The Project’s Lisa Wilkinson says Buckingham Palace’s terse response to Meghan Markle’s heartbreaking miscarriage was proof of why she and Prince Harry had to leave the Royal family.
Ms Markle said in an article written for The New York Times on Wednesday how she lost her second child after feeling a ‘sharp cramp’ while changing her son Archie’s nappy in July.
When asked for comment about the Duchess of Sussex’s tragic loss, Buckingham Palace simply said: ‘It’s a deeply personal matter which we would not comment on.’
Ms Wilkinson on Thursday reflected on the bombshell revelation which she described as ‘incredibly moving’ and slammed the palace’s statement for lacking empathy.
Weighing in: A day after Meghan Markle (right, at a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in London in November 2019) revealed she had suffered a miscarriage earlier this year, Lisa Wilkinson (left) spoke about the tragic incident on The Project
‘It was incredibly moving to read that,’ Lisa, 60, said of Meghan’s open editorial for The New York Times.
‘It’s also a reminder of why they left the Royal family. You know, Charles Spencer, Diana’s brother, he’s spoken about it, and really sent his deep condolences.
‘The Royal Family, in the meantime, say this is a deeply personal matter, we don’t discuss this.
‘So, had Meghan still been part of the royal family, she wouldn’t have been able to share that story and help lots of other women and couples going through the same thing.’
Heartbreaking: Discussing the 39-year-old Duchess of Sussex’s shocking revelation in The New York Times on Wednesday, Lisa also reflected on the royal family’s response. Pictured at a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in London in November 2019
‘It was incredibly moving to read that,’ Lisa, 60, said of Meghan’s open editorial for The New York Times
Ms Markle stunned royal watchers and made headlines around the world after revealing she’d miscarried her second baby in July.
She revealed she fell ill at home in before going to hospital, describing herself tearfully watching her husband Prince Harry’s ‘heart break as he tried to hold the shattered pieces of mine’ while grieving for their unborn baby.
In the piece called ‘The Losses We Share’, she said: ‘I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second’.
‘Hours later, I lay in a hospital bed, holding my husband’s hand. I felt the clamminess of his palm and kissed his knuckles, wet from both our tears,’ she wrote. Pictured with husband, Prince Harry in London in January
‘Hours later, I lay in a hospital bed, holding my husband’s hand. I felt the clamminess of his palm and kissed his knuckles, wet from both our tears.
‘Staring at the cold white walls, my eyes glazed over. I tried to imagine how we’d heal.’
‘Losing a child means carrying an almost unbearable grief, experienced by many but talked about by few’.
It is not known how pregnant Meghan was, but most women suffer miscarriages in the first 12 weeks.
Loss: Meghan married Prince Harry in 2018, and the couple are parents to a one-year-old son, Archie. Pictured together in South Africa in September 2019
Buckingham Palace is understood to have known about the tragedy for several months while The Daily Beast claims royal officials were also briefed about the New York Times article in advance.
Vanity Fair Royal Editor Katie Nicholl said despite their terse public statement, the Royal Family had been supportive of Meghan and Harry.
‘They were aware of what had happened. Harry was in constant touch with them over the summer and they knew what they were going through,’ she said.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have openly shared their hopes of having two children to complete their family.
It was no secret they dreamed of welcoming a new addition – a baby brother or sister for Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.
The Prince told activist and chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall in 2019 that he would only have two children ‘maximum’ for the sake of the planet.