In fact, Meghan surprised the now-King, asking him to meet her halfway down the aisle. She wanted to make her big entrance into the chapel on her own.

“Feeling for his future daughter-in-law, the Prince of Wales offered to step in, saying he would be honored to escort Meghan up the aisle of St George’s Chapel to the altar. The reply, according to one friend, was not quite what he was expecting: ‘Can we meet halfway?’” Hardman wrote.

“Here was an indicator that this was no blushing bride, but a confident, independent woman determined to make a grand entrance on her own.”

In 2018, in the BBC documentary Prince, Son, and Heir, Harry spoke about his father’s offering to walk his wife down the aisle. Harry initially said he had asked his father about it, and that Charles immediately agreed.

“I asked him to and I think he knew it was coming, and he immediately said, ‘Yes, of course, I’ll do whatever Meghan needs and I’m here to support you.’” Harry recalled.

“For him, that’s a fantastic opportunity to step up and be that support, and you know, he’s our father, so of course, he’s going to be there for us.”

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“I just didn’t see a solution. I would sit up at night, and I was just, like, I don’t understand how all of this is being churned out. And, again, I wasn’t seeing it, but it’s almost worse when you feel it through the expression of my mom or my friends, or them calling me crying, just, like, ‘Meg, they’re not protecting you’. And I realized that it was all happening just because I was breathing,” she explained.

“I was really ashamed to say it at the time and ashamed to have to admit it to Harry, especially, because I know how much loss he’s suffered. But I knew that if I didn’t say it, that I would do it. And I just didn’t want to be alive anymore. And that was a very clear and real and frightening constant thought,” Meghan added.

Meghan didn’t attend King Charles’ coronation

“And I remember how he just cradled me. I went to the institution, and I said that I needed to go somewhere to get help. I said that, ‘I’ve never felt this way before, and I need to go somewhere’. And I was told that I couldn’t, that it wouldn’t be good for the institution.”

The relationship between the Sussexes and the royal family deteriorated quickly, and many of The Firm’s members were outraged by the claims made against them.

Princess Eugenie is reportedly the only royal who has visited Harry, Meghan, and their two children, Archie and Lilibet, in California. Meanwhile, Harry and Meghan have not been back to the UK more than necessary, with the Duchess being back in her old home country only once, for Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in 2022.

When King Charles was crowned in Westminster Abbey last May, one of the main topics that gained a lot of interest was whether Harry and Meghan would be in attendance or even be welcomed.

While the two had lost all confidence of most royal family members at that point, in the end, the king would decide if they’d be invited or not.

Finally, Harry decided to come and see his father become king, while Meghan stayed in the US, caring for Archie and Lilibet.

Harry’s visit to the coronation was maybe not a big surprise. However, shortly after the ceremony, he left for the airport and returned to his wife. Some royals reportedly were happy about Harry not joining them for the coronation lunch.

They even had hopes that Harry and Meghan, if she would’ve showed up, would sit far back at Westminster Abbey, not even remotely close to the other family members.

Meghan Markle sent letter to Charles after Oprah interview

The reason Meghan Markle stayed in the US was, as mentioned, to take care of their two children. However, it’s known that her mother, Doria Ragland, usually helps Meghan with the kids if plenty is going on; therefore, could there have been another reason why Meghan didn’t travel to the UK with her husband?

According to The Telegraph, reporting on it in April of last year, there is. After the Oprah interview, Meghan decided to share her concerns about unconscious bias with Prince Charles and sent him a letter.

Later on, King Charles, then prince, decided to send a response to Meghan where he expressed his sadness over the tensions within the family, specifically between Harry & Meghan and the rest of The Firm.

Also, Charles was believed to have been the only senior member of the royal family to reach out to the Duchess after the Oprah interview.

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The Telegraph report unveiled new details, among them that Meghan told Charles that she never intended to accuse the royal family of racism but rather to discuss the unconscious bias.