BETWEEN HARRY AND PRINCE
WILLIAM.
TODAY WE’RE HEARING FROM THE
CO-AUTHOR IN HER ONLY TELEVISION
INTERVIEW.
THEIR NAMES HAVE FUELED ALL
SORTS OF HEADLINES.
NOW HARRY AND MEGHAN ARE PART OF
A BOOK "FINDING FREEDOM."
>> I THINK THAT WE HAVE
ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT A LOT OF
THE MISPERCEPTIONS THAT WE’VE
SEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO SAY THIS SEEMS LIKE MEGHAN’S
SIDE OF THE STORY.
DO YOU FEEL THAT WAY?
>> I DO THINK THAT WE’RE HEARING
A SIDE OF THE STORY THAT WE
HAVEN’T HEARD PREVIOUSLY.
>> Reporter: A SPOKESPERSON FOR
THE SUSSEXES SAID THEY WERE NOT
INTERVIEWED FOR "FINDING
FREEDOM."
RATHER THEY SPOKE TO SOURCES
CLOSEST TO THE COUPLE.
PEOPLE CLOSE ENOUGH TO OFFER
INTIMATE DETAILS OF HARRY AND
MEGHAN’S FIRST DATE.
HE HAD A BEER.
SHE A MARTINI.
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THEY WERE
OBSESSED WITH EACH OTHER, A
FRIEND TOLD THE AUTHORS.
IT WAS AS IF HARRY WAS IN A
TRANCE.
>> HARRY KNEW VERY, VERY QUICKLY
THAT MEGHAN TICKED ALL THE
BOXES.
>> Reporter: MORE THAN A YEAR
LATER, THE COUPLE REVEALED THEY
WERE ENGAGED.
THAT HARRY PROPOSED WHILE THEY
WERE ROASTING A CHICKEN.
>> AT OUR COTTAGE.
IT’S A STANDARD TYPICAL NIGHT
FOR US.
>> JUST AN AMAZING SURPRISE.
IT WAS SO SWEET AND NATURAL AND
VERY ROMANTIC.
HE GOT ON ONE KNEE.
>> Reporter: BUT ACCORDING TO A
REVELATION IN THE BOOK,
SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT HAPPENED
BEFORE THAT.
BEFORE HARRY AND MEGHAN MADE
THEIR FIRST OFFICIAL APPEARANCE
IN TORONTO.
THE BOOK SAYS IT WAS DURING THE
COUPLE’S SECOND TRIP TO BOTSWANA
THAT HARRY WOULD PROMISE TO MAKE
HER HIS WIFE.
HARRY MADE HIS DENGSINTENTIONS V
CLEAR AND SHE WANTED NOTHING
MORE.
>> THEY ACTUALLY MADE A PROMISE
TO EACH OTHER IN BOTSWANA
INITIALLY UNDERNEATH THE STARS.
AND WHEN HARRY GOT BACK TO
LONDON, HE DID PROPOSE OVER A
ROAST CHICKEN.
>> Reporter: BEFORE THE
ENGAGEMENT, THE PACE OF THEIR
RELATIONSHIP CONCERNED PRINCE
WILLIAM WHO ACCORDING TO THE
BOOK TOLD HIS BROTHER, DON’T
FEEL YOU NEED TO RUSH THIS.
>> IT WASN’T BECAUSE PEOPLE
DIDN’T TRUST MEGHAN.
THIS WAS SIMPLY BECAUSE THE BOYS
HAD WATCHED OUT FOR EACH OTHER
SINCE THEY WERE YOUNG CHILDREN.
>> Reporter: BUT IN THE MONTHS
AFTER THAT, THE TWO HARDLY
SPOKE, THE BOOK SAYS.
LATER ONCE HARRY AND MEGHAN WERE
MARRIED, THE GAP BETWEEN THE
BROTHERS ONLY WIDENED.
WITH RELATIONS FALLING APART
THIS YEAR AGAIN WHEN HARRY AND
MEGHAN STEPPED AWAY FROM THEIR
ROYAL DUTIES.
>> AS WE WRITE IN THE BOOK, IT
WASN’T ANGER.
IT WAS HURT.
>> Reporter: A SOURCE CLOSE TO
THE SUSSEXES TELLS NBC NEWS A
LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR BRINGING
PEOPLE CLOSER ESPECIALLY WITH
PRINCE CHARLES GETTING COVID.
>> LIKE IN ANY FAMILY, THERE
HAVE BEEN UPS AND DOWNS BUT THE
BROTHERS ARE MAKING THEIR WAY
BACK TO EACH OTHER AND THAT WILL
TAKE SOME TIME.
>> Reporter: NOW IN L.A., HARRY
AND MEGHAN ARE FOCUSED ON THEIR
HUMANITARIAN WORK AND SON ARCHIE
NOW 15 MONTHS OLD.
>> WHEN THEY DO VIDEO
CONFERENCING CALLS WITH THEIR
TEAM AND WITH MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY, WE’LL OFTEN SEE
ARCHIE POP INTO THE CAMERA.
HE’S NOW WALKING A BIT.
THEY’RE VERY, VERY HANDS-ON
PARENTS.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE
BOOK, THE QUEEN REMAINS ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT WOMEN IN
HARRY’S LIFE.
SHE TOLD HARRY THEY CAN RETURN
TO ROYAL LIFE WHENEVER THEY
WANT.
BUT DURAND SAYS THEY WERE REALLY
FOCUSED ON THE NEXT CHAPTER OF
THEIR LIFE.
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