BILLIONAIRE heiress Petra Ecclestone has slammed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for “wanting privacy” – as she says “all they’ve done is interviews.”
The youngest daughter of former Formula One mogul, Bernie Ecclestone, made the comments after their tell-all explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Petra, 33, said: “I always tried to stand up for her,” Petra said.
“Harry and Meghan did have the freedom to leave [the Royal Family] if they really didn’t want that life.
“But, on the other hand, they said they wanted privacy and they didn’t want to be famous and they didn’t want to do interviews.
“But all they’ve done since is basically do interviews.”
It come as complaints for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s ITV Oprah interview have now risen to more than 5,000.
Another 778 complaints were recorded for the bombshell chat between March 16 and March 22, according to Ofcom’s weekly broadcast report.
It brings the total number of complaints against the ITV airing to 5,176, after an initial 4,398 were logged between March 2 and March 15.
The tell-all chat, which was watched by 12.4million viewers when it first aired in the UK, made a series of fierce revelations about the Royal Family.
Ofcom has not revealed which elements of the interview the complaints referred to.
The Duchess of Sussex told Oprah Winfrey of conversations with Prince Harry and a “family” member about their unborn son and what colour his skin would be – and “what that would mean or look like”.
But the 39-year-old declined to say who had started those conversations, saying it would be “damaging” for them.
Prince Harry also said he would “never share” the full details of the discussion but that he was asked at the start of his relationship with Meghan, how dark the skin of their children might be.
Meghan also revealed in the interview that she had suicidal thoughts while working as a senior royal.
The Duchess said she begged for help from the Firm after struggling with her mental health – saying it was her husband who “saved” her.
She said she had been told she would not be able to seek help as it “wouldn’t be good for the institution.”
Breaking down in tears, pregnant Meghan said: “I just didn’t see a solution.
“I didn’t want to be alive anymore.”
