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They grew up in the spotlight, leaning on one another, standing side by side at each others weddings, eventually welcoming children of their own. Their bond seemed unbreakable. But now apparently theyre a family divided. I think they both love each other dearly, but when you get married, have your own family, youve got different priorities. In all honesty i think that they have grown apart a little. Reporter last week the duke and duchess of sussex went public with their bombshell plan to leave their posts as senior royals. Royal bombshell. The growing fallout from harry and meghans royal exit. Did the queen know this was coming . Reporter the news sparking an international frenzy. The British Press dubbing it nextit. Now all eyes on the royal family. A summit called for by the queen took place at her majestys private home in sandringham. Prince charles, william, and harry all in attendance. Meghan in canada. Hes a father. His prior priority is his wife and son and i think what were seeing is hes putting them first. Reporter its still early days but for now it seems the family has reached a tentative agreement. The queen voicing her support but admitting it was not what she wanted. Issuing this statement. Although we would have preferred them to remain fulltime working members of the royal family we respect and understand their wish to live a more independent life as a family while remaining a valued part of my family. Harry and meghan have made clear they do not want to be reliant on public funds in their new lives. It has therefore been agreed that there will be a period of transition in which the sussexes will spend time in canada and the uk. I spoke to a number of people that know the queen very well and the reality is she absolutely is a pragmatist, lets gust get this resolved. Reporter just ahead of todays meeting a glimpse of unity, Prince William and harry releasing their first statement since the announcement pushing back on rumors that william bullied harry out of the royal family. For brothers who care so deeply around the issues surrounding Mental Health the use of inflammatory language in this way is offensive and potentially harmful. Where harry and meghan have ended up is a far cry from how it all began. A Royal Wedding watched by millions. But its not been the fairy tale once imagined. They have been given a lot of freedom by royal standards but there are some things that they just have to some rules they have to abide by, and i think she just has found that restricting, difficult and now wants out. Reporter the couples decision coming after months of rumored rifts inside the palace and growing tensions outside with the press. All this seemingly pushing the pair to their breaking point. Dont behave like this. Reporter in retrospect some say there were clues, pointing to that tenday royal tour of africa last fall. At the time the couple opening up to Itvs Tom Bradby in a documentary harry and meghan an african journey. Harry addressing ongoing reports of tension with his brother william. How much of that is true . Stuff happens. But look, were brothers. Well always be brothers. Reporter in that same documentary meghan spoke to bradby about her private struggle to fit in. Its not enough to just survive something. Right . Like thats not the point of life. Youve got to thrive. Youve got to feel happy. And i think i really tried to adopt this british sensibility of a stiff upper lip. It has its i really tried. But i think that what that does internally is probably really damaging. Reporter now in a new itv documentary bradby reflects on how that trip was just the beginning of this ongoing saga. My best guess is they wanted that i think to be a bit of a pressure release valve. They wanted it as an indication of if they ever made the announce; which weve now seen that there would be some preparing the ground. Do you think at that point that two months down the line, the turn of the year, harry and meghan will be announcing pretty much that they want out . Yeah. I do think that. Reporter some would say perhaps its a clash of cultures. She came with a different background. She was american. She was a divorcee. She was independent, financially independent. So there was going to have to be a readjustment on both sides. Reporter but their relationship with the british tabloids has been fraught from the beginning. Just a few months into their budding romance british tabloids descended on them, some with racially charged headlines and commentary like this one from the daily mail that read harrys girl is almost straight outta compton. Shes been subject to incredible online abuse. As has Kate Middleton but i think there is this component of race that harry addressed even before they were married. Reporter something meghan would address in their engagement interview. You know, at the end of the day im really just proud of who i am where i come from. And we have never put any focus on that. Weve just focused on who we are as a couple. Reporter some racist coverage played a part, but the relentless aggressive coverage on all aspects of their marriage eventually took its toll. Unfortunately, there are also certain classes of people who will dehumanize women, who will dehumanize people of color, and meghan ticks off awful tholl of boxes. Reporter in october harry announced he was suing the sun and the daily mirror for alleged phone hacking. Soon after meghan filed a lawsuit against the mail on sunday and its Parent Company claiming they illegally published a letter she had written to her father. When you continue and constantly see and hear negativity, it can be overwhelming. You can feel powerless and lost. You can feel different, confused, or like you dont belong. Reporter in response harry got personal. My deepest fear is history repeating itself. Ive seen what happens when someone i love is commoditized to the point they are no longer treated or seen as a real person. I lost my mother and now i watch my wife falling victim to the same powerful forces. Harrys late mother diana knew the problems of life in the royal spotlight all too well. In a Television Interview with panorama in 1995 she described the suffocating nature of being a royal. The pressure on us both as a couple with the media was phenomenal. And misunderstood by a great many people. Reporter diana was beloved but the publics fascination perhaps fueled by the paparazzi meant she was hounded relentlessly. Harry doesnt like the press because of what happened to his mother. And who can blame him . But i just think in terms of the press weve done what weve been told. Weve stood where weve been told to stand. Weve only taken pictures when theyve been in public. And these days there is so much press. Theres everything you that see online and on social media. And have horrible things been written about them . Absolutely they have. Have a lot of fair things been written about them . Yes. Thats also true. Reporter now it seems the couple is trying to take control of their own narrative. Their website sussexroyal. Com launched after last weeks announcement laying out new parameters for press coverage of the couples engagements. But given the queens Statement Today its unclear just how much of that plan will actually be put into place. These are complex matters for my family to resolve and theres some more work to be done but ive asked for final decisions to be reached in the coming days. For nightline im James Longman in london. 