01x02 - Episode 2

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So, yes, so when we come out of here,

we'll go all the way

to the West Side Highway.

But as soon as we get on it,

if you can grab me the lane all the way

to the left against the center median.

- Not a problem.

- Um, southbound.

They're gonna be waiting

when you get in, you'll see.

Oh yeah,

they're camped out now.

Yeah.

You're late.

Unfortunately.

Thank you.

- Okay. Hello!

- Weee!

- Hey man, how are you doing?

- How are you guys?

I'm well. Good morning.

- Never a dull moment.

- Oh no.

Mm?

Do you know how long the drive is?

Maybe like, um,

I don't know now with our detour

Brad, how long is the drive gonna be?

I looked before,

20-something minutes.

Okay.

Can we just double check

cause I wasn't getting good service?

- Do we have that pap on the scooter again?

- Yes, ma'am.

- Oh we do, really? Same guy?

- Same guy.

Oh my gosh.

Watched him going to this park.

He's going to be with us?

Yes, sir. He was just ahead.

There's a lot of people who think,

"They've got such

a problem with paparazzi."

There was um, the guys

in the basement of the building too,

as we were doing that walk,

they were recording

just so you're aware.

Back in my mom's days,

it was physical harassment.

They had cameras in your face,

following you, chasing you.

- Still following us?

- No.

This pap.

The worst case scenario, our safety first.

Worst case scenario,

we are going from one garage to another.

Like this route.

Paparazzi still harass people.

The harassment really

exists more online now.

Once the photographs are out

and the story is then put next to it,

then comes the social media harassment.

To see another woman

in my life who I love,

go through

this feeding frenzy. That's hard.

It is basically,

the hunter versus the prey.

We'll be with friends

in less than ten minutes.

Yeah.

Sorry, do you mind leaning

forward just one second. Thank you.

Can you just start off

by introducing yourself to us?

Sure. My name is Doria

and I'm Meghan's mom.

And um, the last five years

has been challenging.

Yeah.

How does it feel

to be here talking about that today?

I'm ready to have

my voice heard, that's for sure.

A little bit in my experience,

you know, as her mom. Yeah.

Do you remember,

when Meg told you she was dating Harry?

I do. And when she told me,

we were on the phone and she says,

"Mommy,

I'm going out with Prince Harry."

And I started whispering,

"Oh my God."

She says, "You can't tell anyone." And so

it was from the beginning, it was sort of,

"Oh my God.

Nobody can, you know"

Mm-hmm and I remember

when I first met him too.

You know, he was just like six one,

handsome man with red hair.

Really great manners.

He was just really nice.

And they looked really happy together.

Yeah, like he was the one.

Once it was announced

that they were together,

it seemed kind of, like a novelty.

It's official

American actress, Meghan Markle,

is the new girlfriend of Prince Harry.

Prince Harry, it seems

like he's fallen for something rumored.

Her name is Meghan Markle.

She's on the show Suits

in case you are wondering like,

"How do we know her?"

She's the brainy beauty

who's captured Prince Harry's heart.

Actress Meghan Markle has reportedly won

the heart of royal bad boy, Prince Harry.

I'm so excited!

Right when the news broke,

I think we both felt tremendous relief.

And the people

that I hadn't told I was dating H

were just texting me,

"Is it true? Oh my gosh! What?!"

And people were just overjoyed.

When I saw the headlines,

I was happy for her.

It looked like a fairy tale.

My sister called me and said,

"Do you know who Meghan is with?"

I think she's with Prince Harry.

And I said, "What?!"

My phone just started going crazy.

I was like "What is happening?"

And then, it was like this tidal wave.

This young lady

though is very philanthropic.

She's also a part of the UN.

She does a lot of charity work,

which was probably

their original connection.

I remember we discussed this,

"Wouldn't it be great

if somebody already had

their identity, some successes

and had carved their role in the world?"

If there is a problem out there

and we have the means

to really find the call to action

and do something about it,

then I completely believe

that it's our responsibility to do it.

All eyes are on

that new transatlantic alliance.

A British Prince

and his American sweetheart.

There was a frenzy happening.

It almost felt like all the things

we were nervous about, of it getting out.

Okay, don't worry. It's fine.

