MEGHAN Markle revealed that she reached out to Princess Diana’s “best friend” as she dealt with suicidal thoughts.
The Duchess of Sussex revealed that she “didn’t want to live any more” during her interview with Oprah Winfrey.
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After feeling that she couldn’t open up to The Royal Family about her feelings, Meghan, 39, turned to a close friend of her late mother-in-law.
Speaking to Oprah, she says: “I did not know who to turn to.
“One of the people I reached out to, who has been a friend and a confidante, was one of Diana’s best friends.
“Who else could understand what it is actually like on the inside?”
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She didn’t make it clear which friend she was referring to.
Oprah asked the mum-to-be if she ever thought about reaching out to Harry’s family for help.
“No, that was not a conversation that would be had,” Meghan says.
“I guess I was ashamed of admitting it to them. I don’t know whether they’ve had the same feelings or thoughts. It is a very trapping environment they are stuck in.”
And Meghan said when she reached out for help with the Palace’s Human Resources team, she was told because she was not a paid employee, she could not be supported.
One night, while suffering suicidal thoughts, Meghan claimed that she forced herself to go to an event with Harry, 36, – because she felt she couldn’t be left alone, for fear of what she might do.
And she said while the lights were down during the Cirque du Soleil premiere at the Royal Albert Hall in January 2019, she was “weeping” while clutching Harry’s hand until his knuckles were white.
She later said Harry, 36, “saved” her by ultimately quitting the Royal Family.
Harry later added he also went to a “dark place” – revealing he would return home to Meghan crying as she breastfed Archie at their home.
Meghan also said she remembered one conversation about the pressures she was under with someone in the institution who told her “yes it’s terrible” – but that nothing had been done.
