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The Duchess of Sussex has revealed she was warned before her marriage to Prince Harry that the British tabloids would “destroy” her life, as she spoke of struggling to cope with the reality of being part of the royal family.
In an interview for the ITV documentary Harry & Meghan: An African Journey, she said the last year had been “hard” and that she had “no idea” of what she would face.
“When I first met my now husband, my friends were really happy because I was so happy. But my British friends said to me: ‘I’m sure he’s great. But you shouldn’t do it because the British tabloids will destroy your life’,” she told the interviewer, Tom Bradby, in the film, broadcast on Sunday.
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She said she had “very naively” told her friends: “What are you talking about. That doesn’t make any sense. I’m not in the tabloids.”
She added: “I didn’t get it. So, it’s been complicated.”
Meghan was speaking during the couple’s recent tour of southern Africa, during which it was announced she was suing The Mail on Sunday over an allegation that it unlawfully published a private letter she sent to her estranged father, Thomas Markle.

At the same time Harry issued a ferocious attack on the British tabloids, accusing them of a “ruthless” campaign against Meghan. Harry also issued legal proceedings against the owners of The Sun and The Dail y Mirror over alleged phone hacking.
He told Bradby he would not be bullied by sections of the media “into playing a game that killed my mum”.
Meghan Markle being ‘vilified and chased’ by press like Diana, says actor George Clooney
Since becoming a royal, Meghan’s personal family relationships have been thrust into the global spotlight.
A BBC radio host compared her baby son to a chimpanzee shortly after his birth. The Sun claimed she “was on Pornhub” and The Daily Mail said she was “(almost) straight outta Compton”.

Her guest-edit of British Vogue was picked apart. And she was smeared in the tabloids for allegedly driving a rift between brothers Prince William and Harry.
In the interview Harry also addressed the reported rift between him and his brother, the Duke of Cambridge, claims of which emerged when he and Meghan broke away from the Cambridges to set up their own private office away from Kensington Palace, in Buckingham Palace.
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Asked if such reports were true, Harry said: “Part of this role, and part of this job, and this family being under the pressure that it’s under, [is that] inevitably stuff happens. But look, we’re brothers. We will always be brothers. We are certainly on different paths at the moment … we don’t see each other as much as we used to because we’re so busy.
“But I love him dearly, and the majority of the stuff is created out of nothing. But, as brothers, you have good days, you have bad days.”
Additional reporting by The Washington Post


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Meghan Markle was warned the UK tabloids would ‘destroy’ her life

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has had to face an increasingly hostile press since she married into the Royal Family last year. Photo: Reuters

FILE - In this Monday, Sept, 23, 2019 file photo, Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex greet youths on a visit to the Nyanga Methodist Church in Cape Town, South Africa, which houses a project where children are taught about their rights, self-awareness and safety, and are provided self-defence classes and female empowerment training to young girls in the community. The final day of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan’s 10-day visit to Africa with infant son Archie in tow has been overshadowed by a lawsuit she has filed against Britain’s Mail on Sunday tabloid. (Courtney Africa/Pool via AP, File)

Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (L) and Prince Harry's brother and best man Prince William, Duke of Cambridge wait in the chapel ahead of his wedding to US actress Meghan Markle at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on May 19, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Owen Humphreys

Internet trolls attack Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton, forcing royal staff to seek help from Instagram

Kensington Palace staff are having to moderate online abuse aimed at the Duchess of Cambridge (left) and the Duchess of Sussex. Photo: AFP

Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (L) talks to Meghan, Duchess of Sussex as they arrive for the Royal Family's traditional Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, eastern England, on December 25, 2018. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)

Meghan Markle being ‘vilified and chased’ by press like Diana, says actor George Clooney

The Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle and George Clooney. Clooney told an Australian magazine he thought the pregnant Markle was being chased and vilified by the press, like Diana. Photo: AP

FILE PHOTO: Amal Clooney and George Clooney arrive at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle for the wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in Windsor, Britain, May 19, 2018. Gareth Fuller/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

People wait to see Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex during her visit at the Association of Commonwealth Universities at University of London, in London, Britain, January 31, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

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Meghan Markle has had to face an increasingly hostile UK press since she married into the Royal Family last year, with the tabloids luxuriating in stories about her fractured American family and the rumours of palace rifts.


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