Therapy for Harry - but not Meghan?
MeghaN told Oprah she had begged in vain for the Palace to help when she found herself having ‘suicidal thoughts’ and concluding that she ‘just didn’t want to be alive any more’.
‘I went to the institution, and I said that I needed to go somewhere to get help,’ she claimed. ‘...I was told that I couldn’t, that it wouldn’t be good for the institution... and so I went to human resources, and I said: “I just really, I need help.” Because in my old job, there was a union, and they would protect me.
‘they said: “My heart goes out to you, because I see how bad it is, but there’s nothing we can do . . . because you’re not a paid employee of the institution.”
‘this was emails and begging for help, saying very specifically: “I am concerned for my mental welfare.”
‘and people going: “Oh, yes, yes, it’s disproportionately terrible what we see out there to anyone else.” But nothing was ever done.’
When Oprah asked if she had thought about checking in to a hospital, Meghan replied: ‘ . . . that’s what I was asking to do...you can’t do that. I couldn’t, you know, call an Uber to the Palace.’
Oddly, Meghan was not asked why she had gone to hr, who look after Palace employees (not members of the royal Family), instead of seeking advice from the royal doctors.
even more curious were harry’s remarks. he told Oprah he was ‘ashamed’ of admitting to his family that Meghan needed help, ‘had no idea what to do’ and ‘didn’t have anyone to turn to’. Yet harry has suffered his own mental health crises. he has spoken of how, as an adult, he needed therapy to process his grief over the death of his mother.
he has also been a passionate advocate for the mental health charity heads together. So it is curious that he did not advise his wife to take the same path he had once followed.