NZ Herald
  • Home
  • Latest news
  • Herald NOW
  • Video
  • New Zealand
  • Sport
  • World
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Podcasts
  • Quizzes
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Viva
  • Weather

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • New Zealand
    • All New Zealand
    • Crime
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Open Justice
    • Scam Update
  • Herald NOW
  • On The Up
  • World
    • All World
    • Australia
    • Asia
    • UK
    • United States
    • Middle East
    • Europe
    • Pacific
  • Business
    • All Business
    • MarketsSharesCurrencyCommoditiesStock TakesCrypto
    • Markets with Madison
    • Media Insider
    • Business analysis
    • Personal financeKiwiSaverInterest ratesTaxInvestment
    • EconomyInflationGDPOfficial cash rateEmployment
    • Small business
    • Business reportsMood of the BoardroomProject AucklandSustainable business and financeCapital markets reportAgribusiness reportInfrastructure reportDynamic business
    • Deloitte Top 200 Awards
    • CompaniesAged CareAgribusinessAirlinesBanking and financeConstructionEnergyFreight and logisticsHealthcareManufacturingMedia and MarketingRetailTelecommunicationsTourism
  • Opinion
    • All Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Editorials
    • Business analysis
    • Premium opinion
    • Letters to the editor
  • Politics
  • Sport
    • All Sport
    • OlympicsParalympics
    • RugbySuper RugbyNPCAll BlacksBlack FernsRugby sevensSchool rugby
    • CricketBlack CapsWhite Ferns
    • Racing
    • NetballSilver Ferns
    • LeagueWarriorsNRL
    • FootballWellington PhoenixAuckland FCAll WhitesFootball FernsEnglish Premier League
    • GolfNZ Open
    • MotorsportFormula 1
    • Boxing
    • UFC
    • BasketballNBABreakersTall BlacksTall Ferns
    • Tennis
    • Cycling
    • Athletics
    • SailingAmerica's CupSailGP
    • Rowing
  • Lifestyle
    • All Lifestyle
    • Viva - Food, fashion & beauty
    • Society Insider
    • Royals
    • Sex & relationships
    • Food & drinkRecipesRecipe collectionsRestaurant reviewsRestaurant bookings
    • Health & wellbeing
    • Fashion & beauty
    • Pets & animals
    • The Selection - Shop the trendsShop fashionShop beautyShop entertainmentShop giftsShop home & living
    • Milford's Investing Place
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • TV
    • MoviesMovie reviews
    • MusicMusic reviews
    • BooksBook reviews
    • Culture
    • ReviewsBook reviewsMovie reviewsMusic reviewsRestaurant reviews
  • Travel
    • All Travel
    • News
    • New ZealandNorthlandAucklandWellingtonCanterburyOtago / QueenstownNelson-TasmanBest NZ beaches
    • International travelAustraliaPacific IslandsEuropeUKUSAAfricaAsia
    • Rail holidays
    • Cruise holidays
    • Ski holidays
    • Luxury travel
    • Adventure travel
  • Kāhu Māori news
  • Environment
    • All Environment
    • Our Green Future
  • Talanoa Pacific news
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Property Insider
    • Interest rates tracker
    • Residential property listings
    • Commercial property listings
  • Health
  • Technology
    • All Technology
    • AI
    • Social media
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
    • Opinion
    • Audio & podcasts
  • Weather forecasts
    • All Weather forecasts
    • Kaitaia
    • Whangārei
    • Dargaville
    • Auckland
    • Thames
    • Tauranga
    • Hamilton
    • Whakatāne
    • Rotorua
    • Tokoroa
    • Te Kuiti
    • Taumaranui
    • Taupō
    • Gisborne
    • New Plymouth
    • Napier
    • Hastings
    • Dannevirke
    • Whanganui
    • Palmerston North
    • Levin
    • Paraparaumu
    • Masterton
    • Wellington
    • Motueka
    • Nelson
    • Blenheim
    • Westport
    • Reefton
    • Kaikōura
    • Greymouth
    • Hokitika
    • Christchurch
    • Ashburton
    • Timaru
    • Wānaka
    • Oamaru
    • Queenstown
    • Dunedin
    • Gore
    • Invercargill
  • Meet the journalists
  • Promotions & competitions
  • OneRoof property listings
  • Driven car news

Puzzles & Quizzes

  • Puzzles
    • All Puzzles
    • Sudoku
    • Code Cracker
    • Crosswords
    • Cryptic crossword
    • Wordsearch
  • Quizzes
    • All Quizzes
    • Morning quiz
    • Afternoon quiz
    • Sports quiz

Regions

  • Northland
    • All Northland
    • Far North
    • Kaitaia
    • Kerikeri
    • Kaikohe
    • Bay of Islands
    • Whangarei
    • Dargaville
    • Kaipara
    • Mangawhai
  • Auckland
  • Waikato
    • All Waikato
    • Hamilton
    • Coromandel & Hauraki
    • Matamata & Piako
    • Cambridge
    • Te Awamutu
    • Tokoroa & South Waikato
    • Taupō & Tūrangi
  • Bay of Plenty
    • All Bay of Plenty
    • Katikati
    • Tauranga
    • Mount Maunganui
    • Pāpāmoa
    • Te Puke
    • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua
  • Hawke's Bay
    • All Hawke's Bay
    • Napier
    • Hastings
    • Havelock North
    • Central Hawke's Bay
    • Wairoa
  • Taranaki
    • All Taranaki
    • Stratford
    • New Plymouth
    • Hāwera
  • Manawatū - Whanganui
    • All Manawatū - Whanganui
    • Whanganui
    • Palmerston North
    • Manawatū
    • Tararua
    • Horowhenua
  • Wellington
    • All Wellington
    • Kapiti
    • Wairarapa
    • Upper Hutt
    • Lower Hutt
  • Nelson & Tasman
    • All Nelson & Tasman
    • Motueka
    • Nelson
    • Tasman
  • Marlborough
  • West Coast
  • Canterbury
    • All Canterbury
    • Kaikōura
    • Christchurch
    • Ashburton
    • Timaru
  • Otago
    • All Otago
    • Oamaru
    • Dunedin
    • Balclutha
    • Alexandra
    • Queenstown
    • Wanaka
  • Southland
    • All Southland
    • Invercargill
    • Gore
    • Stewart Island
  • Gisborne

Media

  • Video
    • All Video
    • NZ news video
    • Herald NOW
    • Business news video
    • Politics news video
    • Sport video
    • World news video
    • Lifestyle video
    • Entertainment video
    • Travel video
    • Markets with Madison
    • Kea Kids news
  • Podcasts
    • All Podcasts
    • The Front Page
    • On the Tiles
    • Ask me Anything
    • The Little Things
  • Cartoons
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Lifestyle

'Betrayal': Meghan accuses dad Thomas Markle of 'lying' to her in unseen clip from Oprah interview

NZ Herald
8 Mar, 2021 09:36 PM3 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Video Player is loading.
Current Time 0:00
/
Duration 0:00
Loaded: 0%
Stream Type LIVE
Remaining Time -0:00
 
1x
    • Chapters
    • descriptions off, selected
    • captions settings, opens captions settings dialog
    • captions off, selected

      This is a modal window.

      Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window.

      Text
      Text Background
      Caption Area Background
      Font Size
      Text Edge Style
      Font Family

      End of dialog window.

      This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button.

      Autoplay in
      5
      Disable Autoplay
      Cancel Video
      CBS had promised Oprah's interview with Harry and Meghan would be a "bombshell", and they did not disappoint. Video / CBS

      Meghan Markle has finally addressed her father Thomas' "betrayal" of her to the tabloids - and revealed that her half-sister Samantha never really knew her.

      In a previously unseen clip from Meghan and Harry's interview with Oprah, which aired yesterday, the Duchess of Sussex revealed that her father "lied to her" about whether he had spoken to the press ahead of her wedding in 2018.

      "There was such an obsession about anything in my world, including tracking down my parents," she told Oprah in the clip aired by CBS this morning.

      "I did everything I could to protect both of them in that media frenzy."

      Read More

      • 'Truth is stranger than fiction' in tell-all book by Meghan Markle's half-sister - NZ Herald
      • Meghan Markle's brother says she's a 'phoney, tearing her family apart' - NZ Herald
      • Meghan Markle's family speak out on romance with Prince Harry - and reveal she's introduced him to dad
      • Meghan Markle's sister Samantha blasts her on Sunrise: 'The burden is on her' - NZ Herald
      Advertisement
      Advertise with NZME.
      Advertisement
      Advertise with NZME.

      She revealed the UK tabloids paid people huge amounts of money to try to find her father Thomas.

      "Did it feel like betrayal when you found out your father was working with the tabloids?" Oprah asked her.

      "When I asked him [if he was working with them], he said no, absolutely not," Meghan said.

      "He hadn't been talking to them - so he basically lied to you," Oprah went on.

      Advertisement
      Advertise with NZME.

      "He wasn't able to do that [tell the truth] and that for me has really resonated, especially as a mother," Meghan shared.

      Thomas Markle lied about working with the press, Meghan said. Photo / Supplied
      Thomas Markle lied about working with the press, Meghan said. Photo / Supplied

      "Everyone has accountability. They hunted my mom down and you've never heard her say a word."

