the year after his mothers death. Although he moves into the same house as his brother william, harry reportedly struggles academically and is miserable. Diana always said she never wanted harry to go to eton because he would be compared to his brothers success. And she thought this would be the undoing of harrys confidence. Prince harry said that he decided that he was going to be a bad boy. Journalist angela levin interviewed harry last year at Kensington Palace. So the reason he didnt do well there was partly his fault, it was deliberate. In 2002, headlines emerge of harrys drinking and marijuana use. For the first time, harry is facing the public pressure that comes with his famous family. Did it seem to brits that it was more than just typically teenage antics . You know, teenagers do drink too much, they behave badly, its all part of the growingup process. But i personally worried there was something deeper, a touch of selfmedication going on. After graduating from eton, harry escapes to africa during his gap year for humanitarian work. It was an escape from the heavy duty world of royalty, always being watched, always being photographed. He could be very ordinary. He spends two months with children in need and others whose parents die from aids. He saw there were holes in their lives, absolutely he saw in them something he felt was missing in his life, care, loss, and attention, the loss of his mother. Harry not only falls in lov with the children and the country. He begins a serious romance with a wealthy girl from southern africa, chelsea davy. Shes very free spirited, not someone who felt bound by royal protocol and tradition and also shared his love of africa. The two of them traveled extensively through africa together. Chelsea remains a constant in harrys life for years to come. She also came into his life at a time when he was missing that female figure to support him. I think chelsea did that, and understood him, and she could understand that he had been through a very difficult time and was still going through a very hard time. A very hard time that harry struggles to overcome. When we come back prince harry got so low that he decided at one point that he might leave the royal family. 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That was the sort of behind the scenes, less glamorous side of hollywood. Meghan recounts spending time with her father on the set. I grew up on the set after School Every Day for ten years i was there. Its a very perverse place for a little girl who went to catholic school, no less, to grow up. Meghan certainly had every reason to be dazzled by tv, film, the whole oncamera experience, from a very young age, because she grew up around it. We all knew she wanted to be an actress. Christine knudsen is meghans former teacher. She was in the musicals. She was in the plays. She sparkled when she got onstage. She loved it. Meghan struggles with her biracial identity. She was grappling with her identity and trying to understand who she was. Her father was white. Her mother was black. She says when she would fill out forms there wasnt always a bubble that fit her to fill in. She didnt want to circle the one that was implying that her mother was more important than her father or viceversa. Meghans parents go out of their way to make sure she does not feel different, but special. Her dad gave her a sort of barbie doll family in which there was a black mom barbie doll and a white dad ken doll and then a baby barbie doll in each color. Even that kind of points to how difficult it is to be meghan at that age, because the children were still either black or white. There was no biracial barbie baby doll for meghan. While the markle household deals with race headon, years of builtup racial tensions in the country explode right in meghans black yard. She was driving i think with her mom and there was debris, she thought it was snowing. It was actually the l. A. Riots. Riots that erupt when four White Police Officers are acquitted in the beating of a black man, rodney king, a moment meghan says impacts her at a young age. It definitely opened meghans eyes to the fact that this was a world that was not always going to treat her fairly, and was not always going to be kind to her or her family. I was teaching here at the time, and i think it destroyed kind of that feeling that l. A. Is this wonderful place to live, and you have all these different kinds of people, and we all get along, and then this just kind of smashed that. Its a grim reality for an 11yearold to face. And one that would always be present. Meghan witnessed her mother experiencing racism. She has heard the names her mother has been called. And she is well aware that that is happening for one reason only, that is the color of her moms skin. Meghans Early Experiences with discrimination are not isolated to race. While watching tv advertisements for a class project, one commercial stands out to her. Women are fighting greasy pots and pans. In the ad they implied that the product was just for women who were going to be at home doing the cleaning. 11yearold meghan says what she thinks. I dont think its right for kids to grow up thinking these things, that just mom does everything. She was irate because she thought, you know, my dad does dishes, its not just women who do dishes, why would it be women across america . And she wrote a letter. I was wondering if you would be able to change your commercial to people all over america. And wouldnt you know it, it works. The gloves are coming off. People are fighting greasy pots and pans with ivory clear. It had to have been such wonderful reinforcement for her at such a young age, that she could make a difference, that she could take a stand and have her voice heard and not be dismissed. When we come back, prince harry and the burden of royalty. She really did love him. But being with harry and the huge circus that came with it was overwhelming for her. 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