A tense situation. The premiere of Harry & Meghan has come and gone, but Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s struggle with The Firm is just beginning, an insider exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.
15.12.2022 - 20:05 / usmagazine.com
An offer he could nearly refuse? Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were eager to ask Tyler Perry to serve as their daughter Lilibet’s godparent, but the Madea star was initially wary about accepting the role.
“We’ll call [and] we’ll chat, and we’ll talk about silly things and they were pretty serious on the phone. I go, ‘OK, what’s going on?’ They said, ‘Well, we’d like for you to be Lili’s godfather.’ I go, ‘Whoa.’ I had to take a minute to take that in,” Perry, 53, said in the sixth episode of Harry & Meghan, which dropped on Thursday, December 15.
The A Jazzman’s Blues actor had never met the Duke of Sussex, 38, and the Duchess of Sussex, 41, before 2020 when he offered his Los Angeles residence to the pair after they left Canada amid their royal step-down. Since then, the trio have become close pals.
“I thought, ‘I’d be honored. I’d absolutely be honored,’” Perry recalled in the Netflix docuseries about becoming a mentor for Lili, who was born in June 2021. “And I got off the phone, took it all in and then called them back. I go, ‘Uh, hold on a second. Does this mean we got to go over there and do all of that in the church with [the royal family] and figure all that out? I don’t want to do that. Maybe we can do a little private ceremony here and let that be that, and if you have to do it there, then that’s OK.’”
The Haves and the Have Nots creator ultimately agreed to become Lili’s godfather following her June 2021 arrival. Meghan and the BetterUp CIO, who also share 3-year-old son Archie, did not hold a public christening for their daughter.
“There was something that felt so complete once we had Lilibet,” the Suits alum gushed in the sixth episode. “Everyone just really respected that we’ve been through so much and that we,
A tense situation. The premiere of Harry & Meghan has come and gone, but Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s struggle with The Firm is just beginning, an insider exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.
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On the outside. Meghan Markle opened up about feeling like she didn’t belong in the British royal family while discussing her pre-exit experience in Netflix’s Harry & Meghan.
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Prince Harry alleged that King Charles III’s team was involved in the leak about his and Meghan Markle‘s planned royal exit.
Refused an audience. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle detailed the days before they announced they were stepping down as senior royals — and said they were denied a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II.
The aftermath. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle recalled their first public engagement with the royal family members after their exit.
Prince Harry candidly addressed Meghan Markle‘s depression — and revealed why he blamed himself in the aftermath.
Reliving the past. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are revisiting the beginning of their romance on Netflix’s Harry & Meghan — much to the dismay of the royal family across the pond.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle did not hold back about the moment when things changed for them with the royal family.
Was the royal family really targeting Meghan Markle?? She certainly thinks so!
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Her side of the story. Meghan Markle alleged that false stories about her were used by the palace to bury negative narratives about other members of the royal family.
A gentle spirit. Prince Harry can see many admirable qualities in wife Meghan Markle that his late mother, Princess Diana, notably had herself.
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