Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s highly-anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey is set to air on March 8, and among the topics the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expected to discuss is that of “history repeating itself”—as the royal revealed in the first sneak peek.
For the occasion, Markle chose a very significant piece of jewellery from Harry’s late mother Princess Diana—the same bracelet that was used to help craft her engagement ring—and the meaningful style choice holds significance.
Prior to proposing to Meghan in 2017, Harry took two stones from his late mother’s bracelet to include in his wife’s three-stone ring. The couple wanted Markle, who is expecting her second child, to wear the bracelet during the interview so “Diana could be with them”, per People.
Meghan’s choice to wear an Armani dress decorated with a lotus flower also holds significance, with the floral print signifying “resurrection.”
“The lotus flower’s daily resurrection is certainly interesting, and surely symbolic of revival. (This makes it the perfect gift for anyone recovering from injury or a traumatic experience.) But the flower also has a fascinating will to live. A lotus seed can withstand thousands of years without water, able to germinate over two centuries later,” Town and Country reported.
“With such refusal to accept defeat, it’s almost impossible not to associate this flower with unwavering faith. Although cultures have largely dubbed the lotus as a spiritual figurehead, it is most emblematic of the faith within ourselves. It is particularly what the Buddhist proverb, aims to edify; living life with unwavering faith, as the lotus does, ensures the most beautiful revivals.”
On March 2, CBS aired the first teaser trailer for the couple’s upcoming interview, Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special.
“I just want to make it clear to everybody there is no subject that’s off-limits,” Winfrey said in the clip, and later told Meghan, “Were you silent or were you silenced?” and “Almost unsurvivable sounds like there was a breaking point.”
“My biggest concern was history repeating itself,” Harry added.
Touching on the negative treatment that Diana dealt with, Harry told Winfrey in another preview, “You know, for me, I’m just really relieved and happy to be sitting here, talking to you with my wife by my side because I can’t begin to imagine what it must’ve been like for [my mother] going through this process by herself all those years ago.”
