I was silent —” “Were you silent or were you silenced?” “The latter. They didn’t want him to be a prince or princess, not knowing what the gender would be, which would be different from protocol, and that he wasn’t going to receive security.” “What?” “It was really hard.” “What do you mean?” “He wasn’t going to receive security? This went on for the last few months of our pregnancy where I’m going, ‘Hold on a second.’” “That your son and Harry, Prince Harry’s son, was not going to receive security?” “That’s right. What?” “But I knew that if I didn’t say it, that I would do it. Why did he stop taking your calls?” “Because I took matters in — by that point, I took matters into my own hands.

Source: New York Times March 08, 2021 07:11 UTC