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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have revealed that they invited Oprah Winfrey to join them for tea at their cottage at Kensington Palace, recalling how the TV mogul was stunned by the “small” size of the residence.
Speaking in episode five of their explosive Netflix docuseries, the Sussexes have opened up about their life at Nottingham Cottage, where they lived in the months after their May 2018 wedding, insisting that while the house was “on palace grounds “, they were by no means ‘living in a palace’ as many assumed.
According to Harry, 38, and Meghan, 41, their feelings about the “little” house were cemented when Oprah, 68, joined them “for tea”, with the duke revealing that the TV presenter she exclaimed, ‘No one would believe it! ‘ when she herself saw the property.
Oprah came for tea, right? Harry remembered, and his wife replied, ‘She did it.’
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle opened up about their life in their ‘little’ Kensington Palace country home in the latest episodes of the Netflix series today.
The couple revealed that Oprah (seen in a 2012 interview with Simon Cowell) “came over for tea” while they were living at Nottingham Cottage.
According to Harry, Oprah (seen during the couple’s bombastic 2021 interview with her) was stunned by the size of the cabin, telling the couple, “No one would believe it!”
The father-of-two continued: “And when he walked in, he sat down and said, ‘No one would ever believe it!
His Oprah anecdote came after the couple shared several candid images and videos from their time at Nottingham Cottage, referred to as ‘Nott Cott’ on a sign posted on the property’s fridge, while also talking about how was life while they lived there.
‘As far as people are concerned, we lived in a palace. And we were…in a cabin on the palace grounds,’ says Harry.
Meghan then chimes in: “Kensington Palace sounds so majestic, of course it does, it says ‘palace’ in the name. But Nottingham Cottage was so small.
She adds: ‘[Harry] he just banged his head constantly on that spot because it’s so tall.’
‘The whole thing is on a slight incline, [with] really low ceilings,’ explains Harry. “So I don’t know who was there before, but they must have been very short.”
The couple did not reveal when exactly their tea with Oprah took place, but it is believed to have been shortly after their May 2018 wedding, which was attended by the TV mogul (pictured).
After the couple married, they spent months living in Nottingham Cottage, which Meghan described as “small”, both adding that it was not a palace, but “on palace grounds”.
‘The whole thing is on a slight incline, [with] really low ceilings,’ explains Harry. “So I don’t know who was there before, but they must have been very short.”
According to Meghan, the couple’s life within the Kensington Palace grounds is unlike anything “anyone would believe”, and the couple shared images of themselves doing DIY and gardening projects.
“Me with a hoe and H varnish,” says Meghan. “It was just a chapter in our lives where I don’t think anyone could believe what it was really like behind the scenes.”
Although the couple did not specify when their tea with Oprah took place, it was suggested that the Sussexes hosted the media mogul shortly after their May 2018 wedding, nearly three years before sitting down with her for an explosive television interview in March. of 2021.
The couple briefly addressed the interview on the docuseries, with Meghan revealing that they didn’t watch primetime sitting down before it aired to the world.
We didn’t see it until the world saw it. It was interesting,” she says, as footage of the couple watching the interview on a sofa played.
The mother-of-two also expressed her surprise that the main “takeaway” from her conversation with Oprah was the allegations of actual racism, rather than her mental health issues.
“I thought being very open about the depression I experienced and how extreme it became, I thought that would be the most important thing, but it was completely overshadowed by the conversation around race,” she said.
The final episode of the series also reveals the moment Prince Harry shared a text from his brother, Prince William, with his wife amid the fallout from his ‘truth bomb’ interview with Oprah.
During the last few episodes of their Netflix documentary, the couple shared several candid images and videos from their time at Nottingham Cottage, including this snapshot of Harry with his dog, Guy.
According to Meghan (seen dancing in a candid video taken by Harry at the cottage), the couple’s life within the Kensington Palace grounds is unlike anything “anyone would believe.”
In footage filmed in the days after the explosive argument with Oprah, Harry is seen showing his wife his phone, before Meghan says: “Wow, H just got a text from his brother.”
While the couple didn’t share what was in the text, Meghan did share the contents of a message she received from Beyonce following the interview.
‘Beyonce just sent a text. I still can’t believe she knows who I am,” she says after receiving the message.
Harry later quipped: ‘I just checked in casually. Go call her.
Meghan replied: “No, that’s fine, she said she wants me to feel safe and protected, she admires and respects my bravery and she believes I was selected to break generational curses that need to be healed.”
Harry replied, ‘That’s well said.’