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Go back a few generations, and everything about Meghan Markle disqualifies her from marrying harry. A modern royal couple who will change history. The queen made an exception and broke from royal protocol. Redefine royalty. Do you see any scenario by which harry and meghan overshadow kate and william . It was my first thought. And modernize the monarchy. The worlds view of the british monarchy is probably going to be determined more by harry and meghan than by william and kate, certainly by charles and camilla. Thats a very unusual situation. Tonight, a cnn special report, a royal match, harry and meghan. Id never even heard about her until this friend said Meghan Markle. I was like, right. Okay. Give me a bit of background. It is july 2016 in london when britains most eligible bachelor, prince harry, is set up on a blind date. It was definitely a setup. It was a blind date. I was beautifully surprised when i walked into that room and saw her, and there she was sitting there. I was like, okay, im going to have to up my game. Harry ups his game, and they begin a whirlwind romance. Just weeks later, theyre vacationing together in botswana, africa. We camped out with each other under the stars, and we spent five days out there, which was absolutely fantastic. In the months that follow, they date long distance, meeting up in london and toronto, where meghan, an actress, is filming her tv show, suits. Wow, youre pretty. Good. Youve hit on me. We can get it out of the way that im not interested. The whole time keeping their relationship a secret. I mean when they first met, nobody knew about it. I mean they are such a charismatic company. Penny juner wrote a biography about harry. They kept this relationship quiet. Which is itself impressive. It is impressive. I mean the great fear about harry finding a wife was always going to be the intrusion of the press because that is what had killed two previous longterm relationships. Relationships with actress cressida bonas, and his first love, chelsy davy. Chelsy had experienced the most horrible treatment. Photographers had been waiting for her. They would call out names, slag, bitch, whore, trying to get a reaction from her. And i guess that she looked at all of this and thought, do i want this for my life . I interviewed harry just before he met meghan, the month before, and we talked about his private life at the time. Harry tells the royal correspondent for britains sunday times about a, quote, massive paranoia he feels in finding a girlfriend. I think harrys great fear was that unless he had enough time to get to know someone, if that relationship prematurely became public, they would be absolutely swamped with media interest, and that would change the dynamic of his relationship. And what happened to his mother is never far from his mind. Harry and his brother still feel that the paparazzi and press intrusion were certainly partly possible for his mothers death, and thought why would anyone want to put up with this for me . Harry wants to keep his relationship with meghan private as long as he can. But just four months after that first date, the news is out. And the paparazzi pounce once again. There was a photographer who got inside meghans house in toronto. The paparazzi were camping on her mothers front lawn and following and harassing all members of her family. Anybody really who knew her. Despite starring in a tv show, meghan is relatively unknown. Now the British Press wants to know who she is and if shes fit for the royal family. She was a woman who has been married. People are fascinated by the fact that she was divorced. People were fascinated by her background, her acting, a career woman. How would that work being with someone in the royal family . Thats not what weve seen before. They also have not seen someone biracial dating a member of the royal family. And some of the conversation is blatantly racist. There was one newspaper headline saying straight outta compton, suggesting she was from a gangridden neighborhood. A journalist recently wrote a book about race, identity, and belonging in britain. Would harry be dropping around for tea in gangland, which was very clearly racially loaded. A whole other issue exploded which was the number of rather horrific social media racist comments began to flood in from the darkest, vilest corners of the internet. The royal family responds in unprecedented fashion, with prince harrys team releasing a statement confronting the, quote, abuse and harassment meghan is facing. Its very unusual for a statement to come out. No one understands this better than dicky arbiter. He was press secretary at the palace for 12 years. He made the point, this is not a game. Its not a game. Its peoples lives. And he was very angry, and it was a sort of backoff reminder to what they did to his mother. Why is it that you think that meghans upbringing, her race, why did that garner so much attention . In the past, members of the royal family, princes would have married princesses. And when harrys father, prince charles, was looking for a wife, it was also a requirement that a wife should be a virgin and a member of the church of england. You just go back a few generations in the royal family, and everything that you can say about Meghan Markle disqualifies her for marrying harry. Kate coyne is the executive editor of people magazine. This is precisely why you had edward abdicating his throne, so that he could marry an american divorcee. Elizabeths sister margaret was in love with a divorced man, and was not allowed to marry him. Wasnt charles and dianas wedding and marriage a wakeup call in some ways for the monarchy that you can try to have somebody perfect, but it has to be chemistry, and you have to let the person have the freedom to marry who they want . I think it was a lesson that theyve learned. Harry is desperate for history not to repeat itself, and hes anxious to protect meghan. Harrys statement was the most romantic thing a member of the royal family has ever done. And i think engagement watch was on from that moment. It was, lets wait for the ring. The ring comes in november 2017. Prince harry has announced his wedding engagement to american actress Meghan Markle. And the royal family welcomes meghan with open arms. The queen made an exception and broke from royal protocol and invited meghan to spend christmas with the royal family and the queen at sandringham. That was the first time a royal fiancee has ever done that before actually marrying into the royal family. A powerful sign the monarchy and the queen are modernizing and changing. The royal family now is trying to at least be much more reflective of society, and the queen first and foremost wants her grandson to be happy. And that happiness is something harry has been searching for most of his life. When we come back, the moment that changes everything. He didnt really deal with what life without her meant. It destabilized him and caused chaos for years. We opened our doors with 70megawatts, 35 mules, and an ice plant. But we brought power to the people redefining what that meant from one era to the next. Over 90 years later we continue to build as one of the nations largest investors in infrastructure. We dont just help power the american dream. Were part of it. This is our era. This is Americas Energy era. Nextera energy with recurring constipation and belly pain if you feel like you spend too much time in the bathroom talk to your doctor and say yesss to linzess. 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Harry came into the world very different to his brother, who was heralded as the next in line to the throne of england. But harry was the spare. Paul burrell was princess dianas butler. So all through harrys formative years, he always knew that he was second. He was always referred to as the spare. Just always second best. And i think that had a profound effect on harry. His childhood is also impacted by his parents marital troubles. Harry grew up in a very tricky household. The prince and princess were never happy together in a marriage that had failed before it even began. I remember the times when diana was shut away and quiet or crying, and the boys would write little messages. Please dont cry, mummy. And they would put it under the door. When charles and diana divorce, it hits harry hard. Then one year later, his mother is killed. Harry is just 12 years old. This incredibly loving figure who had given him so much warmth and comfort in what was a very difficult childhood and extraordinary upbringing was suddenly gone. I remember harry coming back to Kensington Palace shortly after the funeral. He ran down the corridor and flung himself into my arms and cried, and his tears wet my shirt through. He was devastated. Pick up the phone and harry later admits to itv, he has deep regrets about his final phone call with his mother. I cant really necessarily remember what i said, but all i do remember is probably, you know, regretting for the rest of my life how short the phone call was. And if i had known that was the last time i was going to speak to my mother, the things i would have said to her. Looking back on it now, its incredibly hard. I have to sort of deal with that for the rest of my life. Guilt and grief he never expresses at the time. I think it was a classic case of dont let yourself think about your mum and the grief and the hurt that comes with it, because its never going to bring her back, and its only going to make you more sad. People deal with grief in different ways. And my way of dealing with it was by just basically shutting it out, locking it out. Prince harry arrives here, at eton, the prestigious boys boarding school, the year after his mothers death. And though he moves into the same house as his older brother, william, harry reportedly struggles academically and is miserable. Diana always said she never wanted harry to go to eton because he would be compared to his brothers success. And she thought this would be the undoing of harrys confidence. Prince harry said that he decided that he was going to be a bad boy. Journalist angela levin interviewed harry last year at Kensington Palace. So the reason he didnt do well there was partly his fault. It was deliberate. In 2002, headlines emerge of harrys drinking and marijuana use. For the first time, harry is facing the public pressure that comes with his Famous Family. Did it seem to brits that it was more than just typical teenage antics . You know, teenagers do drink too much. They do behave badly. You know, its all part of the growing up process. But i personally worried there was something deeper. There was a touch of selfmedication going on. After graduating from eton, harry escapes to africa during his gap year for humanitarian work. It was an escape from this heavyduty world of royalty, always being watched, always being photographed. He could be very ordinary. He spends two months in lesotho with children in need and others whose parents died from aids. He could see that there were holes there in their lives, and i think absolutely he saw in them something he felt was missing in his life care, love and attention, the loss of his mother. Harry not only falls in love with the children and the country, he begins a serious romance with a wealthy girl from southern africa, chelsy davy. Shes very free spirited, not someone who felt bound by royal protocol or tradition, and also shared his love of africa. And, you know, the two of them traveled extensively throughout africa together. Chelsy remains a constant in harrys life for years to come. She also came into his life at a time when he was missing that female figure to support him. And i think chelsy did that and understood him, and she could understand that hed been through a very difficult time and was still going through a very hard time. A very hard time that harry struggles to overcome. When we come back prince harry got so low that he decided at one point that he might leave the royal family. And then Meghan Markles struggle with her biracial identity. 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Meghan markle grows up a world away from the pomp and circumstance of royal life. You hear that someone grew up in los angeles, and you think about swimming pools and palm trees and Beverly Hills. And Meghan Markles childhood in l. A. Was not that. Born in 1981, she is the only child of Doria Ragland and thomas markle. Meghans father was a lighting director for a number of shows in the los angeles area, most notably married with children. He eventually became the director of photography. And that was the sort of behind the scenes, less glamorous side of hollywood. Meghan recounts spending time on the set with her father on the late late show with craig ferguson. I grew up on the set of married with children. After School Every Day for ten years, i was there. Its a very perverse place for a little girl who went to catholic school, no less, to grow up. Meghan certainly had every reason to be dazzled by tv, film, the whole oncamera experience, from a very young age, because she grew up around it. We all knew she wanted to be an actress. Christine knudsen is meghans former teacher. She was in the musicals. She was in the plays. She would sparkle when she got onstage, and i think it was just kind of in her blood. She loved it. Despite two loving parents, meghan struggles with her biracial identity. I think she was kind of grappling a little bit with her sense of identity and trying to understand who she was. The Senior Writer for vanity fair has covered meghan. Her father was white. Her mother was black. She said when she would fill out forms, there wasnt always a bubble that fit her to fill in. She didnt want to circle the one that was implying that her mother was more important than her father or viceversa. Meghans parents go out of their way to make sure she does not feel different, but special. Her dad gave her a sort of barbie doll family in which there was a black mom barbie doll and a white dad ken doll and then a baby barbie doll in each color. But even that kind of points to how difficult it is to be meghan at that age because the children were still either black or white. There was no biracial barbie baby doll for meghan. While the markle household deals with race headon, years of builtup racial tensions in the country explode right in meghans backyard. She was driving i think with her mom, and i think there was like debris. She thought it was snowing, and she realized it was actually the l. A. Riots. Riots that erupt when four White Police Officers are acquitted in the beating of a black man, rodney king. A moment meghan says impacts her at a young age. It definitely opened meghans eyes to the fact that this was a world that was not always going to treat her fairly. And was not always going to be kind to her or to her family. I was teaching here at the time, and i think it destroyed kind of that feeling that l. A. Is this wonderful place to live, and you have all these different kinds of people, and we all get along, and then this just kind of smashed that. Its a grim reality for an 11yearold to face, and one that would always be present. Meghan witnessed her mother experiencing racism. She has heard the names that her mother has been called, and shes well aware that is happening for one reason only, and its the color of her moms skin. Meghans Early Experiences with discrimination are not isolated to race. While watching tv advertisements for a class project, one commercial stands out to her. Women are fighting greasy pots and pans. In the ad they implied that the product was just for women who were going to be at home doing the cleaning. 11yearold meghan tells nick news what she thinks. I dont think its right for kids to grow up thinking these things, that just mom does everything. She was irate because she thought, you know, my dad does dishes. Its not just women who do dishes. Why would it be women across america . And she wrote a letter. I was wondering if you would be able to change your commercial to people all over america. And wouldnt you know it, it worked. The gloves are coming off. People are fighting greasy pots and pans with ivory clear. It had to have been such wonderful reinforcement for her at such a young age, that she could make a difference, that she could take a stand and have her voice heard and not be dismissed. When we come back, prince harry and the burden of royalty. She really did love him, but being with harry and the huge circus that came with it was overwhelming for her. She didnt want to be a princess. I dont think any sane person wants to be a princess. And the battery is dead. Again. Uhoh. You need a new phone. And you deserve it on the best network. Verizon. Plus right now you can get a great deal. Oh, were going . 