Prince Harry reportedly issued strict instructions to Meghan Markle before a high-profile interview, a royal biographer once revealed. The couple, who met in 2016 and married two years later, was not pleased about Markle’s appearance on the cover of Vanity Fair’s September 2017 issue. At the time, Harry had apparently taken extra precautions and given his wife some very clear instructions to stay away from three topics: Donald Trump, race, and their relationship.
According to Tom Bower’s book Revenge: Meghan, Harry, and the War between the Windsors, Markle was initially ‘ecstatic’ to be requested to be in the magazine. However, as per The Daily Express, when Sam Kashner’s piece — with the front-page headline of ‘She’s Just Wild About Harry’ — came out, she was furious about the whole ordeal. In particular, she did not understand why her love life with the younger prince overshadowed her philanthropic and acting career. Markle had also reportedly told Harry that the interview would focus on the 100th episode of Suits, which was being shot in Toronto (and where Kushner went to see the actress as well), as per The New York Post.
According to Bower’s book, “Kashner arrived at Meghan’s home and told that his interviewee was under strict orders from both Harry and Keleigh Thomas Morgan [her publicist at PR firm Sunshine Sachs]… Harry had asked Meghan to keep quiet about sensitive topics: Donald Trump, race, their relationship and especially himself. He was not to be mentioned.”