And then that very quickly changed.

I remember going to get flowers,

coming out of the flower shop.

And there must have been nine or ten paps

standing in the middle of the street

and they are all sort of blocking the car

and saying

"Hey, how are you doing, Meghan?"

And I was like,

"Oh, thanks. Stay warm, guys!"

And I remember H the next

day saying, you can't talk to them.

And I was like, "I'm just trying

to be pleasant. I don't know what to do.

I've never dealt with this before."

He says, "Right

but the UK media are saying you love it."

You're smiling, you love it.

I remember saying

to her, "When this goes public,

it is not gonna be easy."

The UK media are notorious

for doing whatever they can

to get a story.

And that they go through rubbish bins,

they'll try and break into accounts.

They will do whatever they can

to get an exclusive and make money.

I remember she was quite shocked.

And she was like

"Really? They would do that?"

I said, "Well, yeah. When

it's going to make them millions."

It felt like all

of the UK media descended upon Toronto.

My house was just surrounded.

Just men

sitting in their cars all the time.

Waiting for me to do anything.

I was hearing all

of this from thousands of miles away.

And trying to do something

about it but being completely helpless.

Then my neighbors said

they are knocking on everyone's door,

trying to find you.

They had paid certain neighbors to put

a life stream camera into my backyard.

Suddenly, it was like everything about

my life just got so much more insular.

Like, all the curtains were pulled,

all the blinds were pulled.

It was scary.

My face was everywhere,

my life was everywhere.

Tabloids had taken over everything.

Long distance relationships are work,

no matter what way you slice it.

Then you add this layer?

And look, bearing in mind you're still

discovering things about each other.

There were things said and things written

that I had to go to her to ask.

And, that was the hardest piece.

And so it really accelerates

the learning curve

in a relationship.

Tongues are wagging

needless to say,

let's find out more about her,

what people are saying.

What do we know

about this mysterious woman, Paula?

- Such a sweet neighborhood.

- Yeah.

I remember you came home

one day from the Immaculate parties

and said "We live over a garage."

- I was like, "Yep, it's a great spot."

- It was a great

- We walked down the driveway.

- That was our driveway.

- It was private.

- Oh, my gosh.

We had our parties back there.

I remember I would take a little wagon

and come down the driveway and be

able to come back up the other side.

I grew up in LA,

and I remember my mom telling me stories

about taking me to the grocery store

and women going "Who's child is that"?

"You must be the"

She's like, "It's my child."

They are like,

"You must be the nanny. Where's her mom?"

Because I was really

fair-skinned and my mom darker.

My parents lived

in the valley until I was about two.

When their relationship ended, she and I

moved to a 40-minute drive from there.

At the time it was mostly a Black

community where my mom and I were living.

We were close to

my mom, her grandma.

And my sister was close by.

And my girlfriends were close by.

So we had a nice network of women

who really helped me raise Meg.

She was always so easy to get along

with, very congenial, making friends.

You know, she was a very empathic child.

Very mature.

I remember asking Meg

if I feel like her mom.

And she told me that

I felt like her older controlling sister.

I never forgot that.

Oh!

Ms. Debby.

You know the mass,

our Grand Duchess!

Oh my gosh!

How are you?

I'm very well.

So happy to see you!

Nice to see you.

Love you.

My goodness. It's amazing.

What a great choice

this was to start Meg here.

When we went back to,

Hollywood School House.

I was there from ages two to 12.

It was so nice to be back.

I want you to see

what you wrote to me.

Oh my gosh! Show me.

Your penmanship was fantastic.

Go ahead and read that.

But I want you to pay attention to the PS.

"Dear Ms. Debby,

you've helped me so much

since I was two years old.

I knew I could count on you to be there

for me as a principal and also a friend.

I can't thank you enough. Even though

I was at this school for ten years,

I wish I could have stayed for ten more.

This school will always have a special

place in my heart. Much love, Meghan.

PS: When I am rich

and famous and I write my life story,

I will talk about you and the school,

so you will be known worldwide."

That's true.

Say's the 11-year-old.

Oh my God.

I was a big nerd growing up.

This is an important part

that people don't understand about me.

Like, I was not the pretty one.

My entire identity was wrapped up

in being the smart one.

