Prince Harry has opened up about how he was “incredibly naïve” about the British press before he met his wife, Meghan Markle, and that he didn’t expect the media to treat her the way it did.
The Duke of Sussex said that meeting his wife had given him a new awareness, and the things he once failed to spot are now clear to him.
It was during a clip of an interview with Anderson Cooper that Harry made his claims, with the full interview set to air on Sunday on 60 Minutes.
He said that Meghan’s experiences of joining the Royal Family as an outsider mirrored Queen Consort Camilla and Princess Kate’s experiences, however the racial element made the circumstances very different.
Harry then called the British media “bigoted”, revealing that he was possibly bigoted before he met Meghan.
He continued: "You add in the race element, which was what the British press jumped on straight away.
“I went into this incredibly naïve. I had no idea the British press were so bigoted. Hell, I was probably bigoted before the relationship with Meghan."
Cooper replied: "You think you were bigoted before the relationship with Meghan?"
Harry said: "I don't know. Put it this way, I didn't see what I now see."
The interview will focus on Harry’s new memoir titled Spare, which is set to be released on Tuesday.
It’s the Duke of Sussex’s first interview on American television about the book.
He also used the interview to talk about the topic of moving away from his family.
He admitted that the reason the exit had been so public was because every time he tried to do it privately, there were “briefings and leakings and planting of stories” against him and his wife.
He said: "They will feed or have a conversation with the correspondent. And that correspondent will literally be spoon-fed information and write the story. And at the bottom of it they will say that they've reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment. But the whole story is Buckingham Palace commenting.
“So when we're being told for the last six years, 'We can't put a statement out to protect you.' But you do it for other members of the family. There becomes a point when silence is betrayal."
