Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex and the wife of Britain’s Prince Harry said there were concerns about how dark her son Archie’s skin would be before his birth and that such worries explained why he was not given the title of prince. Markle, whose mother is Black and father is white, said she was naive before she married into the British royal family in 2018, but that she ended up having suicidal thoughts and considering self-harm after asking for help but getting none.

“They didn’t want him to be a prince or princess, not knowing what the gender would be, which would be different from protocol and that he wasn’t going to receive security,” Markle said in an interview with talk show host Oprah Winfrey that aired on broadcaster CBS late on Sunday in the United States, where she and Harry now live. “In those months when I was pregnant, all around this same time, so we have in tandem the conversation of, ‘you won’t be given security, not gonna be given a title’ and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he’s born.”

• Zee Entertainment Faces NFRA Penalties
• Mangal Electrical Industries Files DRHP with SEBI to Raise 450 Crore 
• India’s Agriculture Export Policy to Go Under Review 
• Bitcoin Total Supply Down to its Last 1.2 Million 
• Stocks Under F&O Ban: RBL Bank

The highly anticipated interview comes amid an acrimonious dispute between Markle and Harry on one side and the British monarchy on the other. The couple, who married in 2018, have stepped down from their royal duties and are now living in California. Their critics accuse them of wanting all the glamour of their positions without the dedication it requires or scrutiny it brings. Buckingham Palace, which did not comment on the interview, in an unprecedented move said it would investigate the bullying claims, adding it was “very concerned”.