Meghan and Harry are 'bruised and vulnerable' says documentary journalist

Francesca Specter
·Yahoo Style UK deputy editor
Updated
Tom Bradby interviewed Meghan and Harry for the recent ITV documentary. [Photo: Getty]
Tom Bradby interviewed Meghan and Harry for the recent ITV documentary. [Photo: Getty]

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry appeared “bruised and vulnerable” while filming their recent ITV documentary.

That’s according to Tom Bradby, the journalist who interviewed the royal couple as part of the one-hour programme, which aired last Sunday.

Speaking to US news show ‘Good Morning America’ yesterday, Bradby – who currently presents the News at Ten – said he went into the project simply hoping to chronicle their tour of Africa, but soon realised “everything wasn’t entirely rosy behind the scenes”.

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The emotional documentary, filmed across the Sussexes’ 10-day tour earlier this month, saw the Duchess confess to the “struggle” she has faced in recent months.

Harry also appeared to confirm the rumoured ‘rift’ between William and himself.

“The reality I found was just a couple that seemed a bit bruised and vulnerable,” he told the US programme, ahead of the documentary itself airing last night in the US at 10pm ET.

“With mental health you have to be careful which words you use, but that’s what I found.”

Of his relationship with the couple, he said: “I’d seen them obviously before we left and had a pretty long chat and so I formed a certain view there.

“And I speak to Harry relatively often and have done over the years so, as I said, I knew that things weren’t entirely brilliant behind the scenes, but it sort of built as the tour went on really.

“It seemed the right journalistic thing to do to try and tell that story as empathetically as I could, that seemed like the approach to take on this occasion,” he added.

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - OCTOBER 02: (UK OUT FOR 28 DAYS) Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex visit the British High Commissioner's residence to attend an afternoon reception to celebrate the UK and South Africa’s important business and investment relationship, looking ahead to the Africa Investment Summit the UK will host in 2020. This is part of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's royal tour to South Africa. on October 02, 2019 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Pool/Samir Hussein/WireImage)
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle pictured on October 2, the last day of their South Africa tour. [Photo: Getty]
Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (C) attends the One Young World Summit opening ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall on October 22, 2019. - The One Young World Summit is a global forum for young leaders, bringing together 2,000 young people from over 190 countries around the world to accelerate social impact. One Young Worlds mission is to create the next generation of more responsible and effective leadership. (Photo by Gareth Fuller / POOL / AFP) (Photo by GARETH FULLER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Meghan Markle attends the One Young World Summit opening ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall on 22 October 2019. [Photo: Getty]

Yesterday, Duchess Meghan made her first public appearance since the documentary’s release, attending the One Young World Summit Opening Ceremony Ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall in London, without her husband.

The Sussexes will soon be taking some time from the public in upcoming months, a royal source confirmed to CNN.

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The family will take “family time” off from around mid-November onwards, it is believed, and will divide their time between the US and the UK.

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