There are those catalyzing moments

in your life and from my standpoint,

I had this commercial changed when I was

young because I found it to be sexist.

Women are fighting greasy

pots and pans with Ivory Clear

I was eleven.

"Dear sir,

last week at my school,

we decided to

watch news for social studies.

While flipping through the channels,

we saw a commercial for

the new Ivory Clear dishwashing liquid.

In the commercial

they said women are battling grease,

meaning only women do dishes.

When I heard this,

the boys in my class started saying,

"Yeah, that's where

women belong in the kitchen."

So I was wondering if you'll be able

to change your commercial

to people all over America."

The gloves are coming off.

People are fighting greasy

pots and pans with Ivory Clear.

I changed that commercial,

from my little handwritten letter.

And it was a big deal because I was going

to middle school after that. So I was like

I was the little activist.

I met Meghan in the seventh grade.

We were walking

into all of our new classes

and she was holding

the door open, tap dancing.

We became fast friends. We were both

into the same extracurricular activities.

And spent a lot of time in

leadership roles at school, volunteering.

When I ran for Student Council,

she was like my campaign manager.

And took it so seriously.

After school, I'd go

see my dad who was a lighting director.

Sometimes I'd go on the set of this

TV sitcom called Married With Children.

I loved being on set. I loved it.

And I loved the camaraderie of a crew.

Tom did a lot for our school,

being a lighting director and Meghan

being so involved with performances.

- You could not.

- I could too.

You could not, little liar!

I'm not lying!

Meghan loved the theater.

I would go to all

of her musicals, performances.

She was so passionate about it.

And very driven to be successful.

I couldn't help her

with her home work. She was way smarter.

She got straight A's, very disciplined.

I would say that Meg is an old soul.

We will always dedicate ourselves to

making it a better world. Thank you.

This is where I had my high

school graduation. The Hollywood Bowl.

Hundred and three girls

on the stage, all wearing white gowns.

Not like cap and gowns,

like beautiful white gowns.

There it is. The last concert

I went to there, I went with my mom.

And we were in the parking lot leaving

and my mom honked, this woman was taking

a long time to figure out how to get out.

And the woman turned around

and screamed the N-word at my mom.

I just remembered my mom like, the

grip her hand had on the steering wheel.

And you could see her fist was

so tight, like the knuckles got all white.

And she was just silent the rest of

the drive home, we never talked about it.

I had never in my life

heard someone say the N-word.

Very different to be a minority

but not be treated

as a minority right off the bat.

I'd say now,

people are very aware of my race

because they made it

such an issue when I went to the UK.

But before that

most people didn't

treat me like a "Black woman."

So that talk didn't have to happen for me.

As a parent,

in hind sight, absolutely,

I would like to go back

and have that kind of real conversation

about how the world sees you.

Can you imagine if he

You be Harry and I'll be the Queen.

- Grandmother, I met this beautiful woman,

- Yeah.

she just happens to be mixed-race.

I said to her. I remember this

very clearly, that this is about race.

And Meg said

"Mommy, I don't wanna hear that"

And I said, you may not want to hear it

but this is what's coming down the pike.

At that time I wasn't thinking about

how race played a part in any of this.

I genuinely didn't think about it.

Within that first week

that it became public knowledge,

the first story was, 'Harry's new girl

straight out of Compton.'

I was like, "Whoa!"

Well firstly, I'm not from

Compton, I've never lived in Compton.

So it's factually incorrect. But why

do you have to make a dig at Compton?

The direction

of the palace was, "Don't say anything."

No comment.

Everyone just say, "No comment."

But what people

need to understand is

as far as a lot

of the family were concerned,

everything that she was being put through,

they'd been put through as well.

So it was almost like a rite of passage.

Some of the members of the family were

like, but "My wife had to go through that.

So why should your

girlfriend be treated any differently?

Why should you get special

treatment. Why should she be protected?"

And I said,

"The difference here is the race element."

They would take pictures

of different parts of, say, skid row

and say that was where I lived

and that was where she was from.

It was horrible.

But I continued to

hold the line, say nothing.

Eight days after

the relationship became public,

I put out a statement,

calling out the r*cist undertones

of articles and headlines

that were written by the British press,

as well as outright racism

from those articles across social media.

Kensington palace issuing a statement

about the harassment

being experienced by Meghan Markle.

Now, he says that she has suffered

abuse and harassment

with r*cist undertones.

Prince Harry is worried about Ms. Markle's

safety and is deeply disappointed

that he has not been able to protect her.

This is not a game, it's her life.

It is a very clear message

to the British press, "Back off."

She was a princess

straight out of Compton.

It was, brutal but it was

also in some ways unsurprising.

The UK tabloids have a

very unique role to play in British life.

On one hand they have

the real sensationalized element

that loves the gossip.

But equally, it's not just entertainment

because the tabloids have been arbiters

of public opinion for such a long time.

A number of the tabloids

could sway governments.

At election time, they are

the popular press for a reason.

The British tabloid press exists

both as a series of publications

but also as a mentality. And it's toxic.

We have to recognize

that this is a White industry.

Black people are

about 3.5% of the population

and about 0.2% of the journalists.

So, people

who come up with these headlines,

they are doing so in

a newsroom that's almost entirely White.

And they get to decide whether something

has crossed the line of being r*cist.

And, anyone who steps into the public eye,

particularly someone

who's female and someone who is Black,

is fair game in their minds.

This is everything on our list.

I'll take it from here.

Whoop!

They are gonna take you

in just a few minutes here.

I've come a long way

from Little Red School House.

Is it tight?

- Are you nervous?

- Yes.

Just go with the flow.

Urgh!

People don't talk about

what it's like to be mixed race.

So much of my self-identification

was, trying to figure out where I fit in.

And I think a lot of that is, you're not

White enough or you're not Black enough,

but I don't see the world that way.

- Nice to meet you.

- You too. My mom's here tonight.

- Mama! Meghan Markle's mom is here too.

- What?

Hey, brother. Anthony. Nice to meet you.

One thing I've learnt is that

we don't see the world as it is.

We see it as we are.

By the time I met Meghan, I think

I had traveled half the Commonwealth.

I met people

and communities all around the world.

And through that, I thought I knew.

I thought I had an

awareness to issues, ways of living,

unconscious bias. Like, all of it.

And now,

it is my honor to present

the NAACP President's Awards to

Prince Harry and Meghan,

the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

But hearing her talk

and having seen her

have conversations and chats,

I was like, here you are just blissfully,

like, I guess, sleepwalking through life.

It's safe to say, I come from a different

background than my incredible wife.

Yet our lives

were brought together for a reason.

We share

a commitment to a life of service.

A responsibility to confront injustice,

and a belief that

the most often overlooked

are the most important to listen to.

And I couldn't be prouder

that we are doing this work together.

We moved to California, my home state,

shortly before the m*rder of George Floyd.

And for Black America, those nine

minutes and 29 seconds transcended time,

invoking centuries of our unhealed wounds.

My son, my daughter, my children

are mixed race

and I'm really proud of that.

When my kids grow up

and they look back at this moment

and they turn to me and say,

"What did you do in this moment?"

I want to be able to give them an answer.

Heigh-ho,

Heigh-ho, it's off to work we go ♪

I think it's such

a responsibility as human beings.

That if you bring

a small person into this world,

you should be doing anything you can

to make the world a better place for them.

We won't get a chance to be

this close to hummingbirds ever again.

- Why?

- Just watch.

Because they're scared of humans.

These guys, look at them!

Archie!

I've got a dirty foot, mama!

Because I was with you.

Oh my God!

I've got a dirty foot.

You've got

a dirty foot, sweetheart.

Papa is a bird watcher,

so this is a big moment for him.

But equally, what's

most important for the two of us

is to make sure that we don't repeat the

same mistakes that our parents made.

"Who's that?

That is the centipede."

There's so much

from anyone's childhood

that you bring with you into the present.

Especially when you are

the product of divorce.

I think most kids who are

the products of divorced parents

have a lot in common,

no matter what your background is.

Being pulled from one place to another

or maybe your parents are competitive

or you're in one place

longer than you want to be

or another place less than you want to be.

There's all sorts of pieces to that.

Even though

my parents co-parented well,

if you think about how that informs

what you grew up to be and what you want

It's so funny, when I was 12,

I was at Immaculate Heart,

and one of the assignments

was to write a poem about your life.

And I remember

this poem till this day, which was,

Two houses, two homes

Two kitchens, two phones

Two couches where I lay

Two places that I stay

Moving, moving here and there

From Monday to Friday, I'm everywhere

Don't get me wrong, it's not that bad

But often times it makes me sad.

I want to live that nuclear life

With a happy dad and his loving wife

A picket fence, a shaggy dog

A fire place with a burning log

But it's not real, it's just a dream

I cannot cry or even scream

So here I sit with cat number three

Life would be easy if there were two of me

I was with my mom during the week

and with my dad on the weekends.

And my dad lived alone,

he had two adult children

who had moved out of his house.

Where's Daddy?

Woah. I gotta zoom back on you.

Gotta push that button on the back.

- Oh yeah.

- See? If you hit that button

you go forward, right?

Okay. Alright. Am I there? I wonder.

Okay, see you later. Bye-bye.

I was a daddy's-girl my whole life.

Okay, I gotta press the button there.

And I was with him a lot.

Go ahead.

Daddy's pictures.

We're gonna

catch fish for dinner, right?

Fish for dinner.

That's our goal. Yes it is.

But I do remember

also feeling lonely when I was a kid.

And wanting to have more people around.

- Determined.

- What?

Determined.

She had a whole life before she met H.

She had a core group of friends

and, Meg was very outgoing, super social.

Living in Toronto.

She was very openhearted.

I lived in a great little

residential community. I had my two dogs.

And it was great. It was easy, low-key.

Go for hikes and walks. You go to set.

I loved my job.

Here they come. Get ready

with the slates please. Lock it up.

I feel Toronto

was kind of a safe haven

for actors who were working in the city.

Meg would go to

the grocery store and get recognized.

And people would say,

"Aren't you that girl from Suits?"

When we were out

on the streets, she would always

interacting physically with the fans.

And like, let's take a selfie.

And putting their arms around her.

Of course! What's your name?

Other than that,

she had so much freedom.

She had such a beautiful life

before everything exploded.

Hey! Hi!

Get a hold of that.

Yeah, of course.

It really did take

a dark turn quickly.

There is like a baked-in

level of curiosity and

opinion, dealing with royals

that I have not seen before.

The paparazzi started

coming out to try to get eyes on her.

And, there were

people trying to buy call sheets

from production assistants on our show,

so they could

find out when she was sh**ting.

They'd get this

really long lenses and like hide on hills

so that they could get a view of her.

There were people breaking

into the area where their trailers are,

and trying

to get pictures of her coming in

and out of her trailer. Started

feeling a little bit dangerous for her.

At a certain point,

we had to cage in all the trailers.

And that was really challenging

logistically because she was on a TV show

and her nature is to never

make things more difficult for anyone.

But I don't think anyone knew how to

manage that new normal.

I was terrified somebody was gonna

just be in her trailer waiting for her.

So I would say to the police,

if any other woman

in Toronto right now said to you,

"I have six grown men who

are sleeping in their cars around my house

and following me

everywhere that I go and I feel scared,

wouldn't you say it was stalking?"

And they said

"Yes, there's really nothing we can do

because of who you are dating."

So like,

I'm just supposed to live like this?

And then I got a death thr*at,

then things changed

because I needed to have security.

I was hired by NBC

to take over the security for Meghan.

And this has been

the most intense situation

with the media. I mean, I've worked

with A-list celebrities before,

high net-worth families before

This blew the meter right out the water.

Meg, c'mon!

The paparazzi that would do

what they have to do to get a picture.

My job was to make sure they

didn't really know where we were going

and when we were going there.

We had a special driver taking myself

and Meghan to the studio all the time.

He was trained in evasive driving.

And we used to have

to take different routes to the studio

to get away

from the paparazzi that were chasing us.

And when we were coming back

down to the residence after the studio,

there were people on

radios letting people know

we were coming back down to the area.

So we had to go down in alleys

and bring Meghan to the back

of the house, open the garage door,

make sure no one was

there so we could sneak in.

It was scary.

There were people constantly at her door.

Or trying to get into her house

or trying to get around

so that they can find her.

Mail was screened,

it was coming into the studio.

