Harry and Meghan interview: BBC News Review

The Duchess of Sussex has said she found life within the British Royal Family so difficult that at times she "didn't want to be alive any more".
In a deeply personal TV interview, Meghan told Oprah Winfrey that she did not get help when she asked for it.
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Video chapters:
0:00​​​​​​ - Introduction
0:35​​​ - Story
2:04​​​ - Headline 1: Meghan and Prince Harry interview with Oprah lays bare royal rift
4:30​ - Headline 2: Meghan and Harry on Oprah: All the key quotes from bombshell interview as couple discuss leaving royal life
7:35​​​​ - Headline 3: Harry and Meghan's Oprah interview: Latest reaction after couple fire salvo of allegations at Royal family
10:00​​​​​​ - Language summary

The story:
The Duchess of Sussex has revealed that the pressure that she felt as a member of the royal family affected her mental health so badly that she considered taking her own life. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey on the US network CBS, Prince Harry said that they would not have stepped away from their senior roles if they had received more support.

Key words and phrases:

lays bare
reveals something previously not known
• He was devastated when she laid bare that her true feelings were for someone else.
• Scientific data about coronavirus laid bare the need for national lockdowns.

bombshell
describes a shocking event or piece of news
• It was a bombshell moment when Kazuo told his boss he was quitting just one week before the project finished
• Jitka dropped a bombshell when she told her parents she was leaving the country forever.

salvo
sudden multiple releases
• The opposition leader fired a salvo of criticisms at the prime minister.
• The opening salvo of her speech really caught the audience’s attention.

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