KEY POINTS

  • Meghan Markle has documents to back what she told Oprah Winfrey in the interview
  • Prince Harry and Markle want the royal family to stop the unfair and inaccurate false stories that have a racial slant
  • The Duke and Duchess of Sussex want to move forward and hope for healing within the royal family

Meghan Markle hasn't spoken with any royal after her and Prince Harry's sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey, according to a report.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex made several shocking revelations during the CBS special. Markle told Winfrey that she had suicidal thoughts and a member of the royal family was concerned about her son Archie's skin color. Gayle King said on "CBS This Morning" Tuesday that she recently spoke with Prince Harry and Markle after their interview with Winfrey.

"No one in the royal family has talked to Meghan yet at this particular time," she said. "I think it's frustrating to [Harry and Meghan] to see it's a racial conversation about the royal family when all they wanted all along was for the royals to intervene and tell the press to stop with the unfair, inaccurate false stories that definitely have a racial slant. Until you can acknowledge that, I think it's hard to move forward. But they both want to move forward with this and they both want healing in this family. At the end of the day, that's Harry's family."

King also addressed the allegations against Markle that she bullied some of her staff when she was still in the palace. She believed Markle can back up anything she told Winfrey.

"Anyone who has worked with [Meghan] will tell you exactly who she is. She's really a very sweet, caring person. And as I say, Meghan has documents to back up everything she said on Oprah's interview," she added.

Markle's friend Janina Gavankar also shared the same sentiment relayed by King — that Markle has receipts of what she told Winfrey in the interview. She was thankful that the Sussexes had finally acknowledged their experience and she knew that the family and staff were aware of the extent of it. According to her, the royal couple has "many emails and texts to support" their claims in the interview.

"And though their recollections may vary, ours don't because we lived through it with them," she added.

Several of Markle's friends believed that the bullying allegation was only done to undermine her character. "Suits" writer Jon Cowan, Markle's on-screen partner Patrick J. Adams and Gavankar defended her from the accusation.

"I have known Meghan for 17 years. Here’s what she is: kind, strong, open. Here’s what she’s not: 'a bully,'" Gavankar wrote on Twitter. "ANY of us who know her, feel the same thing from her broken silence: Relief. The truth shall set you free."

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are set to open up in a much-hyped interview with their neighbor Oprah Winfrey
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are set to open up in a much-hyped interview with their neighbor Oprah Winfrey AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM