Surprising Claims About The Royal Family No One Saw Coming _ HIGHLIGHTS
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00:00 There's the royal family silencing her. This was a claim that she made. Megan asserted that the royal
00:06 family attempted to completely silence her, potentially prompting her decision to participate
00:11 in interviews later on. When questioned by Oprah about her silence, she said that yes, that was the
00:19 case. She was silenced. Now, she emphasized her long-standing commitment to independence and being
00:25 outspoken, particularly on women's rights. However, she did express sadness over the irony that
00:31 despite advocating for women to use their voices, she found herself silenced during the past several
00:38 years. Megan Markle also claimed that Kate Middleton made her cry. In the lead-up to Megan
00:44 and Harry's wedding, there were numerous reports suggesting that Megan made Kate Middleton cry
00:50 during the bridesmaid dress fitting. However, Megan claimed that it was actually the other way
00:55 around and it was Kate who actually made her, Megan, cry. Megan stated that she has forgiven Kate
01:03 and believes that Kate is actually a good person. Additionally, Megan shared that Kate actually gave
01:09 her some flowers as a gesture of apology for the whole incident. A few days before the wedding,
01:14 she was upset about something pertaining to, yes, the issue was correct about flower girl dresses,
01:18 and it made me cry, and it really hurt my feeling. And according to Megan, this incident was a
01:23 significant turning point in her experience within the royal family. So, in a sense, Megan is blaming
01:30 Kate Middleton as the reason for her wanting to leave. Megan is also not pushing for Harry to have
01:38 a relationship with his father, King Charles. Megan is a bit nonchalant when it comes to Prince
01:43 Harry's strained relationship with his father, King Charles, given the conflicts and accusations
01:48 against the royal family for several years now. She shared that Harry confided in her, saying this,
01:55 "I lost my dad in this process." While Megan doesn't actually grieve their fractured relationship,
02:02 she does understand that each individual situation is different, and Harry has the right to make his
02:08 own decisions regarding his connection with his father. Now, this told the world right here that
02:14 Megan isn't encouraging her husband to have a relationship with his father. Rather, it's more
02:18 of an attitude of, "Oh well, it is what it is. I respect his decision. It is what it is." Megan
02:24 Markle has also labeled the royal family as liars. While Megan's public image has faced criticism
02:30 from the media and the public, she firmly believes that the royal family played a significant role
02:36 in tarnishing her reputation by spreading false information. In her interview with Oprah,
02:42 Megan expressed her disbelief at the expectation that she and Prince Harry would remain silent
02:48 despite the royal institution's active involvement in perpetuating lies about them. She went on to
02:54 acknowledge that speaking out comes with risks, including potential losses, but she made it clear
03:00 that much has already been lost due to the whole circumstance. Another shocking claim that Megan
03:06 Markle made was that the royals are racist. Megan Markle revealed the racial challenges that she was
03:12 facing as being a biracial member of the royal family, particularly when her son Archie was born.
03:20 Like, Megan shared that there was some discussion within the royal family about how dark Archie's
03:26 skin might be when he was born, which just completely bothered her. And she expressed
03:41 her concerns over the decision to not give Archie a title of prince, which would be completely
03:48 different from the protocol applied to other grandchildren in the royal family. But Megan
03:53 pushed back, saying that it was not their right to deny her son a title. And on top of that,
03:59 she mentioned that there were concerns about Archie not receiving security, which added to
04:04 the overall problems she faced within the royal family as a biracial member. And a lot of the
04:18 mistreatment that Megan Markle experienced, she attributes it to her race. Like, this is all a
04:25 race thing. Where did these allegations even come from? I'm so confused right now guys. So,
04:38 I had to look into this and here's what I found. Kensington Palace went all out to shut down these
04:44 rumors about Prince William and Rose Hanbury, and this is according to claims from a new book.
04:50 According to the royal author, Omid Scobie, in his book Endgame Inside the Royal Family and the
05:04 Monarchy's Fight for Survival, Press Secretary Christian Jones worked hard to get The Sun
05:11 publication, who by the way was the first to ask about the rumors, to drop the investigation. There
05:16 was a former associate with the royal family that mentioned this to Omid Scobie, and this is the
05:22 quote from them. Christian was so desperate to stop the rumor and made it his mission to do so.
05:29 The author also suggests that Christian Jones was feeling the pressure, even saying the whole thing
05:35 was stressing him out completely. Apparently, he went to the extent of making a deal with a Sun
05:43 newspaper journalist, offering more royal insight if they backed off from these specific rumors.
05:51 "Rumors of an affair between Prince William and family friend Rose Hanbury,
05:54 the Martianess of Tumley, have been swirling for years." And according to Omid Scobie's account,
05:59 in June of 2019, The Sun surprisingly stopped chasing the story of William cheating,
06:06 and he says a high-level courtier hinted that Christian played a role in bringing it to a halt.
06:13 Omid Scobie also claims that the tabloid changed gears and started covering revealing stories about
06:21 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle instead. When he spoke to Entertainment Tonight, Omid Scobie,
06:27 he mentioned being very cautious about addressing the claims of Prince William's alleged affair with
06:33 Rose Hanbury during Kate Milton's pregnancy with their third child. So guys, these are some
06:39 bombshell claims. Omid Scobie and his whole book. Like, do you believe any of the claims that he's
06:46 making? I find them hard to believe, but I'll talk about that real soon. Either way, he also touched
06:51 on a reported fallout between William and Kate, as well as their former friend Rose Hanbury. Now,
06:58 when it comes to these claims, the big question is, is there actually any 100% indisputable proof
07:06 that William did this? The short answer is no. People have reasons to believe that these rumors
07:13 are true though, and here are some of those reasons. Rumors about Prince William and Kate
07:18 Milton have been circulating for years, and Omid Scobie, he does note that the gossip has persisted
07:26 because the couple never directly addressed it. Also, Rose Hanbury had a long-standing
07:31 friendship with William and Kate, and even attended their wedding in 2011. And they did
07:37 have a fallout though, despite the cheating rumors emerging two years later, and she was spotted even
07:43 at Prince Philip's memorial service in 2021. Regardless of the truth behind the allegations
07:49 though, the scandal prompted the royal couple to take a closer look at their marriage. And according
07:56 to an exclusive source to Us Weekly, it pushed William and Kate Middleton to reflect on their
08:02 relationship more intentionally, realizing that they should be doing so more regularly. So, at
08:08 least some positive came out of that negative situation. There was also writer Richard Kaye,
08:14 who suggested that the fallout from the alleged affair nearly led both parties to consider
08:19 taking legal action. Additionally, writers Giles Corrin and Nicole Cliff claimed to have knowledge
08:26 of the supposed affair between William and Rose Hanbury back in 2019, and this is based on a
08:33 report by IB Times. Reportedly, William's lawyer issued a legal warning, but neither party involved
08:39 has publicly addressed the rumors. An insider from the royal family did stress to the Daily Beast
08:46 publication that there has never been any animosity between Kate and Rose. So, they dismissed the
08:53 rumors as baseless, saying that Rose's family remains long-standing allies of the crown.
08:58 Despite some deleted tweets, though, and gossip here and there, there's still no concrete evidence
09:04 of an affair. William, Kate, and Rose, they have chosen also to remain completely silent on this
09:10 whole matter, which is another reason why some people think that the rumors could be true,
09:16 you know? Why not outright deny it if they're just rumors? This is also the stance of Omid
09:21 Skobi. He just says that there's still no proof of this, although he did quote the claim in his
09:27 book, but he believes that there's still not 100% proof. Now, the reason why I think that they're
09:32 just not addressing this at all is because the royal family wants to engage in things that are
09:39 worthwhile for them. Even the whole Meghan and Harry drama that went down, the royal family
09:45 remained relatively silent and dealt with things behind the scenes for the most part, and it's not
09:50 their style, guys, to address gossip publicly. So, I think that William, Kate, and everybody involved
09:57 is just dealing with this privately as much as possible and doing what they can to protect their
10:03 reputation because rumors, even though they may be untrue, they can cause a lot of damage. I
10:09 personally don't think that William is the type to actually cheat, and even if he thought about it,
10:16 like, I don't think he would ever do it. Like, that's just too much risk. I think he really
10:20 loves Kate. He's got a great thing going with her. They got a great family. So, yeah, based on the
10:25 information that I've seen, I don't think William cheated at all. Omid Skobi's new book, "Endgame,
10:30 Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival" has many shocking revelations about
10:36 the royal family, especially regarding Meghan. When you're a royal correspondent, you have to
10:44 play a certain game. Now, it's worth noting that the British writer's credibility is often called
10:49 into question, and this book has been at the center of a lot of controversy since its release.
10:54 However, this specific bombshell does have a lot of people talking. Omid claims that the members of
11:00 the royal family gave Meghan some rather cruel nicknames, and they're for them, to be exact.
11:05 I feel like I'm okay with the fact that I'll burn my bridges. So, number one, Duchess Difficult.