There were some things that came in

that were a little bit out of the ordinary

and we used to send those over

to Harry's security detail in the UK

and they used to take care of those

situations and monitor what was going on.

When all

of that started happening,

my friends and people in my life

who love me and care about me are like,

"Is he worth this?"

Like, we know that you're happy

and we know that you love him.

Is he worth this?

Look at what's happening to your life.

We just did everything we

could to be there for each other.

We had to stay connected.

We wouldn't have

survived it if we weren't.

I don't know how we did it but we did it.

Most of the times,

we were on the other side of the Atlantic.

She was in Canada working.

I would try to get over and see her

and she would get over and see me more.

I would go straight

from set to the airport. Get there,

land. Get harassed.

Try to get to him discretely, hunker down.

And then fly right back and go to set.

Just rinse and repeat. Constantly.

Dating became

the combination of car chases,

anti-surveillance driving and

disguises.

Which isn't a particularly

healthy way to start a relationship.

But we always came at it

with as much humor as possible.

So whenever we saw each other

we would just give each other

a massive hug and

try and have as much

of a normal life as possible.

So I'd go away and have a

weekend with her with a group of friends.

It's so funny if I look back at it now

because now I know so much,

and I'm so glad I didn't then.

Because I could just authentically be

myself without so much preparedness.

Even when Will and Kate came over

and I had met her for

the first time They came for dinner.

I remember I was

in ripped jeans and I was barefoot.

I was a hugger, always being a hugger.

I didn't realize that that is

really jarring for a lot of Brits.

I guess I started

to understand very quickly

that the formality on the outside,

carried through on the inside.

That there is

a forward-facing way of being.

And then you close

the door and you are like

"Oh, great.

Okay, we can relax now."

But that formality

carries over on both sides.

And that was surprising to me.

My grandmother

was the first senior member

of the family that Meghan met.

She had no idea what it all consisted of.

So it was a bit

of a shock to the system for her.

I mean, it's surreal.

There wasn't like some big moment of,

"Now you're gonna meet my grandmother."

I didn't know

I was gonna meet her until moments before.

We were in the car and

we were going to Royal Lodge for lunch,

and he was like, "Oh, my grandmother is

here, she's gonna be there after church."

We were in the car, driving and he's like,

"You know how to curtsy, right?"

And I just thought it was a joke.

How do you explain that to people?

How do you explain

that you bow to your grandmother?

And that you would need to curtsy,

especially to an American. That's weird.

Now I'm starting

to realize this is a big deal.

I mean, Americans would understand this.

We have Medieval Times,

dinner and tournament.

It was like that.

Like, I curtsied as though I was like

Pleasure to meet you, Your Majesty.

Like, was that okay?

It was so intense.

And then when she left,

Eugenie and Jack and Fergie say

"You did great!"

Thanks. I didn't know what I was doing.

I remember my family first meeting

her and being incredibly impressed.

Some of them didn't quite know

what to do with themselves.

So I think they were. They were surprised.

They were surprised that the ginger

could land such a beautiful woman.

And such an intelligent woman.

But the fact

that I was dating an American actress,

was probably what clouded their judgment

more than anything else in the beginning.

Oh, she's an

American actress, this won't last.

Hi, Meghan!

The actress thing was

the biggest problem, funny enough.

There was a big idea

of what that looks like

from the UK standpoint. Hollywood and

It was just very easy

for them to typecast that.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- Hi.

I first met Meghan, it was 2007.

At that point she had

already gotten cast in a few things.

I got a phone call from executive.

You know Fox,

the man said we cast this girl

and she was amazing

and she needs an agent and we love you

and whatever.

You should meet her. I was like, "Great."

She had to just go in

and meet and audition

and start from the ground up.

It is very hard

on your confidence

to be an auditioning actor, especially

when you don't fit into any box.

I did not know she was biracial.

I thought she was

sun-kissed California, freckly.

I don't even remember the point

at which I found out she was biracial.

And I think once I found out,

I would send her out for Black roles.

Sometimes I'd pitch her for those roles,

the casting would ask, "What do you mean?"

And I'd be like,

"She's biracial, her mom is Black."

And they'd say, "No, she doesn't look it."

When you hear, "No" all the time,

you go, "What's wrong with me?

