Prince Harry Compares Meghan Markle’s ‘Warmth’ and ‘Compassion’ to Late Mother Princess Diana

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A gentle spirit. Prince Harry can see many admirable qualities in wife Meghan Markle that his late mother, Princess Diana, notably had herself.“So much of what Meghan is, and how she is, is so similar to my mum,” the Duke of Sussex, 38, gushed in the first episode of Harry & Meghan, which premiered on Netflix on Thursday, December 8, alongside home footage of Meghan, 41, with son Archie, 3, and daughter Lilibet, 18 months. “She has the same compassion, the same empathy, she has the same confidence, she has this warmth about her.”Harry — whom Diana shared with ex-husband King Charles III — noted in the docuseries that he witnessed his mother “struggling” with the media attention following her 1992 divorce from the king, now 74.

The Spare scribe further noted in the first Thursday episode that he didn’t want “history to repeat itself” with his wife considering the alleged racist harassment that the Suits alum faced amid their early courtship.“I remember thinking, ‘How can I ever find someone who is willing and capable to be able to withstand all the baggage that comes with being with me?’” Harry recalled in the doc. “Every relationship that I had, within a matter of weeks or month, was splatted all over the newspapers and that person’s family was harassed and their lives turned upside-down.”The BetterUp CIO further explained that he was “terrified” that Meghan — who he affectionately called “M” — would be driven away due to the constant media attention. (The twosome initially connected in July 2016 after exchanging social media messages.)“I knew the only way that this could possibly work is by keeping it quiet for as long as possible,” Harry said in the first episode, with Meghan chiming in that their early romance was a