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I had like a oneafternoon stand. And i couldnt find him. But you know, Yankee Stadium is so big. Rrpts breaking through in the blockbuster film trainwreck. Just walk the way you walk down the street. You good . All right. Thank you. Looking pregnant reporter and recently getting laughs about new motherhood in her netflix special growing. If you had a good pregnancy, and you enjoyed being pregnant, i just hope your car flips over. Thats reporter now, amy schumer is getting personal about her quest for child number 2, and her struggle with infertility. Schumer had a son last may with husband chris fischer, but she recently posted a visceral image of her bruised stomach on instagram writing, im a week into ivf and feeling really run down and emotional. Responses to her candid post pouring in from those whove been in her shoes. One woman writing, ivf is the e hardest thing. Others saying so proud of you for sharing. So many silent sufferers. Anytime theres a celebrity with a big platform and they step up to the plate with their personal health issue, it does an enormous amount to increase awareness. At times it can destigmatize an issue. Reporter schumers post putting the spotlight on the often private and rarely discussed journey taken by so many couples desperate to conceive. It can be an incredibly lonely, isolating experience. And even though the reality is these women and these couples are not alone it can feel like they are. Reporter and it appears shell continue to document her journey. She wrote this followup instagram post. Were going to freeze embryos hopefully. And there was this one today. As only she can, schumer finding the funny in her ivf journey, posting video of herself waking up from sedation in the recovery room. Am i still wearing my hat . No. Pictures that she posted just sort of resonated with people, especially people who go through ivf, because it usually feels very private and secluded and almost isolated, what youre going through. Reporter we followed aviva and adam for more than a year as they used ivf to try to grow their family. There are a lot more shots than i expected. Reporter to the moments inside the doctors office. The phones ringing. Reporter to the call that could change their lives forever. Hi, dr. Ghazi. Were a team and were going through this together. And i might be the one whos getting the shots and walk up early, but hes on my team. Hes supporting me. Hes, you know, even if hes not going through it physically, hes going through it emotionally. As much as i am. Its pretty special what shes going through for us. Not just for her. Its for both of us. Reporter the couple conceived their son bengie naturally. But when it came to try for baby number two, adam was devastated to learn he had cancer. Cancer became focus number one and baby was on the back burner for a while. Okay, adam, tell us what youre going to do. Im going to hit the gong. Why are you hitting the gong . Because i finished chemo. Reporter with his cancer in remission ivf became their best chance at being able to conceive again. On this day theyre going through an egg retrieval. The first step to creating their embryos. One egg. Three. Six. Howd it go . She sailed through. Perfect. Shes really a trouper. We got 29 eggs. Reporter once recovered, it was time for aviva to prepare her body for the next step. Im taking my first tiny little estrogen pill to prepare for embryo transfer. Looks like a mint. Reporter on the day of her embryo transfer aviva feels the weight of the moment. I probably shouldnt but i feel like theres a little more pressure on me. Because you know, its my body. Okay. So you see that little white spot. Its right in the middle of your uterine cavity. And hopefully we will need it in nine months. In a successful cycle she can be pregnant just after the embryo is transferred to her uterus. We usually dont know that until about ten days to two weeks later when the pregnancy test is done. The phones ringing. Reporter a few weeks later the couple awaits a call to find out if theyre pregnant. Hi, dr. Ghazi. How did you know its me . Youre on my caller i. D. You know, ive been doing this for a very long time and ive had to give bad news to people and good news to people. But fortunately i dont have to deliver any bad news because you are pregnant. Thats so great. Thank you. Its only a start. Its the biggest hurdle. But its not the only one that we have to get through. Thank you. Good night. That was a roller coaster. Reporter nearly nine weeks later the couple gets news that every potential parent going through ivf dreads. The sonogram at eight weeks and five days there was no heartbeat. Throughout the process weve tried to be careful and refer to the embryo or the fetus. The minute they said there was no heartbeat, the only reaction was that was our baby. One of the things that have made this a little easier is having benji. You know, and i know for a lot of women thats not the case. Reporter after the miscarriage the couple did not give up. A year and a half later whats up . Reporter heres how adam and avivas family are doing today. Well, since last time we phoned we went through a successful pregnancy and now we have a beautiful baby girl. And she is almost seven months old. Reporter meet juliet rose. The bouncing bundle of joy adam and aviva and benji first conceived of in their dreams. The couple made the decision to undergo a second round of ivf after their first miscarriage. Emotionally you feel like youre putting your heart on the line. On the one hand you want to jump ahead and picture yourself with a happy ending and picture yourself with a healthy baby, but on the other hand youre sort of scared. Youre sort of scared to give yourself that promise, to give yourself that dream without knowing if youll ever get it. When they first put juliet on my chest and i held her, it just felt it felts very surreal to think wed finally made it there. I didnt i think we didnt exhale until she was born, we held her in our arms for the first time, we knew it was over and wed gotten exactly what we were hoping for. Reporter adam and aviva have no regrets on what it took to build their family. When i look at her just i mean, living with her, all of it, when i think about what we went through, its all been worth it. If we need to, we will certainly do ivf again. Even with everything we went through. Because it gives us the best shot of the result were hoping for. Our thanks to juju. Up next, the sweet comeback for one little boy that has everyone cheering. Things are getting clearer, yeah i feel free to bare my skin yeah thats all me. 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