Harry and Meghan were married before the royal wedding

Ahead of their wedding at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle on 19 May 2018, Meghan and Harry went to the Archbishop of Canterbury and asked if he would conduct their marriage vows with them privately.

“No one knows [this] but we called the archbishop and we just said, ‘Look, this thing is a spectacle for the world. But we want our union between us,’” said Meghan.

“The vows that we have framed in our room were just the two of us in our backyard with the Archbishop of Canterbury.”

Meghan accused Buckingham Palace of failing to protect her

Recalling how she had been an advocate for women’s rights before she joined the royal family, Meghan said: “The irony of the last four years. I’ve advocated for so long for women to use their voice and I was silent.

Winfrey asked: “Were you silent or were you silenced?”

“The latter,” she replied. “Everyone in my world was given a very clear directive from the moment people knew Harry and I were dating to always say no comment. My friends, my mum and dad… it was always through the lens of, and we’ll protect you.”

The duchess, however, accused ‘The Firm’ of failing to live up to its side of the bargain.

“My friends would call me and say, ‘Meg, this is really bad.’ I’d say, ‘Don’t worry I’m being protected.’ That was really hard to reconcile because it was only once we were married and everything started to really worsen that I came to understand that not only was I not being protected, but that they were willing to lie to protect other members of the family but they weren’t willing to tell the truth to protect me and my husband.”

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