Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have filmed a sit-down interview with Jane Pauley for “CBS Sunday Morning,”
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex spoke to the TV icon about their new initiative centered around kids and social media, which will launch next week.
Markle at one point called their children – Prince Archie, 5, and Princess Lilibet, 3 – “amazing” while Prince Harry stressed that parents need to be “first responders” amid the social media crisis.
Markle, pictured here on “CBS Sunday Morning,” talks about her and Harry’s new initiative centered around kids and social media during the interview.
“All you want to do as parents is protect them. And so as we can see what’s happening in the online space, we know that there’s a lot of work to be done there,” Markle, 42, said in the first clip from the CBS Sunday Morning interview. “We’re just happy to be able to be a part of a change for good.”
Harry, 39, added, “At this point, we’ve got to the stage where almost every parent needs to be a first responder. And even the best first responders in the world wouldn’t be able to tell the signs of possible suicide. That is the terrifying piece of this.”
The interview will air this coming Sunday and feature the couple talking about a continuation of their work with parents who have lost their children to online bullying and abuse.
The TV special marks the Sussexes’ first joint interview since their bombshell sit-down with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021, when they threw a series of grenades at the royal family — including claims that senior members had asked what color Archie’s skin would be prior to his birth in 2019.
Harry remains estranged from his father, King Charles III, and his brother, Prince William. Sources recently told us, however, that he would reconsider a reunion – but only if the monarch reinstated his UK security team.
Buckingham Palace insiders insisted that decision was not up to Charles but the British government.
The couple are introducing a program aimed at supporting parents whose children have been impacted by online harm.
Regarding the couple’s latest venture, a CBS spokesperson told Page Six, “The Duke and Duchess sat down with ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ host Jane Pauley last week for an exclusive interview to introduce a program aimed at supporting parents whose children have been impacted by online harm. Jane also spoke with parents participating in the pilot program who described how it has helped their healing process.”
Back in October, Harry and Markle appeared alongside grieving parents at a panel in NYC, helmed by their Archewell Foundation, where they urged tech giants to modify addictive apps that can harm young people’s mental health.
“Please stop sending children content you wouldn’t want your own children to see,” Harry said in a plea to tech firms. “I think it’s a very simple request, and it’s an easy fix.”
Markle also revealed at the time that they had been working in secret with tech companies over the past year.
A year ago, we met some of the families, and at the time, it was impossible not to be in tears hearing their stories because it’s just that devastating,” she said at the World Mental Health Day event.
“I feel fortunate that our children are at an age, again quite young, so this isn’t in our immediate future. But I also feel frightened at how it’s continuing to change and this will be in front of us.”
Harry and Markle also announced Thursday that they will visit Colombia at the invitation of the country’s vice president, Francia Márquez, to engage in activities related to fostering a safer online environment.