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And he was a bit of a loose cannon. At just 20 years old, harry is earning a reputation as reckless and selfdestructive. He was photographed incessantly after he left school, during his sort of gap year, running out of one nightclub after another. And he has a runin with the paparazzi that leaves a photographer with a split lip. For many years it was a real worry about what would happen to harry because he didnt seem to want to be a royal. He really kicked against it. He wanted to be a normal human being. When harry arrives at Sandhurst Military Academy in may 2005, the pressure is on to turn over a new leaf. Hes not had that discipline for so many years. People were concerned that harry wouldnt find his way. Sandhurst is nothing like the lavish royal lifestyle that harry has become accustomed to. Throughout the 44week grueling training course, hes treated like every other soldier. It could be said it kind of knocks a bit out of you. General lord Richard Dannatt was chief of the british army. In the early days, the first five or six weeks when the training is really tough, it encourages people to rely on each other, to help each other. Harry is one of the guys. Yet there are painful reminders hes still a royal. When his unit deploys to iraq in may 2007, harry is forced to stay behind. There have been a number of specific threats, specifically aimed at prince harry. And its for that reason that ive decided that the risk to prince harry is too great. I think when he was told he couldnt go, it was a really low point for him. I didnt sort of join the army thinking i was never going to go on operations. It was very hard. I did think clearly one of the main reasons im not allowed to be going is because of the fact of who i am. But months later, a secret deployment to afghanistan gives harry a taste of the front lines. As far as im concerned, im out here as a normal jtec on the ground and not prince harry. Its very nice to be sort of a normal person, and for once i think this is about as normal as im ever going to get. It was pretty much a turning point in his life. But i think he realized the seriousness of life, really rose to the responsibilities. But after ten weeks on the ground, his mission is leaked and harry is immediately evacuated. It wouldnt have taken the taliban or others long to have searched around and perhaps found where he was. So there was a risk to him. But i think also if there was an increased risk to him, there was an increased risk to the other soldiers who were around him. And the only sensible and safe thing to do was to bring him back. He was very angry. To use the words of his private secretary, he was boiling mad and sort of headed for the gutter. What did that look like . He started drinking very heavily. He was fed up with who he was. Who he was is also causing tension in his relationship with his longtime girlfriend chelsy davy. She really wasnt that fussed at all by the trappings that came with prince harry. In april of 2011, harry brings chelsy here to Westminster Abbey for the wedding of his brother, Prince William, and kate middleton. There are 1 Million People lining these streets and millions more watching on tv around the world. Its an intense spotlight and chelsy struggles to cope with. Actually, she was very determined that would not be her life. She wanted a career of her own. Ultimately that was one of the things that ended their relationship. She didnt want to live inside the goldfish bowl. Harry does not either. And he is determined to return to the battlefield. When he came to see me, he sort of sat or rather slumped in a chair and said, the trouble is i cant be like a normal young man. But that time in afghanistan had given him ten weeks to be a normal young man and he desperately wanted to replicate that. He accepted, and his private secretary accepted, that probably the only way he would go back was in the anonymity of being inside a helicopter. And hed therefore need to learn how to fly a helicopter. After two years of training harry not only becomes an apache pilot, he is the top gun on his weapons course. He got it on his own. It wasnt because he was a prince. He actually had to fight really hard for it. He was one of the very top apache attack helicopter pilots. Harry returns to afghanistan in september 2012. He did exceptionally well. Brigadier neal sexton was harrys commander on the ground. You would go out there with the anticipation of having to use the apaches Weapons Systems and to bring them to bear without any Collateral Damage and also to conduct yourself in a way thats safe in the most demanding of environments. I actually believe that his success on that apache, on those apache aircraft, was the making of harry. I think harry, who had spent all his life being second best to his brother, being the spare, suddenly found something that he could do and could do better than anybody else. And that gave him confidence that he had never, ever had before. And he just it changed him, i think. When harry leaves the army after ten years of service, his future is uncertain. I dont think there are any Career Options for a royal prince. Its easy for william. Hes heading towards the throne. I think being royal for harry was a burden and a curse because he was only the spare. What was his job . What was his way forward . As harry finds his way, another romance is on the rocks. This time with his girlfriend of two years, cressida bonas. She really did love him. But i think the situation of being with harry and the huge circus that came with it was overwhelming for her. I think cressida took one look at what life with harry would have involved