[Reporter: Thomas Daigle]
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[Reporter] Can leaving Britain really mean escaping all the chatter?
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[Reporter] All the noise that comes with a royal title.
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[Reporter] It's an unprecedented plan
[News clip] ...absolutely bamboozled.
[Reporter] But were Prince Harry and Megan always headed this way?
Always destined for a so-called "Megxit?"
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♪ Stand by me ♪
[piano plays]
[Choir] ♪ So darling, darling ♪
[Reporter] If anyone served as proof this would be no ordinary royal marriage
it was them.
South London's Kingdom choir singing
American soul
in a 15th century English Chapel.
An unlikely choice for a wedding attended by the Queen
but an indication the newlyweds would do things differently.
[Man sings] ♪ Stand by me ♪
[Reporter] Perhaps too differently for some.
When they got married I actually thought this is a real power couple.
They want to change the world.
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[Reporter] It's already a whole new world for the choir.
Spending more time touring.
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Ever since Karen Gibson's group became overnight sensations
thanks to one royal couple.
They've got a special part in my heart
and what it seems that they've been
through is quite traumatic.
[Reporter] Rushing through plans to quit as senior royals
Harry and Megan skipped consulting with the Queen.
Laying bare more evidence of a rift behind palace walls.
[News achor] So we've gone from the start of this crisis, any sense...
[Reporter] Providing plenty of fodder for those who make a living reporting on the Royals.
Like Chris Ship with ITV News.
For the past couple of years, I've kind of
predicted that there was a crash coming.
Now I never could tell whether that was
it going to be a collision between Harry and the press
Or Harry and the rest of his family.
And I think what we ended up with something a bit of both.
[Reporter] Rumors lately have only intensified claims of a rift between Harry and William.
The younger prince always appearing less eager to live life as a royal.
Though in the media here most blame Meghan.
Portrayed as ripping Harry away, many have turned against her.
I think the press has to look at themselves and question you know
did we do everything fairly?
And I think there is also another question that has to be asked:
Was there any criticism that was based on race?
[Reporter] That is one bitterly divisive debate.
How does racism taint the British media's coverage of the Dutchess of Sussex?
A biracial American who has said she identifies as a woman of color.
One of the UK's top tabloid sites might have you believe Meghan's story sounds like gangster-rap
claiming she's almost "Straight Outta Compton."
There was this headline about her family's apparent past as cotton slaves.
Not to mention a BBC host comparing the couple's baby to a monkey.
The racism issue hits a nerve here anytime it's brought up.
You have to see that racism is a part in this.
You see racism in everything.
No, I don't.
What examples do you have?
See that is another problem.
It makes me question where have you been the last two years?
[Reporter] What made the press target Meghan?
We took the question deep inside Rupert
Murdoch's media giant News UK.
Home to the country's most-read and highly aggressive tabloid The Sun.
They have disliked the media attention
but I think it's wrong to actually pinpoint it on that.
[Reporter] Executive editor Dan Wooten
broke the story last week
that precipitated the couple's big
announcement.
The Sun popularizing the term "Megxit."
More than three years ago they also snapped the first picture of the couple out together.
But when does a front-page cross the line?
So when you look at you know, "Princess pushy"
or, "Wedding of the rears"
or, "Touchy-feely Megan"
Like how much responsibility does
a newspaper like The Sun bear?
What's wrong with any of those headlines?
Well,  they're a bit sensational.
I mean it's --
but we are the Sun.
I mean people don't understand what The Sun newspaper is.
We are a newspaper biz selling newspaper in Britain
that has for 50 years poked fun at celebrities at Royals at politicians.
We don't bow down to authority.
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Sure, some will say The Sussexes deserve all the criticism they receive
campaigning against climate change then flying off on a private jet.
Reaping the rewards of royal life but never accepting the drawbacks.
Remember Harry never enjoyed the media attention.
Scarred by his mother's death,
some of his best years were spent far away as Captain Wales in the British Army.
Dean Stott remembers those days well.
Yeah he's most comfortable away from the cameras
and that's when you'll get to know that the real Harry --
[Reporter] A former Special Forces soldier,
Stott now does charity work and stays in touch with his royal friend to this day.
He's got a hunch Harry and Meghan's new life might be just what they need.
You know I've worked with the Royal Foundation on my last campaign
and there's a lot protocol there's a lot of red tape.
If you take that away they're actually in a great position to do a lot a lot good.
[Choir signs]
[Reporter] That choir foreshadowed change
but it may have come quicker than expected
for that couple in search of better harmony, it's another new beginning.
Thomas Daigle, CBC News London
