Prince Harry says Diana was 'chased to death' while 'being in a relationship with someone who wasn't white'

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By Nika Shakhnazarova

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Prince Harry says his mother Diana was "chased to death while in a relationship with someone who wasn't white" and feared "history repeating itself" with his wife Meghan Markle.

The Duke of Sussex made the revelation in a series of interviews with Oprah Winfrey on his new AppleTV+ show titled The Me You Can't See.

In the five-part mental health series, Harry opened up about the tragic time he and his brother Prince William lost their beloved mother, Princess Diana.

Diana died at the same age that Harry is now in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris in 1997. She was in the car with Egyptian film producer Dodi Al Fayed, who she had been dating for several months.

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An inquest into Princess Diana's death ruled that she and her partner died as a result of the "grossly negligent" driving of Henri Paul, who was three times over the drink-drive limit.

Opening up about his mother's tragic death, Harry said he felt that his wife Meghan's story began to echo that of Diana's.

He told Oprah: "My mother was chased to her death while she was in a relationship with someone who wasn't white. And now look what's happened.

"You want to talk about history repeating itself, they're not going to stop until she dies. It's incredibly triggering to potentially lose another woman in my life. Like, the list is growing. And it all comes back to the same people, the same business model, the same industry."

What's more, Harry expressed regret over not calling out racism when he first started dating Meghan.

"My biggest regret is not making more of a stance earlier on in my relationship with my wife and calling out the racism when I did," he said.

Harry went on to make a slight dig at his father, Prince Charles, suggesting he willingly accepted that everyone in the Royal Family just had to put up with mental health struggles.

He said: "My father used to say to me and William when we younger, it was like that for me so it'll be like that for you. That doesn't make sense. Just because you suffered, that doesn't mean your kids have to suffer. In fact, quite the opposite.

"If you suffered, do everything you can to make sure that whatever negative experiences you had, you can make it right for your kids."

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