Prince Harry Says He Knows Why Mom Diana Was Brutally 'Chased to Her Death': 'They're Not Gonna Stop'
Trigger Warning: This article contains themes of gun suicide that some readers may find distressing.
Prince Harry, who was just 12 when Princess Diana passed away in Paris, struggled with the loss all his life, believing for the longest time that his mom was just hiding from the paparazzi, not dead. Harry, now 41, claims he knows why his mom was brutally chased to her death. He believes that his mother was in love with a non-White man, and this led to her tragic demise. He went on to argue that 'history was repeating itself' with his wife, Meghan Markle.
Harry was referring to Diana's relationship with Dodi Al Fayed, son of Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed. He said, "My mother was chased to her death while she was in a relationship with someone who wasn't White." While speaking with Oprah Winfrey for a new Apple TV+ docu-series titled The Me You Can't See, Harry also opened up about the scrutiny he faced from both his family and the media for marrying a person of color.
As Markle grew depressed, Harry shared his fear of losing his wife the same way he lost Diana. He claimed, "Now look what's happened. [If] you wanna talk about history repeating itself, they're not gonna stop until she dies." He argued that the British media's reporting of Markle was always colored by racial undertones.
"Within the first eight days of our relationship being made public was when they said, 'Harry's girl almost straight outta Compton.' And that her exotic DNA will be thickening the royal blood," the Duke of Sussex recalled. As the media "photographed, chased, [and] harassed," the constant negative press deeply impacted Markle, who Harry claimed, even had suicidal thoughts while she was six months pregnant with their first child.
Diana, too, had once confessed to having similar thoughts in the face of a crumbling marriage, overwhelming royal demands, and hounding press. In tape recordings with her biographer Andrew Morton, the late Princess of Wales shared her struggles with depression, betrayal, and bulimia. Morton later told the Daily Mail, "She was talking about her unhappiness, her sense of betrayal, her suicide attempts – and two things I'd never previously heard of – an eating disorder called bulimia nervosa and a woman called Camilla."
To the world, Diana and Charles' marriage was a fairytale. However, for the late Princess, their relationship was doomed from the start as Charles showed up to their honeymoon wearing cufflinks gifted by Camilla that had the initials 'C & C' written on them. After her divorce was finalized in 1996, she moved on with her philanthropic pursuits while also seeking true love. By 1997, she began seeing Egyptian film producer, Al FayadDiana and Al Fayed were leaving their hotel in Paris on August 30, 1997, when they had to take a detour into a tunnel to avoid the chasing paparazzi.
Their driver, Henri Paul, also passed in the accident, while bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones survived. Paul was reportedly drunk when he was driving the car and was speeding to avoid the paparazzi.
If you are having thoughts about taking your own life or know of anyone who is, please contact The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433)