Meghan Markle grants her very first post-royal interview to Good Morning America on Monday, April 20. However, the Duchess of Sussex did not speak about her new life outside of her royal role. Instead, she shared details of her Disney documentary film, Elephants, which was released on April 3.
Prince Harry's wife said that she feels very lucky to have spent time with elephants hands-on in their natural habitat. She is also grateful to be part of bringing the story of Elephants to Disney+, the streaming platform.
"I hope that when people see this film they realize how connected we all are," the Duchess of Sussex said. "If we had more of an awareness about the obstacles they are facing we would take care of each other, this planet and these animals in a very different way."
The interview was pre-recorded and not live. Though Elephants has been streaming for at least two weeks, Good Morning America ran the segment to coincide with Earth Day, per Variety.
Meghan worked on the documentary's voiceover in October, before she left London to start life anew as a non-working royal family member in Los Angeles with Prince Harry. She gave her talent fee for this documentary to the charity Elephant Without Borders.
Prior to working on Elephants, Meghan and Prince Harry went to Botswana in 2017 while they were dating. There, the royal couple became aware of the plans to do the documentary and expressed their interest for the project.
In the summer of 2019, Meghan was approached by the filmmakers, Mark Linfield and Vanessa Berlowitz, for a potential voiceover gig. According to People, this is the only deal between the Duchess of Sussex and Disney despite reports that she's keen on working on more projects with the studio to restart her Hollywood career.
Meghan's interview on the morning show aired as she and Prince Harry released a letter to indicate that they will be severing their ties and contacts with some members of the British tabloid press. The couple said that they will not be speaking to these news outlets anymore as part of their ongoing lawsuits. The Sussexes said in the letter that the tabloid press have been printing lies for advertising revenues.
Prince Harry and Meghan sued Mirror, The Sun and Daily Mail publications in 2019 for allegedly publishing distorted stories about them, especially the Duchess of Sussex. One of the lawsuit's first court hearing will be conducted virtually on Friday, April 24, because of the stay-at-home orders.
