10 shocking things revealed by Harry and Meghan during Oprah interview

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s interview with Oprah Winfrey has finally aired in the US.

Harry and Meghan’s much-anticipated chat with the American talk show host focused on their side of the story about what life has been like within the royal family.

There were many shock revelations throughout the interview - which airs on ITV on 8 March at 9pm - from Meghan’s suicidal thoughts, relationships with other royals and accusations of racism.

So, what were the key things that the couple said?

Here is everything you need to know.

Duchess of Cambridge ‘made Meghan cry’

Meghan spoke with Oprah alone for the majority of the interview, before she was joined by Prince Harry.

One of the major revelations addressed by the Duchess of Sussex was that Kate Middleton made her cry ahead of her wedding to Harry - and not the other way round.

The story published in the media at the time was that the Duchess of Cambridge was reduced to tears by Meghan over a row about flower girl dresses.

But Meghan told Oprah: "A few days before the wedding [Kate] was upset about the flower girl dresses and it made me cry.”

She said Kate had then apologised, bringing flowers and a note to patch things up.

"I'm not sharing that piece about Kate to be disparaging about her," Meghan said, adding that Kate was a “good person” and that she would have wanted the false reports corrected.

Racism accusations

A shock allegation from the interview was that an unnamed member of the royal family had expressed “concerns” about “how dark” Meghan and Harry’s baby might be.

"In those months when I was pregnant [there were] concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he was born," Meghan revealed.

The alleged conversations were with Harry, who told her, she said.

But the Duke and Duchess of Sussex refused to say which royal had said it when pressed by Oprah.

Meghan added: “I think that would be very damaging to them”, while Harry said he would “never” share the conversation, which he described as being “awkward”.

Harry also said he was hurt that the royals didn’t speak out about the “colonial undertones” of news headlines and articles that were published about Meghan.

“No-one from my family ever said anything over those three years. That hurts,” Harry said.

Meghan’s suicidal thoughts

The Duchess of Sussex spoke of the toll life within the royal family had on her mental health.

Meghan revealed that she had experienced suicidal thoughts after losing her freedoms when she joined the institution.