CBS released a clip that showed Winfrey telling Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, "You've said some pretty shocking things here."
Now, that would be an understatement since the revelations have been ground-breaking.?
Meghan admitted to having suicidal thoughts and said that,?"the daily onslaught of vitriol and condemnation from the U.K. press was almost unsurvivable."?
When Winfrey asked whether there was a breaking point, Meghan said that at one point after they got married, "I just didn't want to be alive anymore."
"That was a very clear and real and frightening constant thought," she said.?
She also said that people in the 'institution' were aware of her situation when she went to them but they did nothing to help her. She said,?"I've never felt this way before, and I need to go somewhere." She also went to royal human resources.
In response, Meghan said, while they were sympathetic, she was told, "There's nothing we can do to protect you, because you're not a paid employee of the institution."
When Winfrey asked:?"Did you ever think about going to a hospital?"?
"That's what I was asking to do. . . . I couldn't, you know, call an Uber to the palace," Meghan said.?
She added, "You have to understand, as well, when I joined that family, that was the last time . . . that I saw my passport, my driver's license, my keys. All that gets turned over."
Winfrey said it sounded as if "you were trapped and couldn't get help, even though you were on the verge of suicide."
"That's the truth," Meghan said. She also said that Harry was very supportive and did not want her to be home alone after she told him.
Harry said he was "ashamed" to admit to his family that Meghan needed help, then ultimately realized it was an issue that they would not understand.
He mentioned, "This is just how it is, this is how it is meant to be, you can't change it. We've all been through it."