I'm not good enough for this or this."

It triggers the same stuff

for me when I was a kid.

It's like, where do I fit in?

She was auditioning

and getting close

to roles but not getting them.

I was just so amazed and proud of her

that like, you know,

you fall down, you get back up.

She just kept going and going.

All I wanted was to be on a

TV show with longevity and consistency.

She was relentless,

which was amazing,

that she didn't throw in the towel.

And then finally,

the universe said yes.

Mike Ross?

Hi. I'm Rachael Zane,

I'd be giving you your orientation.

Wow! You're pretty.

Good. You've hit on me. We can get

it out of the way that I'm not interested.

I always loved that picture.

Me too.

Rachael Zane

was really in some ways

one of the first representations I'd seen

of a real identified biracial woman.

You know, seeing her

family and how it fits together.

I was a child.

Most children let things go.

Once they knew who she was,

to their credit they wrote to it.

She'd just

bring this, like, lightness.

And for a director,

she is such a simple actor

in that she is always natural

but is absolutely trusting.

She didn't overthink it, she just did it.

And I think

it put a lot of people at ease.

Hi. Welcome to the

Suits blooper reel, Season Five.

All the cast

really cared for each other.

And that was the glue

for a lot of those cast relationships.

Blooper reel.

I think she liked being part of something.

But I don't think acting

was actually her true passion.

She just seemed

like boiling over with ideas.

That's how

I would describe her at that time.

I think she was on

a track to do bigger things.

Now, we are in Beverly hills

and we're gonna pass the, um,

Beverly Hilton Hotel, where I'll be on

Sunday meeting other Northwestern people.

At Northwestern,

I had double-majored

in Theater and International Relations.

And I just, I loved writing.

And I minored in English.

So there is the brainy part.

There is the care

about how the world functions.

Oh my god!

- That is proper

- That is really fun!

I've never really been

the type of person to do only one thing.

I guess that's how my website was born.

When she first

was describing it to me,

she was like, "It's your bestfriend

telling you all the fun things

that you wish

you knew about, in one place."

There was fashion.

There was tons of food and travel.

It was all the things I loved.

And TheTig wasn't just a hobby,

it became a really successful business.

I always said to her,

I'd say, "I think you are a producer.

I think you are a producer.

I think you are an activist."

I was writing

op-eds about your self worth.

And about being biracial

and about volunteer work.

When I would

do Suits, I would in hiatus go to India.

Go to Rwanda and do cause-driven work.

That's what I was excited about.

I wasn't trying to find,

like the great Indie film

that's gonna get me an Oscar. No.

I just wanted to go and volunteer.

Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am tremendously honored

to be UN Women's advocate for

political participation and leadership.

I am proud to be a woman and a feminist.

She's fed through service.

And I think H is like that too.

And that's rare.

Welcome

and thank you all for being here, truly.

We're very grateful.

This is something we've been

A lot of what

H and I connected on

in our courtship was that H

and I have so many parallel interests

even though our world

and our lives were so different.

For us,

what's deeply important is this

idea of equity. Be it racial equity,

gender equity

and in this sense, vaccine equity.

To just be equipped with

the information that we need to be able to

better serve this larger purpose.

From my perspective,

I fell head over heels in love with her

because my heart told me

that she was the one that I was

gonna spend the rest of my life with.

And then, once I got to know even more,

my head then told me, "Well, she's

absolutely perfect for the role as well."

When it came to Meghan,

that was, I guess the case

of finding a needle in a haystack.

Tell me about

the proposal, please.

Are you looking at me? You tell it.

I wanted to do it earlier.

Like, I was because I had to ask

permission from my grandmother,

I couldn't do it outside of the UK.

I did pop a bottle of champagne

while she was greasing the chicken

and that kind of

slightly gave the game away.

She was like, "You don't

drink champagne. What's the occasion?"

I was like, "I don't know. Just had it

laying around here, whatever."

It was a magnum.

Wasn't that I knew she'd say yes,

but she'd already moved Guy over.

So I had Guy as a hostage.

My dog, yeah.

He was using stilts,

so he couldn't run away.

And then in the North garden

being over looked by the staff flats,

I got 15 of those electric candles.

Oh my God, Jess. It's happening.

Oh my God.

