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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Meredith Clark

Meghan Markle says she was not ‘treated like a Black woman’ until her relationship with Prince Harry

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Meghan Markle has spoken out about how people became more focused on her race when she started dating her now-husband, Prince Harry.

In the second episode of Meghan Markle’s podcast Archetypes, titled “The Duality of Diva”, the Duchess of Sussex and her guest Mariah Carey opened up about their mixed race identities. As the two discussed their experiences as light-skinned biracial women, Meghan revealed that her relationship with Prince Harry was the first time in her life that people started treating her as a Black woman.

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