Meghan Markle has said she has ‘only scraped the surface’ of discussing the suicidal thoughts she had while a working member of the royal family, three years after she told Oprah Winfrey she ‘didn’t want to be alive anymore’ while living in the UK.
The Duchess of Sussex, who turns 43 Sunday, has launched a campaign alongside her husband Prince Harry, 39, to tackle child safety online.
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In an interview for American broadcaster CBS, the royals discussed the launch of the Parents Network with anchor Jane Pauley and hugged and spoke with parents who lost their children to suicide, which in many cases was linked to social media usage, with Harry and Meghan saying they want to be there so they have a place to come for help’.
Meghan first said spoke of her suicidal thoughts while being a working royal in an bombshell interview with Oprah in 2021.
She now says she hopes her candour will help others and will encourage people to check in on their friends.
‘I think when you’ve been through any level of pain or trauma, I believe part of our healing journey, certainly part of mine, is being able to be really open about it,’ the duchess said while wearing £12,800 Cartier necklace and £1485 Ralph Lauren coords..
‘And I haven’t really scraped the surface on my experience but I do think that I would never want someone else to feel that way.
‘And I would never want someone else to be making those sorts of plans and I would never want someone else to not be believed.
SHE’S READY FOR ‘A HIT’
‘So, if me voicing what I have overcome, will save someone or encourage someone in their life to really genuinely check in on them and not assume that the appearance is good so everything’s okay, then that’s worth it.
‘I’ll take a hit for that.’
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The Duchess of Sussex told Oprah in 2021 she ‘couldn’t be left alone’ and told her husband she ‘didn’t want to be alive anymore’ before claiming the Buckingham Palace HR department ignored her plea for help because she wasn’t a ‘paid employee’.
‘I was really ashamed to say it at the time, and ashamed to have to admit it to Harry especially, because I know how much loss he suffered. But I knew that if I didn’t say it, that I would do it … and I just didn’t want to be alive anymore.’
