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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have plunged the monarchy into a crisis, accusing an un-named royal of racism, suggesting the family were jealous of Meghan and revealing how she contemplated taking her own life while pregnant.

Meghan and Harry hit out at the institution and members of the royal family in a series of astonishing admissions during their candid Oprah Winfrey interview.

Appearing vulnerable at times, the duchess revealed that working for The Firm – as the royal family is sometimes known – ultimately left her feeling that ending her life was an option, and how she had not been protected by the monarchy.

Asked explicitly by Winfrey if she was thinking of self-harm and having suicidal thoughts at some stage, Meghan replied: “Yes. This was very, very clear.

File photo dated 19/05/18 of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, now the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, leaving St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle after their wedding. As the bitter fallout from Megxit worsens, the monarchy's troubles have been labelled the War of the Waleses 2.0.
PA/PA Wire — File photo dated 19/05/18 of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, now the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, leaving St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle after their wedding. As the bitter fallout from Megxit worsens, the monarchy's troubles have been labelled the War of the Waleses 2.0. PA/PA Wire

“Very clear and very scary. I didn’t know who to turn to in that.”

A member of the royal family – who both Harry and Meghan refused to identify – was worried about how dark their son Archie’s skin tone might be before he was born.

Meghan told Winfrey there had been “concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he is born”.

Meghan and Harry hit out at the institution and members of the royal family in series of astonishing admissions