and just turned her back on it. She didnt want to be a princess . I dont think any sane person wants to be a princess. Who would want to be a royal princess . Its a burden. When we come back, harry opens up about his royal role. Hes living this life hes been born into. Its not his choice. He decided he might leave the royal family. And then Meghan Markles big break. She got lucky. She undoubtedly handed in a great audition, a great screen test, and she hit the jackpot. If you feel like you spend too much time in the bathroom with recurring constipation and belly pain talk to your doctor and say yesss to linzess. Yesss linzess treats adults with ibs with constipation or chronic constipation. Linzess can help relieve your belly pain, and lets you have more frequent and complete bowel movements. Linzess is not a laxative. It works differently to help you get ahead of your recurring constipation and belly pain. Do not give linzess to children less than 6, and it should not be given to children 6 to less than 18. It may harm them. 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When you leave college, its a pretty bleak world of just laying bare your soul as part of an audition before a casting agent, and then more often than not being told no. For meghan, her identity struggle is magnified in hollywood. What has she said about how her race impacted her getting jobs . Casting agents werent always sure what to make of her. Is she going out for a latino role . Is she somehow maybe italian or even middle eastern, or is she africanamerican . Is she caucasian . She undoubtedly felt like at times casting agents just threw up their hands and went, oh, never mind. Passed over for big roles, meghan does get some small parts. Whats going on here . What do you mean . Youre way to cute to be a fedex girl. Shell have one scene or be there for one moment. I think she was on a bunch of tv shows, friends, Beverly Hills 90210. She was a deal or no deal girl. She had her little moment opening one of the briefcases. She has said that her 20s were brutal. Meghan struggled a lot. To become a successful actress, to be able to make a living, thats like winning a lottery ticket. I mean the number of forces that have to combine to get you even the smallest scrap of success are so astronomical. Meghan auditions for ten years. And then at 29, she lands a significant role. The female lead on usa networks legal drama suits. Is this all a joke to you . Because i take my job seriously. She got lucky. She undoubtedly handed in a great audition, a great screen test. She had excellent chemistry with her costars. And she hit the jackpot. Suits is an instant hit. Suits radically changed meghans life. First and foremost, she was now making more money than she had ever made before, ever. As the show achieves success, meghan makes big changes in her life, including ending her twoyear marriage to hollywood producer trevor engelson. When they met, she was still largely an aspiring actress. He was an aspiring producer. They were essentially at the same place in their careers. And then suits really took off. And they werent going in the same direction anymore. She was filming in toronto. He was in los angeles. There were thousands and thousands of miles between them. Determined to use her position for good, meghan spends her free time advocating for women. During a panel discussion, meghan recounts how the success of the show emboldened her to stand up for herself. Every script seemed to begin with, rachel enters wearing a towel. And i said, nope, not doing it. At a certain point you feel empowered enough to just say no. She wanted to encourage other women to feel like they could speak up in the same way. Meghan uses her fame to fight for womens equality across the world. As an ambassador for the nonprofit world vision, meghan travels to a remote village in rwanda where young girls walk hours every day to access clean water for their families. This is the water that shes going through all this work to get. But all that changes when the World Vision Team builds a new well. These girls are able to stay in school because they arent walking hours a day to go and get water. And this clean water source has changed the entire community. She has a sense that if shes been given a platform, if she has some influence, that theres a responsibility she has to use that for good. Laura dewar is the chief marketing and Development Officer for world vision. She travels with meghan to india in january of 2017. They visit local businesswoman Suhani Jalota in mumbai. Where the lack of sanitary products and the stigma around menstruation keeps young girls out of school. Suhani has created a business where they make maxi pads. They manufacture them, and then she has a team of effectively salespeople that go door to door talking to women about how they handle menstruation. Meghan comes home and writes an essay in time magazine, drawing attention to the barriers to education for girls across india. And she continues to mentor suhani to this day. Shes really more than happy to have a call and just talk about the issues that we might be experiencing or any help we need from her whether its in terms of fundraising, in terms of marketing, or any kind of support like that. This is not a celebrity who floats in, who needs a platform issue to associate with this, quote, unquote, brand. This is a woman who has had a desire to help in some way for a very long time promote the faces and stories of women and to begin to elevate them. When we come back, harry and meghan and the future of the monarchy. Do you see any scenario by which harry and meghan overshadow kate and william . Oh, yes, i do. It was my first thought. This could be a problem. Around pets. The nosp theres flonase sensimist. 