He told me not to peek.

- Oh my God.

- What position were you in?

Downward dog.

- You're doing good. That's really clever.

- Doing good?

You see, he's funny.

Of course I got down on one knee.

Of course I did.

He's down on one knee

and I was just like, "Yes!"

I was so joyful and excited.

I was like, "Ah, we're doing this."

I know why I've waited ♪

Know why I've been blue ♪

I've been waiting each day ♪

For someone exactly like you ♪

They were so happy.

And they were gonna keep it quiet because

it was gonna be announced few weeks later.

We had a little engagement party

and everyone

was dressed in animal onesies.

And Meghan and Harry

were in matching penguin onesies

because penguins mate for life.

And they were so sweet.

And we had so much fun.

She felt like

they could take on the world.

She knew just around the corner ♪

Yes, she knew just around the corner ♪

That there was somebody

Exactly like you ♪

Breaking royal news.

Prince Harry officially engaged

to American actress, Meghan Markle.

The announcement putting

weeks of speculation to rest.

Lots of people are very excited

that she's gonna bring

this fresh sparkle, if you like,

into the Royal Family

and it's all seen as good news.

I can't tell you

how excited we are. The whole world is.

It just shows how much more

in touch with the general population

the Royal Family is becoming.

Raise your hand. Does everyone know

- who Meghan Markle is?

- Yeah.

I think it would make

a difference slightly

because some people are really r*cist

to other people because of their color.

And because Meghan Markle

is joining the Royal Family,

I think it might make

them change their minds.

The union of Harry and Meghan,

for lots of people of color

and the UK Black community

possibly for the first time,

made a lot of people feel seen.

Like everyone else,

a lot of Black people

were standing, getting swept up

in this romance and they sort of,

they're gonna wonder in this moment.

I wanted it to work,

just like many people wanted it to work.

But this fairy-tale

is embedding itself

in a nation that is having a pretty

toxic debate about the European Union.

Now, this is a once-in-a-lifetime chance.

We have

to take back control of this country.

- Can you hear me in the back?

- Yeah!

Immigration is the number one issue.

The people are very upset,

they are very unhappy.

If you go back and look

at the social media of that moment,

immigration was

in the absolute center of those debates.

And immigration is very often,

in this country, a cipher for race.

Everybody should feel

concerned about illegal immigration.

We don't know who these people are.

Go back to Africa!

Send them back home.

So the EU commissioned a report

in 2016, exactly the same time

that our relationship became public.

It warned that if the government

isn't going to do something

or if the media aren't going to

sort themselves out,

then a culture w*r, that already existed,

was going to become huge

and become a real problem.

It was a perfect storm,

that gave credence

to jingoism and nationalism.

And gave people

with really horrible views of the world,

a little bit more strength and confidence

to say what they wanted to say,

to do whatever they wanted to do.

So it was an inauspicious moment

for Britain to try this fairy-tale story,

with a fairy-tale princess in this

diverse modernizing country.

You were slightly watching it

with your hand in your mouth.

Could the tabloids control themselves?

Could the Palace persuade

the tabloids to control themselves?

Could we as a nation wean ourselves

off wanting to intrude into the lives of

the Royal Family

far more than is reasonable?

Congratulations from all

of us. How are you guys feeling?

Uh, yeah, thrilled.

Also we're very glad

it's not raining, as well.

Hi Meghan,

how are you feeling?

So happy, thank you.

At that point, I was still

very much believing what I was being told.

Which was,

'It will pass. It will get better.'

It's just what

they do right at the very beginning.

This promise of once you're married,

don't worry, it would get better.

Once they get used to you,

it will get better.

Of course, it will be better.

But truth be told, no matter how hard

I tried, no matter how good I was.

No matter what I did

they were still gonna find a way

to destroy me.

Forever my darling ♪

My love will be true ♪

Always and forever ♪

I'll love just you ♪

Just promise me darling ♪

Your love in return ♪

May this fire in my soul dear ♪

Forever burn ♪

My heart's at your command dear ♪

To keep love and to hold ♪

Making you happy is my desire dear ♪

Keeping you is my goal ♪

I'll forever love you ♪

For the rest of my days ♪

I'll never part from you ♪

And your loving ways ♪