Prince Harry Says He Was ‘Probably Bigoted’ Before Falling in Love With Wife Meghan Markle: ‘Incredibly Naive’

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Getting candid. While promoting Spare, Prince Harry opened up about how he didn’t initially expect the intense U.K.

media scrutiny that wife Meghan Markle went through, citing his own privilege.In a preview of his upcoming interview with Anderson Cooper for 60 Minutes, which will air on Sunday, January 8, Harry, 38, recalled how his perspective changed since meeting Meghan, 41.“What Meghan had to go through was similar, in some part, to what [Princess] Kate and what [Queen Consort] Camilla went through — very different circumstances,” he explained in the clip, which was released on Thursday, January 5, referring to the public attention. “But then you add in the race element, which was what the press, British press, jumped on straight away.”The Duke of Sussex said he was “incredibly naïve” about the situation when he first started dating the former actress. “I had no idea the British press were so bigoted,” he continued. “Hell, I was probably bigoted, before the relationship with Meghan. … I don’t know [if I was bigoted].

Put it this way — I didn’t see what I now see.”The couple, who tied the knot in 2018, recently addressed the major obstacles they faced while living in the U.K. (Harry and Meghan ultimately moved to California after stepping down as senior members of the royal family in 2020.)“It’s very different to be a minority but not be treated as a minority right off the bat,” the Suits alum explained in her Netflix docuseries with her husband, Harry & Meghan, which dropped in December 2022. “I’d say now, people are very aware of my race because they made it such an issue when I went to the U.K.