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I think for a very long time, when he did finally confront it, it destabilized him and caused chaos for years. I spent a long time of my life with my head buried in the sand thinking i dont want to be prince harry. I dont want this responsibility. I dont want this role. Look whats happened to my mother. Why does this have to happen to me . Harry even considered a drastic move. Prince harry got so low that he decided at one point that he might leave the royal family. Hes living this life hes been born into. Its not his choice. I think he felt at times very cross about that. Did dianas death affect harry differently than william . Harry was that much younger and interestingly enough, last year he admitted for the first time to Mental Health issues. And you cant help but having a Mental Health issue in terms of having lost a parent, not being able to grieve in the same way as you or i might be able to do. He wasnt able to do that. So, he bottled it all up inside him. Now, harry is letting it all out, sharing his struggle as part of his Heads Together campaign with Prince William and kate to end the stigma around Mental Health. I never really talked about losing a mom at such a young age. I always thought to myself, what the point of bringing it out . It aint going to change it, it cant bring her back. When you start thinking like that it can be damaging. Harry ultimately chooses a future he hopes would make his mother proud. I felt an overwhelming connection with the children i met. Something he shared with the bbc. Now all i want to do is fill the holes that my mother has left and thats what its about for us, is trying to make a difference. And in making a difference, making her proud. He spends much of his time working on the charity he created for the children he met in africa. You look at harrys work with hiv and aids, that was something his mother as harry said, smashed through the stigma of that when she was alive. And he focused on the invictus games, an olympic style competition he started to give wounded veterans a chance to be defined by more than their injuries. Its life changing for them. I think hes used his own loss of sadness and bereavement. It doesnt mean losing someone, it means losing yourself, too. Hes embraced who he is. It took him a long time to get there, but he now fully understands that being prince harry, he can make peoples lives better by putting his name to things. Hes making a difference. Through it all, harry has endeared himself to the public, becoming one of the most popular members of the royal family. Harry is incredibly likeable, and he is incredibly genuine. What you see is what you get. He is so natural with people, much more, i think hes the most natural member of the family. He throws out the rule book. And that makes him enormously valuable to the monarchy. Buckingham palace used to say, what are you going to do about harry . And now theyre saying, what are you going to do with harry . Because harry is a magic bullet. As harry helps carry the monarchy forward, he will continue to do things his own way, like proposing to the woman he loves, not someone british royalty might expect. I think its a wonderful coincidence that harry has fallen in love with somebody who is american, mixed race, divorced, and a career woman. She is very representative of our society today, and i think that makes the monarchy much more user friendly. And in meghan, harry has found someone who can cope with the role. And is not afraid of the spotlight. Meghan was utterly enchanting when she appeared in nottingham. She behaved as if shed been there her whole life. Today harry and meghan got married here on the grounds of saint chorjs chapel. It was a very traditional wedding for this very modern royal couple. Meghan and harry love story is a terrific story. It has unlimited fairytale appeal. I heard you were in chicago. She does what she feels comes naturally, and harry is the most relaxed member of the royal family. Do you see any scenario by which harry a harry and meghan overshadow i do. My first thought, this could be a problem because harry and meghan are a very compelling couple. Theyre very charismatic and very relaxed and easy. The cameras will follow them. William and kate are theres a much more rigidity to them. As possibly there has to be because he is going to be king. To some who have known the family well, harry and meghan will play a Critical Role in the monarchys future. The worlds view of the british monarchy is probably going to be determined more by harry and meghan than by william and kate, certainly by charles and camila. That is a very unusual situation. The royal family need harry to bridge the gap between the people and the monarchy because without that connection, the royal family wouldnt survive. As he has his whole life, prince harry will likely continue to be a star in the royal show. With his irresistible appeal, down to earth charm, and like his mother, a natural ability to connect. With meghan by his side, this modern royal couple are on course to redefine britains most Famous Family and change the monarchy forever. s i feel completely destroyed. I agree with it. There is a lot of uncertainty. Does it shock you . Were all in deep you know then you dont. It goes on. I feel like its the end of the world. It feels pretty bad. The ramifications doesnt seem to be a plan for what were going to do now. We dont know what to do because theyre all arguing. I thi