11:11 Number two, Me Gain. Number three, Narcissistic Sociopath. And number four, Degree Wife. So,
11:17 I'd like to think the royal family is actually capable of coming up with something a little
11:20 more clever than those. The first three are quite straightforward. But for Degree Wife,
11:25 Omid explained that this nickname was given to the Duchess of Sussex by a senior royal,
11:30 who was expressing some doubts about her marriage to Prince Harry, meaning it would only last as
11:35 long as a British university degree. Yikes. While I imagine that was really hard, and I do, I can't
11:41 picture what that felt like, this is not the same. Of course, the two have been married though,
11:46 since 2018. Like it or not, obviously it's not nice to give people mean nicknames, but I again
11:51 want to point out that this is just what Omid Scobie is claiming, and it is not coming from
11:55 the royal family themselves. And since the book's release, the firm has been totally tight-lipped,
12:00 and have not publicly commented on Endgame or any of the claims within it. Relationship expert,
12:05 Luella Alderson, spoke about the situation with the Mirror, telling them that the unsavory nicknames
12:10 likely hurt Meghan's confidence and self-esteem, which does make sense, I know it would hurt mine
12:15 as well. According to Luella, Meghan seems to care a great deal about how she's perceived,
12:20 and what others think of her. So she was likely uncomfortable learning about these nicknames given
12:24 to her. The expert added that this could have also contributed to the rift between the Duchess of
12:29 Sussex and the royal family. It's totally normal not to get along with everybody, and not saying
12:34 those feelings about Meghan being difficult and self-centered aren't valid, because truthfully,
12:38 we do not know what goes on behind closed doors, and there are two sides to every story. But there
12:43 are probably better ways to handle negative feelings about a person, rather than giving
12:47 them mean nicknames. But of course, we don't know if they were even said for sure. I'm curious about
12:52 your thoughts though. Do you believe that the royal family gave Meghan those nicknames? But an
12:56 even more explosive claim has come out from Endgame, specifically from the Dutch version of
13:01 the book. Oman named two members of the royal family who allegedly made comments about the
13:06 skin color of Archie, of course that's Meghan and Harry's son. "Concerns and conversations about how
13:11 dark his skin might be when he's born." "What?" Now these claims were first made by Meghan and
13:16 Harry themselves during their tell-all interview with Oprah in 2021. Meghan said there were talks
13:22 and conversations in the palace about the skin color of their firstborn son. However, they did
13:26 not name who exactly made these comments. But in the Dutch version of the book, Omid actually named
13:32 the two royals, King Charles and Kate Middleton. However, Omid insists that he did not put their
13:38 names in any version of the book he wrote, so that begs the question, how did their names end up
13:42 being published? According to claims made to the Sunday Times, Omid Scobie's UK agent did send a
13:48 draft of the book's manuscript to be translated into Dutch that identified the two royals. So
13:54 it is truly a, he said, she said, very confusing and convoluted situation. There was a claim that
13:59 they actually took her passport and keys away from her. When questioned about why she didn't
14:05 seek help on her own, Meghan asserted that her options were completely constrained during her
14:12 stay in the UK, as she believed that the royal family had taken possession of her identification
14:18 and her car keys. Meghan, who's known for her role in the TV show Suits before joining the royal
14:25 family, elaborated by saying this, "I couldn't call an Uber to the palace. You couldn't just go.
14:30 You have to understand. That was the last time I saw my passport, my driver's license, my keys.
14:37 All that gets turned over." Another claim Meghan Markle made was that the royal family pushed her
14:44 mentally, and this had some serious repercussions. Meghan has asserted that her mental well-being
14:51 suffered greatly due to her struggle with the royal family. During her time in the UK,
14:56 alongside her husband, Prince Harry, she revealed that the relentless mistreatment that she
15:02 experienced led her to contemplate taking her own life, and also led her to have thoughts of
15:10 physically harming herself. In her conversation with Oprah, Meghan Markle, she mentioned how she
15:16 became convinced that making her life come to an end would have resolved everything for everyone.
15:24 That's the point that her brain brought her. But fortunately, she didn't end up doing that at all.
15:30 Meghan Markle went on to say this about this whole situation, "I was ashamed to say it at the time,
15:35 and ashamed to have to admit it to Harry. But I knew that if I didn't say it, then I would do it."
15:41 Also, Meghan Markle claims that the royal family refused to offer her any help. According to Meghan,
15:56 after sharing her thoughts of wanting to end her own life to Harry, the royal family declined to
16:03 provide her with any mental health assistance. This is what she said while speaking to Oprah
16:09 in the interview, "I went to one of the most senior people to get help. Human resources said,
16:15 'My heart goes out to you because I see how bad it is, but there's nothing we can do to protect you
16:21 because you're not a paid employee of the institution.'" A very surprising claim was that
16:29 Meghan Markle said that the N-word was used to describe her children. Meghan's concerns extend
16:36 beyond just the royal family. The media also poses a significant issue for her. She asserts that the
16:42 UK press has been consistently unfavorable towards her and her children. In August 2022,
16:50 Meghan revealed that a tabloid had used demeaning language to describe her two children. And she
16:56 responded by saying this in an interview with The Cut, explaining her reluctance to frequently share
17:03 images of her children with the media. She said this, "Why would I give the very people that are
17:09 calling my children the N-word a photo of my child before I can share it with the people that love my
17:16 child?" Although Meghan never said that any direct member of the royal family used this term to
17:22 describe her children at all, she did say that the royals did discuss her unborn son Archie's
17:29 skin color, and that was something that she viewed as completely uncalled for.