      Thomas Markle is appearing on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday (tonight NZ time) to speak to Piers Morgan in response to the Oprah interview.

      Meghan also revealed that she didn't actually know her half-sister Samantha Markle, who has recently published a "tell-all" book about her called The Diary of Princess Pushy.

      Discover more

      Royals

      Joe Biden praises Meghan's 'courage' during Oprah interview

      08 Mar 10:26 PM

      "It would be hard to tell all when you don't know me," Meghan said.

      Meghan's half-sister Samantha recently released a tell-all book about her. Photo / Supplied
      Meghan's half-sister Samantha recently released a tell-all book about her. Photo / Supplied

      "I grew up as an only child and I wished I had siblings ... that's why I'm so excited to be pregnant so that Archie has someone.

      "But the last time I saw her must have been 18 or 19 years ago."

      And Samantha only changed her last name back to Markle "when I started dating Harry", Meghan said.

      "I think that says enough."

      Save

        Share this article

      Latest from Lifestyle

      Lifestyle

      'Very much welcome': Royals invited to Harry's Invictus Games

      12 Jul 04:57 AM
      Lifestyle

      Judge orders Harry to disclose payments in Daily Mail case

      12 Jul 03:48 AM
      Lifestyle

      Short on time, craving carbs? This easy soda bread can be made at home in less than an hour

      11 Jul 11:00 PM

      Get your kids involved in your reno

      sponsored
      Advertisement
      Advertise with NZME.
      Recommended for you
      Barnie Duncan shares his favourite spots in Auckland
      Entertainment

      Barnie Duncan shares his favourite spots in Auckland

      12 Jul 05:00 PM
      'Two bits of gold': How ballet and sumo transformed the All Blacks
      New Zealand

      'Two bits of gold': How ballet and sumo transformed the All Blacks

      12 Jul 05:00 PM
      'Game-changer': Orchardist tackles seagull invasion with lasers
      The Country

      'Game-changer': Orchardist tackles seagull invasion with lasers

      12 Jul 05:00 PM
      'Come home': Family vintage tractor returns to original owner
      The Country

      'Come home': Family vintage tractor returns to original owner

      12 Jul 05:00 PM
      Words of warning as superstar steeplechaser returns
      Racing

      Words of warning as superstar steeplechaser returns

      12 Jul 05:00 PM

      Latest from Lifestyle

      'Very much welcome': Royals invited to Harry's Invictus Games

      'Very much welcome': Royals invited to Harry's Invictus Games

      12 Jul 04:57 AM

      Prince Harry sent email invitations to Buckingham Palace last month.

      Judge orders Harry to disclose payments in Daily Mail case

      Judge orders Harry to disclose payments in Daily Mail case

      12 Jul 03:48 AM
      Short on time, craving carbs? This easy soda bread can be made at home in less than an hour

      Short on time, craving carbs? This easy soda bread can be made at home in less than an hour

      11 Jul 11:00 PM
      Premium
      'Dirtiest-minded young woman in NZ': Dame Fiona's lifetime of flouting convention

      'Dirtiest-minded young woman in NZ': Dame Fiona's lifetime of flouting convention

      11 Jul 10:00 PM
      Sponsored: Why heat pumps make winter cheaper
      sponsored

      Sponsored: Why heat pumps make winter cheaper

      NZ Herald
      • About NZ Herald
      • Meet the journalists
      • Newsletters
      • Classifieds
      • Help & support
      • Contact us
      • House rules
      • Privacy Policy
      • Terms of use
      • Competition terms & conditions
      • Our use of AI
      Subscriber Services
      • NZ Herald e-editions
      • Daily puzzles & quizzes
      • Manage your digital subscription
      • Manage your print subscription
      • Subscribe to the NZ Herald newspaper
      • Subscribe to Herald Premium
      • Gift a subscription
      • Subscriber FAQs
      • Subscription terms & conditions
      • Promotions and subscriber benefits
      NZME Network
      • The New Zealand Herald
      • The Northland Age
      • The Northern Advocate
      • Waikato Herald
      • Bay of Plenty Times
      • Rotorua Daily Post
      • Hawke's Bay Today
      • Whanganui Chronicle
      • Viva
      • NZ Listener
      • Newstalk ZB
      • BusinessDesk
      • OneRoof
      • Driven Car Guide
      • iHeart Radio
      • Restaurant Hub
      NZME
      • About NZME
      • NZME careers
      • Advertise with NZME
      • Digital self-service advertising
      • Book your classified ad
      • Photo sales
      • NZME Events
      • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
      TOP
      search by queryly Advanced Search